TotalEnergies SE

NYSE: TTE25Laggard· Provisional

0 followersOil & gas·Courbevoie, France·Founded 1924

French integrated supermajor that rebranded from Total in 2021 claiming a renewables pivot, but continues major oil and gas expansion projects in Africa, the Middle East, and LNG globally.

25/100

Laggard· Provisional

ClimateTicker Green Score · how it's calculated

Greenwashing risk: highData confidence: high

Why it's on ClimateTicker

TotalEnergies rebranded in 2021 as an 'integrated multi-energy' company and publishes detailed sustainability reports with real operational emissions reductions, but its core business remains fossil fuel extraction and LNG expansion across Africa, the Middle East, and beyond, with fossil fuels representing over 97% of its 2024 energy production. The gap between its green marketing and its ongoing expansion of new oil and gas projects — now validated by a landmark Paris court greenwashing ruling in October 2025 — makes it a textbook laggard rather than a genuine climate solution provider.

laggardTotalEnergies earns the vast majority of its revenue from upstream oil and gas exploration and production, LNG trading, and downstream refining/marketing, with a smaller and growing but still minority integrated power (renewables + electricity) segment generating roughly 10% of its energy sales mix as of 2025.

Commitments & Certifications

CDP: A- (2017–2024); withdrew from rated scoring in 2025 ↗other: EcoVadis Platinum (subsidiaries Hutchinson 83/100, Saft 82/100) ↗other: Climate Action 100+ Net Zero Benchmark — ranked #1 among Oil & Gas peers ↗

Controversy & Greenwashing Watch

highParis Court Greenwashing Conviction (Oct 2025)

The Paris Judicial Court found TotalEnergies guilty of misleading commercial practices for claiming carbon neutrality by 2050 while continuing fossil fuel expansion — the first such ruling against a major oil company in Europe.source ↗

mediumUS Climate Liability Litigation

TotalEnergies and US subsidiaries face multiple US climate litigation cases from public authorities seeking compensation for past greenhouse gas emissions and adaptation costs.source ↗

mediumCDP Leadership Rating Withdrawal (2025)

TotalEnergies stopped requesting a CDP climate rating in 2025 after CDP introduced a new criterion preventing oil companies that explore new fields from achieving A or A- leadership status, reducing independent external benchmark accountability.source ↗

mediumSouth Africa Advertising Board Greenwashing Ruling (Aug 2024)

The South African Advertising Regulatory Board found TotalEnergies guilty of misleading sustainability advertising in August 2024.source ↗

highMozambique LNG Human Rights Complaint (Oct 2023)

Victims and heirs of those killed in the March 2021 Palma terrorist attack filed a criminal complaint against TotalEnergies SE with the Nanterre Prosecutor alleging the company bore responsibility for the security environment that enabled the attacks.source ↗

highEACOP Uganda Pipeline — Community Displacement

The East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline project in Uganda has been associated with the displacement of communities and ongoing NGO opposition, with critics arguing it locks in decades of additional fossil fuel emissions.source ↗

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