The French oil major said it will challenge a Paris court decision that ordered it to align its business with climate goals and held it responsible for emissions from customers’ use of its fuel products.
TotalEnergies said it will appeal the 25 June 2026 judgment by the Paris Judicial Court in a case brought under France’s corporate duty of vigilance law. The company had already said it believes climate change as a global phenomenon falls outside the law’s scope and that the framework is intended to cover risks tied to a company’s own operations, subsidiaries, suppliers and subcontractors rather than customers’ activities. The new ruling was described as a landmark French decision because it found TotalEnergies responsible for planet-warming emissions released when customers use its fuel products and ordered the company to bring its business into line with climate change obligations. TotalEnergies said it will press its arguments before the Paris Court of Appeal, while also pointing to the European Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive as not covering customers’ activities.