Toxic 100 Water Polluters Index (2020 Report, Based on 2018 Data)
1
Northrop Grumman 160,894,720,178
<0.01
0.21
100%
2
BASF 50,070,473,167
6.31
2.90
93%
3
LyondellBasell 44,938,147,127
0.17
4.25
95%
4
Dow Inc. 43,816,535,808
1.26
0.31
95%
5
Celanese 15,378,338,643
0.07
9.65
100%
6
Eastman Chemical 7,254,787,726
1.86
6.24
96%
7
Honeywell International 5,604,932,649
0.07
0.03
100%
8
Nutrien Ltd. 4,061,276,734
1.28
0.01
100%
9
Duke Energy 3,947,768,197
0.52
72%
10
Goodyear Tire & Rubber 2,945,666,277
0.02
0.07
100%
11
DTE Energy 2,515,873,567
0.03
<0.01
99%
12
Southern Company 2,270,063,928
0.07
<0.01
78%
13
Lonza 1,885,429,319
<0.01
0.06
100%
14
Koch Industries 1,572,075,014
6.36
2.28
11%
15
Chemours 1,477,702,713
0.94
0.70
83%
16
WestRock 1,433,862,712
1.13
4.54
65%
17
American Electric Power 1,407,159,825
0.13
71%
18
Boston Scientific 1,100,001,010
<0.01
100%
19
Marathon Petroleum 1,038,813,810
0.94
0.44
52%
20
AES Corp. 886,350,623
0.01
99%
21
Rio Tinto 858,610,967
0.01
<0.01
70%
22
Packaging Corporation of America 803,858,070
1.00
75%
23
Vistra Energy 776,677,408
0.08
80%
24
PPL Corp. 755,352,275
0.22
64%
25
International Paper 739,817,420
2.30
0.03
20%
26
JBS 634,113,356
10.69
5.96
61%
27
PBF Energy 597,358,358
6.23
0.33
95%
28
Graham Holdings 572,369,677
<0.01
<0.01
93%
29
Formosa Plastics 572,058,856
0.01
0.01
86%
30
Ingredion 540,244,896
0.78
56%
31
Mitsui 493,194,895
<0.01
<0.01
100%
32
Ashland Inc. 489,865,919
0.04
16.81
89%
33
Verso Corporation 476,001,296
3.04
3.56
92%
34
Westlake Chemical 438,085,276
0.27
<0.01
60%
35
Exxon Mobil 425,400,336
2.72
<0.01
35%
36
Mitsubishi Group 366,165,880
<0.01
0.36
100%
37
NiSource 351,968,143
0.05
100%
38
Dominion Energy 350,085,507
0.26
<0.01
58%
39
Phillips 66 339,644,425
5.13
0.43
84%
40
Cargill 332,835,825
1.17
0.22
31%
41
Petrobras 326,617,345
<0.01
0.05
100%
42
Sumitomo Group 319,660,550
0.23
0.01
99%
43
Alcoa 317,886,887
0.03
100%
44
Intel 295,074,130
3.06
72%
45
DuPont de Nemours 289,200,135
2.08
17.15
69%
46
FirstEnergy 287,249,017
0.03
52%
47
Domtar 242,562,275
0.69
41%
48
United States Steel 232,242,500
3.97
0.02
58%
49
Berkshire Hathaway 212,819,446
0.13
1.89
22%
50
Chevron 193,014,834
2.23
<0.01
86%
51
Saputo 185,867,191
0.09
2.67
98%
52
Olin 175,534,363
0.01
<0.01
100%
53
Allegheny Technologies 163,936,143
0.33
1.56
94%
54
Hexcel 163,189,726
<0.01
0.68
100%
55
Total S.A. 147,754,312
0.04
<0.01
100%
56
Toray Industries 136,873,870
<0.01
0.01
95%
57
Blackstone 135,208,882
0.02
<0.01
100%
58
Valero Energy 134,799,182
3.91
0.22
49%
59
Archer Daniels Midland 134,448,142
0.04
2.48
54%
60
Renco 133,649,960
0.01
79%
61
Evonik Industries 131,666,070
0.45
0.19
75%
62
Tenneco 128,300,683
<0.01
0.01
97%
63
ArcelorMittal 126,007,129
0.24
0.07
55%
64
Graphic Packaging 122,765,111
0.52
0.07
69%
65
Michelin 111,785,577
<0.01
<0.01
100%
66
Covestro LLC 110,135,786
0.07
0.01
94%
67
Cardinal Health 90,640,000
<0.01
100%
68
PPG Industries 85,964,917
<0.01
0.83
83%
69
Pfizer 76,986,180
<0.01
1.31
100%
70
WH Group 73,426,178
6.69
3.29
68%
71
Cleveland-Cliffs 72,628,244
18.06
0.03
36%
72
Newmont Corp. 71,059,358
0.03
<0.01
100%
73
3M Company 63,497,235
0.90
0.14
68%
74
BMW 57,518,078
0.45
100%
75
Abbott Laboratories 57,348,000
0.01
100%
76
Carlyle Group 56,262,190
0.01
0.05
38%
77
Boeing 51,859,232
<0.01
0.50
27%
78
HollyFrontier 51,531,816
0.22
0.02
34%
79
Roper Technologies 51,408,816
0.03
100%
80
Occidental Petroleum 46,996,263
0.14
0.14
27%
81
Masco 43,826,144
<0.01
<0.01
54%
82
Resolute Forest Products 43,760,718
0.39
42%
83
Freeport-McMoRan 43,038,298
0.02
0.01
63%
84
Deere 41,587,054
0.02
0.10
84%
85
Nestle 35,029,217
0.09
0.70
75%
86
CF Industries 34,879,405
4.21
91%
87
Howmet Aerospace 31,683,306
<0.01
0.90
61%
88
General Electric 31,597,539
0.06
2.13
36%
89
ConAgra Brands 31,550,244
0.40
100%
90
Ecolab 31,444,425
0.05
0.06
97%
91
Huntington Ingalls Industries 30,412,595
0.01
<0.01
90%
92
General Motors 29,342,252
<0.01
0.59
42%
93
Flex-N-Gate 27,716,585
<0.01
<0.01
57%
94
Albemarle 27,386,755
<0.01
0.16
64%
95
Ford Motor 27,228,026
0.66
53%
96
NRG Energy 25,513,608
0.01
82%
97
WEC Energy Group 25,281,282
0.01
99%
98
Nucor 24,487,080
0.53
0.12
22%
99
Delta Air Lines 23,882,097
0.27
0.01
100%
100
BP 23,058,267
0.70
<0.01
45%
Explanatory notes (For details, see the technical notes ).
This edition of the Toxic 100 Water ranks companies by comparative chronic human health hazard from water pollutants directly released or transferred to publicly owned treatment works from large facilities in the US in 2018.
RSEI Hazard : Pounds released directly to surface water plus pounds transferred to POTWs multiplied by chemical-specific toxicity weights. Sources: (1) pounds released and transferred: US EPA's Toxics Release Inventory, 2018; (2) toxicity weights and hazard calculation: US EPA's Risk Screening Environmental Indicators, version 2.3.8. For details, see Technical Notes.
Toxics released directly to surface water or transferred to sewage treatment : Millions of pounds of toxic chemicals released directly to water on-site at each TRI facility or transferred off-site to Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTWs) for sewage treatment, without weighting for toxicity. Source: U.S. EPA.
Coverage : This table presents the RSEI companies that appear on the Forbes World's Largest Public Companies 2020 list, the Forbes America's Largest Private Companies 2019 ranking, the Fortune 500 list for 2020, the Fortune Global 500 for 2020, or the S&P 500 as of 8/22/2020. Individual facilities are assigned to corporate parents on the basis of the most current information on their ownership structure as of late 2020.
The links from each parent name lead to an application that gives detailed facility and sector information about the company. You can also search for companies not on the Toxic 100 Water . For more information on the data, see the technical notes .
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