Bombora Wave Power

Does the core business genuinely avoid or reduce emissions, or build climate resilience? Share of revenue that is actually 'green'. Fossil-dependent models score low.

The mWave technology generates zero-emission electricity directly from ocean waves with no combustion, no fuel inputs, and a submerged design that minimises visual and surface ecological disruption — a genuine emissions-avoidance technology — but all impact remains prospective as the device is still at the demonstration/TRL 7–8 stage with no published lifecycle-emissions or capacity-factor data from grid-connected operation.

Credible, science-based targets (SBTi), a real net-zero plan with progress to date, and CDP disclosure — not just a dated press release.

No SBTi commitment or validated targets, no CDP disclosure, no published net-zero roadmap, and no operational carbon-intensity data were found in any public source; the company's only climate language is aspirational marketing copy about a 'low-carbon future', which scores near-zero under credible-targets criteria.

Operational footprint, labour and social practices, and governance quality across the company's own operations and supply chain.

With roughly 21 employees, Bombora has no published ESG or sustainability report, no disclosed labour/supply-chain policies, and governance is typical of a private early-stage deep-tech startup; the company does engage local Pembrokeshire suppliers and conducted an environmental statement for the demonstration site, but these are minimum statutory obligations rather than proactive ESG practice.

Quality of disclosure, independent third-party verification, and how much hard data backs the company's claims.

Public disclosure is limited to press releases, a project page on the PNNL Tethys marine energy database, and an independent final evaluation tendered under Welsh European Funding Office requirements; no audited accounts, no sustainability report, no third-party-verified energy output or emissions data are publicly available, consistent with a small pre-commercial firm but insufficient for investor-grade verification.

Controversies, litigation, pollution, fossil-fuel lobbying, conflict-zone involvement and governance scandals. Higher means cleaner.

No controversies, regulatory violations, litigation, fossil-fuel lobbying, greenwashing enforcement actions, pollution incidents, or governance scandals were identified across any searched source; the company scores well here by absence of harm, though the small data set limits full confidence.