Visualized: The World's Biggest Corporate Polluters

Key Takeaways:

• Half of the world’s carbon dioxide emissions in 2023 came from just 36 companies, according to a report by the Carbon Majors Project, with the list dominated by coal, cement, and oil producers.
• If Saudi Aramco were a country, it would be the fourth-largest polluter in the world, after China, the U.S., and India.
• Five publicly traded oil companies—ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell, TotalEnergies, and BP—together accounted for 5% of global carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels.