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In first, court finds major french oil company guilty of Greenwashing
The Paris court found TotalEnergies overstated its climate commitments while expanding fossil fuel production, ordering €8,000 reparations to NGOs and removal of misleading ads.
- A French civil court ruled that TotalEnergies misled consumers with a 2021 ad campaign claiming it would become carbon neutral by 2050, marking the first application of France's greenwashing law against an energy company.
- TotalEnergies was ordered to pay €8,000 in reparations to each of the three NGOs involved and €15,000 for their legal fees.
- The court mandated TotalEnergies to remove misleading statements about carbon neutrality from its website within a month or face fines of up to €20,000 per day.
- This decision is historic as it is the first time a major oil company was held liable for misleading the public about its environmental commitments, according to Friends of the Earth France.
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French Court Convicts Oil Giant For ‘Misleading’ Climate Claims
TotalEnergies just got hit with a legal reality check. A Paris court ruled that the oil and gas giant misled the public by exaggerating its climate commitments. It was a global first against a major fossil fuel company for “greenwashing.”The court found that the company’s claims about reaching carbon neutrality by 2050 were “misleading.” It said the company was still ramping up oil and gas production.TotalEnergies has been ordered to remove seve…
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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.
Following an appeal filed by three environmental associations, the Paris court sentenced the group on Thursday, 23 October, for misleading commercial practices, due to false communications about its climate ambition.
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".
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