Re: France’s position with respect to the proposal for a corporate sustainability due diligence directive

ClientEarth argues that France's current position in CSDDD trilogue negotiations risks reducing the directive's scope and effectiveness, contradicting France's own international commitments and its 2017 domestic duty of vigilance law. The organization demands that France support three core requirements: mandatory due diligence on climate and other environmental impacts, the implementation of clear climate transition plans including scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions targets, and the full inclusion of the financial sector.

• ClientEarth asserts that France's current stance in the CSDDD trilogue negotiations contradicts its previous commitments to international principles of responsible business conduct and its obligations to protect human rights from environmental impacts of economic activities.
• The document argues that the CSDDD must mandate due diligence for climate impacts and other environmental categories—such as biodiversity loss, deforestation, and pollution—across entire value chains to align with UN and OECD standards.
• To prevent 'greenwashing', the CSDDD should require companies to not only adopt but implement climate transition plans compatible with the Paris Agreement, specifically including emission reduction targets for scope 1, 2, and 3.
• ClientEarth maintains that the financial sector, including banks, insurers, and asset managers, must be included in the CSDDD's scope because financial actors can be directly linked to human rights violations through the companies they finance or advise.

APA

Berthier, A. (2023). Re: France’s position with respect to the proposal for a corporate sustainability due diligence directive. ClientEarth. https://www.clientearth.org/media/0tmc3zvt/csddd-lettre-au-président-de-la-republique-07-11-2023-en.pdf

Chicago

Berthier, Anais. Re: France’s position with respect to the proposal for a corporate sustainability due diligence directive. ClientEarth, 2023. https://www.clientearth.org/media/0tmc3zvt/csddd-lettre-au-président-de-la-republique-07-11-2023-en.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{berthier2023frances, author = {Berthier, Anais}, title = {{Re: France’s position with respect to the proposal for a corporate sustainability due diligence directive}}, publisher = {ClientEarth}, year = {2023}, month = nov, url = {https://www.clientearth.org/media/0tmc3zvt/csddd-lettre-au-président-de-la-republique-07-11-2023-en.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }