Environment and sustainable development: Meeting new challenges.

Respecting persons, safety and ecosystem protection is central to Total Lubrifiants' preoccupations.

As a global player in the energy and chemicals industries, Total is fully engaged with these developments and issues.

In Total's Lubrifiants division, sustainable development finds its application through Product Life-cycle Analysis. From manufacture to collection of used oils, our lubricants are examined and monitored in terms of their environment impacts using ISO 14001 standard procedures.

Biolubricants: Environment protection and effectiveness.

Environmental protection and sustainable development rank high among public concerns.

Total Group's awareness of these issues has led it to develop a range of biodegradable lubricants unfer ELF and TOTAL brand for use mainly in applications where product leak or accidental spill could cause a direct environmental impact (as in farming, transport, fishing/boating and inland marine, industry...)

The main feature which makes these products unique is their ability to self distruct, leaving virtually no trace of pollution.

TOTAL Cityline: Product range for clean urban vehicles

Ahead of European environmental regulations, the Total Group has developed, under TOTAL brand, a tailor-made solution for urban transport, in response to the ecological, technical and economic demands from the managers of clean urban vehicle fleets.

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ELF Fuel Economy: Lower fuel consumption for a better environment

The - Fuel Economy - lube oil range is designed with the aim of reducing CO2 emissions through limiting engine friction. Indeed, frictional contact at metal/metal surfaces generates power losses and wastes fuel.

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Wind power: Wind under Total's wings

One of Total Group's initiatives to promote renewable energy sources involves experiments with five wind turbines on a farm near Dunkirk in Northern France. The full-scale test-bed should lead to ther certification of lubricants which Total has engineered for this specific application.

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Used oils

What are used oils? What are their impacts on the environment? What should be done with them? How can I reduce the volumes of used oils I produce? How should I get them collected? What happens after collection?

Iso 14001 sandard

The ISO 14000 family is primarily concerned with "environmental management". Click on the link to know more.