26 Jun, 2024 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...
29 May, 2024 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...
23 May, 2024 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...
01 May, 2024 Environmental Crime Directive: EU introduces new offences and penalties By Eleonore Hannezo Guillaume Croisant Bruno Garcia Da Silva The revised Environmental Crime Directive (“revised ECD”) was published in the Official Journal of the EU on 30 April 2024 and comes into...
10 Apr, 2024 European Court of Human Rights rules that Switzerland’s failure to implement sufficient measures to combat climate change violates human rights By Charlotte Peiffer Claudia Cavicchioli Julie Esquenazi European Court of Human Rights rules that Switzerland’s failure to implement sufficient measures to combat climate change violates human...
09 Apr, 2024 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...