FACT SHEET Climate Accountability at ConocoPhillips

The Union of Concerned Scientists evaluated ConocoPhillips across four metrics from July 2016 to June 2018. While the company showed improvements in climate risk disclosure and planning for carbon pollution, it received an 'Egregious' score for renouncing disinformation due to its continued leadership roles in trade associations that spread climate disinformation and its use of language that misrepresents climate science.

• ConocoPhillips is judged to misrepresent climate science by using language that emphasizes uncertainty and avoids stating that emissions are currently causing climate effects, instead claiming they "can lead" to such effects.
• The company maintains leadership positions in several industry groups that spread climate disinformation, including the American Petroleum Institute (API), the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), and the US Chamber of Commerce, without distancing itself from their claims.
• ConocoPhillips has not established a company-wide net-zero emissions target aligned with the Paris climate agreement's temperature goals, nor has it explicitly endorsed those goals.
• The company has implemented an internal carbon price of $40 per tonne for investment decisions, though it is unclear if this covers the entire supply chain.
• ConocoPhillips has committed to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions intensity by 5 to 15 percent by 2030, but the document notes that the minimum commitment represents less than 1 percent reduction per year.
• The company is rated 'Advanced' for its corporate political disclosure and oversight, including the use of a specified board committee to oversee political expenditures and semiannual public disclosures.
• ConocoPhillips provides detailed disclosures on physical and regulatory climate risks, including the identification of business units affected by physical impacts and an analysis of proposed climate laws.

APA

Union of Concerned Scientists (2018). FACT SHEET Climate Accountability at ConocoPhillips. https://www.ucsusa.org/sites/default/files/attach/2018/10/gw-Accountability-scorecard18-ConocoPhillips.pdf

Chicago

Union of Concerned Scientists. FACT SHEET Climate Accountability at ConocoPhillips. 2018. https://www.ucsusa.org/sites/default/files/attach/2018/10/gw-Accountability-scorecard18-ConocoPhillips.pdf.

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BibTeX

@techreport{unionofconcernedscientists2018fact, author = {{Union of Concerned Scientists}}, title = {{FACT SHEET Climate Accountability at ConocoPhillips}}, institution = {Union of Concerned Scientists}, year = {2018}, url = {https://www.ucsusa.org/sites/default/files/attach/2018/10/gw-Accountability-scorecard18-ConocoPhillips.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }