Exxon Mobil Corp

👍 30%

👥 41% | 🌏 42% | 💰 49%
 

Tech Power

Exxon Mobil is venturing into the electricity business with plans to build a natural gas-fueled power plant equipped with a carbon emissions capture system to supply low-emissions electricity directly to tech's power-hungry data centers.

The largest US oil company also plans to use $30B over six years to develop other alternative energy sources with less emissions.

Coca-Cola Co.

👍 49%

👥 56% | 🌏 44% | 💰 50%
 

Less Ambitious

Coca-Cola walked back most of its environmental goals due to difficulty, reducing targets and extending timelines for its goals to use more recycled content in packaging, collect more used bottles, reduce fossil fuel pollution, and integrate reusable containers.

The beverage giant is on track to make all its packaging recyclable by 2025 and has eliminated significant water waste.

BP plc

👍 56%

👥 51% | 🌏 47% | 💰 52%
 

Wind Shift

BP has found a partner to decrease the costs of its offshore wind operations, forming a joint venture with a Japanese power company to invest up to $5.8B by 2030 to create a top offshore wind operation.

The global oil giant has retreated from its ambitious goals of transitioning to renewable energy to focus on fewer, more profitable ventures.

Duke Energy

👍 42%

👥 50% | 🌏 50% | 💰 50%
 

Climate Deception

Duke Energy is facing a groundbreaking lawsuit by a North Carolina town, accusing it of decades of misleading the public about the dangers of fossil fuel pollution and hindering a transition to clean energy.

The power company produced at least 45% of its electricity from burning coal or methane and was the third-largest carbon emitter in the US in 2019.

Goldman Sachs

👍 58%

👥 42% | 🌏 44% | 💰 54%
 

Backing Out

Goldman Sachs dropped out of the Net-Zero Banking Alliance, making it the first big bank to step away from the bank-led and UN-backed group aiming to reduce global fossil fuel pollution.

The Wall Street giant maintained its commitment to reducing carbon emissions, but banks face heightened political pressure from fossil fuel advocates threatening legal action against climate-focused banking initiatives.