"Total Energies is matching the climate infrastructure it owns," says NGO Bloom. The French multinational has investigated the documents published in the last two and a half years, which has made public the organisation that is committed to the environment. The independent investigation was published on 24 May.

Total Energies continues to invest rapidly in the oil and gas sector. In fact, since January 2021, it has 30 new projects spread around the world. The International Energy Agency had already warned that if heating is to be limited to 1.5 degrees, new projects based on fossil fuels must be completed.

In Uganda and Tanzania, inter alia, Total Energies is developing the Eacop oil pipelines for the transport of infrastructure and oil resources for the extraction of Tilenga oil, without taking account of the environment or the wishes of the citizens.

From declarations to reality

Trusting in the company’s documents, the multinational has among its priorities the care of the environment and the development of renewable energies. The reality is that renewables will account for only 15% of the energy produced by Total Energies in 2023. After analyzing the 313 documents, Bloom notes that the multinational reports on all renewable energy projects, presenting them as very useful projects, and that in 66% of the fossil energy documents it mentions the parallel renewable energy projects or carbon reduction projects.

The link between the French Government and the company's greenwashing policy is also denounced. In fact, in November last year, Emmanuel Macron announced that EUR 5 billion was allocated to the French "most polluting sector", including Total Energies, to "decarbonise" its spaces in the French states.