Our commitments and actions to protect biodiversity

Protecting Biodiversity

Commitments and Actions

Biodiversity is threatened

290 million hectares of primary forests have already disappeared

1,000,000 animal and plant species are threatened with extinction

66% of marine environments have been altered by human actions

Faced with the need for urgent action and because our activities may take place in sensitive natural environments, we are committed to:

Respecting Our Voluntary Exclusion Zones

Managing Biodiversity In Our New Projects

Managing Biodiversity At Our Existing Sites

Promoting Biodiversity

How?

Respecting Our Voluntary Exclusion Zones

Worldwide

Protecting particularly sensitive environments.

In Arctic sea ice areas, no oil field exploration operations.

On UNESCO World Natural Heritage sites, no oil or gas exploration or extraction operations.

Managing Biodiversity In Our New Projects

In Uganda

In the context of the Tilenga project, with the Net Gain program, improvement of biodiversity in the region.

+25% of animal species populations in the Murchison Falls national park.

In France

Wildlife and flora protection plan near La Perrière wind farm on Réunion Island.

Relocation of the Bourbon green gecko, an endangered species, to specific sanctuaries.

Environmental monitoring of birds and bats to protect them against the collision risk with wind turbines.

Managing Biodiversity At Our Existing Sites

In the United Kingdom

Restoring peat at our Shetland Islands industrial site.

$100 M invested to excavate and store the peat.

In France

In our Valenciennes oil depot, implementation of a biomonitoring program using honey bees. The environmental health of the site is monitored through analysis of the stress and contaminants to which the bees are exposed.

Promoting Biodiversity

Worldwide

Our employees engage in biodiversity protection initiatives through the Company’s Action! citizen program.

More than 1,800 initiatives in 2021 in 28 countries.

In France

At our Feyzin refining and petrochemical complex, we work together with our local stakeholders to protect wildlife and nature.

In Qatar

We use environmental DNA to technics for protecting ecosystems such as marine sediments or whale sharks.

“As a major player in the energy transition, TotalEnergies puts sustainable development in all its dimensions at the heart of its projects and operations to contribute to the well-being of people. The Company has pledged to contribute to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including those related to the conservation of biodiversity.”

Patrick Pouyanné
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer