Energy is at the heart of one of the great challenges of the 21st century: saving our planet from the threat of climate change while enabling the majority of mankind to escape from poverty. The climate challenge and energy transition are inseparable from other major world challenges such as poverty, hunger, environmental degradation, biodiversity loss, the preservation of water, ethics and corruption: these are the 17 U.N. Sustainable Development Goals. It is not enough to decarbonize energy. It is also necessary to meet in a responsible way the growing needs for affordable and sustainable energy of a rising global population. This is TotalEnergies’ purpose: to provide as many people as possible with energy that is more reliable, more affordable and more sustainable. And this is why the Company aims at placing Sustainability in all its dimensions at the heart of its strategy, its projects and its operations and at establishing the benchmark for endorsement of the Sustainable Development Goals.
To do so, it relies on the action principles at the heart of its business model, Safety, Respect for Each Other, Zero tolerance towards corruption and fraud, Transparency in its engagement with society.
TotalEnergies’ commitment to contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals is based on 4 axes:
- Climate and Sustainable Energy;
- Caring for the Environment;
- Acting for the Well-being of Our Employees;
- Having a Positive Impact for Stakeholders.
Five Levers to Mobilize Our Employees
In 2024, to make these commitments a reality, the Company has identified 5 “Levers for a Sustainable Change” 1 to bring about collective change in our behaviors. They support our Sustainab’ALL approach, for which we have mobilized our 100,000 employees through the local progress plans defined at each of our sites.
1 - Energy consumption
In my operations, I review all my energy consumptions and aim to minimize them. In my projects, I design installations to minimize energy consumptions.
2 - Low-carbon operations
I promote the use of renewable energies and low-carbon technologies in my projects and my operations, taking into account a CO2 cost of $100/t. I do the same with my customers and suppliers to enable them to reduce their emissions.
3 - Discharges in the environment
In my operations, I review all discharges to air, water, oceans and soil, as well as waste, and aim to minimize them in the light of the best available technologies and practices. In my projects, I design installations to minimize pollution and waste.
4 - Our communities
I know the neighbors of my site and my stakeholders; I engage and maintain a constructive dialogue with them, including through the careful handling of complaints. I anticipate this dialogue right from the design stage of a new project.
5 – Care
I pay attention to my colleagues and report when one of them shows signs of not being well “mal-être”.
These 5 levers of action aim at collectively making our corporate culture evolve, over the long term, as we have been able to do over the past 20 years in the area of safety. Such an evolution implies a collective journey, which needs to be initiated by first focusing on certain priority behaviors.
Our Projects
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