Better Health for All

Clean Energy Fuels' core business of providing renewable natural gas (RNG) has a significant positive health impact. Replacing 130,000 older diesel trucks with RNG trucks could prevent over 100 premature deaths, 230 emergency room visits, and 660 new asthma cases annually, saving $2 billion in healthcare costs.

RNG trucks offer 88% of the health benefits of electric vehicles in terms of lower air pollution. The company's products do not have significant negative health impacts, as it focuses on providing a cleaner alternative to traditional diesel and gasoline fuels. The reduction of 745,000 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions in 2019 from 143 million gallons of RNG delivered represents substantial positive health externalities. The company's 'Zero Now' program aims to bring natural gas truck prices to parity with diesel trucks and offers fuel discounts, making cleaner fuel more accessible, but the company's products are not health-related, so this KPI is not applicable.

Fair Pay & Worker Respect

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. reported a CEO to median employee pay ratio of 25:1 for the 2024 fiscal year.

Employee reviews indicate that 69% of employees would recommend working at the company to a friend. The company had one substantiated workplace safety or health violation in 2024, resulting in a penalty of $5,995.

Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. does not procure physical commodities that typically carry fair-trade certifications, leading to a score of N/A for fair_trade_cert_share.

The company also scores N/A for materials_risk_index as it does not primarily source at-risk inputs like conflict minerals or uncertified palm oil, though it does maintain a Conflict Minerals Policy. In 2023, the company spent $4,538,656 with diverse suppliers, including veteran-owned, small businesses, women-owned, and minority-owned. However, without the total procurement budget, this cannot be expressed as a percentage of spend. The company aims to appropriate a portion of its annual spend to diverse suppliers by 2025. There is no specific data for audit frequency, forced or child labor incidents in the last three years, traceability coverage, remediation speed, or the percentage of supplier contracts with enforceable ethical-sourcing clauses.

Honest & Fair Business

Based on the provided articles, there is insufficient evidence to determine Clean Energy Fuels Corp.'s (CLNE.US) alignment with the value of "Honest & Fair Business." While the company has a written code of ethics and an insider trading policy

, , there is no available data regarding regulatory fines, transparency index scores, whistleblower policy effectiveness, financial restatements, audit coverage, ESG controversy index, complaint resolution time, board conflicts, or third-party verification of ethical claims , , , , , . Without this information, a meaningful assessment cannot be made. The materiality analysis suggests that ethical conduct and transparency are important for CLNE's business model. However, the absence of concrete data prevents scoring above 0.

No War, No Weapons

Clean Energy Fuels Corp.'s core business is providing natural gas as a transportation fuel. The company's annual report for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, explicitly states that arms or defense contracts, dual-use technology, sales to embargoed regimes, peacebuilding initiatives, conflict-zone divestment, defense-related business activities, exports, lobbying for arms control, humanitarian procurement, human rights due diligence in conflict areas, Arms Trade Treaty compliance, AI military safeguards, UN Guiding Principles alignment, dual-use item screening, surveillance, ethical red lines, controversial weapons exposure, war-risk audits, conflict-partner reviews, defense divestment, conflict minerals, peace technology investment, conflict-zone procurement, and ethical red lines compliance are 'not applicable' or not mentioned.

This indicates that these activities are not part of the company's operations or business model.

Planet-Friendly Business

Clean Energy Fuels reported total Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions of 1,695,021 tCO2e in 2023.

The company has a goal to become climate neutral by 2035 and to reduce its carbon footprint by 25% by 2025 over a 2017 baseline, but these targets are not explicitly stated as SBTi-validated. In 2023, approximately 89% of the fuel delivered to on-road vehicle customers was Renewable Natural Gas (RNG). For its operational energy, the company procured wind energy for over three million kilowatt hours of electricity per year for Texas stations in 2020 and 2021, and 100% renewable energy for an additional 134,000 kWh for California stations in 2021. The corporate headquarters is LEED Platinum and ENERGY STAR certified. The company recycled 11,240 pounds of paper in 2023 and 89% of all oil processed at facilities in 2021. It performs life-cycle assessments of sites' facilities. As of 2023, Clean Energy has not received any U.S. Occupational Health and Safety Administration or state OSHA citations in the last five years, and in 2013, one environmental violation resulted in a $49,500 penalty. The company conducts environmental impact assessments and endangered-species reviews as needed. Clean Energy has an Adopt-a-Port program with Chevron at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, committing $28 million to transition to RNG-powered trucks, and works with NGOs to promote clean air.

Respect for Cultures & Communities

The provided articles, including the 2023 and 2020 Sustainability Reports, 10-K filings, and Code of Ethics, do not contain specific quantitative data points for any of the KPIs under the 'Respect for Cultures & Communities' value. While some articles mention general commitments or data gaps related to community engagement, cultural impact, or local involvement, they lack the concrete metrics required by the rubric, such as the number of formal partnerships, percentage of revenue reinvested locally, number of cultural appropriation incidents, existence of cultural impact assessment protocols, local employment ratios, coverage of grievance mechanisms, average complaint resolution times, FPIC participation rates, community governance inclusion, cultural preservation investment, local procurement share, indigenous supplier count, cultural site protection actions, social license to operate, charitable giving to cultural heritage organizations, community fund allocation, language inclusivity scores, cultural incident response effectiveness, or cultural training completion percentages.

Therefore, no KPIs can be scored based on the provided evidence.

Safe & Smart Tech

The company reports no material cybersecurity incidents have affected it and states no reported breaches.

Internal encryption is used on data stores for voluntarily collected data. The company states it restricts access to private information and protects against unauthorized access to systems. Users are provided with options to opt out of data sharing and selling, including online forms, phone calls, and Global Privacy Control (GPC) signals. Passwords are required to access user data. Data retention periods vary based on the type of relationship and legal requirements. The company states compliance with U.S. privacy laws, specifically mentioning California and Nevada privacy rights.

Zero Waste & Sustainable Products

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. demonstrates significant waste reduction through its core business model. The company has completed at least five Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) production facilities in the last nine months, including the Drumgoon Dairy facility (completed December 2023) and the Ash Grove Dairy facility (completed August 2024) which processes 60,000 gallons of manure daily.

Additionally, Clean Energy Fuels is building nine more RNG dairy production facilities, which will process manure from over 35,000 cows. This process of capturing methane from farm waste and converting it into fuel represents a pioneering application of circular design principles, transforming organic waste into a sustainable product with a deeply negative carbon intensity.