TotalEnergies promotion of natural gas under fire in greenwashing trial
Landmark case over claim of misleading commercial practices by oil and gas group. The case is the first in France to bring “greenwashing” allegations against an oil and gas company. It also highlights fossil fuel industry moves to promote gas as a more environmentally friendly alternative to oil and coal.
Environmental campaign groups Greenpeace, Notre affaire à tous and Friends of the Earth brought the case alleging that TotalEnergies misled consumers in communications campaigns when it changed its name from Total in 2021.
“Total has deployed communication campaign on gas aimed at associating it with renewable energies, in an attempt to make it seem positive, clean, desirable energy and even a ‘fantastic resource for decarbonisation’. This impression is, once again, seriously erroneous,” said Clémentine Baldon, a lawyer representing the environmental groups.
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