A new report produced by InfluenceMap sheds light on the environmental impact of the world’s largest oil, gas, coal and cement producers, quantifying their contributions to global fossil fuel emissions. It focuses on 122 industrial producers, tracing their cumulative historical emissions from 1854 through 2022. The document shows that since the Industrial Revolution, over 70 percent of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from the fossil fuel and cement sectors can be attributed to 78 of those companies. “The Carbon Majors database is a key tool in attributing responsibility for climate change to the fossil fuel producers with the most significant role in driving global CO2 emissions,” said InfluenceMap Program Manager Daan Van Acker. Among the entities analyzed in the report, investor-owned companies accounted for 31 percent of all emissions, with notable contributors including Chevron (NYSE:CVX), ExxonMobil (NYSE:XOM) and BP (LSE:BP). State-owned companies, on the other hand, were linked to 33 percent…
