French court orders TotalEnergies to account for indirect emissions of end users

Court orders TotalEnergies to account for environmental impact of oil and gas products

A Paris court has ordered French oil giant TotalEnergies to report the environmental consequences of emissions from its oil and gas products and explain how it plans to address them.

As Europe swelters, Paris judges say consumers aren’t to blame — TotalEnergies is

A Paris judicial tribunal has just ruled on a case brought against TotalEnergies by environmental groups and the City of Paris. The judgment does not halt the company's fossil-fuel expansion. But it does something the industry has spent half a century resisting: it holds TotalEnergies legally responsible not just for the emissions from its operations, but for the emissions produced when the oil and gas it sells are ultimately burned.

Paris court gives oil giant Total Energies half a year to tighten climate policies. Climate activists cry foul

A court in Paris ruled on Thursday that energy giant TotalEnergies must account for its customer’s greenhouse gas emissions, giving the French company six months to report the environmental risks caused by the consumption of its gas and oil products. The decision, which comes amid a record heat wave in France, fell short of requests []

Paris court gives French oil company TotalEnergies 6 months to tighten its climate policies

A Paris court has ruled that energy company TotalEnergies must account for its consumers’ greenhouse gas emissions.

Court rules oil and gas giant TotalEnergies must account for its clients' CO₂ emissions

Since 2020, a coalition of advocacy groups and the Paris city authority have taken TotalEnergies to court to force it to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. This latest ruling now requires the oil and gas major to include its clients' emissions in its own due diligence plan, which marks a significant step forward.