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Directive on corporate Due Diligence: Conservative MEPs go against citizens’ expectations

17 April 2023• Advocacy, Environment and Climate, Front page, Press release-en, Strengthening corporate accountability advocacy

Paris, 12 April 2023 – Two weeks before a decisive vote is due to take place at the European Parliament on the Corporate...

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Focus on: Environmental issues under the proposed European Directive on the Duty of Vigilance

2 February 2023• Advocacy, Environment and Climate, Research and Studies, Strengthening corporate accountability advocacy

October 2022 – Last February, the European Commission published a proposal for a Directive on “corporate sustainability due...

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European Directive on Corporate Due Diligence: the Council of the European Union approves a text weakened by France

6 December 2022• Advocacy, Environment and Climate, Front page, Labor rights and Modern slavery, Press release-en, Strengthening corporate accountability advocacy

Paris, December 1st, 2022 – This morning, the Council has finally approved its general approach on the Corporate Sustainability Due...

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Focus on: Can the proposed European Directive on the Duty of Vigilance close the corporate accountability gap?

25 October 2022• Advocacy, Research and Studies, Strengthening corporate accountability advocacy

6 September 2022 – Last February, the European Commission published a proposal for a directive on “corporate sustainability due...

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West Africa: one year of the Vigilance project, 30 organisations trained on corporate responsibility

14 September 2022• Front page, Strengthening corporate accountability advocacy

14 September 2022 In order to fight human rights and environmental abuses by companies in French-speaking Africa, Sherpa and its partners...

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Activists call for EU to tip the scales on new human rights and sustainability rules for business

6 September 2022• Advocacy, Front page, Press release-en, Strengthening corporate accountability advocacy

Paris, 6 September 2022 – Today, activists set up ‘scales of justice’ in front of the Justus Lipsius building in Brussels to ask EU...

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Handbook of proposals to regulate multinationals

7 April 2022• Addressing the root causes of poverty and resource deprivation in developing countries, Advocacy, Corporate capture advocacy, Corruption and embezzlement advocacy, Laundering advocacy, Protecting the public debate advocacy, Research and Studies, Strengthening corporate accountability advocacy, Tax evasion Advocacy

Paris, 3 December 2021 – Looking back at the progress made over the last decade and drawing lessons for the future, Sherpa has updated...

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Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence: the proposal finally unveiled by the Commission must be improved

24 February 2022• Advocacy, Environment and Climate, Front page, Labor rights and Modern slavery, Press release-en, Strengthening corporate accountability advocacy

Paris, 23 February 2022 – After many delays, the European Commission has just published its proposal for a directive imposing a corporate...

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Civil society calls on Thales to put an end to suspected indirect support to the Myanmar junta

30 November 2021• Corporate capture litigation, Corruption and embezzlement advocacy, Front page, International crimes, Press release-en, Strengthening corporate accountability advocacy, Strengthening corporate accountability litigation

Paris, November 30, 2021 – Info Birmanie, Justice For Myanmar, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and Sherpa denounce exports of military...

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Climate litigation against Total: the Versailles Court of Appeal confirms the jurisdiction of the judicial court

19 November 2021• Environment and Climate, Front page, Press release-en, Strengthening corporate accountability advocacy, Strengthening corporate accountability litigation

Paris, 18 November 2021 – In the climate litigation brought by 5 NGOs and 13 local authorities against Total, the Versailles Court of...

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Third edition of the Duty of Vigilance Radar: McDonald’s, Lactalis, Bigard, Adrexo, Leroy Merlin, Generali, Altrad, Euro Disney … 44 companies still breaking the law?

8 July 2021• Press release-en, Research and Studies, Strengthening corporate accountability advocacy

Paris, July 7th, 2021 – CCFD-Terre Solidaire and Sherpa publish today the third edition of the “Duty of Vigilance Radar”....

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Creating a Public Authority to Enforce the Duty of Vigilance Law: A Step Backward?

11 May 2021• Advocacy, Environment and Climate, Labor rights and Modern slavery, Legal Doctrine Articles, Research and Studies, Strengthening corporate accountability advocacy

Sherpa publishes an analysis and recommendations with respect to the potential creation of an authority in charge of enforcing the French...

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First court decision in the climate litigation against Total: A promising interpretation of the French Duty of Vigilance Law

30 March 2021• Advocacy, Environment and Climate, Front page, Strengthening corporate accountability advocacy, Strengthening corporate accountability litigation

This blogpost was originally published on 26 March 2021 as part of the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre series on mandatory human...

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Strengthening Corporate Accountability: Toward an Ambitious European Legislation on the Duty of Vigilance

26 January 2021• Advocacy, Environment and Climate, Front page, Labor rights and Modern slavery, Press release-en, Research and Studies, Strengthening corporate accountability advocacy

January 26, 2021 – Adopted in 2017 after a long advocacy, the French law on the duty of vigilance is a world first in the fight...

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