French court orders energy group to strengthen vigilance plan in landmark ruling
3 March 2026 6 min read
The Paris judicial court issues its most detailed duty of vigilance ruling yet, specifying what an adequate risk mapping and stakeholder consultation must contain.
In the most consequential Duty of Vigilance Law ruling to date, the Paris court ordered a French multinational to rewrite its vigilance plan, holding that generic risk categories without site-level analysis fail the statutory standard.
The judgment gives compliance teams across France their clearest guidance yet: risk mapping must be granular, stakeholder consultation documented, and measures tracked to outcomes.
