The Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace and our business to all believe that the oil and gas giant induces consumers in error by presenting itself as a “major player in the energy transition”.
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Does the Totallergies group (ex-total) induces consumers in error by affirming, in a massive communication campaign, having the ambition to reach carbon neutrality in 2050? This is what Greenpeace, the Friends of the Earth and our case, who have tabled, Wednesday, March 2, a lawsuit against the company for “misleading business practices”. Through this assignment, the three NGOs, supported by the Charity Association specializing in the law and the Environment CustomerEarth, have a goal: to recognize by the judicial court of Paris the melting character of the advertisements of the Major oil and gas, according to which It could effectively fight global warming.
In May 2021, total retouched his name to become TotalEnergies. The opportunity to display his ambition ” to be a major player in the energy transition “and reach the” carbon neutrality “in 2050. A large-scale message through advertisements in the print media, on television, social networks or on Display panels. For NGOs, these statements are neither supported nor justified by the Group’s strategy. “TotalEnergies does not provide for real and absolute decline in all of its greenhouse gas emissions,” says Lorette Philippot, private finance campaigns and fossil energies to the Friends of the Earth.
According to its Climate Strategy, adopted in May 2020, Totalnergies plans to reduce by 40% by 2030 and then reduce to zero by 2050, its emissions related to its own activity and facilities, say. “Scopes 1 and 2”. These were estimated by the company to 37 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (co 2 ) in 2021, down 20% from 2015. But the main emissions of the group are linked to sales, that is to say the use of the energy products of Totalnergies by its customers: the “scope 3” was encrypted to 400 million tonnes of co 2 in 2021. Gold, In this sector, the Group plans to maintain its emissions at a lower level only to 2015 by 2030.
TotalEnergies “slows down the energy transition”
Pointing a lack of investments in renewable energies, Clara Gonzales, Lawyer for Greenpeace, declares it necessary to “take the trial of the greenwashing”. “The global warming is already there, and TotalEnergies is not content to deceive consumers, it also slows down the energy transition. The notion of carbon neutrality has been defined by scientific authorities, companies can not deviate it.” Contacted by Le Monde, the company refutes the term “greenwashing” (eco-blanching) and asserts that it “puts its strategy in a concrete way”.
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