Duke Energy | Sustainability Performance
Provides electricity and natural gas services to residential and commercial customers.
1904
United States
10,001+ employees
Utilities
$10B+ in revenue
$1B - 10B in profitability
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Sustainability Ranking & Industry Benchmark
#12432
Overallⓘ#2873
in United Statesⓘ#386
in UtilitiesⓘSustainability Maturity
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Environmental
Carbon emissionsCarbon certificatesEnergy consumptionWaste ManagementWater ManagementAir & land impactNature and biodiversitySocial
Diversity and InclusionPay GapsHealth and SafetyExternalitiesGovernance
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Business performanceCapital & innovationAnalyst projections
Critical
Aligned
Laggard
Aligned
Intensity
Greenhouse gas intensity (Scope 1, 2, 3)(tCO₂e /$M)
Waste generation intensity (tonnes /$M)
Industry Benchmark
3.5K
B/M 666.6
4.0
B/M 5.0
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Controversy level
- Duke Energy Corporation — US Southeast/Midwest major utility (largest US fossil fuel customer base) — has faced sustained US EPA enforcement scrutiny including the historic 2015 USD 102 million Dan River coal ash spill (North Carolina, 39,000 tons of coal ash) settlement and the contested 2024 sustained EU ETS/US EPA Affordable Clean Energy carbon cost exposure at multiple Duke coal-fired generation operations affecting US institutional shareholders.
Sustainability employees
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11+
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