Adopted in 2017, the French duty of vigilance law requires large French companies to identify and prevent human rights risks linked to their activities. In the absence of a government registry, CCFD-Terre Solidaire and Sherpa, with the support of Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, have launched the website vigilance-plan.org to identify companies subject to the law and make accessible those vigilance plans that have been published. 

CCFD-Terre Solidaire and Sherpa are also calling on French public authorities to:

• Publish the list of companies subject to the duty of vigilance
• Make all vigilance plans accessible on a public database
• Strengthen transparency requirements to make financial and non-financial data on companies more accessible
• Lower and simplify application thresholds.

More information is available in French here and in English below.