National cross-industry agreement on ecological transition and social dialogue

The social partners - CPME, MEDEF, U2P, CFDT and CFTC - have concluded their negotiations concerning a national cross-industry agreement on the theme of ecological transition and social dialogue. This text, which is not binding, provides some examples and good practices for applying the legal framework covering ecological transition. The agreement comprises five chapters:
1/ identifying methods of leverage for change within the framework of an informed social dialogue around ecological transition;
2/ enabling social dialogue to address environmental issues at company level;
3/ incorporating environmental issues into collective bargaining;
4/ addressing environmental issues within territorial and sectoral social dialogue spaces;
5/ dealing with employment and skills-related issues as part of the process of implementing the ecological transition.
What good practices are suggested here? One example is that of including a regular review of environmental policy on the agenda of works council (‘Economic and Social Committee’ – ESC) meetings at companies with more than 50 employees, and setting up further ESC subcommittees, with their own budget, to deal with environmental matters. A concrete example of this, as suggested by the text, is having “green clauses” to mitigate the consequences of environmental and climate-related changes, e.g. by providing for adaptations to organisational arrangements and working conditions, or including environmental criteria in profit-sharing agreements.