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

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