Cummins Confidential is the independent Cummins news and investigations series from The Cummins Accountability Project (TCAP). We examine Cummins Inc. beyond the corporate press releases, glossy sustainability claims and carefully managed newsroom narratives.
From diesel emissions scandals, employee treatment, recalls and financial results to employment practices, executive conduct, Destination Zero and corporate accountability, Cummins Confidential compares the company’s public messaging with the documentary record.
Expect independent scrutiny, evidence-led investigations, sharp satire and the occasional magnificent corporate own goal. Every edition challenges the official narrative, distinguishes documented facts from editorial opinion and invites factual corrections.
Cummins has its newsroom. TCAP has a few questions.
And we are not particularly interested in the approved answers.
Would you invest in a multinational that refuses to answer sustained public criticism? TCAP examines Cummins’ silence, its $4 billion credit refinancing and the reputational questions surrounding future clean-energy partnerships. Investors can study the balance sheet. Whether they should trust the company’s approach to accountability is another fucking question.
Following its $1.675 billion emissions settlement, Cummins offered no admission of wrongdoing and no apology. TCAP examines the company’s carefully worded response and argues that corporate silence can carry reputational consequences for investors, customers and business partners.
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As Cummins Inc. scrambles to recover from a battered Q1, executive exits, and a vanishing 2025 financial forecast, one department
