TotalEnergies to Appeal Court Order to Adapt Business to Climate Goals
The company says the ruling exceeds France’s duty of vigilance law and would wrongly hold it liable for customer emissions.
- On Monday, TotalEnergies announced it will appeal last month's Paris Judicial Court decision ordering the French company to align its operations with climate goals.
- TotalEnergies argues that climate change, as a global phenomenon, does not fall within the duty of vigilance law, citing the Public Prosecutor's Office position on legal certainty.
- Defending its business model, TotalEnergies stated it does not decide whether motorists drive petrol-powered or electric vehicles, arguing such oversight conflicts with freedom to conduct business.
- The firm will advance its arguments before the Paris Court of Appeal regarding the original ruling that held it responsible for planet-warming emissions from customer fuel use.
- TotalEnergies is not the only European supermajor fighting climate orders; Shell has faced similar litigation for half a decade, including a 2024 Dutch court of appeal victory.
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TotalEnergies to Appeal Court Order to Adapt Business to Climate Goals
TotalEnergies will appeal a landmark decision of the Paris Judicial Court from last month, which ordered the French supermajor to align its business to climate change goals as it held it responsible for climate change. In a statement on Monday, TotalEnergies said that it had decided to appeal the ruling, rendered under the French duty of vigilance law, arguing that “climate change, as a global phenomenon, does not fall within the scope of the du…
The giant petrogazier contests before the Paris Court of Appeal the obligation imposed on 25 June to incorporate its customers' CO2 emissions into its vigilance plan, a decision with provisional enforcement that applies pending the outcome of the appeal.
The energy giant states that it has decided to appeal "after deliberation of its board of directors".
The energy group challenges a decision that broadens its environmental responsibility beyond its own activities. ...
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