Trafigura is a Singapore-headquartered independent commodity trader and shipper, founded in 1993, with about 14,500 employees and FY2025 revenue of USD 240 billion.
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Trafigura reports rising operational emissions, flat trajectory since FY2023, and Scope 3 climbs annually. Its self-set 2032 target excludes 99% of reported emissions. Water stress identified at 31% of withdrawal, hazardous waste mostly landfilled, and the 2006 Probo Koala toxic-waste dumping case remains the material environmental harm on record.
Trafigura scores 20/100 (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 Trafigura joint 806th of 847 companies scored, and joint 4th of 16 in Oil & Gas.
Where Trafigura sits among oil & gas peers.
Among the 16 major oil & gas brands we've scored, Trafigura is tied =4th of 16, with 1 other.
Its three lowest-scoring questions, and what the evidence didn't show.
Scope 3 rose FY2023–FY2025: 286.5 → 324.7 → 342.1 Mt. Category 11 jumped 42.7 → 72.1 Mt year-on-year.
No RE100 membership or 100% target.
No TNFD disclosure, quantified nature footprint, verified deforestation commitment, or measured restoration outcomes.
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“In FY2025, our Scope 1 GHG emissions were approximately 1.954 million tCO2e and our Scope 2 GHG emissions were 0.518 million tCO2e.”
“includes emissions associated with direct use of fuels that have been produced or processed by our own operations”
“oil and petroleum products flows, which reached 358M tonnes, or an average of 7.6M barrels per day, around 10% above FY2024”
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Trafigura is a Singapore-headquartered independent commodity trader and shipper, founded in 1993, with about 14,500 employees and FY2025 revenue of USD 240 billion. It operates mines, smelters (Nyrstar), refineries, terminals, and shipping via subsidiaries Puma Energy and Impala Terminals, and is a major trader of oil, metals, and energy commodities.
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