Toxic 100 Water Polluters Index (2023 Report, Based on 2021 Data)

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66 Sylvamo 92,808,350 0.31 65% 83% 85%
49 Saputo 162,708,003 0.10 2.79 64% 85% 97%
57 Evonik Industries 123,035,573 0.25 0.38 53% 66% 81%
50 Coca-Cola Co. 158,105,158 0.30 52% 55% 100%
81 Abbott Laboratories 60,463,440 0.03 52% 32% 100%
73 Barrick Gold 73,795,096 <0.01 51% 26% 100%
67 OGE Energy 89,102,226 0.01 47% 28% 98%
23 Packaging Corporation of America 551,201,647 1.10 46% 17% 47%
13 JBS 2,114,279,521 9.64 7.55 45% 60% 73%
54 Formosa Plastics 140,095,774 0.01 <0.01 45% 65% 55%
85 Delta Air Lines 42,459,893 0.23 0.01 45% 49% 100%
26 Freeport-McMoRan 401,216,730 0.04 0.01 44% 48% 96%
37 Olin Corp. 254,141,243 0.01 0.06 44% 14% 100%
91 Nestle 32,502,466 0.10 0.65 44% 42% 76%
15 Eastman Chemical 1,608,526,517 1.41 7.17 43% 27% 99%
51 United States Steel 154,131,237 2.96 <0.01 43% 11% 86%
1 Dow Inc. 97,260,947,708 0.77 0.63 42% 54% 98%
11 Indorama Ventures 4,058,101,756 0.57 0.87 42% 36% 76%
83 General Mills 49,241,568 <0.01 0.11 42% 5% 100%
89 Mosaic Co. 34,610,207 0.08 42% 39% 89%
31 American Electric Power 325,271,882 0.07 41% 8% 72%
88 Cardinal Health 36,080,002 <0.01 41% 64% 100%
96 Spirit AeroSystems 29,026,840 <0.01 0.07 41% 33% 100%
10 Goodyear Tire & Rubber 4,082,638,286 0.01 0.11 40% 48% 100%
52 Takeda Pharmaceutical 152,078,414 0.04 40% 83% 100%
4 Huntsman Corp. 13,807,627,303 0.01 0.03 39% 42% 100%
5 Honeywell International 7,322,811,753 0.07 0.01 39% 47% 100%
6 Exxon Mobil 7,168,257,220 2.42 0.01 39% 67% 97%
63 Covestro 108,572,159 0.23 <0.01 39% 5% 98%
98 J.R. Simplot 27,372,819 0.25 39% 24% 99%
12 Renco 2,267,647,052 0.01 38% 5% 100%
38 DuPont de Nemours 230,249,605 0.12 15.28 38% 36% 74%
16 Koch Industries 1,194,173,842 5.00 1.29 37% 19% 15%
19 Mitsui 911,481,255 <0.01 <0.01 37% 55% 100%
40 Archer Daniels Midland 214,778,086 0.02 1.53 37% 6% 45%
84 Novo Holdings A/S 48,922,303 <0.01 0.24 37% 42% 100%
56 Clean Harbors Inc. 126,248,128 <0.01 0.07 36% 65% 92%
62 Graphic Packaging 111,951,595 0.49 0.09 36% 13% 64%
77 Occidental Petroleum 65,898,582 0.14 0.14 36% 64% 55%
29 FirstEnergy 354,254,692 0.02 35% 14% 92%
61 Cabot Corp. 113,727,525 <0.01 35% 24% 100%
95 Textron 29,465,630 <0.01 0.02 35% 42% 46%
41 Chemours 206,669,899 0.88 <0.01 34% 27% 59%
48 Southern Company 163,387,853 0.05 34% 25% 68%
69 Republic Services 84,306,057 <0.01 1.35 33% 29% 59%
76 Blackstone 67,927,972 0.01 <0.01 33% 24% 99%
94 Huntington Ingalls Industries 30,558,787 <0.01 <0.01 33% 52% 87%
99 Toyota 27,179,948 <0.01 0.43 33% 19% 83%
25 Marathon Petroleum 457,806,700 0.99 0.22 31% 33% 35%
36 Phillips 66 263,395,047 6.68 0.18 31% 62% 67%
44 Cleveland-Cliffs 178,540,740 16.78 0.21 31% 29% 33%
64 BMW 106,757,063 0.83 31% 33% 100%
68 PPG Industries 85,780,507 <0.01 0.56 31% 19% 87%
70 Nucor 78,793,471 0.43 0.12 31% 23% 62%
72 Roper Technologies 75,319,720 0.05 31% 47% 100%
75 Hexcel 70,994,968 <0.01 0.48 31% 47% 100%
78 Pfizer 62,896,970 <0.01 0.67 31% 20% 100%
82 KKR & Co. 49,822,973 <0.01 0.52 31% 16% 97%
90 Icahn Enterprises 33,496,246 0.19 0.11 31% 29% 76%
21 International Paper 633,817,641 2.96 0.03 30% 20% 24%
33 PPL Corp. 305,493,907 0.21 30% 6% 87%
35 PTT Group 280,721,965 0.02 2.07 30% 18% 99%
42 Valero Energy 200,928,682 4.19 0.17 30% 62% 61%
71 Halliburton 78,271,061 <0.01 0.03 30% 37% 88%
58 AES Corp. 122,864,680 <0.01 29% 2% 94%
74 Peabody Energy 71,940,755 0.01 29% 10% 100%
17 WestRock 1,096,583,354 0.80 4.99 28% 34% 74%
93 Veolia Group 31,258,170 <0.01 2.68 28% 68% 100%
18 DTE Energy 991,060,120 0.04 <0.01 27% 24% 99%
60 Ashland Global Holdings 116,701,254 0.07 14.00 27% 47% 52%
100 Hitachi 23,404,440 <0.01 <0.01 27% 4% 66%
30 Chevron 348,255,376 3.23 0.18 26% 26% 48%
43 Berkshire Hathaway 179,003,302 0.12 1.44 26% 21% 42%
46 Ingredion 172,773,444 0.92 26% 16% 100%
86 3M Company 41,378,695 0.28 0.19 26% 58% 63%
8 Boston Scientific Corp. 4,600,000,903 <0.01 25% 14% 100%
9 BASF 4,110,857,306 4.68 0.75 25% 12% 55%
14 Cargill 1,663,889,215 6.48 0.37 25% 18% 85%
34 NiSource 303,644,708 0.04 25% 17% 100%
24 PBF Energy 518,759,486 6.36 0.30 23% 35% 94%
79 Masco 62,356,259 <0.01 <0.01 23% 9% 71%
87 Graham Holdings 38,186,000 <0.01 23% 50% 60%
59 WH Group 118,004,155 10.93 0.95 22% 30% 86%
32 Westlake Chemical 313,478,665 0.20 <0.01 21% 12% 53%
97 Intel 27,889,617 1.16 21% 36% 54%
7 Duke Energy 7,047,381,817 0.17 20% 5% 97%
27 Mitsubishi Chemical 393,977,762 <0.01 2.05 20% 26% 100%
55 PepsiCo 127,926,229 0.33 20% 77% 98%
80 Carlyle Group 61,401,053 0.01 0.24 20% 13% 28%
92 OCI N.V. 31,514,608 0.10 <0.01 20% 8% 100%
22 Vistra Energy 612,349,897 0.07 17% 3% 82%
2 LyondellBasell Industries 26,757,753,954 0.23 4.51 16% 32% 93%
3 Celanese 20,618,319,265 0.07 7.78 16% 30% 100%
47 Arkema 167,958,713 0.12 0.64 16% 30% 98%
20 Rio Tinto 642,371,711 0.01 <0.01 13% 15% 68%
65 Boston Beer Co. 103,960,597 <0.01 0.48 13% 28% 81%
39 Alcoa 222,021,498 0.01 10% 10% 99%
28 NextEra Energy 390,000,000 <0.01 0% 0% 100%
45 Toray Industries 177,208,903 <0.01 0.01 0% 0% 97%
53 Danone 150,296,599 2.49 0% 0% 99%

Explanatory notes (For details, see the technical notes).

This edition of the Toxic 100 Water Polluters 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 2021.

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, 2021; (2) toxicity weights and hazard calculation: US EPA's Risk Screening Environmental Indicators, version 2.3.11. 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 2023. 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 Polluters. For more information on the data, see the technical notes.