Timac Agro is found responsible for air and water pollution in Tonnay-Charente, France. Two environmental associations took legal action in 2020 following repeated breaches of environmental regulations.
The sum of 20,000 euros was granted to each of them “in compensation for the damage to the collective interests” that they defend. “This could open the way to new actions, particularly on the part of local residents,” says Marie Bomare, lawyer with Nature Environnement 17.