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ConocoPhillips vs Shell USA

On overall TruNorth grade, Shell USA scores higher (ConocoPhillips: D, Shell USA: C). Both graded from public records across nine values categories.

D
ConocoPhillips
36.3/100
C
Shell USA
48.4/100

Political donations

ConocoPhillips

Senate LDA: ~$6.9M in federal lobbying spend in 2024. Top issues: energy, tax, drilling.

Shell USA

FEC: $651K in executive political donations; partisan lean Republican +58 across 17 executive donors.

Environment

ConocoPhillips

air pollution violation: $361.9M in federal penalties (Violation Tracker).

Shell USA

Carbon Majors database (Heede 2024): investor-owned oil / gas producer responsible for 2.06% of all industrial GHG emissions since 1854 (1.95% since 1988).

Labor

ConocoPhillips

192 federal penalties totaling $609.2M since 2000 (Violation Tracker).

Shell USA

Corporate Human Rights Benchmark (Extractives): 17.8/26 on UN Guiding Principles assessment (policy, due diligence, remedy, and serious-allegation response).

DEI

ConocoPhillips

No public record found.

Shell USA

No public record found.

Charity

ConocoPhillips

$28M reported corporate giving in 2024 (~0.05% of revenue).

Shell USA

Operates the Shell Usa Company Foundation: $20.2M in charitable contributions, gifts & grants paid (FY2023, IRS Form 990-PF).

Animal testing

ConocoPhillips

No public record found.

Shell USA

No public record found.

Firearms

ConocoPhillips

No public record found.

Shell USA

No public record found.

Privacy

ConocoPhillips

No public record found.

Shell USA

CFPB consumer complaints: 18270 on record (100 in past 12mo); 100% timely response rate.

Executive pay

ConocoPhillips

No public record found.

Shell USA

No public record found.

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