Towards a Digital Due Diligence (or How to Integrate the Issue of the Environmental Footprint of Digital Economy in the Governance of Companies)

Vers un devoir de vigilance numérique (ou comment intégrer le problème de la pollution numérique dans la gouvernance des entreprises)

Caroline Devaux () and Jean-Philippe Nicolaï
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Caroline Devaux: CDMO - Centre de droit maritime et océanique - Nantes Univ - UFR DSP - Nantes Université - UFR Droit et Sciences Politiques - Nantes Université - pôle Sociétés - Nantes Univ - Nantes Université
Jean-Philippe Nicolaï: GAEL - Laboratoire d'Economie Appliquée de Grenoble - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement - UGA - Université Grenoble Alpes - Grenoble INP - Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology - UGA - Université Grenoble Alpes

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Abstract: The article focuses on digital pollution, a phenomenon that includes all environmental pollution generated by digital activities. This is currently responsible for 2.5% of greenhouse gas emissions in France, an environmental impact that continues to grow with the digital transformation of our society. This article aims to explore possible regulatory solutions to lead companies to consider the environmental impact of digital technology and modify their practices. More specifically, it is proposed to integrate the risks of digital pollution in the governance of companies. In this respect, the duty of due diligence appears as a regulatory tool to be mobilized to reduce digital pollution. The article proposes a reflection on what could be a duty of vigilance for companies.

Keywords: Environment; Digital Pollution; Due Diligence Duty; Corporate Social Responsibility; Digital sobriety; Environnement; Pollution numérique; Devoir de vigilance; RSE; Sobriété numérique (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022-11-03
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Published in Revue interdisciplinaire droit et organisations, 2022, 4, pp.13-32. ⟨10.34699/rido.2022.17⟩

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DOI: 10.34699/rido.2022.17

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