Report July 15, 2022
Sustainability performance data
We assess our performance to support continual improvements throughout the company.
Report July 15, 2022
Sustainability performance data
Performance data table1
Consistent with industry, we are reporting the data below over a 5-year period. The reporting guidelines and indicators of Ipieca, the American Petroleum Institute (API) and the International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (IOGP) Sustainability Reporting Guidance for the Oil and Gas Industry (2020) informed the selection of the data included in this performance table. For additional resources see the following: sustainability home page, Advancing Climate Solutions - 2022 Progress Report (see page 47 for GHG emissions performance data), and the content index.
ENVIRONMENT2 |
2021 |
2020 |
2019 |
2018 |
2017 |
Freshwater |
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| Freshwater withdrawn, millions of cubic meters | 440 | 460 | 460 | 470 | 440 |
| Freshwater consumption, millions of cubic meters | 270 | 300 | 300 | 310 | 290 |
| Freshwater intensity, metric tons of water consumed per metric tons of throughput or production | |||||
Upstream |
0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
Downstream |
0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 |
Chemical |
1.9 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
Discharges to water |
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Controlled hydrocarbon discharges to water, thousands of metrics tons |
0.7 |
0.8 |
0.7 |
0.8 |
1.7 |
Upstream |
0.6 |
0.7 |
0.6 |
0.7 |
1.6 |
Downstream |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
Spills to the environment |
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| Marine vessel (owned and long-term leased) hydrocarbon spills >1 barrel, number | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hydrocarbon spills (not from marine vessels) (oil spilled), number | 161 | 180 | 312 | 287 | 181 |
| Hydrocarbon spills (not from marine vessels) (oil spilled) volume, thousands of barrels | 15.9 | 1.9 | 7.7 | 11.4 | 7.0 |
| Other spills (not from marine vessels) (non-hydrocarbon), number | 49 | 43 | 40 | 48 | 23 |
| Other spills (not from marine vessels) (non-hydrocarbon) volume, thousands of barrels | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.8 |
Air emissions |
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| Sulfur oxides (SOx) emitted, millions of metric tons | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.10 |
0.10 |
| Nitrogen oxides (NOx) emitted, millions of metric tons | 0.10 |
0.10 |
0.12 | 0.12 | 0.12 |
| Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted, millions of metric tons | 0.12 | 0.10 |
0.15 | 0.17 | 0.15 |
Materials management |
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| Total hazardous waste generated from remediation, millions of metric tons | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.7 |
| Total hazardous waste disposed from remediation, millions of metric tons | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.5 |
| Total hazardous waste beneficial reuse from remediation, millions of metric tons | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Total non-hazardous waste generated from remediation, millions of metric tons | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
| Total non-hazardous waste disposed from remediation, millions of metric tons | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Total non-hazardous waste beneficial reuse from remediation, millions of metric tons | <0.1 | <0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Total hazardous waste generated from operations, millions of metric tons | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Total hazardous waste disposed from operations, millions of metric tons | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Total hazardous waste beneficial reuse from operations, millions of metric tons | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Total non-hazardous waste generated from operations, millions of metric tons | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
| Total non-hazardous waste disposed from operations, millions of metric tons | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Total non-hazardous waste beneficial reuse from operations, millions of metric tons | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.0 |
0.2 | 0.2 |
Environmental expenditures |
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Environmental expenditures, billions of dollars |
5.2 |
4.5 |
5.2 |
4.9 |
4.7 |
Total dollars spent on environmental penalties, fines and settlements, billions of dollars |
<0.001 |
<0.001 |
<0.001 |
0.001 |
0.001 |
SOCIAL2 |
2021 |
2020 |
2019 |
2018 |
2017 |
Safety |
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Fatalities - employees |
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fatalities - contractors |
1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Fatal accident rate - total workforce (per 1,000,000 work hours)3 |
0.003 | 0.003 | 0.002 | 0.007 | 0.005 |
Fatal incident rate - total workforce (per 1,000,000 work hours)3 |
0.003 | 0.003 | 0.002 | 0.007 | 0.005 |
Lost-time incident rate - employees (per 200,000 work hours)4 |
0.02 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.03 |
Lost-time incident rate - contractors (per 200,000 work hours)4 |
0.03 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 |
Lost-time incident rate - total workforce (per 200,000 work hours)4 |
0.02 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 |
Total recordable incident rate - employees (per 200,000 work hours)4 |
0.11 | 0.09 | 0.15 | 0.14 | 0.15 |
Total recordable incident rate - contractors (per 200,000 work hours)4 |
0.20 |
0.17 | 0.25 | 0.26 | 0.22 |
Total recordable incident rate - total workforce (per 200,000 work hours)4 |
0.16 | 0.14 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.19 |
Process Safety Tier 1 Events (API RP 754 guidance) |
44 | 63 | 74 | 73 | 63 |
Workforce composition |
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Number of regular employees at year end, thousands5 |
63 | 72 | 75 | 71 | 70 |
Percent international - global workforce5 |
64 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 |
Percent women - global workforce5 |
29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 28 |
Percent professional women - global |
34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 33 |
Percent executive women - global |
27 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 20 |
Percent professional United States minorities |
27 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 25 |
Percent executive United States minorities |
22 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 16 |
Percent United States veterans6 |
5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
Hiring (percent professional new hires) 7 |
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Women - global |
40 | 40 | 37 | 37 | 41 |
United States minorities |
47 | 43 | 37 | 35 | 32 |
United States Asian |
20 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 12 |
United States Black/African-American |
8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 |
United States Hispanic/Latino |
14 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 11 |
Training |
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Number of participants in corporate and technical training (thousands) |
73 | 78 | 88 | 87 | 98 |
Total corporate and technical training expenditures (millions of dollars) |
19 | 34 | 77 | 62 | 94 |
Community investments, millions of dollars8 |
163.4 | 202.8 | 252.5 | 211.0 |
204.0 |
United States |
60.0 |
91.6 | 117.4 | 112.0 |
125.3 |
Rest of World |
130.4 | 111.2 | 135.1 | 99.0 |
78.7 |
ExxonMobil spending with United States diverse suppliers, millions of dollars9 |
2366 | 2732 | 2727 | 2267 | 1902 |
ExxonMobil spending with United States certified, tier 1, diverse suppliers, millions of dollars10 |
513 | 620 | 643 | ||
GOVERNANCE |
2021 |
2020 |
2019 |
2018 |
2017 |
Number of Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) participating countries11 |
16 | 20 | 21 | 19 | 18 |
Corporate political contributions - United States state campaigns and national 527s, millions of dollars |
0.52 | 0.54 | 1.13 | 0.62 | 0.51 |
Percent of shares represented at Corporation's Annual Meeting |
72.0 |
82.2 | 86.7 | 85.5 | 85.7 |
1Performance data is based on a combination of measured and estimated data using reasonable efforts and collection methods. Any calculations are based on industry standards and best practices, including guidance from the API and Ipieca as applicable. There is uncertainty associated with the performance data due to variation in the processes and operations, the availability of sufficient data, quality of those data and methodology used for measurement and estimation. Performance data may include rounding. This table reflects the latest set of performance data as of March 10, 2022 for Environment and April 12, 2022 for Safety. Changes to the performance data may be reported as part of the company’s annual publications as new or updated data and/or methodologies become available. Environment and Safety is reported for ExxonMobil operated assets only. Additional waste metrics were added consistent with new core metrics set forth in the Ipieca, API, and IOGP Sustainability Reporting Guidance for the Oil and Gas Industry (2020). Also consistent with this Guidance, new hydrocarbon and other spill metrics replaced the metric for "Spills (not from marine vessels) of oil, chemical or drilling fluids >1 barrel, number".
2Some historical performance data were updated to reflect the best available information as of March 10, 2022 for Environment and April 12, 2022 for Safety.
3Workforce includes employees and contractors. Accidents or incidents include both injuries and illnesses. From 2017 through 2021, all fatalities were injury-related.
4Incidents include injuries and illnesses. Workforce includes employees and contractors.
5Global workforce is defined as all active, regular executive, management, professional, technical (EMPT), and wage employees who work full-time or part-time for ExxonMobil and are covered by ExxonMobil’s benefit plans and programs. Employees at our company-operated retail stores are not included.
6U.S. workforce is defined as all active, regular executive, management, professional, technical, and wage employees on the U.S. payroll who work full-time or part-time for ExxonMobil and are covered by ExxonMobil’s benefit plans and programs. Employees at our company-operated retail stores are not included. U.S. workforce is a broader definition than EEO-1 report scope, which excludes U.S. payroll employees on assignment outside the United States.
7Professional hires are employees hired as EMPT.
8Total contributions include donations from Exxon Mobil Corporation, our divisions and affiliates, the ExxonMobil Foundation, as well as employee and retiree giving through ExxonMobil’s matching gift and volunteer programs.
9Our spending encompassed an expanded set of diverse classifications that includes: minority-owned businesses, women-owned businesses, small business-owned, lesbian-, gay-, bisexual- and transgender-owned businesses, veteran-owned businesses, service-disabled veteran-owned businesses and businesses owned by peoples with disabilities.
10ExxonMobil spending with U.S. certified, tier 1, diverse suppliers, millions of dollars was added as a new metric in 2019 and reported as of that year.
11In countries where ExxonMobil has an upstream business presence.