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FIND OUT MOREPartner Sylvie Gallage-Alwis, Senior Associate Gaëtan de Robillard and Associate Anélia Naydenova have authored the Trends and Developments chapter for France in the ESG 2025 Chambers Global Practice Guide. Their article explains the current regime, highlights areas of uncertainty and sets out practical implications for businesses, in particular manufacturers, operating in France and the EU. This article was published on 11 November 2025, access on the Chambers Global Practice Guide website here.
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ESG in 2025: A Practical Perspective on EU Streamlining and French Ambition
For companies operating in France and across the EU, 2025 has been the year in which ESG obligations both eased and intensified. At EU level, institutions launched a simplification drive that delays certain reporting and due diligence deadlines and proposes a narrower scope for future ESG reporting. In parallel, France has consolidated and expanded national measures, especially on marketing claims, product sustainability information, and restriction of chemicals.
The straightforward takeaway for businesses is twofold. First, the EU has formally paused parts of the timetable, creating planning room without dismantling the underlying framework. Second, France remains a comparatively demanding jurisdiction in which national rules, enforcement, and litigation risks are acute and often move ahead of, or sit alongside, EU-wide harmonisation.
