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Corporate Influence

Auchan/Rana Plaza: An important yet insufficient first step

Paris, 22 August 2014 – On 20 August, AUCHAN stated to the personnel representatives within the group’s Committee that it would donate 1.5 million…

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Rana Plaza factory collapse: A preliminary investigation is being launched after a complaint has been filed against Auchan

French NGOs Sherpa, Peuples Solidaires and Collectif Ethique sur l’étiquette which filed a complaint against Auchan welcome the launch a preliminary investigation.

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Charges filed against French group Auchan for misleading commercial practices after Rana Plaza collapse

One year to the day after the collapse of Rana Plaza, which cost the lives of 1,138 people and injured more than 2,000 others, French associations Sherpa, Peuples Solidaires and Collectif Ethique sur l’étiquette have lodged a complaint against Groupe Auchan at the Lille prosecutor’s office.

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Corporate Impunity

MERCURY – French Guiana: A failure of the French government

The Facts… For the past several decades, French Guiana has been the victim of illegal gold mining practices. The use of environmentally unsafe processes,…

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DLH – Liberia : a dismissal without further action or explanation

Country: Liberia Company targeted: DLH An overview of the facts and proceedings… Between 2001 and 2003, DLH bought, imported into France, and distributed in Europe timber…

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Illicit Financial Flows

Teodorin Nguema Obiang indicted in the case of the ill-gotten gains

Paris, 20 March 2014 – On Wednesday 19 March 2014, Teodorin Nguema Obiang, Equatorial Guinea’s vice president was indicted by the examining magistrates of…

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Corporate Impunity

Complaint accuses international timber company DLH of trading illegal timber and funding Liberian war

Sherpa, Global Witness, Greenpeace France and Liberian NGO Green Advocates have today filed a legal complaint before the Senior Magistrate of the Regional Court…

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Corporate Influence

Samsung in China: an attack on the fundamental rights of workers

Country: China, South Korea and Vietnam Company targeted: Samsung France and Samsung Electronics Ltd in Korea Facts The unprecedented expansion of telecommunications, the Internet and social networks…

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Illicit Financial Flows

African money laundering: Sherpa files a complaint against a BNP Paribas subsidiary in Monaco

Paris, on 13 November 2013 On 12 November 2013, Sherpa filed a complaint against BNP Paribas Wealth Management in Monaco with the Public Prosecutor…

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Corporate Impunity

Sherpa supports Nigerien civil society for the renegotiation of the uranium mining agreement between Niger and the Areva group.

In the wake of warnings sent out by local Nigerien associations in 2003 and after assessing numerous violations of workers’ safety, Sherpa, Doctors of…

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Corporate Impunity

Michelin in India: the civil society is heard ?

The Facts… The Michelin enterprise’s work lies across 69 production sites in 18 countries, particularly in India. There, the enterprise is constructing its largest…

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Illicit Financial Flows

The Mopani Affair: Tax Evasion in the Copper Mines of Zambia

The Facts… Mopani Copper Mines is the largest copper and cobalt mining company in Zambia. In 2009, the Zambian government conducted an audit of…

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Illicit Financial Flows

Ill-Gotten Gains : Gabon

The Facts… President of the Gabonese Republic from 1967 to 2009, Omar Bongo Ondimba ruled Gabon against a continuous backdrop of suspected corruption. On…

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Corporate Impunity

Child exploitation and indecent labor conditions: Samsung is accused of violating its ethical commitments

Peuples Solidaires, Sherpa and Indecosa-CGT have today lodged a complaint at the Bobigny Public Prosecutor’s department against Samsung, intending to show that the brand’s…

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Corporate Impunity

Health of uranium miners at AREVA sites in Gabon and Niger

The Facts… AREVA is a public limited company, 85% owned by the French state. It set up in Gabon and Niger, two uranium-rich countries,…

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Auchan/Rana Plaza: An important yet insufficient first step

Rana Plaza factory collapse: A preliminary investigation is being launched after a complaint has been filed against Auchan

Charges filed against French group Auchan for misleading commercial practices after Rana Plaza collapse

MERCURY – French Guiana: A failure of the French government

DLH – Liberia : a dismissal without further action or explanation

Teodorin Nguema Obiang indicted in the case of the ill-gotten gains

Complaint accuses international timber company DLH of trading illegal timber and funding Liberian war

Samsung in China: an attack on the fundamental rights of workers

African money laundering: Sherpa files a complaint against a BNP Paribas subsidiary in Monaco

Sherpa supports Nigerien civil society for the renegotiation of the uranium mining agreement between Niger and the Areva group.

Michelin in India: the civil society is heard ?

The Mopani Affair: Tax Evasion in the Copper Mines of Zambia

Ill-Gotten Gains : Gabon

Child exploitation and indecent labor conditions: Samsung is accused of violating its ethical commitments

Health of uranium miners at AREVA sites in Gabon and Niger

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