ExxonMobil Australia

This company has a number of environmental claims on its website in the areas of water conservation, oil spill prevention, emissions reductions and environmental responsibility.
[Source 2014][More on Environmental Claims]

According to data released by the Australian Tax Office in Dec 2018, this company was one of 2,159 local and foreign-based companies that paid no tax in Australia in 2016-17. Please note however that companies pay income tax on profits, not revenue (total income). While some companies use tax havens and loopholes to avoid paying their fair share of tax in Australia, other companies that paid no tax have perfectly legitimate reasons.
[Source 2018][More on Finance]

Named one of Multinational Monitor's '10 Worst Corporations' in 2007. [noted as information due to age of report]
[Source 2007][More on Climate Change]

On 24 March 1989 Exxon's supertanker Valdez ran aground off the coast of Alaska at Prince William Sound spilling more than 11 million gallons of oil into the pristine water. Twenty five years on Exxon Mobil claims a complete recovery but government scientists have a different view. The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council, a federal-state group set up to oversee restoration of the area affected considers that some species have recovered, some are still struggling to recover, but herring (a vital species for the ecosystem), killer whales and pigeon guillemots are not recovered; there is a continued presence of relatively fresh oil; compensation payments for those who made their living in the affected area were too little and too late; legal issues remain unresolved; and the courts are dismayed that so few of the projects set up for the recovery have been completed.
[Source 2014][More on Habitats]

This company appeared fourth on RepRisk's top ten "most environmentally and socially controversial companies of 2010". Companies on the list were severely criticised during 2010 by the world's media, governments and NGOs. Criticisms of Exxon include controversial operations in Nigeria and Kazakhstan, pollution in Guam and Saipan, and human rights abuses in Indonesia and Chad. [Listed under Information due to age of report]
[Source 2010][More on Human Rights]

As You Sow's 2019 report, 'The 100 Most Overpaid CEOs', reveals the 100 most overpaid CEOs from USA's 500 largest public companies (as determined by the S&P 500 list). This company's CEO, Darren Woods came in at number 52 on the list, having been paid US$17,466,133 in 2018. According to the report, "Most CEOs have come to be grossly overpaid, and that overpayment is harmful to the companies, the shareholders, the customers, the other employees, the economy, and society as a whole."
[Source 2019][More on Finance]

This company is listed on the Federal Contractor Misconduct Database as having 59 instances of misconduct since 1995 amounting to almost US$2,383 million in penalties. Instances include underpayment of royalties, price fixing, safety violations, contamination, and pollution.
[Source 2013][More on Governance]

This company is a member of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste which aims to eliminate plastic waste in the environment.
[Source 2019][More on Oceans]

This company is a member of the Green Chemistry and Commerce Council (GC3), a business-to-business forum that advances the application of green chemistry and design for environment across supply chains. It provides an open forum for cross-sectoral collaboration to share information and experiences about the challenges to and opportunities for safer chemicals and products.
[Source 2019][More on Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives]

This company is a member of The Sustainability Consortium, an organization of diverse global participants that work collaboratively to build a scientific foundation that drives innovation to improve consumer product sustainability. They develop transparent methodologies, tools, and strategies to drive a new generation of products and supply networks that address environmental, social, and economic imperatives.
[Source 2019][More on Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives]

According to Greenpeace's exxonsecrets.org website, ExxonMobil has spent over US$23 million since 1998 funding climate change skeptics.
[Source 2012][More on Climate Change]

Steve Coll's 2012 book, "Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power" discusses how since it was formed in 1999, Exxon Mobil has grown into one of the world's most hated companies, able to determine American foreign policy and the fate of entire nations. They drill in emergent nation states, frequently leading to poverty and corruption.
[Source 2012][More on Governance]

BankTrack is a global network of civil society organisations and individuals tracking the operations of the banking sector and the activities they finance. Banktrack aims to promote fundamental changes in the banking sector so that banks adopt just and sustainable business practices. BankTrack also has profiles on companies, such as this one, which have been the subject of civil society campaigns for damaging the environment or society. Follow the link to see this company's profile.
[Source 2018]

The Corporate Research Project's Corporate Rap Sheets are dossiers summarising the most significant crimes, violations and other questionable activities of the world's largest and most controversial companies. Follow link to see this company's Corporate Rap Sheet. "Environmental groups have targeted the company for supporting climate change denial. The 1999 acquisition of Mobil by Exxon brought together two of the former portions of John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Trust that each had racked up a long string of environmental violations and other controversies."
[Source 2018]

OpenSecrets.org tracks the influence of money on U.S. politics, and how that money affects policy and citizens' lives. Follow link to see this company's record of political donations, lobbying, outside spending and more.
[Source 2014]