2023-04-21 10:02:17
This text aims to supplement our internal rules, alongside the ethics and professional conduct charter, the advertising charter and the corrigenda charter.
Preamble
The human origin of climate change has been demonstrated by the international scientific community and The world considers that the seriousness of the current ecological crisis calls for urgent responses as well as a change in our production and consumption methods.
The environment is a major subject in the editorial line of the Monde for years, a commitment materialized by the creation of a dedicated service, Planète, in September 2008. The protection of the environment is one of the fundamental values defended by The world.
The world contributes through its editorial coverage and through its corporate social commitments to this objective of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and damage caused to the environment, by trying to best reconcile its mission to inform the greatest number , on this subject as on the others, and the ecological imperative.
Articles
The drafting of Monde deals with environmental issues in a transversal approach. As much as possible, the articles published in all the sections question the environmental impact of the subjects treated and explain the cause/consequence links of climatic events.
The world is vigilant and critical of speeches and announcements that may constitute greenwashing (greenwashing) and undertakes to deploy more resources to cover these issues.
The world informs its readers about the impact of their consumption choices and sets itself the objective of gradually reducing the place given to products and leisure activities that are the most harmful to the environment.
The world ensures the use of precise words to qualify the ecological emergency. The editorial staff does as much educational work as necessary to explain the causes of the crisis, document its effects and highlight solutions to reduce the impact of human activities on the environment, whether at the individual level, at that companies and communities as well as at the level of political decisions.
In this objective, The world undertakes to offer continuous training to its journalists on environmental subjects.
For their business trips, journalists avoid as much as possible the most polluting transport, in particular the plane. To avoid certain displacements, The world favors as much as possible the use of its network of correspondents, in France and abroad.
The world reserves the right to refuse any advertising containing an ambiguous message on environmental issues or contrary to its editorial line on these issues. The world has set itself the objective of gradually reducing the share of advertising for products and activities based exclusively on the use of fossil fuels.
The world undertakes to bring its carbon footprint to the attention of its readers and to set frequently updated carbon footprint reduction targets. The world undertakes to pursue its approach to reducing the environmental impact of all its media.
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