Better Health for All

TotalEnergies invested more than $400 million in LPG development for clean cooking solutions.

The company's 2023 investments totaled $16.8 billion, with 35% allocated to low-carbon energies. The clean cooking initiative aims to reduce CO2 emissions by up to 1.5 billion tons by 2030, with 900 million tons in Africa, and is intended to improve air quality, reducing respiratory and cardiovascular risks. The company targets reaching 100 million people in Africa and India by 2030 with these clean cooking solutions, which also aim to reduce gender inequality and save time.

Fair Pay & Worker Respect

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The article discusses a partnership expansion and renewable energy investments, but does not contain any information related to worker wages, pay ratios, collective bargaining, safety incidents, pay equity, worker engagement, turnover, labor violations, contract types, or health insurance coverage.

Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing

TotalEnergies requires Fundamental Principles of Purchasing (FPP) clauses in all supplier contracts.

These principles include ethical sourcing requirements such as respect for human rights, child labor, forced labor, working conditions, and grievance mechanisms. No specific, quantifiable evidence was found for other KPIs, such as fair-trade certified spend, audit frequency, forced or child labor incidents, traceability coverage, remediation speed, share of spend on high-risk materials, or supplier diversity spend.

Honest & Fair Business

TotalEnergies has a formal whistleblower policy that includes protection from retaliation for good-faith reports, and a mechanism for employees and third parties to refer issues to a committee.

However, there is no explicit evidence of independent investigation processes for these reports. The company acknowledges receipt of general interest complaints within 7 working days and aims to assess and remedy them within a reasonable period not exceeding 3 months. TotalEnergies has a comprehensive anti-corruption compliance program with annual training for over 82,000 employees by 2022, and includes third-party due diligence. The French Anti-Corruption Agency (AFA) issued a positive report on this program in 2022.

Kind to Animals

TotalEnergies has extensive wildlife conservation initiatives, committing to a net positive impact on biodiversity for new projects in sensitive areas.

In 2023, the company respected voluntary exclusion zones and deployed eight biodiversity action plans for new projects, including Tilenga, EACOP, Ratawi, Mozambique LNG, and Papua LNG, with five of these having a net biodiversity gain objective. The Tilenga Net Gain program aims to protect 10,000 hectares of natural forest, restore 1,000 hectares of tropical forest, and achieve a 25% increase in populations of species like lions and elephants in Murchison Falls National Park. The company also replanted 59 hectares of forest in 2023, with offsetting actions for the remaining 81 hectares of deforestation from new projects scheduled for 2024. TotalEnergies does not conduct oil and gas exploration or production in UNESCO natural world heritage areas, which represent 531 million hectares. For supplier audits, 37% of priority suppliers were assessed through documentary and on-site audits in 2023. The company aims to audit 1,300 suppliers by the end of 2025. TotalEnergies' R&D budget allocated less than 1% to animal-free technologies, with 65% of the 2023 R&D budget focused on new energies, batteries, and reducing environmental footprint, and 68% of the 2024 R&D budget devoted to low-carbon and decarbonization solutions. The company is a member of an industry consortium working on animal-free testing methods with minimal contributions. TotalEnergies publicly endorses specific animal welfare reforms and participates in regulatory consultations, supporting incremental welfare reforms and participating in industry discussion groups.

No War, No Weapons

TotalEnergies has been accused of "complicity in war crimes" by Ukrainian NGOs and faces a criminal complaint regarding its Mozambique LNG project for failing to ensure subcontractor safety.

A preliminary investigation was opened in March 2025 on charges of manslaughter and failure to assist persons in danger. Internal documents from May 2020 detail acts of violence against civilians by Mozambican armed forces, and allegations of the "container massacre" occurred from July to September 2021. The company assigned a full-time compliance officer to Iran in 2017. TotalEnergies stated it is strictly complying with EU policy and European sanctions. It owned 19.4% of Novatek, a Russian natural gas producer, and held stakes in other Russian projects like Yamal LNG (20%) and Arctic LNG 2 (10%). The company initiated a gradual suspension of activities in Russia and committed to stopping Russian oil and oil product imports by the end of 2022. However, it continued to hold stakes in Russian gas projects, with an EU embargo on Russian gas not expected until 2027. TotalEnergies stopped operational activities related to Iran in 2018 following the U.S. withdrawal from the JCPOA, having previously suspended gasoline sales to Iran in June 2010 and stopped buying Iranian crude oil at the end of 2011. The company's Fundamental Principles of Purchasing mention alignment with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. For conflict minerals, 45% of Hutchinson's materials are verified conflict-free, and Saft identified a substantial number of smelters as compliant with the Responsible Minerals Assurance Process Initiative.

Planet-Friendly Business

TotalEnergies' Scope 1+2 emissions from operated assets were approximately 35 million tons CO2e in 2023.

The company does not report Scope 3 emissions. It has a target to reduce Scope 1+2 emissions by 40% by 2030 compared to 2015. The company has not disclosed SBTi-validated targets. In 2023, 19 TWh of its 33 TWh net electricity production came from renewable sources, representing 57.5% of its electricity production, but the share of operational energy consumption sourced from renewables is not specified. The company invested 35% of its $16.8 billion capital expenditure in low-carbon energies in 2023, and its 2023 CapEx eligibility & alignment (proportional view) was >30%. Between 2000 and the present, TotalEnergies has incurred $66,707,364 in environment-related penalties across 152 records. The company has a net-zero target year beyond 2050, with a 2030 Scope 1+2 emissions reduction target of -40% vs 2015. TotalEnergies has fully adopted TCFD recommendations since its 2017 annual report and applied them in its 2023 non-financial performance statement. The company conducts comprehensive climate scenario analysis including 1.5°C, 2°C, and 3°C+ pathways, with strategic planning explicitly linked to scenarios. It provides growing disclosure of climate-related assets at risk and outlines its management approach. The company supports local socio-economic development initiatives but no specific programs addressing disproportionate climate impacts on vulnerable communities or support for workers transitioning from high-carbon economies are detailed. There is no evidence of investment in climate adaptation for vulnerable communities as a percentage of climate spending.

Respect for Cultures & Communities

TotalEnergies has no reported cultural appropriation incidents.

The company conducts human rights impact assessments ahead of projects to identify potentially impacted stakeholders, including indigenous people. Exploration & Production Business units are required to conduct Social Baseline Studies and Social Impact Assessments, and have general specifications on Human Rights Impact Assessments. However, a lawsuit filed in June 2023 alleges violations of property rights and other issues related to the Tilenga and EACOP projects in Uganda and Tanzania, indicating inconsistent implementation of protocols. Grievance mechanisms are available to workers, suppliers, and external individuals and communities, with 100 subsidiaries having an integrated grievance mechanism associated with human rights issues. Community grievance mechanisms are being set up for local communities impacted by industrial projects. The company recognizes indigenous peoples' right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) for developments affecting them. An FPIC Agreement was signed with the Akie Community for the EACOP project. For the Tilenga project, 99.5% (5,553 of 5,583) of Project Affected Persons were fully compensated, indicating a high participation rate in FPIC processes. Before accessing land, potential impacts on natural and cultural heritage are identified, and the company secured tenure for a spiritual site for the Akie community. More than 35,700 management-level employees had taken an online human rights training module at year-end 2022, and over 35,000 management-level employees had taken a similar module at year-end 2021. This represents less than 10% of the total workforce of nearly 160 nationalities. The online training module is available in five languages, and the Human Rights Compliance Assessment tool is available in multiple languages including English, Chinese, Spanish, Danish, and Dutch. However, it is unclear if the grievance mechanism is available in all appropriate languages.

Safe & Smart Tech

TotalEnergies experienced a breach exposing 22 million records and another compromising 210,715 customer records.

The company was fined 1 million euros by the French CNIL in June 2022 for multiple GDPR violations, including failure to inform individuals, respect rights of access and objection, and comply with modalities for exercising rights. Complaints were noted regarding difficulties in exercising access and objection rights. The company requires strong authentication, including multi-factor authentication for user sessions and application access. A vulnerability disclosure policy is available, and the company conducts regular audits, including penetration tests, to identify vulnerabilities. Security by design is a requirement, and data deletion within one month of contract termination is mandated. Large-scale simulation exercises are conducted involving 200 people over 40 test days across 8 countries to test system resilience.