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United States: TotalEnergies Expands Its Investments in Sustainable Forestry
Operations to Preserve Carbon Sinks

 

TotalEnergies (Paris:TTE) (LSE:TTE) (NYSE:TTE) signed an agreement with
NativState, an Arkansas-based forest carbon project developer, to conserve
forests from land conversion and heavy timber harvesting.

The transaction includes 13 Improved Forest Management (IFM) projects located
in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee, U.S.A, covering 100,000
hectares (247,000 acres) owned by more than 280 private family forest
landowners. The carbon program managed by NativState offers landowners a
sustainable income alternative to this region’s common practice of heavy
timber harvesting while restoring forest health and improving carbon stocks.

This investment will support sustainable forest practices, such as identifying
and preserving high conservation value forests, implementing best management
practices for streamside management zones, improving forest species diversity,
and conserving wildlife corridors. It will also generate social benefits to
small landowners such as forestry management education and technical support,
as well as financial benefits by giving them access to voluntary carbon
markets.

All carbon credits generated by the project will be certified by the ACR, an
internationally recognized carbon crediting program, and will be acquired by
TotalEnergies. After prioritizing emission avoidance and reduction, the
Company will use these credits from 2030 onwards to voluntarily offset part of
its remaining direct Scope 1 & 2 emissions.

“TotalEnergies confirms its commitment to support the conservation and
enhancement of carbon sinks, with local value creation”, said Adrien Henry,
Vice President Nature Based Solutions at TotalEnergies. “We are thrilled to
support NativState to scale up their operations, directly benefiting the
environment and their local communities.”

“We, at NativState, are honored and deeply grateful for our partnership with
TotalEnergies and our forest landowner families, which creates extraordinary
opportunities to build a lasting legacy for small forest landowners in our
communities across the southern United States while supporting TotalEnergies
in addressing the challenges of global energy markets,” said Stuart Allen,
NativState Founder and CEO. “It is a privilege to empower these landowners
to embrace sustainable forestry practices, cultivating healthier lands and
stronger communities for generations to come.”

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About TotalEnergies Nature Based Solutions

As part of its climate ambition, and in addition to its existing actions to
avoid and reduce emissions, TotalEnergies works with many local partners
around the world to develop and conserve natural carbon sinks, while helping
to preserve or improve their biodiversity. These operations follow a long-term
approach of sustainable and integrated economic development of areas with
local communities. TotalEnergies plans to invest $100 million per year to
build a portfolio of projects capable of generating at least 5 million metric
tons of CO2e of carbon credits per year by 2030. These carbon credits will be
used after 2030 to offset the Company's scope 1 & 2 emissions.

Learn more with our TotalEnergies’ Sustainability and Climate 2025 –
Progress Report
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About TotalEnergies

TotalEnergies is a global integrated energy company that produces and markets
energies: oil and biofuels, natural gas, biogas and low-carbon hydrogen,
renewables and electricity. Our more than 100,000 employees are committed to
providing as many people as possible with energy that is more reliable, more
affordable and more sustainable. Active in about 120 countries, TotalEnergies
places sustainability at the heart of its strategy, its projects and its
operations.

About NativState

NativState LLC (www.nativstate.com
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) is a forest carbon development company partnering with small forest
landowners across the southern United States to deliver access to global
carbon markets. We work with landowners to improve and conserve their forests
while realizing a financial return based on the creation of high-quality
carbon credits sold to companies seeking to meet and exceed their carbon
emission reduction goals. Using ACR’s Improved Forest Management (IFM)
methodology and our forty-year carbon agreement, we work with landowners to
provide a new source of income from their forests versus historical, intensive
timber harvesting. Through this process NativState empowers forest owners with
the ability to manage their properties sustainably and provide the co-benefits
of improved water quality, improved biodiversity, and improved overall health
of the forest.

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