Valero Energy is a US independent petroleum refiner headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, with 15 refineries of about 3.2 million barrels per day of throughput capacity and renewable diesel and ethanol businesses.
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Valero does not report Scope 3 emissions, which for a refiner include the burning of the fuels it sells, and its Scope 1 emissions rose from 23.7 Mt in 2021 to 24.8 Mt in 2025 for refining. Most of its 2035 target is met with 'displacements' credited from the low-carbon fuels it sells rather than cuts at its refineries. In 2024 the Bay Area air district and CARB announced a penalty of nearly $82 million over unreported hydrogen-system emissions at Benicia, and LobbyMap grades Valero E for opposing climate policy.
Valero Energy scores 18/100 (Significant gaps) on SINK's independent climate assessment, scored from public data only. Fees pay for the review, never the result. Last verified October 2026.
That places Valero Energy joint 827th of 855 companies scored, and joint 7th of 17 in Oil & Gas.
Where Valero Energy sits among oil & gas peers.
Among the 17 major oil & gas brands we've scored, Valero Energy is tied =7th of 17, with 3 others.
Its three lowest-scoring questions, and what the evidence didn't show.
Scope 3 absent.
Valero does not publish a Scope 3 inventory, citing inherent unreliability.
InfluenceMap rates Valero E (38%) for opposing science-aligned climate policy, including June 2024 NHTSA CAFE challenge.
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Get in touch →Strongest on Carbon Footprint — Operations and Transparency & Accountability (7/10, 6/10). Weakest on Emissions Trajectory and Carbon Footprint — Supply Chain (0/10, 1/10).
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Valero does not report Scope 3 emissions, which for a refiner include the emissions from burning the fuels it sells. Its size penalty therefore rests on its own reported Scope 1 and 2 emissions (32.9 million tonnes CO2e in 2025), which places it in the 0.70× band; the full footprint is larger.
“GHG emissions, Scope 1 (million metric tons CO2e)”
“they have a combined feedstock throughput capacity of approximately 3.2 million BPD”
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“it does not disclose its Scope 3, value-chain greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions”
“To date, over 52.5 acres have been restored with over 5,300 trees planted”
“nearly $82 million penalty in a joint case to address significant air pollution violations by Valero Refining Co. at its Benicia refinery”
“active policy engagement that is oppositional to science-aligned climate policy”
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Valero Energy is a US independent petroleum refiner headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, with 15 refineries of about 3.2 million barrels per day of throughput capacity and renewable diesel and ethanol businesses. Incorporated in Delaware in 1981, it had about 9,811 employees and $122.7 billion in FY2025 revenue.
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