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  7. Cardinal Energy
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Cardinal Energy | Sustainability Performance

https://www.cardinalenergy.ca/
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Focuses on oil and gas production, managing energy assets primarily in Western Canada.

2010

Canada

51 - 200 employees

Oil & Energy

$100M - 500M in revenue

$10M - 25M in profitability

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Sustainability Ranking & Industry Benchmark

#12564
Overall
#341
in Canada
#289
in Oil & Energy

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Industry Rank

234 out of 426

Overview
Environmental
Carbon emissionsAir and land impactNature and biodiversityNature risk
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Health and safetyExternalities
Governance
TargetsSDG ImpactESG scores and exclusionsB-corp & CDP
Financial Data
Business performanceCapital & innovationAsset manager exclusion

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Externalities

38.4M $, 2024
Aligned

Market cap

2.8B $, 2026▲38.7% YoY

Revenue

385.1M $, 2026

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  • Cardinal Energy's Western Canadian heavy oil operations generate significant scope1 and lifecycle emissions amid sustained climate transition pressures on Canadian conventional and heavy oil producers.
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Carbon emissions breakdown

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Nature risk

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Biodiversity impact

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Health & safety

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Externalities

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Market cap

2.8B $, 2026▲38.7% YoY

Revenue

385.1M $, FY2026▼NaN% YoY

EBITDA

14.9M $, FY2026▼9.1% YoY

Operating margin

20% Industry: 16▼49.3% YoY

Margin trends


Margin as % of revenue

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Free cashflow

-9.3M 2025▲567.9% YoY

Capex

156.7M 2025▲15.1% YoY

Debt/equity ratio

0.3 Industry: 2▼NaN% YoY

Return on invested capital

2.0%FY2026

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Environmental policy coverage

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29%
Independent Directors

4 out of 14 incl. management

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Overall score

21

Environment

14

Social

24

Governance

25

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SDG impact

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SDG impact (historical)

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Reporting

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Not committed to key sustainability initiatives

Sustainability employees


Total sustainability employees

2-3


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