TotalEnergies is facing accusations of vastly underestimating its carbon emissions, as scrutiny grows over how the industry reports on climate change goals.
In a study based on the French energy group’s own disclosures, campaign group Greenpeace estimates that Total’s carbon emissions from 2019 could be almost four times higher than the levels disclosed by the company and that some excluded activities should be included in its reporting.
Greenpeace, which said it had applied emissions standards used by French state environmental agency Ademe to Total’s operational figures, found that the company was responsible for 1.6bn tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent in that year, compared with the 455mn tonnes reported.