In 2015, the United Nations and its member States adopted the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which define a framework for the years to 2030 for addressing the global issues of poverty, protection of the planet, peace and prosperity. On the strength of their financial resources and capacity for innovation, businesses are called to contribute in furthering that agenda as a means of collectively addressing the challenges of sustainable development.
The Company pledged in 2016 its support to contribute to the achievement of the United Nations’ SDGs and has designed its approach to sustainability so as to make a significant contribution to that joint effort.
TotalEnergies places sustainable development in all its dimensions at the heart of its strategy, its projects and its operations in order to contribute to the well-being of the population. TotalEnergies involves its employees in identifying the SDGs on which it can have the greatest impact and is determined to strengthen its efforts in the segments in which it can act with most relevance as an integrated multi-energy Company, particularly on SDG 7 (See below the Energy Compact initiative). More widely, TotalEnergies intends to carry out its activities in the respect of the environment and of human rights, while creating value for its host territories and communities.
As a member of the Global Compact’s Reporting on the SDGs Action Platform, TotalEnergies based its reporting tables on the Analysis of the Goals and Targets published since 2017.
As part of its ongoing energy transition strategy initiated in 2020(1), TotalEnergies has been participating since 2021 in the United Nations-led Energy Compact initiative. This initiative aims to accelerate the deployment of actions to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 7(2) (SDG 7).
The Energy Compact is a voluntary declaration of ambition open to Member States, companies, and other stakeholders (such as cities and NGOs), focusing on the following areas:
- Universal access to energy,
- Increased share of renewable energy,
- Improved energy efficiency,
- Mobilization of financing for the energy transition.
In 2025, TotalEnergies updated its Energy Compact to reaffirm its ambition for 2030: to develop 100 GW of gross installed renewable energy capacity worldwide, to achieve net electricity production exceeding 100 TWh (around 70% from renewable sources and 30% from flexible sources such as gas-fired power plants), and to provide “Clean Cooking” solutions to 100 million people across Africa and Asia.
TotalEnergies – SDG standards content index
Reporting period: 1st January – 31st December 2024
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(1) To provide as many people as possible with energy that is more reliable, more affordable, and more sustainable. ↑
(2) Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all by 2030. ↑
