CONSOL Energy

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.

CONSOL's core product — thermal coal — is one of the highest-emitting fossil fuels; its mining and combustion directly increase atmospheric CO2 and CH4, with zero credible mitigation activity that offsets this harm at scale.

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-validated targets, no CDP disclosure, and no independently verified net-zero plan have been identified; the company references 'CONSOL Innovations' for carbon management but provides no quantified, science-aligned roadmap.

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

CONSOL publishes some operational ESG metrics in its annual reports, but its labor safety record includes documented mining injuries, and its environmental record is marred by repeated water pollution violations across multiple states over many years.

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

CONSOL files standard SEC 10-K disclosures and publishes a corporate responsibility report, but lacks independent third-party verification of climate data, CDP participation, or GHG assurance from a credible external auditor.

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

CONSOL has a serious and repeated regulatory violation record, including a $5.5 million EPA Clean Water Act penalty at six West Virginia mines, a $3 million settlement for stream pollution at the Bailey complex, a toxic algae bloom linked to its Blacksville No. 2 discharge, and additional state-level environmental penalties in Pennsylvania.