Climat et Résilience
Loi n° 2021-1104 du 22 août 2021 (lutte contre le dérèglement climatique, résilience)
Topic : Green claims · Level : National
Today
In force. Carbon-neutral claim rules (L.229-68) stand; 2024/825 transposition bill (DDADUE) not passed by 2 Nov 2026.
Summary
French climate law that regulates carbon-neutral advertising claims and creates an environmental labelling framework, with textiles as the pilot sector. Its claim rules are being absorbed into the EU ban on offset-based neutrality claims from 27 Sep 2026.
Who is concerned
- Turnover
- non précisé
- Employees
- non précisé
- Listed company
- cotées et non cotées
- Sectors
- All consumer-facing sectors
- Textiles (env. labelling)
- Triggering activities
- Advertising a product as carbon neutral
- Voluntary environmental score display
- Extraterritorial reach
- No
non précisé
- Examples
- Brand advertising 'carbon neutral' products in France
- Fashion retailer showing an environmental score
What the law requires
- Publish a GHG footprint of the product or service before claiming carbon neutrality
- Show the emission reduction trajectory and offsetting methods used
- Follow decree 2025-957 (official method, portal filing) if showing a textile environmental cost
Penalties
Carbon-neutral claim breach: fine up to €100,000 for legal persons, up to the full cost of the offending ad (L.229-69).
What this changes for a supplier in China
Brands making climate claims need product-level carbon data from Chinese factories; textile environmental scoring needs process and origin data.
Expected evidence
- Product carbon footprint (ISO 14067)
- Energy mix and process data per site
- Country of each manufacturing step
Tiers : Tier 1-2