Industry watchdog InfluenceMap analysed more than 3,400 public communications from BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, Shell and TotalEnergies in 2021, and found that while 60 percent of all messages contained at least one "green" claim, only 12 percent of the five's new spendings were earmarked towards low-carbon activities in 2022
TotalEnergies Leuna oil refinery near Spergau, eastern Germany, on April 19, 2022. Image: Stringer / AFP