TotalEnergies planned return to Mozambique set to rock CSDDD, claim NGOs
French multinational TotalEnergies' intended resumption of natural gas extraction in Mozambique risks falling foul of the EU's nascent Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, NGOs have claimed. After a terror attack in 2021 killed dozens of people in northern Mozambique, energy majors TotalEnergies, ExxonMobil and Eni terminated operations in the gas-rich Cabo Delgado region. However, during a presentation of TotalEnergies’ 2023 annual results held in February, CEO Patrick Pouyanné said it intended to resume operations in the southern African country this year. NGO Climate Action Net...