TotalEnergies (TTE) has decided to appeal a June 25 ruling by the Paris Judicial Court in a climate-related duty-of-vigilance case, the company said Monday.

The French energy firm said it believes climate change, as a global phenomenon, falls outside the scope of France's duty of vigilance law, which requires large companies to carry out a vigilance plan to prevent severe human rights and environmental risks linked to their own operations, subsidiaries, suppliers and subcontractors.

TotalEnergies said the law does not extend to the actions of customers over whom it has no control.

The company said it will present those arguments before the Paris Court of Appeal.