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Legitimacy and the competitiveness of a company imply, between other indicators, the truth and the reliability of the informations that it communicates. The publication of corporate' s informations is destined not only to explain its environmental and social policy, but equally the impacts of its activities and the obtained results. Whith returning accounts, the companies are reminded of their responsabilities, give account of their strategy and otheir engagements. Under the pressure of the shareholders and stakeholders, the reporting of environmental informations becomes today a préoccupation that they cannot disregard. The new obligations of the law and regulation relating to the french New Economic Reguiations partake of a general process and are in keeping with the framework of the rules of corporate governance which becomes little by little a necessity.

The Law on Air of 1996 has enshrined everybody's right to breathe an air that is not harmful to their health. This right is defined as the aim of a policy to which every person, public or private, physical or corporate, must contribute. It thus formulates rhetorically a duty to contribute to the improvement of air quality whose fulfilment required recognition of a right to information on air quality and its effects. Guaranteed by the State and secured by an administrative organization ensuring monitoring and notice, this right thus appears as « a right to be ». Finally, this right to information on air quality would only be the procedural aspect of this " unsubstantial right to air ".

The French Antarctic tradition, the French control ofresearch in the Antarctic and its active participation in the collective management ofthe Antarctic made France a pillar of the « Antarctic System ». Having largely contributed to the drafting of the protocol to the Treaty on the Antarctic relating to environmental protection signed in Madrid in 1991, France still had not, in 2003, translated into national law the provisions of this international text. The law n° 2003-347 of April 15, 2003, cornes to fill in, from now on, this unjustified delay. This law aims at contributing to the protection of a remarkable environment : the objective is, in particular, to preserve the wealth of the Antarctic eco-systems and the memory of the past of our planet. The proposed device rests primarily on the obligation of declaration and authorization of any activity carried on this continent. The territorial field of application of the legislative provisions is defined in accordance with the Treaty on the Antarctic. This concerns the real surface of the Antarctic, doubling during the southern winter. In addition to the fact of specifying which activities and interests are concerned with the safety device, the law associates the obligation to carry out a study of environmental impact to a System of preliminary declaration or authorization. The effectiveness of the device is guaranteed by very dissuasive penalties.