BP plc

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.

BP's core business is fossil fuel extraction and sales; it has eliminated its Scope 3 absolute reduction target, slashed transition capex from ~$9B to $1.5–2B/year, and Scope 1+2 emissions rose again in 2025 as new oil and gas projects came online — making its net climate contribution deeply negative.

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

BP has no SBTi-validated targets; it dropped its Scope 3 absolute reduction goal entirely, weakened its 2030 product carbon intensity target from 15–20% to 8–10%, and its remaining targets cover only Scope 1+2 operational emissions — a fraction of its total climate footprint — with no independent science-body validation.

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

BP receives mixed-to-moderate third-party ESG scores (MSCI A, Sustainalytics high-risk at 33.2), benefits from relatively strong board diversity and TCFD-aligned disclosures, but is penalised by ongoing climate litigation, a history of fatal accidents, and continued dominant exposure to fossil fuel operations.

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

BP publishes annual CDP responses, TCFD-compliant disclosures, and an ESG datasheet with quantified Scope 1 and 2 data verified by third parties, which is above-average for its sector; however, boundary changes and baseline restatements reduce comparability, and the absence of independently verified Scope 3 reporting leaves the most material emissions opaque.

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

BP's integrity score is severely depressed by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster (worst US environmental spill, 11 deaths, >$61B in costs), co-defendant status in ~32 ongoing US climate-deception lawsuits, a substantiated OECD greenwashing complaint over its 'Keep Advancing' ad campaign, active litigation over gas flaring deaths in Iraq, and alleged complicity in war crimes via fuel supply to conflict zones.