US EditionFrench Court Convicts TotalEnergies for Greenwashing
The court ordered TotalEnergies to remove misleading carbon neutrality claims from its ads and pay reparations to environmental groups, marking a global first for greenwashing convictions.
- A French court ruled that TotalEnergies engaged in misleading commercial practices by overstating its climate pledges, marking a significant ruling against an oil company for climate misinformation.
- This case sets a legal precedent for corporate environmental advertising in the European Union.
- The court found that TotalEnergies misled consumers about achieving carbon neutrality by 2050 while increasing oil and gas production, though complaints about fossil gas and biofuels were dismissed.
- Activists stated that the ruling represents a major legal precedent against climate misinformation, noting it is the first conviction of a major oil and gas company for greenwashing.
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A court condemns the energy giant TotalEnergies for misleading information about the climate strategy. Greenpeace speaks of a "turning point" - but the punishment should hardly hurt the company.
The French oil and gas giant was condemned this Thursday for deceptive commercial practices concerning the promotion of its commitments towards carbon neutrality by 2025. In question, their communication in the press, social networks and on television. This decision appears to be major in the opening of a case law around the "greenwashing" of large companies. - TotalEnergys condemned for its promises of "carbon neutrality" (Environment).
French court rules TotalEnergies must remove misleading climate claims from website or face fines
Oil major TotalEnergies misled consumers when it launched a 2021 ad campaign depicting mostly wind and solar farms and claiming it could become carbon neutral by 2050, a French civil court found on Thursday, in the first decision applying France's greenwashing law to an energy company.
Because TotalEnergies claimed in a campaign to push the energy transition forward, the Group must pay compensation. Environmental organisations speak of a "turning point".
Never had an oil company been convicted by a court for its climate strategy. ...
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