“Greenwashing”: Totalnergies targeted by an investigation in Nanterre since December 2021

This procedure follows a complaint filed in criminal in October 2020 by several environmental defense associations.

MO12345LEMONDE with AFP

The multinational Petrolenergies Petroleurgies has been targeted since December 2021 by a survey for “deceptive commercial practices” in the field of the environment, the France-Presse agency of source close to the file learned Thursday, January 26, information confirmed by confirmed by The Nanterre prosecution After revelations from Mediapart .

This survey for “Greenwashing”, that is to give yourself a more ecological brand image than it is actually opened by the economic and financial pole of the Nanterre prosecutor’s office following a Criminal complaint, in October 2020, of several environmental defense associations. The latter accuse in particular the oil degradation oil giant, said the prosecution.

In April 2022, this collective of associations (Wild Legal, Sea Sheperd France and Darwin Climax Coalitions) filed a new complaint, accusing total “other practices” originally, according to them, ” An ecocide, “said the prosecution. Still under study, this new complaint did not, at this stage, cause the opening of an investigation or been attached to the investigations in progress.

Contacted, Totalnergies had not reacted immediately.

/Media reports cited above.