France: EDF served formal notice for failure to comply with its sustainability due diligence obligations

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The news. On 23 September, Greenpeace France announced that it had served EDF with a formal notice for failure to comply with its sustainability due diligence obligations due to the risks of harm to the environment, human rights, and worker health and safety at Rosatom, its Russian commercial partner that reprocesses its uranium. The NGO is calling on the French state-owned electricity company (over 180,000 employees) to complete its risk mapping and establish regular assessments, as well as ri

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