Berkshire Hathaway
Rank in Toxic 100: 9
Rank among all TRI companies: 17
Air releases 2020 (lbs): 2,042,411
Incineration transfers 2020 (lbs): 314,199
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2020: 3,485,083
Percentage of national total 2020 toxic air and incineration score: 1.0%
EJ: Poor Share: 15%
EJ: Minority Share: 36%
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This company is rank 71 on the Toxic 100 Water list .
This company is rank 4 on the Greenhouse 100 list .
This company is rank 57 on the Greenhouse Suppliers 100 list .
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Benzyl chloride
4,931
0
60,806
1.74%
20.3%
82.2%
Boron trifluoride
2
0
2
0.00%
17.2%
72.0%
Propylene oxide
6,205
0
13,512
0.39%
17.2%
71.7%
1,3-Butadiene
1,979
0
19,079
0.55%
17.0%
71.6%
Maleic anhydride
1,410
0
1,160
0.03%
17.1%
71.5%
Hydrogen sulfide
1,029
20
273
0.01%
17.2%
70.8%
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol)
7,097
0
8
0.00%
15.3%
66.1%
Vinylidene chloride (1,1-Dichloroethylene)
130
46
0
0.00%
27.8%
62.4%
Methyl acrylate
23
0
1
0.00%
27.6%
61.9%
Vinyl chloride
1,040
0
3,980
0.11%
27.3%
61.1%
Phenol
3,271
1,483
7
0.00%
13.0%
60.8%
Chlorine
3,277
0
7,420
0.21%
17.3%
60.4%
Butyl acrylate
4,351
591
1,515
0.04%
16.6%
59.5%
Toluene
76,424
6,207
5
0.00%
14.3%
59.5%
Methanol
57,035
237,057
1
0.00%
16.5%
59.3%
Carbonyl sulfide
1,870
0
51
0.00%
16.1%
55.5%
Ethylene glycol
6,235
77
7
0.00%
14.6%
54.2%
Diphenylamine
122
0
0
0.00%
10.3%
53.6%
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)
133,083
0
291
0.01%
17.4%
53.5%
Hydrazine
44
0
71,484
2.05%
12.4%
52.9%
Ammonia (includes anhydrous ammonia and aqueous ammonia from water dissociable ammonium salts and other sources; 10 percent of total aqueous ammonia i
690,539
0
60
0.00%
14.8%
48.6%
Zinc compounds
9,585
0
29
0.00%
17.0%
47.7%
Styrene
34,537
420
1
0.00%
16.2%
47.6%
Naphthalene
146
0
13
0.00%
14.6%
45.8%
Ethylbenzene
2,315
84
167
0.00%
14.2%
45.4%
Acrylonitrile
1,197
91
29,828
0.86%
15.0%
43.8%
Chromium
6,977
0
1,329,902
38.16%
12.3%
43.7%
Zinc (fume or dust)
710
0
4
0.00%
23.2%
43.4%
Cyanide compounds
24
0
6
0.00%
14.2%
43.2%
Manganese
506
0
274
0.01%
21.7%
42.9%
Hydrogen fluoride (Hydrofluoric acid)
263,301
0
857
0.02%
20.6%
42.6%
Ozone
9,049
0
20
0.00%
12.0%
41.9%
Acrylamide
9
2,279
294
0.01%
14.9%
41.4%
Diisocyanates
581
18,297
21,876
0.63%
13.6%
40.7%
Ethyl acrylate
7,534
6,641
50
0.00%
14.8%
40.7%
Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region of South Africa and the unreacted ore component of the chromite ore processi
1,774
0
31,989
0.92%
14.0%
40.5%
Antimony compounds
777
0
1,171
0.03%
10.6%
39.9%
Certain glycol ethers
341
12,290
10
0.00%
16.2%
39.7%
Lead compounds
1,875
0
1,190
0.03%
11.1%
39.7%
Lead
54
0
14
0.00%
18.0%
39.2%
Arsenic compounds
162
0
118
0.00%
15.1%
37.3%
Formaldehyde
124,517
0
96,399
2.77%
14.9%
36.7%
Methyl methacrylate
10,472
506
3
0.00%
14.5%
35.2%
Diethanolamine
6
0
1
0.00%
14.4%
33.8%
Carbon disulfide
51
0
0
0.00%
14.6%
33.3%
Cumene
81
0
0
0.00%
14.5%
33.2%
Mercury
1
0
1
0.00%
14.6%
32.4%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds (Manufacturing; and the processing or otherwise use of dioxin and dioxin like compounds if the dioxin and dioxin like
0
0
1
0.00%
14.6%
31.6%
3-Iodo-2-propynyl butylcarbamate
42
0
0
0.00%
12.3%
31.1%
4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol
1,314
0
1
0.00%
13.8%
30.1%
Cobalt
1,761
0
1,135,092
32.57%
14.3%
29.4%
Mercury compounds
281
0
3
0.00%
13.2%
28.5%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds
27
0
26
0.00%
16.6%
28.5%
Xylene (mixed isomers)
59,776
3,873
74
0.00%
13.5%
27.2%
Copper compounds (this category does not include copper phthalocyanine compounds that are substituted with only hydrogen, and/or chlorine, and/or brom
1,162
0
2
0.00%
13.9%
26.7%
Nitric acid
14,744
550
381
0.01%
14.8%
26.7%
Tetrachloroethylene
76,711
0
4,651
0.13%
11.3%
26.0%
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))
59,437
0
778
0.02%
14.3%
25.1%
Nickel
17,815
0
578,158
16.59%
19.8%
24.4%
Manganese compounds
35,901
0
10,071
0.29%
17.0%
23.0%
Vanadium compounds
1,682
0
0
0.00%
12.4%
22.1%
Acetophenone
5
4,510
0
0.00%
11.3%
19.9%
Allyl chloride
106
5,461
4
0.00%
15.4%
18.5%
Triethylamine
294
0
4
0.00%
10.5%
17.6%
Vinyl acetate
11,883
457
5
0.00%
16.2%
16.2%
Copper
1,849
0
65
0.00%
22.7%
15.2%
Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)
182,959
0
142
0.00%
20.5%
14.7%
Cobalt compounds
263
0
29,796
0.85%
16.6%
14.1%
Nickel compounds
3,093
0
29,903
0.86%
23.4%
13.6%
Benzo[g,h,i]perylene
0
0
0
0.00%
14.5%
13.2%
Acrylic acid
5,287
838
297
0.01%
13.7%
12.3%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene
32,128
130
67
0.00%
7.1%
10.9%
Sodium nitrite
16,329
0
2
0.00%
14.1%
9.7%
Allyl alcohol
6
6,738
0
0.00%
15.3%
8.4%
Aluminum (fume or dust)
2,114
0
67
0.00%
17.8%
8.1%
Benzene
7,018
114
1,610
0.05%
15.5%
7.0%
Cyclohexane
11,220
4,043
0
0.00%
15.5%
7.0%
1-Bromopropane
18,769
930
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Dimethylamine
350
41
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone
3
52
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
N-Methylolacrylamide
8
9
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)
0
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Nonylphenol
6
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Nonylphenol Ethoxylates
1,387
363
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
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