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Charity Ryerson
France’s Duty of Vigilance Law and Pathways to ...

Looking forward, France will soon be required to transpose the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) into its national laws. The CSDDD is a set of regulations aiming to ensure sustainable corporate activity for European companies and their foreign subsidiaries. Originally, the CSDDD was more ambitious than France’s Duty of Vigilance law, but following lobbying from the French government and multi-national corporations––as well as from other EU member governments––the EU has significantly walked back the regulations

France’s Duty of Vigilance Law and Pathways to Corporate Accountability
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Charity Ryerson
A New Global Minimum Tax on Corporations and ...

This year, states will begin implementing a global minimum tax rate of fifteen percent on multinational corporations with more than €750 million (about $810 million) in revenues. If these tax reforms succeed in increasing tax revenues across the approximately 140 implementing countries as they intend, these additional funds could be used to advance the social and economic rights of their citizens, especially for the most vulnerable populations, including those whose rights have been abused by corporations historically. However, the coming tax reforms are still so riddled with gray areas regarding form and function that it is too early to call the initiative a victory in corporate accountability.  

A New Global Minimum Tax on Corporations and Human Rights Implications
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Charity Ryerson
One year since Central Romana sugar banned from ...

Over the 365 days since its sugar was blocked from entering the United States, Central Romana has chosen to implement only superficial changes for workers while pulling political strings in an apparent effort to make the import ban disappear. 

One year since Central Romana sugar banned from US market for forced labor
Avery Kelly
Enbridge and the Dangers of Extractive ...

Last month, The Guardian revealed that Canadian pipeline company Enbridge has paid Minnesota police more than two and a half million dollars for services including the surveillance and arrest of Water Protectors resisting the company’s construction of a new Line 3 pipeline. This post situates the Enbridge-police agreement in Minnesota and violent crackdown against Water Protectors at Line 3 within a disturbing global context rooted in colonialism.

Enbridge and the Dangers of Extractive Industry-Police Alliances
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CAL & EarthRights Launch Updated Guide to ...

In 2019, CAL partnered with EarthRights International to update their Guide to the Foreign Legal Assistance statute. Given that the US is an increasingly difficult jurisdiction for transnational human rights cases against companies, this tool provides an opportunity for workers and community members to access key evidence located in the US even where they may not have been able to bring suit there. 

CAL & EarthRights Launch Updated Guide to Foreign Legal Assistance Statute, Allowing Attorneys Suing Companies Access to Discovery Process in the US

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France’s Duty of Vigilance Law and Pathways to Corporate Accountability

France’s Duty of Vigilance Law and Pathways to Corporate Accountability

Looking forward, France will soon be required to transpose the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) into its national laws. The CSDDD is a set of regulations aiming to ensure sustainable corporate activity for European companies and their foreign subsidiaries. Originally, the CSDDD was more ambitious than France’s Duty of Vigilance law, but following lobbying from the French government and multi-national corporations––as well as from other EU member governments––the EU has significantly walked back the regulations

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