Uniper

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.

Uniper's core revenue driver is fossil gas — generation, storage, and commodity trading — and while Scope 1 emissions fell to 14.8 Mt CO2e in 2024 from 25.5 Mt in 2022, the drop reflects coal plant run-down (including the EU-mandated Datteln IV divestiture) rather than a structural pivot to clean energy; the company simultaneously plans ~2 GW of new gas-fired capacity, embedding further lock-in.

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

Uniper has self-set targets (55% Scope 1/2 reduction by 2030 vs 2019 baseline; 35% Scope 3 reduction by 2035) and published a Climate Transition Plan, but no targets have been validated by the SBTi, and the company does not appear on the SBTi target dashboard as validated; progress on the operational target is tracking behind schedule at approximately 50% of planned reduction as of 2025.

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

Uniper discloses Scope 1, 2, and 12 of 15 Scope 3 categories and has run methane LDAR campaigns; however, Scope 3 'use of sold products' represents 76% of its total footprint and dwarfs operational cuts, the 2022 state bailout of €13.5 billion exposed severe governance and risk-management failures, and German government ownership (to be reduced to 25%+1 share by 2028) introduces political rather than purely commercial governance.

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

Uniper publishes detailed annual sustainability reports, a separate Climate Transition Plan (2024), and discloses against TCFD and EU Taxonomy frameworks; GHG data is third-party verified, and CDP responses are filed — however, no specific CDP score grade is publicly confirmed for 2024, and the overall disclosure, while voluminous, is not independently rated at A-level quality.

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

InfluenceMap/LobbyMap rates Uniper as 'highly engaged in EU climate policy, typically taking negative positions,' documenting active lobbying against the EU renewable hydrogen additionality rules, advocacy for a long-term role for fossil gas without CCS conditions, and non-disclosure of memberships in gas-lobby associations (International Gas Union, NGSA) that negatively engage climate policy — creating a significant gap between stated climate leadership and actual political behavior.