Environmental Damage
Conduct Screen Environmental Harm
Documented environmental destruction — oil spills, toxic contamination, deforestation, habitat destruction, soil contamination, and ecological damage from operations or negligence. Covers the physical damage, not the product (use fossil fuel codes for the business model) or the emissions (use emissions for air pollution). Includes EPA Superfund sites, major spill incidents, and documented ecological harm.
37 companies currently excluded under this screen
Excluded Companies (37 total)
Showing 37 of 37 companies excluded under this screen.
| Ticker | Company | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1434 | Formosa Taffeta Co Ltd | Formosa Taffeta's revenue is inextricably petroleum-linked. The nylon fibers they produce are petrochemical products, and the company also operates a number of gas stations. |
| AG | First Majestic Silver Corp | The Mexican Network of Mining Affected People says "In our opinion, First Majestic should be given an indisputable award for its "dedication to the destruction of the environment." There are many exam... |
| AMAT | APPLIED MATERIALS INC | The Applied Materials site is listed as a Superfund site being addressed through federal and potentially responsible party (PRP) actions, with EPA conducting several five-year reviews of the site's re... |
| APD | Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. | Air Products LLC agreed to pay $1.485 million in civil penalties to resolve hazardous waste mismanagement violations at its Pasadena, Texas chemical plant, as announced by the EPA and DOJ on October 2... |
| APH | AMPHENOL CORP | Subject to ongoing EPA corrective action orders under RCRA for historical soil and groundwater contamination with volatile organic compounds (VOCs) at manufacturing sites in Franklin, IN and Sidney, N... |
| BG | Bunge Limited | Joao Gonçalves, the senior director for Mighty Earth in Brazil, said Bunge, Cargill and JBS are the “worst culprits for driving deforestation” in the country. Trase data suggests the company is direct... |
| BRK.B | BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC | PacifiCorp (owned by Berkshire Hathaway Energy) settled for $178M with 403 plaintiffs over liability for the 2020 Labor Day wildfires in Oregon (June 2024). PacifiCorp faces billions in additional wil... |
| CARR | CARRIER GLOBAL CORP | Carrier Global reached a $730 million settlement over PFAS claims related to its fire protection unit Kidde-Fenwal, addressing environmental damage from toxic firefighting foam. |
| CBT | Cabot Corporation | Cabot Corporation has an extensive record of EPA enforcement actions, including a $975,000 penalty and $400 million in mandated facility upgrades for severe Clean Air Act violations. |
| CC | Chemours Company (The) | The Chemours Company agreed to pay $3 million to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Air Act and Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act at its Washington Works facility in West Virgini... |
| CLSK | Cleanspark | Cryptocurrency/blockchain operations — proof-of-work mining energy consumption, carbon footprint disproportionate to economic value produced, accelerating e-waste from hardware churn |
| CMI | Cummins | In January 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and EPA reached a $1.675 billion settlement with Cummins—the largest Clean Air Act penalty ever—for installing illegal software defeat devices on ... |
| COIN | Coinbase Global, Inc. | Cryptocurrency/blockchain operations — proof-of-work mining energy consumption, carbon footprint disproportionate to economic value produced, accelerating e-waste from hardware churn |
| CRESY | Cresud Sociedad Anonima Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria | A 2024 Global Witness investigation identified Cresud as a major South American deforester, documenting the company's role in clearing hundreds of thousands of hectares of forest and native vegetation... |
| DD | DUPONT DE NEMOURS INC | DuPont and Chemours agreed to remediate a contaminated site in Mercer County, NJ under the Superfund program, with DuPont paying $26 million for cleanup costs. |
| EOG | EOG RESOURCES INC | ViolationTracker: 19 environment-related offenses totaling $3.99M including TCEQ air pollution violations and PA-DEP/LA-DEQ state penalties |
| HEI.DE | HEI.DE | Heidelberg Materials (formerly HeidelbergCement): operations in Indonesia (Kendeng mountains limestone mine/cement factory) contested by local communities for environmental harm; Georgia Environmental... |
| HMC | Honda Motor Company, Ltd. | American Honda Motor Co. entered a consent decree with the U.S. DOJ/EPA after equipping approximately 1.6 million model-year 1995-1997 vehicles with misfire detection systems that did not comply with ... |
| HUN | Huntsman Corporation | Huntsman Corporation has a decades-long history of EPA and DOJ settlements for RCRA violations at its chemical manufacturing plants. |
| HUT | Hut 8 Mining Corp | Hut 8 Corp — Bitcoin mining and high-performance computing; energy-intensive operations across Canadian and US data centers |
| IAG | IAMGOLD CORP | IAMGOLD — open-pit gold mining operations in West Africa and Americas; mining operations involve cyanide leaching, tailings ponds, and significant land disturbance |
| IRM | IRON MOUNTAIN INC | Iron Mountain Inc. agreed to pay $1.5 million in penalties and spend $2 million on environmental projects to settle alleged violations of hazardous waste management regulations at its facilities in 14... |
| JBHT | HUNT J B TRANSPORT SERVICES INC | A petroleum transporter sued J.B. Hunt over alleged plans to erect a parking lot over its pipeline, claiming the shipping giant was blocking access to the pipeline. |
| MARA | Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. | Marathon Digital Holdings — large-scale Bitcoin mining operation with industrial-scale electricity consumption; one of the largest publicly traded crypto miners in the US |
| MLM | MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS INC | Martin Marietta Materials Inc. agreed to pay a $2.4 million penalty and invest approximately $4 million in pollution controls to settle Clean Air Act violations at its facilities in 14 states. |
| MMM | 3M Company | 3M agreed to pay $10.3–12.5B to settle claims from US public water systems over PFAS contamination. 3M manufactured PFAS chemicals for decades — used in firefighting foam (AFFF) and consumer products ... |
| NVDA | NVIDIA Corporation | According to a October 2025 Greenpeace East Asia report, NVIDIA ranks at the bottom of the AI sector for supply chain decarbonization. NVIDIA’s Scope 3 emissions skyrocketed 96% between 2022 and 2024 ... |
| ODFL | OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE INC | Old Dominion Freight Line agreed to pay $1.36 million for environmental violations, including $860,000 in civil penalties, with $46,120 allocated to Santa Barbara, though no environmental damage or to... |
| ON | ON SEMICONDUCTOR CORP | ON Semiconductor Corporation agreed to pay a $1.1 million civil penalty and spend approximately $1.9 million on environmental projects to resolve Clean Air Act violations at its facility in Pocatello,... |
| PLD | PROLOGIS INC | The California Attorney General sued Prologis over pollution from a Carson warehouse fire, alleging the company knew about hazardous substances at the site. |
| PPL | PPL Corporation | PPL has accumulated $213.7 million in environmental penalties across 43 enforcement records documented by ViolationTracker. This is a material enforcement history for a regulated utility and reflects ... |
| RSG | REPUBLIC SERVICES INC | Republic Services Inc. agreed to pay $3.4 million in penalties and spend $2 million on environmental projects to resolve Clean Air Act violations at 53 facilities in 24 states. |
| RUAL | UC RUSAL | UC Rusal — Russian aluminum company; Ural Aluminum (subsidiary) accused of systematic violations of environmental legislation including illegal dumping and pollution of local waterways |
| SWK | STANLEY BLACK & DECKER INC | Stanley Black & Decker Inc. agreed to pay $1.5 million to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Air Act at its facilities in Connecticut and North Carolina, as announced by the EPA on September 30, ... |
| TRGP | TARGA RESOURCES CORP | Targa Resources Corp: multiple EPA and state environmental enforcement actions; pipeline spills and air quality violations across midstream operations |
| VALE | Vale S.A. | January 2019: Vale's Brumadinho tailings dam collapsed killing 270 people; 2015: Samarco dam (Vale/BHP JV) contaminated Rio Doce River; SEC found Vale manipulated safety audits and made fraudulent cer... |
| VMC | VULCAN MATERIALS CO | Vulcan Materials Company agreed to pay a $1.3 million civil penalty and spend $110 million on pollution controls to resolve alleged Clean Air Act violations at its facilities in nine states. |
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