Woodside Energy Group Ltd — Ethics Grade D

Woodside Energy Group Ltd receives an overall ethics grade of D (32/100) on CancelCo's corporate accountability database. Sector: Energy. Market cap: Large Cap.

Category scores

• labor: 55
• privacy: 80
• consumer: 60
• environment: 22
• humanRights: 28

Documented incidents (3)

• Scarborough Gas Project Emissions (high, 2023) — The Scarborough gas project faced intense criticism for its projected lifetime emissions of 1.6 billion tonnes of greenhouse gases, potentially threatening the Great Barrier Reef.
• Murujuga Rock Art Concerns (high, 2022) — Industrial expansion on the Burrup Peninsula has been documented to cause acid rain damage to ancient Murujuga Aboriginal rock art carvings, some dating back 50,000 years.
• Opaque Political Lobbying (medium, 2021) — Investigations revealed extensive lobbying efforts to weaken environmental protection laws in Australia to expedite gas exploration permits during the pandemic recovery.

Documented good deeds

• H2Perth Project — Announced a $1 billion investment in a world-scale hydrogen and ammonia production facility to transition toward lower-carbon fuel sources.

Ethical alternatives

• Meridian Energy — Generates 100% of its electricity from renewable sources including wind and water.