Abstract
TOTAL, the international group known worldwide, works above all, in the energy industries and also a little bit in the chemical industry. TOTAL group was created in 2003, after several mergers but it has some origin from 1923. It is a limited company. Today TOTAL is not only a multinational company but also the "fourth largest publicly- traded integrated oil and gas company" in the world (TOTAL Corporate Social Responsibility Report 2006). Its main mission is "to meet humankind's long-term energy needs" in creating value. Its mains activities are in the oil and gas but it is also a major element in chemical industry (TOTAL Corporate Social Responsibility Report 2006). TOTAL is present in 130 countries; it produces oil and gas in 30 countries and it employees in total about 95,000 persons. Its turnover is about 153,8 billion Euro in 2007.
