Equinor is a Norwegian integrated oil and gas company founded in 1976, headquartered in Stavanger with 20,000 employees and $103.8B FY2024 revenue. A major North Sea and Arctic operator, it produces crude oil, natural gas, and petroleum products, with emerging renewable energy assets (floating offshore wind).
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The company remains fundamentally fossil fuel–dependent.
Founded 1976Head office Stavanger, NorwayStaff ~24,641Revenue $103.8B (FY2024)Website ↗
Equinor is a fossil fuel operator claiming energy transition while expanding oil and gas production 10%+ by 2027. Scope 1+2 emissions fell 5% in 2024, but Scope 3 rose to 251 Mt CO₂e. Weakened climate targets, greenwashing complaints, court-ruled unlawful projects, and industry association misalignment expose systematic greenwashing.
Equinor scores 18/100 (Significant gaps) on SINK's independent climate assessment, scored from public data only. Scores are free. Companies can never pay for anything about their own score. Last verified May 2026.
That places Equinor joint 912th of 934 companies scored, and joint 9th of 18 in Oil & Gas.
What is Equinor doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Carbon Footprint: Operations and Transparency & Accountability (7/10, 6/10). Weakest on Controversies & Red Flags and Emissions Trajectory (1/10, 2/10).
Where Equinor lost points
For each question that lost points, the evidence our public rubric looks for that we didn't find.
- Emissions from its own operations7/10Its own emissions aren't independently verified or tracked over several years.
- Emissions from its supply chain5/10Most of its supply-chain (Scope 3) emissions aren't measured.
- Whether its emissions are falling2/10No evidence its emissions are falling, not even from energy bills or mileage.
- How clean its energy is2/10No renewable energy tariff or major efficiency investment shown.
- Its effect on nature3/10No assessment of its effect on nature, and no basic environmental policy.
- How it uses materials and handles waste3/10No active waste reduction, reuse or repair shown.
- Its effect on water3/10No monitoring of water use, or no measures to reduce it.
- Its climate targets3/10No specific targets with dates.
- How openly it reports6/10No annual impact report, or no pay linked to climate targets.
- Its record on controversies1/10Points deducted for controversies or its business model. The finding is under question 10.
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How is Equinor's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleWhat evidence is Equinor's score based on?
12 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
42% of them were published by Equinor itself; the rest come from independent sources.
Scored on 4 April 2026 under an earlier version of our method. We're re-checking it under the current method.
7 of 12 sources are independent of the company.
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How does Equinor compare with other oil & gas companies?
Where Equinor sits among oil & gas peers.
Among the 18 major oil & gas brands we've scored, Equinor is tied =9th of 18, with 3 others.
Who scores higher in Oil & Gas?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Equinor.
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