PERI: Toxic 100 Index

Royal Dutch Shell

Rank in Toxic 100: 5
Rank among all TRI companies: 10
Air releases 2015 (lbs): 2,458,812
Incineration transfers 2015 (lbs): 238,762
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2015: 4,666,378
Percentage of national total 2015 toxic air and incineration score: 1.4%
EJ: Poor Share: 20%
EJ: Minority Share: 67%

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This company is rank 79 on the Toxic 100 Water list.
This company is rank 35 on the Greenhouse 100 list.

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Chemical	Air releases (lbs)	Incineration transfers (lbs)	Toxicity Weight	Toxic Score (quantity x exposure x toxicity x population)	Percent of total company score	EJ: Poor Share	EJ: Near Poor Share	EJ: Minority Share	EJ: Black Share	EJ: Hispanic Share
1,3-Butadiene	398,611	182,477	110,000	3,916,090	83.92%	20.3%	44.3%	68.5%	11.7%	53.6%
Ethylene	389,409	185	1	19	0.00%	18.9%	40.5%	61.5%	18.2%	38.9%
Ammonia	378,282	4	35	629	0.01%	16.8%	35.4%	62.6%	16.2%	32.3%
Propylene (Propene)	238,310	420	1	25	0.00%	17.9%	39.4%	54.2%	15.7%	35.2%
Sulfuric acid	187,194	0	3,500	29,455	0.63%	17.5%	37.8%	63.1%	11.9%	40.2%
Toluene	108,603	7,891	1	10	0.00%	19.0%	40.9%	67.1%	14.6%	43.4%
Benzene	97,696	7,401	28,000	307,971	6.60%	20.0%	42.8%	67.5%	15.9%	46.0%
Cumene	84,603	48	9	128	0.00%	21.0%	44.8%	72.2%	14.8%	53.2%
n-Hexane	77,137	3,024	5	42	0.00%	18.8%	40.3%	65.9%	14.7%	41.2%
Naphthalene	75,249	1,072	12,000	39,595	0.85%	16.0%	35.5%	42.2%	20.3%	18.3%
Xylene (mixed isomers)	65,986	9,594	35	277	0.01%	17.8%	38.7%	63.1%	13.5%	39.5%
Hydrogen sulfide	55,998	21,100	1,800	9,443	0.20%	19.3%	41.7%	63.7%	14.6%	43.6%
Glycidol	42,362	0	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Phenol	35,725	11	18	96	0.00%	20.8%	44.5%	71.6%	14.6%	52.7%
Methanol	31,906	37	0	0	0.00%	17.9%	38.5%	65.4%	13.6%	41.4%
Ethylbenzene	23,503	1,602	890	2,593	0.06%	18.4%	39.8%	66.3%	13.9%	41.9%
Diethanolamine	21,117	1	1,200	1,498	0.03%	13.0%	31.3%	32.4%	11.6%	16.1%
Acetonitrile	20,427	0	58	148	0.00%	19.7%	42.3%	64.0%	16.3%	43.8%
Ethylene glycol	15,376	0	9	9	0.00%	17.5%	35.9%	60.3%	25.8%	25.7%
Styrene	13,354	1	4	1	0.00%	12.2%	29.7%	21.1%	16.3%	3.2%
Silver and silver compounds	11,010	0	200	371	0.01%	11.8%	27.9%	46.7%	7.5%	22.1%
Hydrochloric acid	9,902	0	180	142	0.00%	16.5%	34.6%	64.1%	18.4%	31.0%
Nitric acid	7,598	0	270	94	0.00%	23.5%	43.2%	66.0%	59.8%	4.0%
Acetaldehyde	7,447	0	7,900	1,052	0.02%	16.3%	32.5%	42.8%	33.1%	5.1%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene	6,569	1,327	580	489	0.01%	16.5%	36.0%	63.6%	12.0%	35.2%
Isoprene	6,532	0	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Cyclohexane	6,054	261	1	0	0.00%	16.3%	35.9%	61.6%	11.7%	35.0%
n-Butyl alcohol	5,026	0	10	1	0.00%	14.5%	32.5%	30.8%	23.0%	5.5%
Epichlorohydrin	4,924	0	4,300	591	0.01%	15.8%	34.1%	35.9%	26.7%	6.6%
sec-Butyl alcohol	4,283	0	0	0	0.00%	18.6%	38.4%	67.8%	22.9%	34.5%
m-Xylene	4,271	0	35	20	0.00%	20.8%	44.8%	71.2%	13.4%	54.0%
Ethylene oxide	3,628	0	310,000	23,772	0.51%	15.8%	31.6%	43.4%	34.0%	4.9%
Carbonyl sulfide	2,505	0	21	1	0.00%	14.3%	32.4%	21.1%	1.1%	12.4%
Molybdenum trioxide	2,388	0	15,000	1,028	0.02%	20.4%	39.5%	63.1%	36.1%	17.2%
Formaldehyde	1,929	0	46,000	1,005	0.02%	14.5%	32.6%	21.9%	1.2%	12.9%
Carbon disulfide	1,828	8	5	0	0.00%	14.3%	32.4%	21.0%	1.0%	12.4%
Nickel and nickel compounds	1,571	0	930,000	36,628	0.78%	17.8%	36.6%	50.8%	24.1%	16.3%
Cumene hydroperoxide	1,379	0	640	138	0.00%	20.7%	44.6%	71.2%	14.0%	53.2%
Zinc and zinc compounds	1,219	0	100	53	0.00%	18.5%	38.0%	67.2%	22.6%	33.7%
Methyl isobutyl ketone	1,177	0	1	0	0.00%	17.5%	37.8%	69.1%	16.8%	35.9%
Allyl alcohol	1,063	0	12,000	1,863	0.04%	21.0%	45.0%	72.1%	14.0%	54.2%
Chlorine	993	0	23,000	7,940	0.17%	18.5%	37.9%	66.7%	23.1%	33.0%
Cobalt and cobalt compounds	632	0	17,000,000	228,839	4.90%	21.9%	41.3%	59.7%	50.0%	5.5%
Hydrogen cyanide	623	0	4,400	155	0.00%	19.8%	42.5%	65.2%	13.1%	46.6%
Vinyl acetate	583	0	18	5	0.00%	18.6%	38.6%	68.3%	22.9%	35.2%
Cresol (mixed isomers)	581	120	6	0	0.00%	14.4%	32.3%	30.3%	17.7%	8.0%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	374	838	710,000	3,195	0.07%	16.8%	36.1%	50.4%	26.1%	17.7%
o-Xylene	323	0	35	2	0.00%	21.0%	44.9%	72.3%	14.6%	53.7%
Phenanthrene	280	290	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Chloroethane (Ethyl chloride)	272	0	0	0	0.00%	14.4%	29.6%	42.2%	32.5%	5.3%
Lead and lead compounds	187	0	23,000	70	0.00%	14.8%	32.5%	37.0%	7.2%	18.1%
Glycol Ethers	177	0	180	26	0.00%	18.3%	39.5%	80.9%	14.4%	45.6%
Acetophenone	161	0	10	0	0.00%	21.0%	44.8%	72.3%	15.0%	53.1%
tert-Butyl alcohol	82	0	10	0	0.00%	18.6%	38.9%	68.9%	22.6%	36.4%
Tetrachloroethylene (Perchloroethylene)	76	882	930	12	0.00%	11.8%	27.8%	46.3%	7.4%	21.9%
Dicyclopentadiene	67	0	18,000	98	0.00%	20.8%	45.2%	70.8%	11.3%	56.4%
Maleic anhydride	56	0	5,000	148	0.00%	18.6%	38.2%	67.4%	22.9%	33.9%
Cyanide compounds	48	0	4,400	6	0.00%	12.2%	27.1%	57.1%	9.0%	24.9%
Mercury and mercury compounds	44	0	12,000	14	0.00%	14.9%	32.1%	50.1%	14.8%	21.3%
Hydrazine	38	0	18,000,000	11,027	0.24%	11.6%	28.8%	18.9%	14.8%	2.9%
Copper and copper compounds	31	0	1,500	1	0.00%	12.1%	27.2%	54.8%	8.7%	24.3%
Chromium and chromium compounds	26	0	43,000,000	39,554	0.85%	11.8%	27.8%	47.8%	7.6%	22.4%
Vanadium and vanadium compounds	6	0	140	0	0.00%	14.5%	32.6%	22.0%	1.2%	13.0%
Anthracene	4	87	3	0	0.00%	12.7%	28.6%	41.1%	5.7%	18.8%
Propionaldehyde	2	0	440	0	0.00%	21.0%	45.0%	72.3%	14.4%	54.0%
2,4-Dimethylphenol	1	32	50	0	0.00%	11.5%	28.0%	41.8%	6.4%	21.1%
p-Xylene	1	0	35	0	0.00%	21.0%	45.0%	72.4%	14.6%	53.8%
Benzo(g,h,i)perylene	0	48	20,000	0	0.00%	15.4%	35.1%	54.0%	8.6%	35.6%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds	0	0	1,400,000,000	6	0.00%	20.8%	44.4%	72.1%	15.0%	52.4%

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