Chevron Corporation is a multinational oil and gas producer headquartered in San Ramon, California.
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Chevron's absolute emissions are rising: Scope 1 went from 52 Mt to 54 Mt and use-of-products Scope 3 from 405 Mt to 432 Mt (2023 to 2024). Its targets are intensity-only, with no absolute reduction path. It lobbies against climate policy, belongs to trade groups opposed to it, and is a defendant in 34 climate lawsuits. Its renewable energy and nature commitments are small relative to its operations.
Chevron scores 16/100 (Significant gaps) on SINK's independent climate assessment, scored from public data only. Fees pay for the review, never the result. Last verified October 2026.
That places Chevron joint 835th of 847 companies scored, and joint 14th of 16 in Oil & Gas.
Where Chevron sits among oil & gas peers.
Among the 16 major oil & gas brands we've scored, Chevron is tied =14th of 16, with 1 other.
Its three lowest-scoring questions, and what the evidence didn't show.
Company not on track for 2050 upstream net-zero.
Member of misaligned trade groups: American Petroleum Institute (E-) and US Chamber of Commerce (E). $138 million Bay Area air-quality settlement; 34 climate lawsuits; pending NOVs in New Mexico, El Segundo, Richmond.
673 million GJ consumed in operated assets in 2024; no renewable energy share reported.
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The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Chevron.
ConocoPhillips is a major oil and gas company with intensity-based climate targets masking absolute emissions growth.
See the breakdown →Marathon Petroleum's Scope 1 and Scope 3 emissions are rising (Scope 1 34.6 Mt and use-of-products Scope 3 405 Mt in 2024) while it moves from absolute to intensity targets.
See the breakdown →Phillips 66's Scope 1 and 2 emissions rose about 13% between 2019 and 2024, to 40.2 Mt, while its targets cover only intensity.
See the breakdown →Chevron's score has moved from 12 to 16 across 2 recorded reviews, up 4 points.
Fortune 50 re-score (owner-approved batch 2, 2026-10-17)
Initial score at platform launch
The formula and all 8 sources.
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × Scale8 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
“Direct GHG emissions (scope 1) – all GHGs (million tonnes CO₂e) 54 57 53 52 54”
“These metrics include Scope 1 (direct emissions) and Scope 2 (indirect emissions associated with imported electricity and steam)”
“upstream methane intensity declined to 1.7 kg CO2e per barrel of oil equivalent in 2024 from 2.0 previously”
“By the end of 2023, the team had identified about 230 species.”
“ranked the Chevron El Segundo facility on Santa Monica Bay as the largest water polluter for nitrogen and selenium in 2021”
“Complete GHG abatement projects to achieve potential designed abatement of approximately 0.5 MM tonnes”
“Chevron has not published an account of its climate-related positions and engagement activities.”
“Chevron cleared them in a sweeping $138 million settlement that also included the Martinez refinery.”
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Chevron Corporation is a multinational oil and gas producer headquartered in San Ramon, California. With FY2025 revenues of $189.0 billion and 43,039 employees, it is among the world's largest integrated energy companies, operating upstream, downstream and chemical businesses.
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