On November 16th 2022, Association France Palestine Solidarité, Al-Haq, Confédération générale du travail (CGT), Fédération commerces et services de la CGT, Ligue des droits de l’Homme, Plateforme des ONG françaises pour la Palestine and Union syndicale Solidaires published a report entitled Report "The dangerous liaisons of the Carrefour group with the Israeli colonisation".
In March 2022, the French group Carrefour signed an agreement with the Israeli companies Electra Consumer Products and Yenot Bitan to franchise their retail chains. These companies are directly and indirectly involved in Israel’s colonisation of Palestine, a war crime condemned by the UN.
Summary
1. Purpose of the report
2. Israel’s colonisation of the occupied palestinian territory
3. The Carrefour group
3.1. History
3.2. Carrefour today
3.3. The Carrefour group and the franchise system4. Carrefour’s agreement with two israeli companies
4.1. The data of the agreement
4.2. Carrefour engages with brands directly involved in the colonies
4.3. Carrefour to involve its brand in colonisation
4.4. Electra Consumer Products and its parent company: a partner particularly involved in colonisation5. Corporate obligations and responsibilities with regard to International Law and HumanRrights
5.1. Corporate obligations under international law
5.2. Corporate responsibilities under international law
5.3. Corporate liability under French law6. Carrefour’s stated commitments to Ethics and Human Rights
7. Conclusions and recommandations
7.1. Vis-à-vis the Carrefour group
7.2. Towards the French government
