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