2/3/2025 3:07:47 PM ESG Disputes Bulletin – February 2025 By Rebecca Burton Welcome to the latest edition of the quarterly Linklaters ESG Disputes Bulletin. This issue covers key developments in contentious ESG...
6/26/2024 9:51:25 AM France: two claims based on the duty of vigilance declared admissible By Jean-Charles Jaïs Claudia Cavicchioli Charlotte Peiffer Julie Esquenazi +1 more... Show less On 18 June 2024, for the first time, the Court of Appeal of Paris declared admissible two out of three claims based on the duty of...
6/4/2024 2:24:07 PM Linklaters ESG Newsletter - June 2024 By Julia Voskoboinikova Gilly Hutchinson Sara Feijao Welcome to the latest edition of the global Linklaters ESG Newsletter. Each issue covers key developments in the UK, EU, US, Asia and...
5/29/2024 12:13:52 PM France: NGOs and individuals file a criminal complaint against major French energy company’s directors and main shareholders By Claudia Cavicchioli Charlotte Peiffer Julie Esquenazi On 21 May 2024, three NGOs and eight individuals filed a criminal complaint with the Paris public prosecution office, targeting the board...
5/23/2024 3:01:38 PM New French anti-greenwashing guidelines: "dos and don’ts" to avoid misleading green advertising By Charlotte Peiffer Claudia Cavicchioli Julie Esquenazi In April 2024, the French Agency for Ecological Transition, ADEME, published an updated version of its Anti-Greenwashing Guide (initially...
4/9/2024 11:23:10 AM France: Judicial Court of Paris dismisses corporate claim based on dissemination of misleading information about the company’s carbon emissions By Eleonore Hannezo Claudia Cavicchioli Julie Esquenazi On 28 March 2024, the Judicial Court of Paris annulled the writ of summons served by a major French energy company (“the Company”) on one...
2/13/2024 3:30:07 PM ESG Legal Outlook 2024: key themes in Europe By Julia Voskoboinikova In 2024, Europe is poised to enter a challenging phase where companies will start to implement the new mandatory sustainability reporting...
2/2/2024 3:03:00 PM ESG Disputes Bulletin – January 2024 By Satindar Dogra Rebecca James David Thomas Tara Janus Matt Dodd Rebecca Burton +3 more... Show less Welcome to the quarterly Linklaters ESG Disputes Bulletin. In this edition, we cover some of the key developments in contentious ESG...
1/24/2024 9:48:14 AM Paris court rejects NGOs’ request to order the French state to take additional measures to repair ecological damage caused by carbon emissions By Eleonore Hannezo Claudia Cavicchioli Charlotte Peiffer On 22 December 2023, the Administrative Court of Paris (“the Court”) issued another significant decision in what has been called the...
12/6/2023 4:13:48 PM French Duty of Vigilance Law: first decision on the merits rendered by a French Court By Claudia Cavicchioli Eleonore Hannezo Jean-Charles Jaïs Key takeaways for businesses The French 2017 Duty of Vigilance Law is precursor to the forthcoming EU Corporate Sustainability Due...
11/7/2023 9:22:23 AM EU CSDDD: lessons learnt from the French Duty of Vigilance law By Eleonore Hannezo Claudia Cavicchioli KEY TAKEAWAYS Due diligence requirements in the field of the environment and human rights are increasing. Businesses need to be more...
11/6/2023 4:38:52 PM The Paris Judicial Court clarifies conditions for the claims under the French duty of vigilance By Claudia Cavicchioli Alexandre Taboni KEY TAKEAWAYS On 6 July 2023, the Paris Judicial Court ruled that the action brought by several NGOs and local authorities against...
11/2/2023 12:46:00 PM ESG Disputes Bulletin – November 2023 By Satindar Dogra Rebecca James David Thomas Rebecca Burton Matt Dodd +2 more... Show less Welcome to the quarterly Linklaters ESG Disputes Bulletin. In this edition, we cover some of the key developments in contentious ESG...
3/1/2023 9:41:31 AM First decision by French courts on duty of vigilance law: dismissal of claims lodged by six NGOs against TotalEnergies By Eleonore Hannezo Jean-Charles Jaïs Claudia Cavicchioli Six years ago, on 27 March 2017, the French legislator enacted the Duty of Vigilance Law (the "Law") creating an obligation for large...
2/28/2023 2:23:26 PM French NGOs take BNP Paribas to court for its support of fossil fuel projects By Guillaume Croisant Charlotte Peiffer Bruno Garcia Da Silva On 23 February 2023, three NGOs, Oxfam France, Friends of the Earth France and Notre Affaire à Tous (the “NGOs”), announced the start of...
11/2/2022 6:35:36 AM BNP Paribas on formal notice to stop supporting the development of fossil fuel projects By Guillaume Croisant Charlotte Peiffer On 26 October 2022, NGOs Oxfam France, Friends of the Earth France and Notre Affaire à Tous formally put the BNP Paribas group (the...