Trafigura sustainability score: 20/100
Below expectations starts at 31. The highest score on SINK is 71.
Trafigura is a Singapore-headquartered independent commodity trader and shipper, founded in 1993, with about 14,500 employees and FY2025 revenue of USD 240 billion. It operates mines, smelters (Nyrstar), refineries, terminals, and shipping via subsidiaries Puma Energy and Impala Terminals, and is a major trader of oil, metals, and energy commodities.
Head office SingaporeStaff ~14,500 (2025)Revenue 240,268,000,000 USD (FY2025)Website ↗
Trafigura reports rising operational emissions, flat trajectory since FY2023, and Scope 3 climbs annually. Its self-set 2032 target excludes 99% of reported emissions. Water stress identified at 31% of withdrawal, hazardous waste mostly landfilled, and the 2006 Probo Koala toxic-waste dumping case remains the material environmental harm on record.
Trafigura scores 20/100 (Significant gaps) on SINK's independent climate assessment, scored from public data only. Scores are free. Nobody can pay to change a score, speed it up or hide it. Last verified October 2026.
That places Trafigura joint 973rd of 1,023 companies scored, and joint 4th of 18 in Oil & Gas.
What is Trafigura doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Carbon Footprint: Operations and Transparency & Accountability (7/10, 6/10). Weakest on Emissions Trajectory and Energy Source (3/10, 3/10).
Where Trafigura lost points
For each question that lost points, the evidence our public rubric looks for that we didn't find.
What would raise this score
- Whether its emissions are fallingShow its emissions are falling.
- How clean its energy isMove to a renewable energy tariff or make a major efficiency investment.
- Its effect on natureAssess its effect on nature and publish a basic environmental policy.
Every question that lost points
- Emissions from its own operations7/10Its own emissions aren't independently verified or tracked over several years.
- Emissions from its supply chain4/10Most of its supply-chain (Scope 3) emissions aren't measured.
- Whether its emissions are falling3/10No evidence its emissions are falling.
- How clean its energy is3/10No 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 water4/10No measured water footprint with reduction targets.
- Its climate targets3/10No specific targets with dates.
- How openly it reports6/10No mission-locked structure, such as B Corp certification.
- Its record on controversies3/10Points deducted for controversies or its business model. The finding is under question 10.
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How is Trafigura's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleWhat evidence is Trafigura's score based on?
10 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
20% of them were published by Trafigura itself; the rest come from independent sources.
“In FY2025, our Scope 1 GHG emissions were approximately 1.954 million tCO2e and our Scope 2 GHG emissions were 0.518 million tCO2e.”
“includes emissions associated with direct use of fuels that have been produced or processed by our own operations”
“oil and petroleum products flows, which reached 358M tonnes, or an average of 7.6M barrels per day, around 10% above FY2024”
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How does Trafigura compare with other oil & gas companies?
Where Trafigura sits among oil & gas peers.
Among the 18 major oil & gas brands we've scored, Trafigura is tied =4th of 18, with 2 others.
Who scores higher in Oil & Gas?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Trafigura.
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