Kosmos Energy.
KOS.US | Extraction of crude petroleum
Kosmos Energy is a full-cycle deepwater independent oil and gas exploration and production company focused on the Atlantic Margins. Their key assets are located offshore Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, and the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The company focuses on discovering and developing new hydrocarbon basins an...Show More
Better Health for All
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Kosmos Energy is an oil and gas exploration and production company. Its principal goods and services (oil and gas) cause severe, widespread health damage, and 100% of its revenue is derived from these activities with scientifically established serious health harms. The company does not hold healthcare-related patents, produce food or nutritional products, have products with addiction potential, conduct clinical trials, or collect health-related data, making several health-related KPIs not applicable. While Kosmos Energy has undertaken various community health initiatives, such as providing clean drinking water to over 130,000 people in Ghana,
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a $100,000 water purification system in Offinso benefiting 10,000 people,
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and a ~$50,000 hunger relief program in response to COVID-19,
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specific quantitative data required by the rubric (e.g., percentage of revenue allocated, specific health outcome improvements, or comprehensive impact evaluations) is not available to score other KPIs.
Fair Money & Economic Opportunity
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No evidence available to assess Kosmos Energy on Fair Money & Economic Opportunity.
Fair Pay & Worker Respect
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In the 2024 fiscal year, Kosmos Energy's CEO-to-median employee pay ratio was 24:1, calculated from CEO Andrew G. Inglis's total compensation of $8,622,890 and a median employee compensation of $359,822.
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In 2020, the company's CEO-to-median employee pay ratio was 29:1, with a median employee pay of $330,569.
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Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing
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No evidence available to assess Kosmos Energy on Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing.
Honest & Fair Business
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Kosmos Energy maintains robust anti-corruption policies and methodology, with its Anti-Corruption Compliance Policy updated in 2013 to align with the U.K. Bribery Act of 2010.
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The company provides annual anti-corruption training and testing for all employees, board members, and contractors.
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An anonymous Whistleblower Hotline is available via a website and toll-free numbers for the US and UK.
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The company demonstrates transparency by disclosing payments to governments on a country-by-country and project-level basis since 2014, in accordance with UK regulations, with data available for 2017-2023 and a 2024 report mentioned.
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Material terms of Petroleum Agreements and Production Sharing Contracts are publicly available where legally possible and filed with the SEC.
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Beneficial ownership details are also disclosed in SEC filings.
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Kosmos is a Supporting Company of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI)
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and has submitted comment letters to regulators regarding disclosure requirements.
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Kind to Animals
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No evidence available to assess Kosmos Energy on Kind to Animals.
No War, No Weapons
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Kosmos Energy allocated approximately 0.58% of its 2024 EBITDAX to social investment spending, which includes peacebuilding and community development initiatives such as entrepreneurship training, mangrove restoration, and human rights training for security personnel.
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The company commits to and applies the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
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, having joined the United Nations Global Compact in 2013 with a commitment to annual Communication on Progress.
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As an oil and gas company, it has no defense-related business activities, and its board therefore has no defense business to oversee.
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The company is politically neutral and does not engage in direct lobbying, thus incurring no defense-related lobbying expenditures.
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Planet-Friendly Business
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Kosmos Energy achieved carbon neutrality for its operated Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions in 2021 and 2022
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, which is ahead of its stated target year of 2030 for these scopes
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. The company reported zero environmental compliance violations during a seven-month seismic survey
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, demonstrating exemplary compliance for that specific operation
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Respect for Cultures & Communities
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No evidence available to assess Kosmos Energy on Respect for Cultures & Communities.
Safe & Smart Tech
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No evidence available to assess Kosmos Energy on Safe & Smart Tech.
Zero Waste & Sustainable Products
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The provided articles do not contain specific, quantitative data regarding Kosmos Energy's own waste management, product sustainability, or circular economy initiatives. discusses Kosmos Energy's investment in Remarkable Energy, a start-up developing technology for recycling mixed waste plastics, and provides data related to that start-up's technology (e.g., pilot plant output, conversion rate, future plant output, OECD plastic recycling rate). Remarkable Energy's pilot plant output is 10 kg/hour of mixed plastics
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, with a conversion rate of over 90%
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. The demonstration plant output is 500 kg/hour of mixed plastics
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, and future commercial plants are planned to output 1,000 kg/hour of mixed plastics
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. The OECD plastic recycling rate is 9%
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. However, this information pertains to the invested company's technology and potential, not Kosmos Energy's direct performance or products. outlines Kosmos Energy's general environmental commitments but explicitly states that no specific data relevant to product-specific sustainability metrics is provided.