Glencore plc scores 17/100 (Significant gaps) on SINK's independent climate assessment — scored from public data only, no company payment can change a number. Last verified May 2026.
That places Glencore plc joint 676th of 691 companies scored, and 13th of 14 in Mining & Extraction.
Glencore is a massive mining and commodity trader with an enormous operational and supply-chain carbon footprint (416 Mt CO2e annually), minimal renewable energy adoption (3.5%), and a history of bribery convictions. Despite 25% absolute emissions cuts since 2019, the company undermines its own trajectory by acquiring $7 billion in steelmaking coal assets while thermally coal declines. Unvalidated climate targets, active greenwashing allegations, and aggressive climate policy obstruction complete a picture of structural misalignment with decarbonisation.
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SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleStrongest on Carbon Footprint — Operations and Transparency & Accountability (7/10, 6/10). Weakest on Controversies & Red Flags and Energy Source (1/10, 1/10).
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Where Glencore plc sits among mining & extraction peers.
Among the 14 major mining & extraction brands we've scored, Glencore plc sits 13th of 14.
Score history begins 8 February 2026.
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Glencore plc is a Switzerland-headquartered mining, commodity trading, and metallurgical recycling company. One of the world's largest diversified commodities producers, it operates copper, cobalt, nickel, zinc, lead, coal, and oil assets across 50+ countries, employing over 156,000 people. FY2022 revenue exceeded $256 billion.
Peer diversified mining major with similar scale, carbon footprint, and indigenous-community water-pollution disputes
View breakdown →Comparable mining conglomerate; both operate thermal and steelmaking coal with unvalidated net-zero targets
View breakdown →Fossil fuel major with analogous greenwashing allegations, SBTi process delays, and climate policy obstruction
View breakdown →Large extractive company with parallel bribery/corruption history and weak renewable energy transition
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