Woodside Energy sustainability score: 20/100
Below expectations starts at 31. The highest score on SINK is 71.
Woodside Energy is an Australian oil and gas producer headquartered in Perth. It operates liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities, offshore oil and gas fields, and traded hydrocarbon portfolios.
More about Woodside Energy
With ~4,700 employees and US$13 billion operating revenue (FY2025), it ranks among Australia's largest energy companies and is a major LNG exporter to Asia.
Founded 1971Head office Perth, Western Australia, AustraliaStaff ~4,693 (FY2025)Revenue US$12,984M operating revenue (FY2025)Website ↗
Woodside is an oil and gas producer with rising total emissions despite modest Scope 1 and 2 reductions. It relies on carbon offsets to meet targets, has no Scope 3 reduction target, and actively lobbies against climate policy. Spills, preventable incidents, and shareholder rejection of its climate plan underscore weak governance.
Woodside Energy 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 Woodside Energy joint 973rd of 1,023 companies scored, and joint 4th of 18 in Oil & Gas.
What is Woodside Energy doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Carbon Footprint: Operations and Carbon Footprint: Supply Chain (8/10, 6/10). Weakest on Emissions Trajectory and Energy Source (1/10, 1/10).
Where Woodside Energy 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 operations8/10No verified figures published with their method and a falling trend.
- Emissions from its supply chain6/10No full value-chain map or supplier engagement programme.
- Whether its emissions are falling1/10No evidence its emissions are falling.
- How clean its energy is1/10No 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 annual impact report, or no pay linked to climate targets.
- Its record on controversies3/10Points deducted for controversies or its business model. The finding is under question 10.
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How is Woodside Energy's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleWhat evidence is Woodside Energy's score based on?
21 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
33% of them were published by Woodside Energy itself; the rest come from independent sources.
14 of 21 sources are independent of the company.
“Gross equity Scope 1 GHG emissions (kt CO 2 -e) 11 , 12 6,602 6,769 6,172 5,357 3,541”
“Gross equity Scope 1 GHG emissions N/A 6,602 kt CO2-e Gross equity Scope 2 GHG emissions N/A 14 kt CO2-e”
“2.5% fewer than in 2024 despite higher production”
“The company produced 198.8 million barrels of oil equivalent (MMboe), or 545 Mboe/day, for the year”
“Woodside is seeking to advance the Woodside Solar Project as our most significant near-term decarbonisation opportunity for the Pluto LNG facility.”
“Western Australia's Regional Joint Development Assessment Panel has given planning approval for a 500 MW solar farm that Perth-based Woodside Energy wants to build”
“All projects and activities conform to our Net Zero Deforestation commitment.”
“Woodside spilled an estimated 16,000 litres of hydrocarbons into the ocean off the Pilbara coast on May 8”
“Australia gave final approval on Sept. 12 for Woodside to operate the country's oldest and second-largest liquefied natural gas plant until 2070”
“Total waste (tonnes) 17,197 13,251”
“Currently, Woodside has no onshore operating assets located in designated water-stressed areas, as defined by the WRI Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas.”
“setting a Scope 3 target, which requires a reduction in Scope 3 emissions from LNG sales isn’t aligned with the”
“It surrendered 607,982 Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) as a result”
“the climate plan had garnered just 41.6 per cent support and 58.4 per cent opposition”
“has omitted memberships to 11 industry associations that InfluenceMap finds to be actively engaged on climate-related policy”
“the offshore safety regulator NOPSEMA has launched an investigation”
“By consent, the Federal Court of Australia has dismissed an emissions-related lawsuit brought by Greenpeace Australia Pacific (GAP) against Woodside concerning alleged misleading climate disclosures.”
“Greenpeace contends that this reduction in emissions was solely due to carbon offset purchases (retiring 754,000 tCO2e credits), despite actual emissions rising by approximately 3.4%.”
“A settlement has been agreed in a lawsuit brought by Greenpeace Australia Pacific against fossil fuel multinational Woodside”
“Woodside is yet to retrieve from the ocean 63km of flexible pipelines at Griffin”
“58.4% of shareholders voted against the company’s Climate Transition Action and 2023 Progress Report”
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How does Woodside Energy compare with other oil & gas companies?
Where Woodside Energy sits among oil & gas peers.
Among the 18 major oil & gas brands we've scored, Woodside Energy is tied =4th of 18, with 2 others.
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