A French court, October 23, 2025 ruled oil and gas giant TotalEnergies had engaged in “misleading commercial practices” by overstating its climate pledges—the first such ruling worldwide against a major oil company for climate misinformation. The ruling is the first conviction in the world against an oil company, and a great win against greenwashing the act of claiming to be more environmentally responsible than in reality.

Find here a machine-translated pdf of ruling.