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Did the TotalEnergies group mislead consumers by claiming to be a
“major player in the energy transition” ? Yes, the Paris judicial court answered in substance on Thursday, October 23, after the case was brought before it in 2022 by the NGOs Greenpeace France, Les Amis de la Terre France, and Notre affaire à tous. The collective targeted the communications campaign organized by the French oil giant in 2021, on the occasion of its name change from Total to TotalEnergies, and more specifically its messages on its ”
carbon neutrality” objectives .
The multinational “deliberately made an environmental claim likely to mislead consumers, leading them to believe that by purchasing its products or services they were participating in the emergence of a low-carbon economy ,” the court stated.
In 2021, the major announced its “transformation” into a multi-energy group, from oil to solar and wind power. It assured that it wanted to “contribute to achieving carbon neutrality by 2050, together with society” , notably thanks to its “increasingly low-carbon energy products” . But without specifying, the court emphasizes, that it was following its “own scenario” , still including significant investments in oil and gas, contrary to the recommendations of ….
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