As a judicial tool available to individuals, affected communities, trade unions and civil society organisations to lead the fight against impunity, the Duty of Vigilance Law has demonstrated its ability to compel companies to make fundamental changes to their business models and practices.
We list below all the cases currently underway that rely on the Duty of Vigilance law, including formal notices that have not yet led to court action.
Ongoing cases
Total – Climate Change
Contribution to climate change and alignment with the Paris Agreement’s objectives
Total – Uganda
Oil mega-project in Uganda, land expropriations and biodiversity risks
Teleperfomance
Workers’ rights in the call centre leader’s subsidiaries
XPO Logistics
Workers’ rights in the road transport and logistics company’s value chain
EDF – Mexico
Windpark project in Mexico and indigenous peoples’ rights
Yves Rocher – Turkey
Freedom to join a union and discriminations against women
Suez – Chile
Right to water in Chile
La Poste
Subcontracting and workers’ rights
Casino – Deforestation
Deforestation, indigenous’ rights abuses and forced labour in the beef supply chain in Brazil and Colombia
IDEMIA – Kenya
Biometric data capture technology in Kenya
Total – Russia
War in Ukraine
Mc Donald’s
Workers’ rights in Brazil and France
Deplastify Now
Plastic pollution
BNP Paribas – Brazil
Financing deforestation in Brazil
BNP Paribas – Climate Change
Financing fossil fuels