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Marathon Petroleum vs Shell USA

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

F
Marathon Petroleum
35/100
C
Shell USA
47.5/100

Political donations

Marathon Petroleum

Goods Unite Us F — Republican-leaning donations. [goods-unite-us]

Shell USA

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

Environment

Marathon Petroleum

air pollution violation: $1.3B 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

Marathon Petroleum

396 federal penalties totaling $1.6B 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

Marathon Petroleum

EEO-1 workforce demographics on federal record (FY2020, DOL OFCCP FOIA release): 18,609 US employees — 18.1% women, 22.6% racial/ethnic minorities; management 14.2% women, 14.3% minorities.

Shell USA

No public record found.

Charity

Marathon Petroleum

$8M reported corporate giving in 2024 (~0.01% of revenue) via Marathon Petroleum Foundation.

Shell USA

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

Animal testing

Marathon Petroleum

No public record found.

Shell USA

No public record found.

Firearms

Marathon Petroleum

No public record found.

Shell USA

No public record found.

Privacy

Marathon Petroleum

No public record found.

Shell USA

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

Executive pay

Marathon Petroleum

No public record found.

Shell USA

No public record found.

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