Our commitments and progress indicators

Business ethics commitments

TotalEnergies operates in many different countries with disparate and complex economic, social and cultural environments, where governments and civil society have especially high expectations of the Company as an exemplar. Within this context, TotalEnergies strives to act as a vehicule for positive change in society by helping to promote ethical principles in every region where it operates.

Accordingly, TotalEnergies is committed to respecting internationally recognized human rights wherever it operates, especially the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Fundamental Conventions of the International Labour Organization (ILO), the U.N. Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights (VPSHR).

The Company refrains from resorting to artificial or aggressive tax planning and in particular is committed not to create subsidiaries in countries generally acknowledged as tax havens and to repatriate or liquidate existing subsidiaries, where feasible.

Furthermore, TotalEnergies is fully committed to fighting corruption and has adopted a policy of zero tolerance in that area.

In addition to that commitment, it lends active support to initiatives promoting greater transparency. TotalEnergies publishes in its Universal Registration Document an annual report covering the payments made by the Company's extractive companies (fully consolidated entities) to governments and the full list of its consolidated entities, together with their countries of incorporation and operations.

The Company also publishes a tax transparency report which provides additional information on the taxes paid in its main countries of operation.

TotalEnergies publishes a report based on the new EITI (Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative) guidelines in November 2020 designed to promote transparency in the trade of raw materials. In accordance with the EITI framework, of which it has been a member since 2002, TotalEnergies advocates for the disclosure by countries of their petroleum contracts and licenses.

Volunteering program

In 2018, the Company introduced a worldwide employee community volunteering program called Action!, designed to give its employees the time and opportunity to do more to foster development in its host regions. Action! lets volunteer employees devote up to three workdays a year to local community projects that fall within the scope of the TotalEnergies Foundation program.

By the end of 2022, the program had been implemented in 98 countries, and close to 25,000 inclusive projects had been carried out since the program’s launch.

Targets and progress indicators

Whether with regard to safety, health, climate, the environment or shared growth, TotalEnergies manages its operations with the aim of working in a sustainable, active and positive manner in all of the Company’s host countries. The Company was one of the first in the industry to publish measurable improvement targets in these areas. Refer to point 5.13 of chapter 5 for a detailed presentation of the performance indicators of the Company.

Infographics "Targets Climate" - see detailed description hereafter
Infographics "Targets Safety/Health" - see detailed description hereafter
Infographics "Targets diversity" - see detailed description hereafter
Infographics "Targets environment" - see detailed description hereafter
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Our Code of Conduct

A statement of our values and priority guiding principles
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Sustainability & Climate 2023 Progress Report

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