Recent activities

PWYP France has recently sent letters to several members of the French government calling for regulations requiring extractive companies to report their payments made to governments on country-by-country basis. They expect to resume dialogue with government contacts on this issue in September. These advocacy efforts were made in the context of the French EU presidency and followed a Paris launch of the 2008 Report on Revenue Transparency of Oil and Gas Companies mentioned above.

In addition, French coalition member Amis de le Terre launched a campaign calling for the European Investment Bank to adopt a series of lending requirements that adhere to ‘environmental and social standards’ in the mining sector in Africa.