We deploy the necessary resources to preserve biodiversity everywhere we operate and focus on ensuring the sustainability of ecosystems and the services they provide to local communities. TotalEnergies is active in more than 130 countries and in extremely varied ecosystems. For this reason, our approach to biodiversity is designed to provide a targeted response for each specific situation.
Biodiversity: our approach and our guidelines for daily action
We are determined to prevent and minimize the impact of our activities on biodiversity wherever we operate and throughout the life cycle of our facilities and products.
We do this by:
- Implementing the avoid-reduce-mitigate approach to achieve tangible results and, when necessary, compensate for any loss of biodiversity. We deploy this approach throughout the project life cycle to minimize the impact of our operations on biodiversity and, if the situation allows, help create a positive impact.
- Taking ecosystem sensitivity into account. From the design phase, each one of our projects must assess biodiversity risk through a baseline study and an impact study. Furthermore, we implement enhanced assessment and monitoring procedures in regions where biodiversity is particularly sensitive and have voluntarily chosen to refrain from operating in several regions. Lastly, we are particularly attentive to ecosystem services that are related to water resources and that could be affected by climate change.
- Managing biodiversity. Our environmental management system (EMS) systematically integrates the management of risks and impacts on biodiversity. We apply stringent environmental requirements that are sometimes even stricter than current legislation and regulations. This risk is regularly monitored at every stage of the project, until the last unit is dismantled.
- Reporting. TotalEnergies reports to its stakeholders on its performance with regard to biodiversity.
Find out more on our Sustainable Performance site.
Deepening knowledge about biodiversity
It is essential that we gain a better understanding of ecosystems, and scientific research has a key role to play in this effort. Our environment teams at our headquarters, affiliates and the Lacq survey and research center in southern France are involved in the drive to deepen our knowledge about biodiversity.
In France, as a member of the French business association Entreprises pour l’Environnement (EpE), we are part of the collective initiative called act4nature. We are making ten biodiversity-related undertakings and have added six more of our own.
