ClaimsØrsted

“Ørsted is recognised on the CDP Climate Change A List as a global leader on climate action”

Ørsted, company boilerplate 7 June 2023 Capital Markets Day: Ørsted confirms its ambition of ~50 GW renewable capacity by 2030 (Investegate (Ørsted)) archived copy

Factual Their own work or organisation

Ørsted is recognised on the CDP Climate Change A List as a global leader on climate action.

Unresolvable The public record could not settle it.

Factual: Statements about the present or the past, checked against the record: did they hold up?

What would count as true or false

True if CDP's Climate Change A List current as of 2023-06-07, which would be the list published in December 2022, includes Ørsted. Mostly true if Ørsted was on the most recent prior list but there is ambiguity over which list counts as current. False if Ørsted scored below A on the current list.

Set before the research began.

Evidence (2)

  1. E1 [PDF] 2023 CDP Climate change scoring methodology changes from 2022 CDP Scoring · 3 April 2023

    “Climate Change only A list criteria 1. Verification of 100% of Scope 1 and 2 and at least 70% of a minimum of one Scope 3 category emissions (individually, not collectively within both C10.1a, C10.1b & C10.1c)”

  2. E2 Climate Change 2022 Ørsted Own record

    “(C0.2) State the start and end date of the year for which you are reporting data.”

Reasoning

E1 is CDP's 2023 scoring methodology and sets out the A-list criteria, but it does not name Ørsted or give any score for it. E2 is Ørsted's own 2022 CDP questionnaire response, which contains no score or A-list status. Neither item shows whether Ørsted was on the Climate Change A List published in December 2022, so the claim cannot be resolved under the criteria.

Cite this claim

Ørsted, “Ørsted is recognised on the CDP Climate Change A List as a global leader on climate action.” (said 7 June 2023). Verdict: unresolvable. Reliability API, claim c_9bdd6f15a5ce, method 0.1.0+7831dd9d, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_9bdd6f15a5ce

This claim is in dataset release v1.1.2, with the same verdict.

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More factual claims by Ørsted

  1. Mostly true Factual 13 August 2026
    “The increase was primarily driven by earnings from the construction agreement for Hornsea 3.”

    Ørsted's Q2 2026 offshore EBITDA increase (DKK 4.4 billion vs DKK 4.0 billion) was primarily driven by earnings from the Hornsea 3 construction agreement.

  2. Resolved true Factual 13 August 2026
    “EBITDA excluding new partnerships and cancellation fees in our offshore business amounted to DKK 11.9 billion in the first half of 2026, compared with DKK 10.3 billion last year, primarily driven by…”

    Ørsted's offshore EBITDA excluding new partnerships and cancellation fees was DKK 11.9 billion in H1 2026 versus DKK 10.3 billion in H1 2025, primarily driven by higher wind speeds and higher prices.

  3. Resolved true Factual 6 May 2026
    “Net profit for the period totalled DKK 2.6 billion. This was affected by non-cash tax effects and impairments due to the higher long-dated US interest rates.”

    Ørsted's net profit for Q1 2026 was DKK 2.6 billion, affected by non-cash tax effects and impairments due to higher long-dated US interest rates.

  4. Resolved true Factual 7 June 2023
    “At present, Ørsted operates 15.5 GW of renewable energy assets, while 4.9 GW are under construction across technologies.”

    Ørsted currently operates 15.5 GW of renewable energy assets, with 4.9 GW under construction.

  5. Resolved true Factual 7 June 2023
    “was the first energy company in the world to have its science-based net-zero emissions target validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi)”

    Ørsted was the first energy company in the world to have its science-based net-zero emissions target validated by the Science Based Targets initiative.

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