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Each year, Total assesses the main industry associations of which it is a member to ensure they are aligned with the Group's climate positions. This alignment review is based on six key points: [...] *The Group acknowledges the API's considerable contribution, for over a century, to the development of our industry. Nevertheless, as part of our Climate Ambition made public in May 2020, we are committed to ensuring, in a transparent manner, that the industry associations of which we are a member adopt positions and messages that are aligned with those of the Group in the fight against climate change*, **said Patrick Pouyanné, Chairman and CEO of Total**. *This transparency responds to our stakeholders' expectations, as well as being an essential guarantee of the credibility of our strategy.*

Aligning associations [...] TotalEnergies recognizes the link established by science between human activities and climate change. TotalEnergies recognizes the Paris Agreement. Ensuring alignment of professional associations with our climate ambition Annual review with assessment of the 6 principles from our advocacy internal directive and publication of the results [...] In 2021 Withdrawal from API Publication of our memberships Publication of our advocacy efforts in favor of climate issues [...] TotalEnergies supports the development of renewable energies and sustainable bioenergies [...] TotalEnergies promotes the role of natural gas as 'transition fuel', in particular as a replacement for coal. TotalEnergies supports policies aimed at measuring and reducing methane emissions. TotalEnergies supports the carbon offset mechanisms necessary to achieve carbon neutrality, through organized and certified markets ensuring the quality of carbon credits.

In the energy sector, a clear and coherent position on climate-related issues is crucial for companies. This entails a transparent company stance on climate policy topics and robust internal guidelines for responsible engagement within industry associations. [...] TotalEnergies conducts regular assessments of the public positions of the industry associations to which we belong, ensuring continued alignment with our principles on climate-related topics. Proactivity enables us to reaffirm our company's stance and simultaneously advocate for changes if positions are misaligned. [...] Every two years, our entities record memberships in industry associations. The information on memberships, activities, and fees is meticulously consolidated at the corporate level, covering more than 1000 organizations worldwide. Think-tanks and industry partnerships are excluded from the scope. This effort sustains transparency and focus on our stated positions and goals with respect to the Paris Agreement.

TotalEnergies joins national and international business and industry associations, particularly when collective action is more effective than isolated steps. Through these organizations, the Company can help define technical standards, for example, but also make its voice heard with regard to government regulations or policies related to its business. The Company reviews internally, every two years, the comprehensive list of professional associations and chambers of commerce it is member of. The last membership review was carried out based on the status as of 31/12/2022. [...] Since 2019, based on the list resulting of the above review, TotalEnergies has conducted a biannual assessment on the main industry organizations about their public positions on climate. The Company examines whether those positions are aligned with its own, based on the six principles from its Advocacy Directive: 1. TotalEnergies recognizes the link established by science between human activities, in particular the use of fossil fuels, and climate change. 2. TotalEnergies recognizes the Paris Agreement as a major step forward in the fight against global warming and supports the initiatives of the implementing States to fulfill its aims. 3. TotalEnergies supports the implementation of carbon pricing. 4. TotalEnergies supports policies, initiatives and technologies aimed at promoting the development of renewable energies and sustainable bioenergies (biofuels, biogas) as well as energies and technologies aimed at decarbonizing industrial processes and transportation, such as hydrogen, carbon capture and the electric vehicles. 5. TotalEnergies promotes the role of natural gas as a transition fuel, in particular as a replacement for coal. TotalEnergies supports policies aimed at measuring and reducing methane emissions to move towards the ambition of zero methane emissions. TotalEnergies promotes a policy of reducing greenhouse gas emissions: *avoid* - *reduce* by using the \"best available technologies\" - *offset* the minimized residual emissions. 6. TotalEnergies supports the carbon offset mechanisms necessary to achieve carbon neutrality, through organized and certified markets ensuring the quality and sustainability of carbon credits.

The Company analyses 1.000 suppliers' maturity (Top 1000, i.e. 1% of suppliers of 80% of emissions (~Pareto)) on climate through self-assessment questionnaire including information on their 2030 GHG emissions reduction targets. [...] Mid-2022, TotalEnergies launched a sustainability platform to engage its 1.000 suppliers in a sustainability program with a specific focus on climate. This platform will allow to manage join projects on climate, assess suppliers and follow their action plans. [...] IMPACT OF ENGAGEMENT: Help suppliers to achieve the above-mentioned objectives through the tools, trainings, material available in the platform, hence encouraging them to reduce their Scope 1 thereby contributing to reducing TotalEnergies Scope 3. MEASURE OF SUCCESS: Reach 1,000 suppliers that are engaged in the sustainability program with a specific focus on climate.

|13.2|Climate advocacy|Carbon pricing For more than a decade, the Group has been calling for the adoption of a global price on carbon and applying an internal carbon price when evaluating its own projects. CC – p. 49 On the front lines on carbon pricing URD p. 251 5.6.2 Sector initiatives and international framework CDP C11 Carbon pricing Trade associations The Group is a member of many industry associations and has published a list of its affiliations since 2016. It typically cooperates with these organizations on technical matters, but some take public stances on other issues, such as climate. The Group verifies that those organizations hold positions aligned with its own, and regularly reviews each organization's stance on climate issues. CC – p. 50 Industry associations: reviewing to work better together URD p. 251 5.6.2 Sector initiatives and international framework CDP C12 Engagement|

Aware of its responsibility in all the countries and territories in which it is present, TotalEnergies carries out its advocacy efforts in accordance with the values set out in its Code of Conduct, which clearly affirms its ethical commitment. For the purpose of this website, advocacy has the meaning conferred to it under the widely accepted Transparency International definition, which defines the advocacy as \"*the fact that an entity intervenes directly or indirectly with public officials, through various means, in order to influence a public decision in a sense that serves particular interests, values or a cause*\". [...] The Company's advocacy efforts are carried out in accordance with principles set out in its internal directive, which cannot be waived under any circumstances and in particular: * In any circumstances, TotalEnergies refuses to intervene in the functioning or financing of the political life in the countries in which it is present. TotalEnergies does not support – and has not supported – neither contribute, financially or in any way, to any political organizations, parties, persons or campaigns. * The Code of Conduct asserts TotalEnergies' position on the prevention and fight against fraud of any kind, particularly bribery and corruption, influence peddling and violations of antitrust law, and sets forth a principle of "ZERO TOLERANCE". TotalEnergies rejects and fights corruption in all forms, whether public or private, active or passive, direct or indirect. * As stated in its Universal Registration Document, TotalEnergies believes that transparency is an essential principle of action in building a trust-based relationship with its stakeholders and ensuring that the Company is on a path of continuous improvement. Pending the adoption of an international, standardized non-financial reporting framework, TotalEnergies is making every effort to report its performance on the basis of the various commonly used ESG reporting frameworks. [...] These key principles are also used as the basis of TotalEnergies' assessment of the industry associations it is member of. They describe how the Company reviews the associations' climate position and address their alignment - visit the dedicated webpage for more details.

TotalEnergies is a member of many industry associations and has published a list of its affiliations since 2016. The Company typically cooperates with these organizations on technical matters, but some take public stances on other issues, such as climate. The Company ensures that these organizations hold positions aligned with its own, and regularly reviews each organization's stance on the climate. Since 2019, TotalEnergies has conducted an annual assessment of the climate-related public positions of the main professional associations of which it is a member. The Company examines whether they are aligned with its own, based on the six principles from its Advocacy Directive. During the 2019 and 2020 reviews, the positions taken by the American Petroleum Institute (API) were deemed "partially aligned" with the Company's own positions. After voicing its points of disagreement with the API, and after continuing to promote its positions within the organization, in early 2021 TotalEnergies announced its decision not to renew its membership particularly because of continued divergences on the regulation of methane emissions. TotalEnergies has likewise withdrawn from two other organizations whose positions were not aligned with its own: American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) and the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP). Additionally, TotalEnergies participates in organizations and initiatives devoted specifically to the fight against climate change. In 2014, for example, it helped launch the Oil & Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI). Comprising 12 major national and international energy operators, this global industry partnership is committed to developing solutions for a sustainable, low-carbon future. In 2021, the OGCI's members, which collectively account for more than one third of the world's oil and gas production, embarked on a new strategy for reaching net zero Scope 1+2 emissions by 2050. In addition, OGCI Climate Investments, a fund launched in 2017 to invest $1 billion over 10 years, provides funding to tech start-ups connected with the energy transition.

TotalEnergies is a member of 929 industry associations and has published a list of its affiliations since 2016. The Company typically cooperates with these organizations on technical matters, but some take public stances on other issues, such as climate. The Company ensures that these organizations hold positions aligned with its own, and regularly reviews each organization's stance on the climate. Since 2019, TotalEnergies has conducted an annual assessment of the climate-related public positions of the main professional associations of which it is a member. The Company examines whether they are aligned with its own, based on the six principles from its Advocacy Directive: - Scientific position - The Paris Agreement - Carbon pricing - The development of renewable energies - The role of natural gas - Carbon offsetting.

Describe the process(es) your organization has in place to ensure that your external engagement activities are consistent with your climate commitments and/or climate transition plan?[…]Since 2019, TotalEnergies has conducted every two years an assessment of the climate related public positions of the main professional associations of which it is a member in particular on climate issues. A partial review is conducted in the intervening years. A complete review for 2023 is ongoing. For the associations with positions on climate, the Company examines whether they are aligned with its own, based on the following six principles from its applicable advocacy Directive: