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