Canopée and Others v Casino Guichard-Perrachon

Several reports, including an investigation published in 2020 by Envol Vert, have revealed that Casino’s subsidiaries in Brazil and Colombia regularly purchased meat tainted with illegal deforestation, forced labor, and land grabbing. In September 2020, the plaintiffs (11 NGOS, including 4 Indigenous representative organizations from Brazil and Colombia) sent Casino a letter of formal notice under the French Duty of Vigilance Law demanding it to adopt adequate and effective vigilance measures to identify risks and prevent environmental and human rights abuses in its beef supply chains in Brazil and Colombia. A lawsuit was filed with the Saint-Etienne Court in March 2021. The coalition requests the court to order Casino to take the necessary measures to exclude beef linked to deforestation, forced labor, and land grabbing of indigenous territories from its supply chain in Brazil and Colombia, and seeks compensation for the damages suffered by the indigenous organizations.