Actors / Company · France
TotalEnergies
Appears in 21 cases in this database. Roles as given in the documented record.
| Case | Role | Country | Period | Instrument |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kariba REDD+ project (Zimbabwe) | Credit buyer | Zimbabwe | 2011–2025 | Carbon credits |
| Cordillera Azul National Park carbon project | Credit buyer | Peru | 2008–2026 | Carbon credits |
| EACOP pipeline: insurers decline, construction continues | Majority shareholder (62%) | Uganda / Tanzania | 2021–2026 | Insurance declined or withdrawn |
| Erika oil spill | Total SA: criminal liability upheld and held civilly liable (2012); could not rely on CLC channelling | France | 1999–2012 | Oil spill |
| Alliance to End Plastic Waste and Renew Oceans (Ganges) | Member (as "Total"); named among five members compared by Unearthed | India | 2019–2026 | Plastic waste and recycling claims |
| TotalEnergies v Greenpeace France | Claimant | France | 2022–2024 | Killings and repression of defenders |
| Norway Longship and Northern Lights CCS; Sleipner | Northern Lights partner | Norway | 1991–2025 | Carbon capture and climate intervention |
| Mozambique LNG environmental assessment (ERM) | Later employer of the assessment's project manager | Mozambique | 2014–2024 | Oil, gas and coal operations |
| TotalEnergies Batéké acacia carbon project (Congo) | Sub-lessee and carbon-credit sponsor of the plantation | Republic of Congo | 2020–2025 | Carbon credits |
| Offshore wind wake effect disputes (Ørsted, UK and Germany) | Lobbied on German tender rules | United Kingdom | 2020–2026 | Wind, hydro and other renewables |
| EU narrows supply-chain law and delays deforestation rule twice | Named in leaked documents on the supply-chain law | European Union | 2024–2026 | Law, regulation and treaties |
| Paris court finds TotalEnergies' 2050 carbon-neutral claim misleading | Company found to have misled consumers | France | 2025 | Carbon credits |
| Germany rejects 215,000 carbon credits from Chinese oil-sector projects | Named among companies that used the credits, as reported | Germany | 2024 | Carbon credits |
| TotalEnergies’ Tilenga oil fields in Uganda: biodiversity claims and insurance | Developer of the Tilenga oil fields | Uganda | 2021–2022 | Insurance, liability and compensation funds |
| TotalEnergies reportedly abandoned Congo carbon plantation at 12.5% of target | developer of Tilenga and sponsor of the Batéké plantation | Uganda | 2020–2025 | Carbon credits |
| UK agreed up to £21.7bn over 25 years for two CCS clusters | named as a leading company behind the clusters | United Kingdom | 2024 | Carbon capture and climate intervention |
| Amsterdam votes to ban fossil fuel and meat adverts; Paris court faults TotalEnergies | Defendant; the Paris court found its 2050 carbon-neutral claim misleading | Netherlands | 2024–2026 | Lobbying, PR and greenwashing |
| The Hague's fossil fuel advertising ban took effect in 2025 after court upheld it | Defendant in the Paris court ruling on carbon neutrality advertising | Netherlands | 2021 | Lobbying, PR and greenwashing |
| COP28 decision promoted carbon capture and left room for transition fuels | Member of the Global CCS Institute | United Arab Emirates | 2023 | Carbon capture and climate intervention |
| Gabon planned 187 million sovereign carbon credits as TotalEnergies took a timber stake | Buyer of a 49 per cent stake in CBG | Gabon | 2022 | Carbon credits |
| Corporate suits against Greenpeace (TotalEnergies, Shell, Resolute) | Claimant against Greenpeace France | France, United Kingdom, United States | 2019–2024 | Killings and repression of defenders |
Appears alongside
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Terms used on this page
Carbon and conservation finance
- Carbon credit
- A certificate representing one tonne of carbon dioxide (or equivalent) that a project says it reduced, avoided or removed. Buyers use credits to balance their own emissions in climate claims.