TotalEnergies is a global multi-energy company involved in the production and marketing of various energy sources, including oil, biofuels, natural gas, renewables, and electricity. While primarily focused on traditional and renewable energy sectors, TotalEnergies also supports the aerospace industry through the development and supply of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) and aviation fuel. They have partnerships with companies like Airbus to advance SAF development and reduce carbon emissions in aviation. Additionally, TotalEnergies, through its affiliate Saft, provides advanced battery solutions that have applications in the air and space.
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The plaintiffs demand that TotalEnergies stop developing new hydrocarbon projects and cut oil production by 37 percent and gas production by 25 percent by 2030.
TotalEnergies accounts for less than two percent of global oil production.
Sherpa views a ruling against TotalEnergies as potentially having systemic implications for other sectors such as transport.
TotalEnergies contends that global warming is beyond the scope of the 2017 duty of vigilance law.
The NGOs accuse TotalEnergies of excluding from its vigilance requirements the indirect emissions produced by end customers burning its products, which amount to 342 million tonnes of CO2 per year.
TotalEnergies and the plaintiffs dispute whether the law's definition of the environment covers local-scale risks like a polluted river or broader phenomena such as global warming.
The trial involving TotalEnergies is due to continue on Friday, and a ruling is not expected for several months.
Several NGOs and the city of Paris brought a lawsuit against TotalEnergies under the 2017 duty of vigilance law.
Airbus and TotalEnergies will implement a research and innovation programme to develop 100% sustainable fuels tailored to the design of current and future aircraft.
Airbus and TotalEnergies aim to contribute to achieving aviation net carbon neutrality by 2050.
Airbus and TotalEnergies have signed a strategic partnership to address aviation decarbonization using sustainable aviation fuel.
TotalEnergies will supply Airbus with sustainable aviation fuel for more than half of Airbus’s needs in Europe.