Toxic 100 Water Polluters Index (2022 Report, Based on 2020 Data)

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7 Clayton Dubilier & Rice 12,447,140,628 <0.01 0.03 61% 67% 66%
63 Clean Harbors Inc. 136,431,525 0.01 0.04 61% 79% 98%
80 Occidental Petroleum 65,013,073 0.13 0.15 57% 76% 63%
44 Exxon Mobil 283,394,911 2.35 0.01 51% 77% 27%
48 Saputo 254,283,554 0.10 2.71 51% 86% 69%
57 Evonik Industries 190,311,167 0.30 0.49 51% 77% 52%
77 Barrick Gold 84,365,442 <0.01 51% 26% 100%
35 Formosa Plastics 496,913,402 0.01 0.01 50% 64% 85%
52 DuPont de Nemours 232,495,041 2.39 14.96 49% 42% 74%
4 Dow Inc. 39,668,371,826 0.36 0.18 48% 63% 97%
17 ChampionX Corporation 2,264,731,428 0.05 0.01 48% 62% 100%
67 OGE Energy 119,693,118 0.01 48% 27% 100%
58 Coca-Cola Co. 181,551,179 0.26 47% 61% 100%
68 Graphic Packaging 115,515,623 0.43 0.08 47% 41% 64%
87 KKR & Co. 50,701,970 <0.01 0.64 47% 83% 96%
90 Continental Grain 41,486,953 1.13 0.01 46% 26% 24%
37 Packaging Corporation of America 457,619,803 1.33 45% 5% 60%
85 Abbott Laboratories 52,058,214 0.03 45% 33% 100%
72 Michelin 103,465,367 <0.01 <0.01 44% 57% 98%
15 Goodyear Tire & Rubber 2,899,970,992 0.01 0.06 42% 55% 100%
39 Freeport-McMoRan 409,716,428 0.05 0.01 42% 51% 97%
8 Huntsman Corp. 12,439,304,302 <0.01 0.02 41% 42% 100%
20 JBS 1,295,622,848 10.47 7.92 41% 37% 85%
96 HF Sinclair Corporation 33,539,698 0.05 0.01 41% 20% 44%
56 Renco 211,083,255 0.01 40% 5% 93%
93 Deere 38,309,760 0.02 0.09 40% 29% 88%
27 American Electric Power 873,808,266 0.11 39% 8% 69%
34 International Paper 610,213,141 3.21 0.02 39% 38% 24%
60 United States Steel 172,436,438 2.61 <0.01 39% 16% 80%
11 Honeywell International 5,974,222,501 0.05 0.02 38% 46% 100%
70 Covestro 108,561,216 0.31 <0.01 38% 12% 99%
9 Canopus International 10,293,380,451 0.44 0.91 37% 26% 51%
12 Far Easten New Century Corp. 4,442,086,541 0.05 37% 2% 100%
88 General Mills 46,382,998 <0.01 0.11 37% 6% 100%
95 Textron 33,542,695 <0.01 0.02 37% 38% 43%
3 NextEra Energy 45,021,037,511 0.02 <0.01 36% 34% 100%
22 Koch Industries 1,174,982,314 5.70 1.66 36% 22% 16%
36 Republic Services 481,910,766 0.01 1.70 36% 56% 46%
45 PTT Group 270,730,712 0.01 1.95 36% 52% 99%
47 Olin Corp. 259,844,691 0.01 0.06 36% 14% 100%
53 FirstEnergy 228,335,170 0.02 36% 16% 60%
54 Valero Energy 223,871,085 4.27 0.20 36% 62% 60%
89 Cabot Corp. 41,702,111 <0.01 36% 26% 100%
1 Northrop Grumman 148,935,444,216 <0.01 0.20 35% 11% 100%
25 Mitsui 892,914,408 <0.01 <0.01 35% 52% 100%
38 PPL Corp. 413,086,022 0.20 35% 9% 59%
43 Southern Company 290,072,401 0.06 35% 30% 45%
79 Cardinal Health 66,000,000 <0.01 35% 60% 100%
94 Nestle 38,209,386 0.11 0.62 35% 18% 81%
23 Lonza 1,020,204,397 <0.01 <0.01 34% 89% 100%
66 Nucor 120,422,482 0.38 0.12 34% 15% 76%
42 Archer Daniels Midland 321,718,570 0.03 1.86 33% 12% 61%
24 Eastman Chemical 1,001,872,077 1.98 3.99 32% 40% 98%
51 Phillips 66 249,389,802 5.62 0.21 32% 64% 52%
74 Pfizer 101,376,247 <0.01 1.07 32% 21% 100%
18 WestRock 1,563,761,619 0.91 4.74 31% 44% 80%
21 Chemours 1,202,620,520 0.93 0.61 31% 28% 85%
29 Holcim Group 756,775,967 0.03 <0.01 31% 36% 100%
40 PBF Energy 390,493,407 7.69 0.36 30% 41% 91%
55 Paper Excellence 218,436,434 0.64 30% 15% 38%
64 Cleveland-Cliffs 136,216,950 17.32 0.15 30% 22% 28%
73 Toray Industries 102,075,959 <0.01 <0.01 30% 20% 95%
97 Harsco 31,792,124 <0.01 0.04 30% 28% 57%
99 NRG Energy 29,096,625 0.02 30% 4% 77%
59 Compass Group 181,480,644 <0.01 29% 14% 100%
81 PPG Industries 61,652,088 <0.01 0.40 28% 20% 83%
33 Chevron 646,069,961 0.99 0.20 27% 24% 69%
75 AES Corp. 101,164,122 0.01 27% 1% 100%
76 BMW 84,887,106 0.68 27% 34% 100%
82 Roper Technologies 56,315,314 0.04 27% 53% 100%
84 Halliburton 52,247,128 <0.01 0.01 27% 47% 86%
5 Cargill 25,038,754,640 3.04 0.44 26% 16% 99%
28 Ingredion 869,510,827 0.76 26% 16% 100%
50 NiSource 251,460,407 0.03 26% 18% 100%
83 Delta Air Lines 54,496,174 0.22 0.01 26% 47% 100%
61 Blackstone 153,313,239 0.03 <0.01 25% 15% 75%
13 Boston Scientific Corp. 3,400,000,945 <0.01 24% 12% 100%
16 Energy Capital Partners 2,398,952,499 <0.01 <0.01 24% 33% 94%
71 Berkshire Hathaway 103,475,893 0.14 1.93 24% 48% 44%
86 Masco 50,788,704 <0.01 <0.01 24% 10% 60%
100 Veolia Group 27,664,397 <0.01 2.29 24% 84% 95%
26 DTE Energy 881,966,726 0.04 <0.01 23% 26% 99%
92 3M Company 38,977,503 0.75 0.18 23% 34% 64%
46 Ashland Global Holdings 268,927,296 0.06 13.73 22% 50% 80%
14 BASF 3,263,121,704 3.45 1.77 21% 11% 60%
32 Marathon Petroleum 689,999,735 0.75 0.40 21% 23% 45%
69 WH Group 111,795,907 10.98 1.49 21% 29% 84%
30 Westlake Chemical 711,777,192 0.19 <0.01 20% 8% 94%
65 Graham Holdings 133,184,035 <0.01 18% 53% 86%
98 Post Holdings 30,609,417 0.22 0.02 17% 10% 100%
78 Carlyle Group 73,199,098 0.01 0.27 16% 17% 28%
41 Mitsubishi Chemical 329,646,223 <0.01 3.61 15% 25% 99%
2 LyondellBasell Industries 60,823,822,110 0.27 4.02 14% 27% 97%
6 Celanese 16,847,820,281 0.07 8.84 14% 26% 100%
31 Vistra Energy 693,041,632 0.04 14% 4% 79%
49 Alcoa 253,600,052 0.02 <0.01 10% 29% 99%
10 Duke Energy 6,603,750,310 0.16 7% 4% 94%
19 Rio Tinto 1,455,203,633 0.01 <0.01 7% 25% 72%
62 Danone 145,468,043 2.64 0% 0% 94%
91 ConAgra Brands 40,226,796 0.49 0% 0% 82%

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 2020.

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, 2020; (2) toxicity weights and hazard calculation: US EPA's Risk Screening Environmental Indicators, version 2.3.10. 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 Global 2000 list, the Forbes America's Largest Private Companies list, the Fortune 500 list, the Fortune Global 500 list, the Russell 1000 list, or the S&P 500.  Individual facilities are assigned to corporate parents on the basis of the most current information on their ownership structure as of mid 2022.  
Source: CTIP.> Environmental Justice (EJ): Near Poor Share and Minority Share: Shares of the total population health hazard borne by people living below twice the poverty line or by people in minority racial/ethnic groups. In the U.S. population, 26 percent lived below twice the poverty line in 2020 and 40 percent are members of minority racial/ethnic groups.  
Sources: US EPA, US Census, and CTIP.

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.