“French court rules TotalEnergies misled consumers in greenwashing trial”, 23 October 2025

The Paris court ruled that TotalEnergies had made environmental claims that "misled" consumers into believing that it could achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 while increasing oil and gas production.

The court, however, dismissed complaints over TotalEnergies linked to its fossil gas and biofuels…

The court ordered the company to pay €8,000 ($9,330) in reparations to each of the three NGOs that brought the case, and pay a total of €15,000 to cover their legal fees…

Amid a surge in climate claims by companies in recent years, the European Union and other jurisdictions have moved to clamp down on false or exaggerated statements…

In 2021, Total changed its name to TotalEnergies, pledging to gradually reduce its greenhouse gas emissions and invest in wind, solar and battery technologies, while expanding its more lucrative business of oil and gas exploration and production.

That prompted civil society groups Greenpeace France, Friends of the Earth France and Notre Affaire A Tous to sue Total in 2022 under France's anti-greenwashing law...

While TotalEnergies has invested the most of any global oil major in renewables, with a current portfolio of 26 gigawatts of gross installed renewables capacity, more than 97% of its income last year came from activities that are not environmentally sustainable, according to EU green investment disclosures.