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Five activist groups have sued French oil major TotalEnergies for a second time over its projects in Uganda and Tanzania in a Paris civil court, they said on Tuesday, after an earlier fast-track attempt was dismissed in February, Reuters reported.
The French and Ugandan groups, led by Friends of the Earth France, accuse the energy company of failing to protect people and the environment from its Tilenga oil development and the $3.5 billion East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP).
Their lawsuit makes use of a 2017 French “duty of vigilance” law requiring large companies to identify risks in their global operations and supply chains, and detail strategies to prevent them.
The judgment added however that only a detailed investigation in a standard-speed trial could examine whether the company’s actions on the ground were in line with its duty to prevent identifiable harms.
