In front of the shareholders, TotalEnergies must give pledges on its climate strategy

A discordant crowd stirs in front of the Salle Pleyel façade. On Wednesday morning, pro-climate NGO activists from Greenpeace or Friends of the Earth and shareholders of TotalEnergies engage in a dialogue of the deaf. The first blocked the entrance to the second by chaining themselves in front of the doors of the Parisian performance hall which then hosted the general assembly of the group. “TotalEnergies responds to the demand of its customers for oil!”launches a grizzled man in a suit to two retirees in denim overalls, who accuse the major of polluting the planet. “Liberal logic!”, they retort. Tuesday in London, similar scenes also disrupted the general meeting of the Shell group.

In civil society as among its shareholders, TotalEnergie is facing an active minority that urges it to accelerate its energy transition. Despite a dialogue initiated three years ago with the group’s management, Edmond de Rothschild, Financière de l’Échiquier, Assurances du Crédit, etc.