About this report This 2015 Corporate Citizenship Report was created in accordance with the reporting guidelines and indicators of IPIECA — the global oil and gas industry association for environmental and social issues, the International Association of Oil and Gas Producers (IOGP) and the American Petroleum Institute (API) Oil and Gas Industry Guidance on Voluntary Sustainability Reporting (2015). ExxonMobil was a key contributor to the updated industry guidance, and this report reflects the new indicators at a common reporting level. The majority of these indicators are also consistent with the indicators used by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) in its G4 Sustainability Reporting Guidelines ; this report is informed by the G4 guidelines but has not been prepared to a particular GRI in accordance model. To help interested stakeholders easily access our key sustainability indicators, we have mapped relevant IPIECA and GRI indicators on page 93 of this report. This report covers ExxonMobil’s operations from January 1, 2015, through December 31, 2015, unless otherwise indicated. The report uses both qualitative descriptions and quantita- tive metrics to describe our policies, programs, practices and performance. For environmental and climate change data, units of measure are metric where noted. Financial information is reported in U.S. dollars. Exxon Mobil Corporation has numerous affiliates, with many names that include ExxonMobil, Exxon, Mobil, Esso and XTO Energy . For convenience and simplicity, those terms (and terms such as corporation, company, our, we, us and its) are sometimes used as abbreviated references to specific affiliates or affiliate groups. ExxonMobil includes the above-mentioned operations as part of our company perfor- mance data, which starts on page 90. The term “project” as used in this publication can refer to a variety of different activities and does not necessarily have the same meaning as in any government payment transparency report. Continual improvement External feedback on our report is a key component of our engagement strategy and commitment to improve our annual Corporate Citizenship Report . Management reviews all comments, which, in many instances, are incorporated into the materiality assessment and report content.
Incorporating stakeholder feedback Each year, we hold face-to-face and telephone dialogues with a variety of our stakeholders — including representatives from NGOs, academia, investors, industry experts and employees — about our Corporate Citizenship Report . We have identified several recurring comments from stakeholders on our 2014 report and describe where we have incorporated changes within this year’s report. Discuss the technology and science ExxonMobil uses in greater detail. We have dedicated a case study and several Up Close examples to provide more information about the leading-edge technology our employees are using each day. Describe the linkage between sustainability and ExxonMobil’s key business objectives. We have expanded our discussion on our business and how ExxonMobil contributes to progress by providing the energy the world needs. We also have featured our OIMS framework, which establishes common worldwide expectations for addressing the safety, security, health and environmental risks inherent in our business. Incorporate more third-party perspectives. We have incorporated quotes from eight ExxonMobil academic partners and NGOs in this report to show our continual approach to collaborating with our stakeholders. We have also incorporated our External Citizenship Advisory Panel’s statement on our citizenship activities directly in this year’s report. Provide more context for performance data. We have incorporated explanatory text with every chart throughout the report. Additionally, our performance data table beginning on page 90 has an expanded description of the scope of coverage in our company-wide data.
We welcome all feedback on this 2015 report. For additional information, to view previous reports or to provide comments, visit exxonmobil.com/citizenship or contact:
Jeremy Eikenberry, Corporate Citizenship Report Exxon Mobil Corporation 5959 Las Colinas Blvd. Irving, Texas 75039 citizenship@exxonmobil.com
Assurance Third-party assurance provides an independent evaluation of how well we report our corporate citizenship information and gives our reporting practices additional integrity. Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance Inc. conducts an annual third-party assurance of ExxonMobil’s safety, health and environmental reporting system. For the full assurance statement, see page 94. Cautionary note Statements regarding future events and conditions in this publication are forward-looking statements. Actual future results, including energy demand growth and supply mix; demographic changes; project plans, results, costs and capacities; the impact of new technology; future emission reductions and efficiency gains; and future capital expen- ditures may differ materially due to changes in oil and gas prices and other factors affecting supply and demand for oil, gas and petrochemicals; changes in government policy and regulation; future technological developments; the occur- rence and duration of economic recessions; the outcome of commercial negotiations; unexpected technical and operating difficulties; and other factors discussed in this publication and in Item 1A of ExxonMobil’s most recent annual report on Form 10-K. These factors are also set forth under the heading “Factors Affecting Future Results” on the Investors page of ExxonMobil’s website.
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