Royal Dutch Shell
Rank in Toxic 100: 15
Rank among all TRI companies: 28
Air releases 2019 (lbs): 2,071,670
Incineration transfers 2019 (lbs): 5,946
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2019: 2,782,459
Percentage of national total 2019 toxic air and incineration score: 0.8%
EJ: Poor Share: 15%
EJ: Minority Share: 54%
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This company is rank 37 on the Greenhouse 100 list .
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Ethylene oxide
7,452
0
11,000,000
81,972,000,000
1,316,513
47.31%
14.1%
28.2%
43.5%
34.0%
4.6%
1,3-Butadiene
110,539
1,031
110,000
12,272,687,900
780,136
28.04%
17.0%
39.5%
68.0%
14.0%
50.3%
Benzene
124,051
12
28,000
3,473,519,560
298,033
10.71%
16.6%
37.3%
66.3%
17.0%
41.8%
Cobalt compounds
962
0
17,000,000
16,355,870,000
231,019
8.30%
16.4%
33.2%
54.2%
35.4%
12.3%
Sulfuric acid
331,815
0
3,500
1,161,353,165
45,121
1.62%
17.2%
38.0%
65.7%
18.1%
42.7%
Nickel compounds
1,521
0
930,000
1,414,568,223
32,402
1.16%
13.7%
30.7%
48.1%
16.1%
21.8%
Naphthalene
41,885
49
12,000
502,795,920
26,060
0.94%
12.6%
31.4%
40.6%
18.0%
16.6%
Hydrazine
37
0
18,000,000
667,620,000
14,429
0.52%
7.8%
25.9%
15.6%
10.4%
2.4%
Chromium compounds
56
0
43,000,000
481,600,000
9,111
0.33%
15.4%
29.6%
43.9%
35.4%
4.4%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds
841
11
390,000
331,882,200
7,633
0.27%
11.0%
29.4%
30.0%
16.0%
10.4%
Hydrogen cyanide
19,090
0
4,400
83,996,000
5,455
0.20%
18.2%
40.7%
74.1%
17.0%
52.4%
Hydrogen sulfide
41,957
2
1,800
75,526,182
3,632
0.13%
16.7%
37.1%
58.7%
21.4%
32.9%
Ethylbenzene
26,261
102
890
23,379,757
2,539
0.09%
14.9%
33.9%
61.1%
16.2%
34.9%
Formaldehyde
1,915
0
46,000
88,090,000
1,785
0.06%
11.3%
26.4%
24.0%
1.2%
14.6%
Acetaldehyde
16,047
0
7,900
126,771,300
1,701
0.06%
14.7%
29.8%
43.8%
33.2%
5.4%
Diethanolamine
22,769
42
1,200
27,322,560
1,360
0.05%
11.4%
32.0%
32.3%
11.2%
18.0%
Dicyclopentadiene
1,040
1,500
18,000
18,720,000
1,304
0.05%
17.5%
40.8%
72.7%
10.4%
59.2%
Molybdenum trioxide
2,636
23
15,000
39,538,050
943
0.03%
14.7%
33.2%
63.5%
21.1%
29.8%
Allyl alcohol
341
0
12,000
4,092,000
623
0.02%
18.2%
41.2%
75.4%
14.6%
56.7%
Epichlorohydrin
678
0
4,300
2,915,400
570
0.02%
18.2%
41.0%
75.4%
15.8%
55.0%
Xylene (mixed isomers)
108,038
589
35
3,783,306
569
0.02%
15.0%
33.7%
65.8%
15.1%
37.8%
Lead compounds
352
0
23,000
8,100,140
354
0.01%
16.3%
36.0%
59.5%
17.0%
37.2%
Silver compounds
12,018
0
200
2,403,600
284
0.01%
8.5%
20.7%
55.0%
6.9%
26.3%
Cumene
68,857
26
9
605,959
112
0.00%
18.2%
40.8%
75.2%
15.5%
55.0%
Acetonitrile
20,183
0
58
1,170,628
112
0.00%
15.7%
36.7%
56.8%
17.9%
34.9%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene
13,024
80
58
758,329
100
0.00%
14.7%
33.0%
67.1%
15.5%
36.3%
Nitric acid
7,593
0
270
2,050,110
97
0.00%
20.7%
40.5%
66.5%
62.3%
2.5%
Hydrochloric acid
4,016
0
180
722,803
77
0.00%
18.3%
40.9%
75.0%
16.5%
53.9%
Phenol
26,243
12
18
472,595
71
0.00%
18.2%
41.2%
75.3%
14.5%
56.7%
Cumene hydroperoxide
474
0
640
303,360
50
0.00%
17.9%
40.8%
74.3%
14.1%
56.1%
Ammonia
152,212
0
7
1,065,482
50
0.00%
16.5%
36.9%
67.3%
19.8%
40.3%
Glycol Ethers
4,616
9
180
830,790
46
0.00%
19.3%
39.3%
71.2%
50.3%
14.5%
n-Hexane
94,050
1,364
5
470,308
35
0.00%
15.2%
33.4%
62.6%
17.8%
32.4%
Tetrachloroethylene (Perchloroethylene)
295
0
930
274,350
33
0.00%
18.0%
40.7%
74.2%
15.2%
54.6%
Mercury compounds
40
0
12,000
474,240
19
0.00%
16.8%
37.2%
63.1%
17.5%
40.5%
Propylene (Propene)
226,306
0
1
271,567
19
0.00%
15.5%
36.7%
57.3%
16.3%
37.2%
Ethylene
350,244
0
1
196,137
15
0.00%
16.3%
36.7%
62.6%
18.2%
39.6%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds
0
0
1,400,000,000
62,661
11
0.00%
18.3%
41.0%
75.4%
16.0%
54.9%
Toluene
160,868
817
1
112,610
9
0.00%
16.0%
36.0%
65.4%
16.1%
40.7%
Carbonyl sulfide
1,157
0
350
404,950
8
0.00%
15.0%
29.4%
43.2%
34.2%
4.6%
Dichloromethane
590
0
36
21,240
4
0.00%
18.3%
41.0%
75.5%
16.0%
54.9%
Antimony compounds
51
0
12,000
612,000
3
0.00%
17.6%
36.1%
50.0%
36.5%
9.1%
Ethylene glycol
17,251
0
9
151,809
3
0.00%
13.1%
25.7%
41.5%
32.5%
4.4%
Methyl tert-butyl ether
1,376
0
93
127,968
3
0.00%
15.1%
29.3%
43.3%
34.5%
4.6%
Cyclohexane
13,643
41
1
7,913
2
0.00%
15.0%
33.1%
66.3%
14.3%
37.1%
Benzo(g,h,i)perylene
2
1
20,000
49,200
2
0.00%
16.7%
38.7%
65.9%
9.8%
52.1%
Zinc compounds
86
0
100
8,600
1
0.00%
16.8%
38.5%
64.6%
17.0%
43.3%
Styrene
11,627
3
4
40,693
1
0.00%
13.4%
31.6%
36.0%
22.6%
9.6%
Copper compounds
23
0
1,500
34,875
1
0.00%
15.0%
29.2%
43.3%
34.6%
4.6%
Vanadium compounds
123
0
140
17,220
0
0.00%
14.8%
29.3%
42.3%
32.7%
5.1%
Biphenyl
13
0
800
10,400
0
0.00%
15.0%
29.2%
43.3%
34.5%
4.5%
Methanol
9,577
189
0
1,730
0
0.00%
17.7%
39.4%
72.0%
17.1%
49.6%
Acetophenone
99
0
10
990
0
0.00%
18.1%
40.9%
75.1%
15.3%
55.3%
Methyl isobutyl ketone
105
6
1
133
0
0.00%
12.6%
30.1%
66.1%
11.5%
37.3%
Carbon disulfide
509
0
5
2,545
0
0.00%
15.3%
30.5%
46.2%
31.7%
10.1%
Cresol (mixed isomers)
132
17
6
863
0
0.00%
16.2%
38.0%
62.8%
11.5%
47.3%
n-Butyl alcohol
128
0
10
1,281
0
0.00%
10.0%
28.2%
23.5%
16.1%
4.3%
Anthracene
69
2
3
231
0
0.00%
17.9%
41.0%
74.3%
13.1%
57.4%
Chloroethane (Ethyl chloride)
126
0
0
44
0
0.00%
12.6%
24.5%
40.6%
31.9%
4.2%
Isoprene
13,172
0
0
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Phenanthrene
169
20
0
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Glycidol
321
0
0
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
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