Eni S.p.A.

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.

Eni's core business is fossil fuel extraction, and it plans compound annual upstream production growth of 3–4% through 2030 to over 2 million boe/d, directly contradicting any claim that its principal activities cut or avoid net emissions; Plenitude's 5.8 GW of renewables is a small fraction of the group's overall climate footprint.

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

Eni has a 2050 net-zero ambition with interim Scope 1+2 milestones (upstream by 2030, group by 2035) and eight disclosed GHG targets, but SBTi validation is explicitly listed as 'not available,' Scope 3 net-zero is framed only as intensity-based (not absolute), and Oil Change International rates the overall plan 'Grossly Insufficient' on six of ten Paris-alignment criteria.

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

Eni holds OGMP 2.0 Gold Standard methane reporting and has met its 80% fugitive methane reduction target ahead of schedule, and Plenitude is registered as an Italian Benefit Corporation (Società Benefit); however, Oil Change International rates Eni 'Insufficient' on just transition and notes its human rights policy lacks meaningful safeguards for Indigenous Peoples' Free, Prior, and Informed Consent.

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

Eni publishes detailed CDP Climate questionnaires, an annual Methane Report aligned with OGMP 2.0, and CSRD-aligned GHG disclosures, with third-party assurance on key metrics; however, its Scope 3 net-zero target is intensity-based rather than absolute, limiting comparability, and the absence of SBTi validation reduces independent credibility.

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

Eni faces Italy's first major corporate climate lawsuit (Greenpeace Italy & ReCommon v. Eni, filed May 2023, still active), filed a SLAPP-labelled counter-suit against the NGOs, is a member of eight industry associations rated 'Misaligned' on climate policy, and Oil Change International identified it as on track to be the world's third-worst oil and gas expander in 2023.