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

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

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.