Toxic 100 Water Polluters Index (2024 Report, Based on 2022 Data)
64
Cleveland-Cliffs 105,999,472
17.44
0.15
34%
19%
31%
63
WH Group 107,072,162
9.95
0.44
18%
25%
91%
31
Phillips 66 387,518,415
7.79
0.22
27%
57%
52%
10
JBS 3,050,960,836
7.12
6.11
44%
51%
77%
21
Cargill 714,374,163
6.02
0.62
28%
25%
58%
26
PBF Energy 495,225,299
5.96
0.33
24%
36%
93%
17
Koch Industries 1,185,734,748
5.04
1.51
32%
15%
15%
74
Valero Energy 67,536,704
4.19
0.17
35%
54%
60%
49
United States Steel 172,517,982
4.07
<0.01
46%
14%
86%
13
BASF 2,088,986,220
4.01
0.86
24%
16%
83%
22
International Paper 707,898,576
3.15
0.03
33%
24%
24%
5
Exxon Mobil 8,128,223,656
2.95
0.02
41%
75%
86%
27
Chevron 484,585,050
2.92
0.17
29%
25%
51%
71
Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco) 80,871,094
1.58
25%
37%
76%
12
Eastman Chemical 2,454,249,655
1.47
4.89
35%
29%
99%
33
Chemours 357,526,914
1.46
<0.01
30%
25%
78%
28
Packaging Corporation of America 462,531,627
1.02
43%
21%
49%
25
Marathon Petroleum 546,983,193
0.96
0.31
22%
31%
44%
72
Delek 79,554,309
0.92
<0.01
50%
42%
97%
16
Smurfit Westrock plc 1,264,098,679
0.82
5.20
28%
39%
71%
60
Graphic Packaging 117,258,614
0.74
0.08
38%
26%
59%
11
Indorama Ventures 2,728,111,027
0.58
0.89
38%
32%
95%
32
American Electric Power 368,343,347
0.55
33%
37%
48%
100
Darling Ingredients 30,343,030
0.49
1.57
19%
6%
96%
1
Dow Inc. 98,871,539,120
0.43
0.56
46%
66%
99%
62
Evonik Industries 112,753,677
0.36
0.33
32%
35%
88%
68
Sylvamo 92,900,352
0.32
61%
79%
86%
58
Covestro 131,530,006
0.29
<0.01
37%
6%
77%
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%
92
Delta Air Lines 38,508,095
0.24
<0.01
42%
43%
100%
18
LyondellBasell Industries 1,132,448,867
0.22
6.26
19%
64%
82%
96
Trafigura 35,558,258
0.22
32%
11%
99%
52
PPL Corp. 169,319,738
0.18
39%
3%
53%
87
Bayer 49,196,017
0.18
35%
26%
46%
93
Rank Group 37,936,220
0.14
34%
11%
63%
73
Occidental Petroleum 70,751,175
0.12
0.12
60%
84%
37%
97
Nestle 35,415,568
0.12
0.67
33%
21%
81%
19
Ashland Global Holdings 944,510,000
0.11
13.58
20%
44%
62%
40
DuPont de Nemours 238,302,562
0.11
15.43
40%
51%
81%
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%
35
Berkshire Hathaway 280,427,173
0.10
1.42
28%
28%
49%
39
Saputo 239,176,637
0.09
2.90
45%
89%
96%
75
Kerry Group 65,707,603
0.08
1.02
23%
10%
99%
6
Honeywell International 7,293,405,407
0.07
<0.01
40%
47%
100%
4
Celanese 15,900,011,131
0.06
9.93
17%
35%
100%
50
Southern Company 171,085,950
0.05
31%
26%
65%
30
Freeport-McMoRan 400,411,333
0.04
0.01
36%
44%
96%
15
DTE Energy 1,339,431,949
0.03
<0.01
25%
14%
100%
34
Vistra Energy 319,748,202
0.03
21%
6%
95%
43
NiSource 211,910,845
0.03
24%
18%
100%
57
Archer Daniels Midland 136,609,249
0.03
4.43
29%
5%
53%
2
Huntsman Corp. 36,316,085,590
0.02
0.07
43%
45%
100%
37
PTT Group 241,622,681
0.02
1.90
29%
20%
99%
89
Blackstone 42,916,301
0.02
28%
46%
94%
9
Goodyear Tire & Rubber 3,774,528,832
0.01
0.07
26%
60%
100%
24
Rio Tinto 588,185,597
0.01
<0.01
14%
20%
67%
42
Olin Corp. 219,325,316
0.01
0.08
40%
14%
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%
48
Formosa Plastics 182,284,156
0.01
<0.01
50%
61%
57%
79
Carlyle Group 57,351,941
0.01
0.24
17%
35%
42%
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%
20
Graham Holdings 805,308,916
<0.01
18%
59%
97%
23
Mitsubishi Chemical 667,747,234
<0.01
1.89
17%
25%
100%
29
Ingredion 403,976,236
0.78
24%
17%
99%
36
Toray Industries 277,062,721
<0.01
0.01
27%
26%
94%
38
Sime Darby Group 239,712,469
0.27
28%
16%
100%
41
Parker-Hannifin 221,237,652
<0.01
0.02
39%
19%
98%
47
Mitsui 191,256,359
<0.01
<0.01
38%
66%
100%
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%
59
WEC Energy Group 127,448,985
<0.01
23%
9%
100%
61
FJ Management 116,758,574
0.01
29%
30%
100%
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%
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%
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%
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%
88
Cabot Corp. 45,402,910
<0.01
28%
31%
100%
91
Cardinal Health 39,600,000
<0.01
42%
66%
100%
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%
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%
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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