public company

BP

Industry Energy

A public oil and gas major selling fossil fuels and energy products, with climate harm and the Deepwater Horizon disaster central to its rating. BP scores low because of ecological harm, documented human harm, and person-dependent governance, with poor loss-bearing fidelity and weak stakeholder ownership reinforcing the negative evaluation.

Why this matters: Fuel infrastructure is often unavoidable for consumers, which makes preventable industrial and ecological harm especially consequential.

Letter grade F Malignant Medium confidence (AI) Rubric gcd-rubric-v1 Last reviewed May 6, 2026

Final Score -57* F - Malignant

FMALIGNANT-57 pts

* Tentative scaffolding score. Not human-checked or final.

Base Material8

Bonus+0

Cap35Ownership <= 2 and Governance <= 2

After Cap8

Penalties-65

Private Government badge

BP receives the Private Government badge because it combines large-scale private rule-setting over customers, workers, users, members, or counterparties with OpenLobby-documented lobbying of about $960K on public policy issues.

Evidence: [10]

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Evaluation Overview

F - Malignant

The score turns mainly on Extraction, with the largest penalty coming from Ecological Harm.

Strengths

Extraction2/10
Labor Sovereignty2/7
Governance1/10

Penalties

Ecological Harm-24
Human Harm-14
High-Carbon Products-10
Reversibility-5

Evidence state

ConfidenceMedium confidence (AI)
ThoroughnessDeveloped (AI)
Linked claims10
Direct axis claims9
Coverage9/17

Scoring Axes

Axis	Score	Why this score
Ownership ? Control rights: shareholder-dominated at 0, worker cooperative control at 10.	0 / 10	BP is a shareholder-governed oil and gas company with investor-relations structures and no public evidence of democratic worker or affected-community control rights. BP is a shareholder-governed oil and gas company with investor-relations structures and no public evidence of democratic worker or affected-community control rights. That keeps BP low on Ownership: decisive control remains with shareholders, private owners, executives, or state insiders rather than affected people. The value is above zero only where the linked record still shows some real function, constraint, or public value on this axis. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 0 scored entries below, 11 tied, 215 above on Ownership. Uncertainty Priority page: add more axis-specific research over time to make the comparative placement harder to dispute. Linked evidence BP is a shareholder-governed oil and gas company with investor-relations structures and no public evidence of democratic worker or affected-community control rights. [1]
Governance ? Binding decision authority: centralized control at 0, democratic stakeholder control at 10.	1 / 10	BP is a shareholder-governed oil and gas company with investor-relations structures and no public evidence of democratic worker or affected-community control rights. BP is a shareholder-governed oil and gas company with investor-relations structures and no public evidence of democratic worker or affected-community control rights. That keeps BP low on Governance: ordinary users, workers, customers, or affected communities cannot change the rules that govern them. The value is above zero only where the linked record still shows some real function, constraint, or public value on this axis. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 2 scored entries below, 68 tied, 156 above on Governance. Linked evidence context BP is a shareholder-governed oil and gas company with investor-relations structures and no public evidence of democratic worker or affected-community control rights. [1]
Extraction ? Surplus allocation, wage share, CEO pay ratio, margins, and structured extraction judgment.	2 / 10	BP is a shareholder-governed oil and gas company with investor-relations structures and no public evidence of democratic worker or affected-community control rights. BP is a shareholder-governed oil and gas company with investor-relations structures and no public evidence of democratic worker or affected-community control rights. That keeps BP low on Extraction: the business model makes extraction from workers, users, suppliers, customers, or the public central rather than incidental. The value is above zero only where the linked record still shows some real function, constraint, or public value on this axis. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 20 scored entries below, 18 tied, 188 above on Extraction. Linked evidence context BP is a shareholder-governed oil and gas company with investor-relations structures and no public evidence of democratic worker or affected-community control rights. [1]
Labor Sovereignty ? Worker power: coercive conditions at 0, co-determination or ownership at 7. Employee dissatisfaction matters only when source-backed evidence shows concrete limits on worker agency, such as coercive scheduling, retaliation, wage theft, harassment, unsafe conditions, suppression of worker voice, or extreme turnover.	2 / 7	BP is a shareholder-governed oil and gas company with investor-relations structures and no public evidence of democratic worker or affected-community control rights. BP is a shareholder-governed oil and gas company with investor-relations structures and no public evidence of democratic worker or affected-community control rights. That keeps BP low on Labor Sovereignty: labor remains managerially controlled, replaceable, or exposed to coercive employment and contracting conditions. The value is above zero only where the linked record still shows some real function, constraint, or public value on this axis. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 8 scored entries below, 36 tied, 182 above on Labor Sovereignty. Linked evidence context BP is a shareholder-governed oil and gas company with investor-relations structures and no public evidence of democratic worker or affected-community control rights. [1]
Solidarity with the Unemployed ? Treatment of exits and nonworkers, including severance, redeployment, and non-competes.	1 / 7	BP is a shareholder-governed oil and gas company with investor-relations structures and no public evidence of democratic worker or affected-community control rights. BP is a shareholder-governed oil and gas company with investor-relations structures and no public evidence of democratic worker or affected-community control rights. That keeps BP low on Solidarity with the Unemployed: the model provides little protection for people who leave, are excluded, or cannot bargain from employment. The value is above zero only where the linked record still shows some real function, constraint, or public value on this axis. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 3 scored entries below, 27 tied, 196 above on Solidarity with the Unemployed. Linked evidence context BP is a shareholder-governed oil and gas company with investor-relations structures and no public evidence of democratic worker or affected-community control rights. [1]
Loss-Bearing Fidelity ? Willingness to absorb costs to preserve values, workers, users, and public obligations.	0 / 7	BP is a shareholder-governed oil and gas company with investor-relations structures and no public evidence of democratic worker or affected-community control rights. BP is a shareholder-governed oil and gas company with investor-relations structures and no public evidence of democratic worker or affected-community control rights. That keeps BP low on Loss-Bearing Fidelity: losses, hazards, or adjustment costs are routinely pushed onto workers, customers, suppliers, communities, or the public. The value is above zero only where the linked record still shows some real function, constraint, or public value on this axis. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 0 scored entries below, 11 tied, 215 above on Loss-Bearing Fidelity. Linked evidence context BP is a shareholder-governed oil and gas company with investor-relations structures and no public evidence of democratic worker or affected-community control rights. [1]
Market Conduct ? Pricing fairness, switching costs, lock-in, and rent extraction.	1 / 5	BP is a shareholder-governed oil and gas company with investor-relations structures and no public evidence of democratic worker or affected-community control rights. BP is a shareholder-governed oil and gas company with investor-relations structures and no public evidence of democratic worker or affected-community control rights. That keeps BP low on Market Conduct: market power, lock-in, coercive pricing, or exclusionary conduct is a major part of the institution's position. The value is above zero only where the linked record still shows some real function, constraint, or public value on this axis. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 15 scored entries below, 15 tied, 196 above on Market Conduct. Linked evidence context BP is a shareholder-governed oil and gas company with investor-relations structures and no public evidence of democratic worker or affected-community control rights. [1]
Product Integrity ? Preservation of quality rather than degradation for monetization.	1 / 5	BP is a shareholder-governed oil and gas company with investor-relations structures and no public evidence of democratic worker or affected-community control rights. BP is a shareholder-governed oil and gas company with investor-relations structures and no public evidence of democratic worker or affected-community control rights. That keeps BP low on Product Integrity: the core offering is closely tied to harmful, addictive, deceptive, degrading, or low-integrity product design. The value is above zero only where the linked record still shows some real function, constraint, or public value on this axis. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 5 scored entries below, 17 tied, 204 above on Product Integrity. Linked evidence context BP is a shareholder-governed oil and gas company with investor-relations structures and no public evidence of democratic worker or affected-community control rights. [1]
Scale Integrity ? Whether growth improves or degrades fairness and accountability.	0 / 5	BP is a shareholder-governed oil and gas company with investor-relations structures and no public evidence of democratic worker or affected-community control rights. BP is a shareholder-governed oil and gas company with investor-relations structures and no public evidence of democratic worker or affected-community control rights. That keeps BP low on Scale Integrity: scale magnifies harm, gatekeeping, opacity, or extraction rather than disciplining it. The value is above zero only where the linked record still shows some real function, constraint, or public value on this axis. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 0 scored entries below, 13 tied, 213 above on Scale Integrity. Linked evidence context BP is a shareholder-governed oil and gas company with investor-relations structures and no public evidence of democratic worker or affected-community control rights. [1]

Penalties

Penalty	Applied	Why this penalty
Reversibility ? Applied when positive conduct depends on current living leaders, founders, family owners, or other person-contingent governance rather than durable structure. Range: -5 to 0.	-5	BP's favorable conduct depends partly on current leaders, founders, family owners, executive discretion, or other person-contingent control rather than a fully locked democratic stakeholder-control structure. BP's favorable conduct depends partly on current leaders, founders, family owners, executive discretion, or other person-contingent control rather than a fully locked democratic stakeholder-control structure. That warrants a severe Reversibility penalty because favorable conduct depends on current people or discretionary leadership rather than locked stakeholder structure. The value is near the floor because the conduct appears central, large-scale, repeated, or institutionally powerful rather than incidental. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 0 scored entries below, 95 tied, 131 above on Reversibility. Linked evidence context BP is a shareholder-governed oil and gas company with investor-relations structures and no public evidence of democratic worker or affected-community control rights. [1] BP's favorable conduct depends partly on current leaders, founders, family owners, executive discretion, or other person-contingent control rather than a fully locked democratic stakeholder-control structure. [2]
Human Harm ? Severity, scale, culpability, vulnerable targets, willful reoffense, reputation laundering, pattern escalation, and time decay. Range: -20 to 0.	-14	The DOJ states that BP admitted company supervisors negligently caused the deaths of 11 workers in the Deepwater Horizon disaster, while EPA describes the event as the largest marine oil-drilling spill in history. The DOJ states that BP admitted company supervisors negligently caused the deaths of 11 workers in the Deepwater Horizon disaster, while EPA describes the event as the largest marine oil-drilling spill in history. That warrants a severe Human Harm penalty because ordinary operation, documented misconduct, or institutional power creates serious injury, deprivation, abuse, or foreseeable human damage. The value is near the floor because the conduct appears central, large-scale, repeated, or institutionally powerful rather than incidental. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 16 scored entries below, 3 tied, 207 above on Human Harm. Linked evidence The DOJ states that BP admitted company supervisors negligently caused the deaths of 11 workers in the Deepwater Horizon disaster, while EPA describes the event as the largest marine oil-drilling spill in history. [3]
Ecological Harm ? Footprint, trajectory, irreversibility, culpability, and scale, including whether ecological harm is central to the model and continued after credible notice. Range: -30 to 0.	-24	BP sits in the worst-actor Ecological Harm tier because its fossil-fuel model is paired with the Deepwater Horizon disaster, which regulators describe as the largest marine oil-drilling spill in U.S. history. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 0 scored entries below, 4 tied, 222 above on Ecological Harm. Linked evidence EPA describes Deepwater Horizon as the largest spill of oil in the history of marine oil-drilling operations and records BP settlements including a $5.5 billion Clean Water Act penalty and up to $8.8 billion in natural resource damages. [4]
Policy Capture ? Private-interest attempts to bend law, regulation, subsidies, taxes, enforcement, trade, labor, safety, competition, environmental, healthcare, housing, surveillance, civil-liberties, or consumer policy against workers, customers, citizens, affected communities, or ecological life. Public-interest advocacy is not penalized merely because it is lobbying. Range: -15 to 0.	-5	OpenLobby records BP AMERICA INC. lobbying on trade, foreign policy, tax, defense with about $960K in spending across 17 filings; the reviewed filings document private institutional lobbying over public rules rather than a public-interest advocacy role. OpenLobby records BP AMERICA INC. lobbying on trade, foreign policy, tax, defense with about $960K in spending across 17 filings; the reviewed filings document private institutional lobbying over public rules rather than a public-interest advocacy role. That warrants a limited Policy Capture penalty because private institutional pressure is being applied to public rules while affected people cannot democratically govern that agenda. The value is limited because the linked record shows a real problem but not one that dominates the profile on this axis. Linked evidence OpenLobby records BP AMERICA INC. lobbying on trade, foreign policy, tax, defense with about $960K in spending across 17 filings; the reviewed filings document private institutional lobbying over public rules rather than a public-interest advocacy role. [8]
High-Carbon Products ? Core products, services, financing, or supply chains that materially depend on fossil-fuel combustion, high-emissions transport, industrial animal agriculture, meat, dairy, or other unusually carbon-intensive activity. This is scored separately from general ecological harm so ordinary consumers can see carbon-intensive product exposure directly. Range: -10 to 0.	-10	Worst-tier high-carbon exposure is warranted because fossil-fuel extraction, refining, marketing, or fossil-fuel industry advocacy depends directly on large-scale carbon combustion. Linked evidence BP has fossil-fuel core high-carbon product exposure based on its listed business model and current profile description: A public oil and gas major selling fossil fuels and energy products, with climate harm and the Deepwater Horizon disaster central to its rating. BP scores low because of ecological harm, documented human harm, and perso… [9]
Toxic Products ? Current sale of products whose ordinary use, exposure, ingredients, residues, packaging, or formulation creates toxic, addictive, or consumer-safety risk. Food products receive at least light scrutiny for artificial colors, artificial flavors, petro-derived additives, pesticide residues, contaminants, endocrine-disrupting packaging, and ultra-processed formulation. Ordinary adult nightlife or alcohol service is not penalized by itself without evidence of predatory marketing, youth targeting, addiction-extractive design, or unusual product-safety misconduct. Range: -5 to 0.	-4	BP currently sells oil, gas, fuels, and related fossil-energy products as a core business; the product category creates ordinary toxic, addictive, or consumer-safety exposure under the directory's toxic-products screen. BP currently sells oil, gas, fuels, and related fossil-energy products as a core business; the product category creates ordinary toxic, addictive, or consumer-safety exposure under the directory's toxic-products screen. That warrants a severe Toxic Products penalty because ordinary use, exposure, ingredients, residues, packaging, or formulation creates material toxic, addictive, or consumer-safety risk. The value is near the floor because the conduct appears central, large-scale, repeated, or institutionally powerful rather than incidental. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 2 scored entries below, 6 tied, 218 above on Toxic Products. Linked evidence BP currently sells oil, gas, fuels, and related fossil-energy products as a core business; the product category creates ordinary toxic, addictive, or consumer-safety exposure under the directory's toxic-products screen. [6]
Accountability Opacity ? Material opacity, reputation laundering, or hidden accountability structures that prevent public accountability. Range: -2 to 0.	-2	BP Deepwater Horizon criminal and civil records is relevant to the accountability-opacity penalty because public accountability for worker deaths and spill harms depended on government enforcement and settlement records. BP Deepwater Horizon criminal and civil records is relevant to the accountability-opacity penalty because public accountability for worker deaths and spill harms depended on government enforcement and settlement records. That warrants a severe Accountability Opacity penalty because material facts, risks, conflicts, ownership, or accountability information are obscured from the public. The value is near the floor because the conduct appears central, large-scale, repeated, or institutionally powerful rather than incidental. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 0 scored entries below, 52 tied, 174 above on Accountability Opacity. Linked evidence BP Deepwater Horizon criminal and civil records is relevant to the accountability-opacity penalty because public accountability for worker deaths and spill harms depended on government enforcement and settlement records. [5]
Ideological Disavowal ? Concealed ideology presented as neutrality, expertise, professional necessity, public-service administration, market inevitability, or non-ideological common sense while exercising power. Range: -3 to 0.	-1	BP's public framing is assessed as ideological-disavowal evidence because BP shows bounded neutrality theater: some contested choices are softened through expertise, public-interest,… BP's public framing is assessed as ideological-disavowal evidence because BP shows bounded neutrality theater: some contested choices are softened through expertise, public-interest, professional, market, safety, or institutional language, but the record does not show dominant concealment of standpoint. That warrants a limited Ideological Disavowal penalty because the institution presents situated, contested choices as neutrality, expertise, inevitability, safety, or common sense. The value is limited because the linked record shows a real problem but not one that dominates the profile on this axis. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Ideological Disavowal 0 to -3 recalibration: 0 for explicit standpoint or no penalty-level neutrality theater; -1 for bounded softening of contested choices; -2 for strong neutrality theater by a powerful institution; -3 for major gatekeeping or coercive power presented as neutral, necessary, objective, or non-ideological. Uncertainty This recalibration uses public self-presentation and profile evidence; later review should add direct language-analysis evidence for high-impact institutions. Linked evidence BP's public framing is assessed as ideological-disavowal evidence because BP shows bounded neutrality theater: some contested choices are softened through expertise, public-interest, professional, market, safety, or institutional language, but the record does not show dominant concealment of standpoint. [7]

Bonus Credits

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Confidence Basis

Confidence is computed from the evidence trail and review state, not typed into the profile by hand.

Medium 76/100

9 verified linked claims 9 direct axis claims 0 disputed claims 9/17 components covered

This confidence label measures the source-backed evidence trail. AI-scaffolded scores remain tentative until human review.

Claim confidence 17/20

9 verified linked claims

Source quality 16/18

Best source per verified claim, weighted by institutional reliability

Direct axis-specific claims 9/18

9 direct claims across 17 active components

Dispute load 12/12

0 disputed claims on this entity

Recency 10/10

Newest accepted timestamp: May 13, 2026

Reviewer status 7/12

Human-reviewed components score higher than AI scaffolding

Component coverage 5/10

9/17 evidence-bearing components have direct support

Evidence State

Profile stateAI draft / human-pending

VerificationUnverified

ConfidenceMedium confidence (AI)

ThoroughnessDeveloped (AI)

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Claims and Sources

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* Tentative scaffolding score. Not human-checked or final.

1BP is a shareholder-governed oil and gas company with investor-relations structures and no public evidence of democratic worker or affected-community control rights.

Ownership Verified High confidence Human-reviewed May 5, 2026

BP investor relationsOfficial self-description · 68%

2BP's favorable conduct depends partly on current leaders, founders, family owners, executive discretion, or other person-contingent control rather than a fully locked democratic stakeholder-control structure.

Reversibility Verified Medium confidence Human-reviewed May 5, 2026

BP investor relationsOfficial self-description · 68%

3The DOJ states that BP admitted company supervisors negligently caused the deaths of 11 workers in the Deepwater Horizon disaster, while EPA describes the event as the largest marine oil-drilling spill in history.

Human Harm Verified High confidence Human-reviewed May 5, 2026

DOJ United States v. BP Exploration and ProductionPrimary public record · 100%
EPA Deepwater Horizon BP oil spill enforcementPrimary public record · 100%

4EPA describes Deepwater Horizon as the largest spill of oil in the history of marine oil-drilling operations and records BP settlements including a $5.5 billion Clean Water Act penalty and up to $8.8 billion in natural resource damages.

Ecological Harm Verified High confidence Human-reviewed May 5, 2026

EPA Deepwater Horizon BP oil spill enforcementPrimary public record · 100%

5BP Deepwater Horizon criminal and civil records is relevant to the accountability-opacity penalty because public accountability for worker deaths and spill harms depended on government enforcement and settlement records.

Accountability Opacity Verified Medium confidence Human-reviewed May 5, 2026

DOJ United States v. BP Exploration and ProductionPrimary public record · 100%
EPA Deepwater Horizon BP oil spill enforcementPrimary public record · 100%

6BP currently sells oil, gas, fuels, and related fossil-energy products as a core business; the product category creates ordinary toxic, addictive, or consumer-safety exposure under the directory's toxic-products screen.

Toxic Products Verified High confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 6, 2026

AI scaffold

BP investor relationsOfficial self-description · 68%
WHO ambient air pollution and healthPrimary public record · 100%

7BP's public framing is assessed as ideological-disavowal evidence because BP shows bounded neutrality theater: some contested choices are softened through expertise, public-interest, professional, market, safety, or institutional language, but the record does not show dominant concealment of standpoint.

Ideological Disavowal Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 9, 2026

AI scaffold

BP official siteGeneral web source · 58%
BP investor relationsOfficial self-description · 68%
DOJ United States v. BP Exploration and ProductionPrimary public record · 100%

8OpenLobby records BP AMERICA INC. lobbying on trade, foreign policy, tax, defense with about $960K in spending across 17 filings; the reviewed filings document private institutional lobbying over public rules rather than a public-interest advocacy role.

Policy Capture Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 11, 2026

AI scaffold

OpenLobby — BP AMERICA INC. lobbying profileGeneral web source · 58%

9BP has fossil-fuel core high-carbon product exposure based on its listed business model and current profile description: A public oil and gas major selling fossil fuels and energy products, with climate harm and the Deepwater Horizon disaster central to its rating. BP scores low because of ecological harm, documented human harm, and perso…

High Carbon Products Verified High confidence Human-reviewed May 11, 2026

BP public siteGeneral web source · 58%
EIA: Gasoline and the environmentPrimary public record · 100%
EPA: Transportation Sector EmissionsPrimary public record · 100%

10BP receives the Private Government badge because it combines large-scale private rule-setting over customers, workers, users, members, or counterparties with OpenLobby-documented lobbying of about $960K on public policy issues.

Private Government Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 11, 2026

AI scaffold

OpenLobby — BP AMERICA INC. lobbying profileGeneral web source · 58%

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