US EditionDuty of Vigilance: "While La Poste Is the First Condemned French Company, a Slinging Wind Blows in a Few Months"
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CHRONIQUE. France had been a pioneer in imposing, in 2017, a duty of vigilance on multinationals on environmental and social risks, and it is on the basis of this law that the postal establishment was sentenced on appeal, Tuesday, June 17. Today, alongside several other countries, it pleads for the withdrawal of the European directive adopted in 2024, says Isabelle Chaperon, economic journalist in the "World".
Assigned by the SUD-PTT trade union, the group appealed after being sentenced for the employment of undocumented employees via a subcontracting system in 2023. On 17 June, the Court of Appeal rejected La Poste's application.
In a judgment of 17 June 2025, the 12th Chamber of the Court of Appeal of Paris, specializing in emerging disputes, confirmed the conviction of the La Poste group for failing to comply with its obligations under its duty of vigilance.
This conviction is the first sanction linked to a law that imposes on large French companies to prevent environmental risks and violations of human rights related to their activities.
La Poste has seen Tuesday confirmed on appeal its conviction for failure to comply with its duty of vigilance. A sanction linked to a law that imposes on large French companies to prevent environmental risks
In the first instance, the court had held that the vigilance plan drawn up by the public undertaking was "not in conformity with legal requirements because of its impreciseness." A conviction confirmed on appeal this Tuesday.
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