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Corporate Influence
Socfin/Bolloré plantations: rising profits, ongoing repression
Paris, 24 May 2022 – From Sierra Leone to Nigeria, through Cameroon, Guinea and Ivory Coast, communities living near the industrial palm oil and…
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Corporate Impunity
Charges Confirmed against French multinational Lafarge for Complicity in Crimes against Humanity in Syria
Today, the Investigative Chamber of the Paris Court of Appeals decided: French multinational Lafarge is facing the charge of complicity in crimes against humanity. …
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Corporate Influence
Auchan and deceptive business practices : NGOs appeal the decision to dismiss the case
Investigating judge dismissed the case against Auchan, following a complaint for misleading business practices initiated by Sherpa, ActionAid and the Collectif Ethique sur l’étiquette.…
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Civic Space
CASE: EU Anti-SLAPP Initiative Encouraging, All Eyes On Member States
Brussels, 28.04.2022 – The European Commission’s proposals represent a crucial first step forward in the fight against SLAPPs in Europe. At a press briefing…
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[Opinion] Corporate complicity in crimes against humanity: the Lafarge Case
In October 2022, Lafarge pleaded guilty in the US to funding terrorism and accepted to pay 778 million dollars in fine and forfeiture. While…
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Samsung case on deceptive commercial practices grounds: French Supreme Court confirms inadmissibility of the CSOs’ claim
Sherpa and ActionAid argued that they could take action against the multinational on the basis of deceiving commercial practices. The French supreme court (Cour…
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Corporate Impunity
French cosmetics company Yves Rocher facing court proceedings for failure to ensure freedom of association and workers’ rights in Turkey
Sherpa, ActionAid France, the Turkish trade union Petrol-Iş and 34 former employees of a Turkish subsidiary of the Yves Rocher Group have taken the cosmetics company to court. They accuse the French company of having failed to meet its obligations under the French law on the duty of vigilance with regard to the freedom to join a union and workers’ fundamental rights.
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Illicit Financial Flows
Large corruption schemes involving oil giant SBM Offshore: request for the opening of an investigation into French nationals’ involvement
Paris, 21 March 2022 – On Friday 18 March, Sherpa filed a complaint asking the French National Financial Prosecutor’s Office (PNF) to open an…
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Corporate Impunity
Victory over the transnational corporation Perenco: a step forward in the fight against opacity and for access to justice
Yesterday, the Court of cassation (French supreme court) ruled in favour of Sherpa and Friends of the Earth France in their legal dispute with…
