PRESS RELEASE: Deforestation in the Amazon: despite the sale of some of its assets, the Casino Group will have to face justice Bogotá / Paris / São Paulo – 10 July 2023 – Burdened with a debt of more than $6 billion the French retail group Casino is considering selling its Brazilian and Colombian stores to boost […]
PRESS RELEASE: The Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau people join the legal action Bogotá / Paris / São Paulo – 12 January 2023 – As a hearing takes place today in the Casino case concerning deforestation and land grabbing by indigenous peoples, the Jupaú association, representing the Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau indigenous people, has officially announced its intention to join the international
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PRESS RELEASE: Deforestation in the Amazon: organizations refuse the mediation proposal in the legal action against Casino Bogotá / Paris / São Paulo – 1st December 2022 – The eleven organizations that filed a lawsuit against Casino have refused the mediation suggested by the judge during last June’s hearing. According to the organizations, this case
First hearing at the Paris judicial court and support from representatives of Brazil’s indigenous peoples Paris – 9 June 2022 – On Thursday 9 June 2022, the first hearing took place at the Paris judicial court in the legal action brought against the Casino Group for failing in its duty of care in its beef
PRESS RELEASE: People seriously affected by cattle farming in Brazil, new evidence in the case against Casino Paris – 31 May 2022 – On the occasion of the visit by representatives of the Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau indigenous people, the CCCA (Center for Climate Crime Analysis) is unveiling the results of a new field investigation carried out in
Colombia – Casino destroying forests one more time Colombia – At the end of an investigation into the beef sector in Colombia, the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) published a damning report entitled « Tainted Beef » on May 27, 2021. This report denounces in particularcases of deforestation (about 400 ha) in the Chiribiquete National Park
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CASINO SUE IN COURT This Wednesday, March 3, 2021, representatives of the indigenous peoples of the Brazilian and Colombian Amazon, as well as French and American non-governmental organizations (NGOs), are taking the Casino group to court in Saint-Etienne, France, for its sales of beef products in South America, linked to deforestation and land grabbing by
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#DOUBLEDEALING: CASINO PUT ON NOTICE After investigation, an international coalition of associations (Canopée, CPT, Envol Vert, FNE, Mighty Earth, Notre Affaire à Tous and Sherpa) and organizations representing indigenous peoples in Colombia and Brazil (OPIAC, COIAB, FEPIPA and FEPOIMT) gives formal notice to the Casino group to take the necessary measures to exclude beef from
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