Toxic 100 Water Polluters Index (2024 Report, Based on 2022 Data)
68
Sylvamo 92,900,352
0.32
61%
79%
86%
73
Occidental Petroleum 70,751,175
0.12
0.12
60%
84%
37%
48
Formosa Plastics 182,284,156
0.01
<0.01
50%
61%
57%
72
Delek 79,554,309
0.92
<0.01
50%
42%
97%
80
Abbott Laboratories 57,028,662
0.03
50%
32%
100%
86
Barrick Gold 49,733,022
<0.01
49%
27%
100%
65
OGE Energy 100,403,161
<0.01
48%
28%
100%
1
Dow Inc. 98,871,539,120
0.43
0.56
46%
66%
99%
49
United States Steel 172,517,982
4.07
<0.01
46%
14%
86%
39
Saputo 239,176,637
0.09
2.90
45%
89%
96%
10
JBS 3,050,960,836
7.12
6.11
44%
51%
77%
2
Huntsman Corp. 36,316,085,590
0.02
0.07
43%
45%
100%
28
Packaging Corporation of America 462,531,627
1.02
43%
21%
49%
91
Cardinal Health 39,600,000
<0.01
42%
66%
100%
92
Delta Air Lines 38,508,095
0.24
<0.01
42%
43%
100%
5
Exxon Mobil 8,128,223,656
2.95
0.02
41%
75%
86%
6
Honeywell International 7,293,405,407
0.07
<0.01
40%
47%
100%
40
DuPont de Nemours 238,302,562
0.11
15.43
40%
51%
81%
42
Olin Corp. 219,325,316
0.01
0.08
40%
14%
100%
41
Parker-Hannifin 221,237,652
<0.01
0.02
39%
19%
98%
52
PPL Corp. 169,319,738
0.18
39%
3%
53%
11
Indorama Ventures 2,728,111,027
0.58
0.89
38%
32%
95%
47
Mitsui 191,256,359
<0.01
<0.01
38%
66%
100%
60
Graphic Packaging 117,258,614
0.74
0.08
38%
26%
59%
70
J.R. Simplot 81,478,368
<0.01
0.31
38%
22%
92%
85
Republic Services 50,740,102
<0.01
1.87
38%
33%
62%
58
Covestro 131,530,006
0.29
<0.01
37%
6%
77%
98
Huntington Ingalls Industries 31,975,990
<0.01
<0.01
37%
61%
90%
30
Freeport-McMoRan 400,411,333
0.04
0.01
36%
44%
96%
54
Boston Beer Co. 158,245,927
<0.01
0.53
36%
48%
53%
55
Takeda Pharmaceutical 147,813,233
0.09
36%
82%
100%
12
Eastman Chemical 2,454,249,655
1.47
4.89
35%
29%
99%
45
Renco 199,773,077
0.01
35%
8%
93%
46
FirstEnergy 198,093,800
0.01
35%
17%
75%
74
Valero Energy 67,536,704
4.19
0.17
35%
54%
60%
87
Bayer 49,196,017
0.18
35%
26%
46%
64
Cleveland-Cliffs 105,999,472
17.44
0.15
34%
19%
31%
93
Rank Group 37,936,220
0.14
34%
11%
63%
95
Shin-Etsu Chemical 36,608,257
<0.01
0.78
34%
51%
99%
22
International Paper 707,898,576
3.15
0.03
33%
24%
24%
32
American Electric Power 368,343,347
0.55
33%
37%
48%
97
Nestle 35,415,568
0.12
0.67
33%
21%
81%
17
Koch Industries 1,185,734,748
5.04
1.51
32%
15%
15%
62
Evonik Industries 112,753,677
0.36
0.33
32%
35%
88%
96
Trafigura 35,558,258
0.22
32%
11%
99%
50
Southern Company 171,085,950
0.05
31%
26%
65%
78
KKR & Co. 61,084,123
<0.01
0.43
31%
76%
87%
99
Pfizer 31,264,084
<0.01
0.46
31%
20%
100%
33
Chemours 357,526,914
1.46
<0.01
30%
25%
78%
51
Westlake Chemical 171,008,093
0.27
<0.01
30%
19%
35%
90
Icahn Enterprises 41,529,142
0.25
0.12
30%
32%
82%
27
Chevron 484,585,050
2.92
0.17
29%
25%
51%
37
PTT Group 241,622,681
0.02
1.90
29%
20%
99%
57
Archer Daniels Midland 136,609,249
0.03
4.43
29%
5%
53%
61
FJ Management 116,758,574
0.01
29%
30%
100%
16
Smurfit Westrock plc 1,264,098,679
0.82
5.20
28%
39%
71%
21
Cargill 714,374,163
6.02
0.62
28%
25%
58%
35
Berkshire Hathaway 280,427,173
0.10
1.42
28%
28%
49%
38
Sime Darby Group 239,712,469
0.27
28%
16%
100%
88
Cabot Corp. 45,402,910
<0.01
28%
31%
100%
89
Blackstone 42,916,301
0.02
28%
46%
94%
31
Phillips 66 387,518,415
7.79
0.22
27%
57%
52%
36
Toray Industries 277,062,721
<0.01
0.01
27%
26%
94%
69
AES Corp. 84,049,186
<0.01
27%
0%
91%
81
PPG Industries 56,590,107
<0.01
0.39
27%
23%
85%
9
Goodyear Tire & Rubber 3,774,528,832
0.01
0.07
26%
60%
100%
82
BMW 55,093,594
0.58
26%
37%
100%
83
Roper Technologies 53,759,380
0.03
26%
50%
100%
3
Xylem 21,939,738,971
<0.01
0.15
25%
14%
100%
7
Boston Scientific Corp. 4,890,001,216
0.01
25%
14%
100%
15
DTE Energy 1,339,431,949
0.03
<0.01
25%
14%
100%
71
Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco) 80,871,094
1.58
25%
37%
76%
8
Alfa S.A.B. 4,273,290,268
0.10
<0.01
24%
30%
56%
13
BASF 2,088,986,220
4.01
0.86
24%
16%
83%
26
PBF Energy 495,225,299
5.96
0.33
24%
36%
93%
29
Ingredion 403,976,236
0.78
24%
17%
99%
43
NiSource 211,910,845
0.03
24%
18%
100%
59
WEC Energy Group 127,448,985
<0.01
23%
9%
100%
75
Kerry Group 65,707,603
0.08
1.02
23%
10%
99%
77
Hexcel 63,119,735
<0.01
1.94
23%
34%
100%
14
Duke Energy 1,743,983,343
0.10
22%
8%
95%
25
Marathon Petroleum 546,983,193
0.96
0.31
22%
31%
44%
34
Vistra Energy 319,748,202
0.03
21%
6%
95%
53
PepsiCo 166,155,304
0.38
21%
66%
97%
84
Masco 51,871,161
<0.01
<0.01
21%
11%
71%
94
Veolia Group 37,389,825
<0.01
3.19
21%
25%
99%
19
Ashland Global Holdings 944,510,000
0.11
13.58
20%
44%
62%
67
Greif Inc. 96,879,009
<0.01
0.02
20%
10%
98%
18
LyondellBasell Industries 1,132,448,867
0.22
6.26
19%
64%
82%
56
Halliburton 142,905,137
<0.01
0.01
19%
34%
99%
100
Darling Ingredients 30,343,030
0.49
1.57
19%
6%
96%
20
Graham Holdings 805,308,916
<0.01
18%
59%
97%
63
WH Group 107,072,162
9.95
0.44
18%
25%
91%
4
Celanese 15,900,011,131
0.06
9.93
17%
35%
100%
23
Mitsubishi Chemical 667,747,234
<0.01
1.89
17%
25%
100%
66
ENEOS Holdings 99,434,977
<0.01
17%
35%
100%
79
Carlyle Group 57,351,941
0.01
0.24
17%
35%
42%
24
Rio Tinto 588,185,597
0.01
<0.01
14%
20%
67%
44
Alcoa 211,679,717
0.01
12%
15%
98%
76
Kraft Heinz 63,651,607
<0.01
0.86
0%
0%
89%
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 2022.
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, 2022; (2) toxicity weights and hazard calculation: US EPA's Risk Screening Environmental Indicators, version 2.3.12. 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 2024. 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. 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 .
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