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Corporate commitments vs. Practical realities: A study of ecological management and biodiversity in French companies under the Labbé law

Turroques, Léa Zoé LU (2025) HEKM51 20251
Department of Human Geography
Human Ecology
Abstract
Even with repeated scientific warning, pesticides remain widely used in towns and suburbs and represent a threat to human health and biodiversity. The French Labbé law, adopted in 2014 and reinforced in 2022, was implemented to regulate phytosanitary products employed in urban green spaces. This article analyzes how the firms operating green spaces in urban settings have adapted their practices according to this law and their corporate commitments relate to biodiversity. Based on qualitative interviews and CSR document analyses, the study finds technical and organizational barriers to the adoption of the law, in combination with an anthropocentric understanding of nature that makes deep change impossible. Companies tend to frame their... (More)
Even with repeated scientific warning, pesticides remain widely used in towns and suburbs and represent a threat to human health and biodiversity. The French Labbé law, adopted in 2014 and reinforced in 2022, was implemented to regulate phytosanitary products employed in urban green spaces. This article analyzes how the firms operating green spaces in urban settings have adapted their practices according to this law and their corporate commitments relate to biodiversity. Based on qualitative interviews and CSR document analyses, the study finds technical and organizational barriers to the adoption of the law, in combination with an anthropocentric understanding of nature that makes deep change impossible. Companies tend to frame their commitments as voluntary measures. Biodiversity is marginalized in favor of more measurable and economically valuable issues. These findings underscore the demand for a shift in values and institutional frameworks. These changes could occur if we start moving beyond a simple cost-benefit logic, to ensure authentic ecological management and the regulation of pesticides is extended beyond urban areas to the agricultural sector. (Less)
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author
Turroques, Léa Zoé LU
supervisor
organization
course
HEKM51 20251
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
urban biodiversity, Labbé law, ecological management, corporate social responsibility, pesticides, green spaces
language
English
id
9188571
date added to LUP
2025-07-31 12:57:02
date last changed
2025-07-31 12:57:02
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  abstract     = {{Even with repeated scientific warning, pesticides remain widely used in towns and suburbs and represent a threat to human health and biodiversity. The French Labbé law, adopted in 2014 and reinforced in 2022, was implemented to regulate phytosanitary products employed in urban green spaces. This article analyzes how the firms operating green spaces in urban settings have adapted their practices according to this law and their corporate commitments relate to biodiversity. Based on qualitative interviews and CSR document analyses, the study finds technical and organizational barriers to the adoption of the law, in combination with an anthropocentric understanding of nature that makes deep change impossible. Companies tend to frame their commitments as voluntary measures. Biodiversity is marginalized in favor of more measurable and economically valuable issues. These findings underscore the demand for a shift in values and institutional frameworks. These changes could occur if we start moving beyond a simple cost-benefit logic, to ensure authentic ecological management and the regulation of pesticides is extended beyond urban areas to the agricultural sector.}},
  author       = {{Turroques, Léa Zoé}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Corporate commitments vs. Practical realities: A study of ecological management and biodiversity in French companies under the Labbé law}},
  year         = {{2025}},
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