France: Yves Rocher convicted of breach of duty of vigilance for infringement of freedom of association

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An article by Antoine Piel

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12 March 2026 à 16h05

Updated on 13 March 2026 à 16h55

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An article by Antoine Piel

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12 March 2026 à 16h05

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The specialised chamber of the Paris Judicial Court convicted Yves Rocher on 12 March for breaching its duty of vigilance. The group was sued by Turkish employees dismissed in 2018 by a subsidiary after joining a trade union, as well as by the NGOs Sherpa and ActionAid. The court ruled that the cosmetics group’s 2017 and 2018 vigilance plans were “flawed”, as they lacked risk mapping for subsidiaries despite the company “having sufficient information to identify the risk of a serious infringeme

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