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