Paris court orders TotalEnergies to report consumer emissions under landmark climate law
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Molly Quell, Sylvie Corbet
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A Paris court ruled that TotalEnergies must account for its consumers' greenhouse gas emissions, giving the company six months to report environmental risks from its gas and oil products. The ruling, which falls short of climate groups' demands to force production cuts, is the first application of France's corporate duty of vigilance law to climate change. A new hearing is set for January to review TotalEnergies' assessment.
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· 3 pulledThe court scheduled a new hearing for January to consider TotalEnergies' new assessment under a 2017 law requiring companies to prevent human rights abuses and environmental risks.
The decision, which comes amid a record heat wave in France, fell short of requests from the climate organizations who brought the lawsuit to force the company to reduce its oil and gas production.
This is the first time the corporate duty of vigilance law is applied to climate change.
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