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Hess has been recognized on both the @Bloomberg 2021 Gender-Equality Index and the @Human Rights Campaign’s 2021 Corporate Equality Index for our commitment to diversity, societal changes that address racial inequities, and being inclusive. The Bloomberg GEI tracks the financial performance of public companies committed to supporting gender equality through policy development, representation, and transparency. The HRC assesses LBGTQ practices at companies for the Corporate Equality Index. The CEI helps guide the wide-scale adoption of LGBTQ-specific practices and language within existing business structures.

Hess today announced that it is donating $1 million to the Houston Harris County 2021 Winter Storm Relief Fund and $1 million to the Houston Food Bank following the severe winter storm that has significantly impacted communities already suffering from the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The company will also match donations made by employees through its matching gift program.

CEO John Hess shares his perspective on a range of energy issues in the latest edition of the CERAWeek Conversations series. In a discussion with IHS Markit Vice Chairman Daniel Yergin, Hess describes the need for climate and energy literacy in order to tackle the critical challenge of climate change, the vital importance of the oil and gas industry to the U.S. economy, and the company’s strategic focus.

Hess Board member Edith E. Holiday is featured in the January issue of NAPE Magazine in an article about women on the boards of energy companies.

Hess today reported a net loss of $97 million, or $0.32 per common share, in the fourth quarter of 2020, compared with a net loss of $222 million, or $0.73 per common share, in the fourth quarter of 2019. On an adjusted basis, the Corporation reported a net loss of $176 million, or $0.58 per common share, in the fourth quarter of 2020, compared with an adjusted net loss of $180 million, or $0.60 per common share, in the prior-year quarter.

Hess today announced a 2021 Exploration & Production capital and exploratory budget of $1.9 billion, of which more than 80% will be allocated to Guyana and the Bakken.

Hess announced that it will hold a conference call on Wednesday, January 27, 2021 at 10 a.m. Eastern Time to discuss its fourth quarter 2020 earnings release.

“Climate change is real and is the greatest scientific challenge of the twenty-first century,” says CEO John Hess in profile published in Salk Institute's Inside Salk magazine. Hess has donated $12.5 million to Salk’s Harnessing Plants Initiative, a bold, scalable approach aimed at using plants to mitigate climate change.

Hess has been recognized for climate change stewardship in CDP’s Climate Change Report 2020. Hess has earned Leadership status for 12 consecutive years from CDP, an international nonprofit that runs a global environmental disclosure system for investors, companies, cities, states and regions. This year, Hess is one of only two U.S. oil and gas producers to achieve Leadership status.

Newsweek has once again included Hess in its annual ranking of America's Most Responsible Companies. Of the 400 companies on the 2021 list, Hess is the highest ranked oil and gas producer. The second annual ranking is based on an analysis of 2,000 public companies by a research firm using an independent survey and publicly available key performance indicators for environmental, social and corporate governance.

Hess Corporation’s leadership earned a first-place clean sweep in the combined rankings of the 2021 All-America Executive Team survey published recently by Institutional Investor magazine.