TotalEnergies CEO Defends Company Against Abuse Allegations in African Project

TotalEnergies CEO defends company against abuse allegations in African project

Union Investment cuts TotalEnergies stake over East Africa allegations

Germany's Union Investment has dropped French oil major TotalEnergies from its sustainability funds and called for an independent human rights audit following fresh allegations of abuses at a $15bn (R268.66bn) project in East Africa.

UN pressures TotalEnergies over Uganda rights abuses

A United Nations human rights expert has called on TotalEnergies to urgently respond to allegations of abuse tied to its East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), just ahead of the French energy giant’s annual shareholder meeting. Michel Forst, the UN Special Rapporteur on environmental defenders, issued a statement Thursday urging the company to take immediate steps to protect protesters and activists associated with the pipeline and related oil…

Mobilization in Uganda against the Eacop project is rare and severely suppressed. Student youth are trying to organize themselves, at the cost of constant pressure, trials and arrests. You are reading the “Eacop survey: Total hold, local resistance”. It is one of the most titanic fossil energy extraction projects in progress, far from our eyes, and which nevertheless concerns us all: Tilenga-Eacop, more than 1,400 km across Uganda and the (...)…

Germany Drops TotalEnergies from Sustainability Funds Over Human Rights Concerns in Uganda

Germany’s Union Investment has removed French energy giant TotalEnergies from its sustainability funds and is calling for an independent human rights audit, following fresh allegations of abuse tied to a $15 billion oil project in East Africa. The decision by Union, ranked among TotalEnergies’ top 20 investors according to LSEG data, comes just days before … The post Germany Drops TotalEnergies from Sustainability Funds Over Human Rights Concern…