Paris court gives French oil giant TotalEnergies 6 months to tighten its climate policies
The court gave TotalEnergies six months to update its vigilance plan after ruling that Scope 3 emissions fall under France’s duty of vigilance law.
- On Thursday, a Paris court ordered energy giant TotalEnergies to report the environmental risks of its customers' emissions within six months, though the ruling fell short of activist demands to force production cuts.
- Environmental groups Notre Affaire à Tous, Sherpa, ZEA, and France Nature Environnement launched proceedings in 2020, requesting the court force TotalEnergies to reduce oil production by 37% and gas production by 25% by 2030.
- Judges applied the 2017 duty of vigilance law, noting companies must act "according to their own situation," and scheduled a January 2027 hearing to assess TotalEnergies' compliance.
- Duyck, a senior attorney at the Center for International Environmental Law, told The Associated Press the decision establishes a significant precedent for corporate accountability across Europe.
- The ruling arrives amid a record heat wave in France as the World Health Organization reports more than 200,000 heat-related deaths across Europe over the last four years.
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French Court Orders TotalEnergies to Account for Customer Emissions in Landmark Climate Ruling
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Court orders TotalEnergies to account for environmental impact of oil and gas products
A Paris court has ordered French oil giant TotalEnergies to report the environmental consequences of emissions from its oil and gas products and explain how it plans to address them.
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