The 2017 Carbon Majors Database tracks and attributes carbon emissions to the survey base of 224 leading fossil fuel companies by the CDP (formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project).
Among the findings,
• Emissions from investor owned companies are significant – the 224 fossil fuel companies in their Database account for 30.6 GtCO2e and of these:
» 30% are public investor-owned enterprises; 11% are private investor-owned enterprises; 59% are state-owned enterprises;
» Distribution of emissions is concentrated:
» 50 fossil fuel companies account for approximately half of global industrial carbon emissions;
• The 224 fossil fuel companies in the Database account for 71% of global industrial carbon emissions.
The latest report from the CDC is here.