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.
324 companies currently excluded under this screen
Excluded Companies (324 total)
Showing 324 of 324 companies excluded under this screen.
| Ticker | Company | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 000538 | Yunnan Baiyao Group Co., Ltd. | Yunnan Baiyao Group Co., Ltd. uses and sells body parts from pangolins, a globally endangered species, as ingredients in its traditional Chinese medicine products. The company’s reliance on this threa... |
| 0512.HK | Grand Pharmaceutical Group Limited | Grand Pharmaceutical Group Limited is excluded for documented environmental damage stemming from negligent manufacturing practices that resulted in severe public health contamination. The company's su... |
| 0570.HK | China Traditional Chinese Medicine Holdings Co. Limited | China Traditional Chinese Medicine Holdings Co. Limited manufactures and markets Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) products that incorporate body parts from globally threatened species—including saig... |
| 1102 | Asia Cement | Asia Cement operates large-scale cement mining and processing facilities along Taiwan's eastern coast, visible as prominent industrial infrastructure on the route between Suao and Hualien. The company... |
| 1138 | COSCO Shipping Energy | COSCO Shipping Energy, a subsidiary of the state-owned China COSCO Shipping Corporation, operates one of the world's largest fleets of oil tankers and liquefied natural gas carriers. The company's cor... |
| 1171 | Yanzhou Coal Mining | Yanzhou Coal Mining Company Limited is a major Chinese coal producer whose core business of mining, processing, and selling thermal and metallurgical coal inherently causes extensive environmental dam... |
| 1301 | Formosa Plastics | Formosa Plastics Corporation is a major producer of PVC and other petrochemicals, with operations in Taiwan, the United States, Vietnam, and China. In Texas, its Point Comfort facility has been a pers... |
| 1326 | Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Corp | Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Corp, a subsidiary of Formosa Plastics Group, operates petrochemical manufacturing facilities that have been linked to documented patterns of toxic pollution and chemical spi... |
| 2002 | China Steel | China Steel Corporation is Taiwan's largest steelmaker. Steel production is among the most carbon- and pollution-intensive industries; China Steel's operations generate significant air pollution and i... |
| 2010 | Saudi Basic Industries | SABIC is a global petrochemicals manufacturer, deriving the majority of its revenue from converting oil and natural gas into plastics and chemicals. Its operations have resulted in significant documen... |
| 2314 | Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing | Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing is a major producer of packaging paperboard, containerboard, and pulp, with a significant portion of its production capacity located in mainland China. The company's oper... |
| 2380 | China Power International Development Ltd | China Power International Development Ltd is a major Chinese power generator whose operations are linked to significant environmental damage. The company has been excluded by major institutional inves... |
| 2603 | Evergreen Marine Corp Taiwan Ltd | Evergreen Marine Corp Taiwan Ltd is a global container shipping company whose core business of maritime transport carries inherent risks of significant environmental damage. The company has been forma... |
| 2638 | HK Electric Investments & HK Electric Investments Ltd | HK Electric Investments & HK Electric Investments Ltd operates Hong Kong Island's electricity generation and distribution network, which is powered primarily by coal and natural gas. The company's Lam... |
| 28670 | Pan Ocean Co Ltd | Pan Ocean Co Ltd, a major South Korean bulk shipping operator, has a documented history of environmental violations related to its vessel operations. In April 2009, the company’s cargo ship M/V Ocean ... |
| 3030 | Saudi Cement | Saudi Cement Company (Arabian Cement) operates a major cement manufacturing facility in Rabigh, Saudi Arabia. The cement production process is inherently resource-intensive and polluting, involving th... |
| 3407 | Asahi Kasei | Asahi Kasei operates a chlor-alkali manufacturing business, producing chemicals like chlorine, hydrogen, and sodium hydroxide through the electrolysis of brine. This industrial process is recognized b... |
| 3863 | Nippon Paper Industries | Nippon Paper Industries is a major integrated forest products company whose core business involves large-scale wood harvesting, pulp production, and paper manufacturing—activities with inherent and si... |
| 3948 | Inner Mongolia Yitai Coal | Inner Mongolia Yitai Coal is a thermal coal mining company operating in China. The Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment at the University of Oxford, in a 2016 report supported by Norges Bank... |
| 4020 | Hyundai Steel | Hyundai Steel’s steelmaking operations and global supply chain are linked to documented environmental destruction across multiple continents. A 2025 report by Mighty Earth and coalition partners detai... |
| 4188 | Mitsubishi Chemical | Mitsubishi Chemical is a major chemical manufacturer with a documented history of environmental incidents and regulatory violations. The company's operations have resulted in toxic contamination and e... |
| 47050 | Posco International Corp | Posco International has been documented destroying 26,500 hectares of rainforest in Papua, Indonesia, through palm oil plantation expansion. Solutions for Our Climate published research quantifying th... |
| 500295 | Vedanta (Diversified mining) | Vedanta Limited operates a diversified portfolio of mining and smelting assets across India and internationally, with a documented history of significant environmental contamination linked to its core... |
| 52690 | KEPCO | KEPCO operates one of the world's largest nuclear power generation fleets, with 24 reactors at four sites in South Korea. The company has been responsible for documented environmental contamination in... |
| 539 | Guangdong Electric Power Development Co Ltd | Guangdong Electric Power Development Co Ltd operates a power generation fleet that is overwhelmingly coal-fired. As of its most recent disclosures, the company's installed capacity is approximately 70... |
| 5401 | Nippon Steel | Nippon Steel is one of the world’s largest steel producers, with a crude steel output of approximately 44 million metric tons annually. Its integrated steelmaking process, which relies heavily on coal... |
| 5411 | JFE | JFE Holdings is a major Japanese steel producer, operating integrated steelworks that are among the largest industrial facilities in the country. The steelmaking process is inherently resource-intensi... |
| 5880 | Korea Line Corp | Korea Line Corp is a South Korean shipping company whose end-of-life vessel disposal practices have resulted in documented severe environmental damage. The company has been excluded from the Norwegian... |
| 5VJ | Halcyon Agri Corp Ltd | Halcyon Agri Corp Ltd operates natural rubber plantations through its subsidiary Sudcam, which has cleared over 10,000 hectares of tropical rainforest in Cameroon. This deforestation constitutes sever... |
| 6 | Power Assets | Power Assets Holdings Limited is a Hong Kong-based infrastructure investment company with energy holdings across Asia, Australia, and the United Kingdom. Its most significant UK exposure has been a 40... |
| 600027 | Huadian Power International Corp Ltd | Huadian Power International Corporation Limited operates one of the largest coal-fired power generation fleets in China. As of 2014, the company derived 90% of its power generation from coal, operatin... |
| 600329.SS | TIANJIN PHARMACEUTICAL DA REN TANG GROUP CORPORATION LIMITED | Tianjin Pharmaceutical Da Ren Tang Group Corporation Limited is a major Chinese pharmaceutical manufacturer whose operations have been linked to significant environmental violations. The company's man... |
| 600726 | Huadian Energy Co Ltd | Huadian Energy Co Ltd operates a large-scale coal-fired power generation fleet. The company's primary business activity involves burning substantial quantities of coal, a process that inherently produ... |
| 600886 | SDIC Power Holdings Co Ltd | SDIC Power Holdings Co Ltd operates a power generation fleet that is approximately 80% coal-fired, with coal-fired capacity exceeding 70 gigawatts. The company's operations are linked to significant e... |
| 601669 | Power Construction Corporation of China, Ltd. | Power Construction Corporation of China (POWERCHINA) is a state-owned engineering and construction conglomerate whose core business involves building large-scale infrastructure projects globally, incl... |
| 601899 | Zijin Mining Group Co Ltd | Zijin Mining Group has a documented pattern of major environmental pollution incidents across its global mining operations. In 2010, a toxic wastewater leak from its Zijinshan Gold & Copper Mine in Fu... |
| 6505 | Formosa Petrochemical | Formosa Petrochemical is a subsidiary of Formosa Plastics Group, a petrochemical conglomerate with a documented global pattern of environmental contamination and negligence. The company's operations h... |
| 6988 | Nitto Denko | Nitto Denko Corporation manufactures industrial materials including adhesive tapes, films, and semiconductor components. The company's operations involve the use of hazardous chemicals, including per-... |
| 7269 | Suzuki | Suzuki Motor Corporation manufactures internal combustion engine vehicles as its core business. In fiscal year 2024, the company sold approximately 3.1 million vehicles globally, predominantly gasolin... |
| 836 | China Resources Power | China Resources Power is a major coal-fired power generator in China, operating a fleet of power plants that rely heavily on thermal coal combustion. The company's operations are intrinsically linked ... |
| 857 | Petrochina | PetroChina is a major integrated oil and gas company engaged in upstream exploration and production, midstream transportation, and downstream refining and marketing. Its operations inherently carry si... |
| 914 | Anhui Conch Cement | Anhui Conch Cement, one of the world's largest cement producers, operates in an industry with a documented history of significant environmental harm, including habitat destruction, soil contamination,... |
| 9504 | Chugoku Electric Power Co Inc/The | Chugoku Electric Power Co., Inc. operates the Shimane Nuclear Power Plant, which is located in an active seismic zone on the coast of the Sea of Japan. The plant’s location and operational history pre... |
| 9505 | Hokuriku Electric Power Co | Hokuriku Electric Power Company operates the Shika Nuclear Power Plant in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. The utility has been cited for significant safety failures at this facility, including a failure t... |
| 9507 | Shikoku Electric Power Co Inc | Shikoku Electric Power Company operates the Ikata Nuclear Power Plant, a three-unit facility on Japan's Ehime Prefecture coast. Unit 1 was permanently shut down in 2016, while Unit 2 remains operation... |
| 9508 | Kyushu Electric Power Co Inc | Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc. was the lead consultant and engineering partner for the development of a 660 MW supercritical coal-fired power plant in Barauni, Bihar, India, as documented in a 2016 D... |
| 9509 | Hokkaido Electric Power Co Inc | Hokkaido Electric Power Company operates the Tomari Nuclear Power Plant, which houses three pressurized water reactors. The company has faced significant environmental and safety concerns related to i... |
| 9511 | Okinawa Electric Power Co Inc/The | Okinawa Electric Power Company operates the 165-megawatt Kinjo Power Station, a coal-fired power plant located in Uruma City, Okinawa. The facility is a significant source of localized air pollution a... |
| 96770 | SK Innovation | SK Innovation is a major South Korean energy and chemical conglomerate whose core business historically centers on fossil fuel refining and petrochemicals. The company operates one of the largest refi... |
| AA | Alcoa Corporation | Alcoa Corporation is a global aluminum producer whose mining and refining operations have a documented history of causing significant environmental damage. The company manages a portfolio of legacy si... |
| ADM | Archer-Daniels-Midland Company | ADM has been repeatedly cited by Global Witness and Mighty Earth for failing to eliminate deforestation from its soy supply chain in the Brazilian Cerrado. Despite "no-deforestation" pledges, satellit... |
| AEE | Ameren Corp | Ameren Corporation operates the Labadie Energy Center, a coal-fired power plant in Missouri that is the largest unlined coal ash pond in the United States. The 647-acre waste pond sits adjacent to the... |
| AEM | Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd | Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd operates gold mines in ecologically sensitive subarctic and Arctic regions, where its extractive activities have resulted in documented environmental damage and regulatory failu... |
| 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... |
| AGI | Alamos Gold Inc | Alamos Gold's mining operations have resulted in documented environmental incidents and ongoing risks of contamination. In 2021 alone, the company reported four spills at its mines, including a 400-li... |
| AGLNF | AGL Energy Ltd | AGL Energy Ltd operates the Newcastle Gas Storage Facility, a large-scale natural gas storage and processing site in New South Wales, Australia. The facility's operational environmental management pla... |
| AIG | AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP INC | AIG adopted a net zero policy in 2022, which led to headlines like "Insurer AIG steps back from coal." The most recent data suggests that they underwrite roughly a third of domestic United States co... |
| AKZA | Akzo Nobel | Akzo Nobel is a defendant in an ongoing court case brought by the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, which seeks to compel the company to clean up contamination at 15 sites in the ... |
| AM | ANTERO MIDSTREAM CORP | Antero Midstream operates natural gas gathering and processing infrastructure in West Virginia. The DOJ and WV DEP reached settlements with Antero over Clean Water Act and air emissions violations cau... |
| 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... |
| AMCR | Amcor PLC | Amcor plc, one of the world's largest packaging companies, has accumulated $2.4 million in environmental penalties across 128 violation records tracked by ViolationTracker since 2000. Violations span ... |
| AMPY | Amplify Energy Corp. | Amplify Energy Corp. caused the October 2021 Huntington Beach oil spill, discharging approximately 25,000 gallons of crude oil into the Pacific Ocean from a ruptured subsea pipeline 4.7 miles off the ... |
| AMR | ALPHA METALLURGICAL RESOURCE INC | Alpha Metallurgical Resources' predecessor, Alpha Natural Resources (which also absorbed Massey Energy), paid the largest Clean Water Act civil penalty ever assessed against a coal company: $27.5 mill... |
| AMZN | Amazon.com, Inc. | Amazon emitted 68.25 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2024, a 6% increase from the prior year driven by data center expansion and delivery fleet fuel consumption. Scope 1 fossil fue... |
| AP | Aboitiz Power Corp | Aboitiz Power Corporation operates a significant coal-fired power generation fleet in the Philippines. Its subsidiary, GNPower Dinginin Ltd. Co., operates a 1,336 MW supercritical coal plant in Bataan... |
| 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... |
| AQN | Algonquin Power & Utilities | Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. has accumulated $3.58 million in penalties across 40 violation records per ViolationTracker. Its subsidiary Liberty Utilities stores pentachlorophenol-treated utility... |
| AR | Antero Resources Corporation | Antero Resources is a major Appalachian natural gas producer. The company has faced multiple DOJ and EPA enforcement actions for Clean Water Act violations and air emissions that harmed public health ... |
| ARHS | Arhaus | Arhaus, a luxury furniture retailer and manufacturer, received a $10,500 EPA penalty in 2021 for Clean Air Act violations related to furniture finishing processes at its manufacturing facilities. Whil... |
| ARLP | Alliance Resource Partners LP | Alliance Resource Partners, L.P., one of the largest coal producers in the eastern United States, has accumulated $26.9 million in penalties across 940 violation records per ViolationTracker. Its subs... |
| ASH | Ashland Global Holdings Inc. | Ashland Inc. (formerly Ashland Global Holdings) has a documented history of environmental contamination. On January 2, 1988, a fuel storage tank collapsed at Ashland's Floreffe, Pennsylvania facility,... |
| ASIX | Advansix | AdvanSix Inc. operates a 510-acre caprolactam manufacturing plant in Hopewell, Virginia — one of the world's largest single-site producers — that has been a serial air polluter for decades. The facili... |
| AU | Anglogold Ashanti Ltd | AngloGold Ashanti's Obuasi mine in Ghana has been the site of at least 11 officially reported cyanide spillages between 1989 and 2003, with the frequency increasing to approximately 13 spillages by 20... |
| BAK | Braskem SA | Braskem SA's rock salt mining operations under the city of Maceió, Alagoas, caused catastrophic land subsidence, rendering entire neighborhoods uninhabitable and triggering a mass evacuation. The comp... |
| BAS | BASF | BASF has a documented history of toxic contamination and environmental damage linked to its chemical manufacturing operations. In December 2021, the company was identified as having the fourth-largest... |
| BAYN | BAYER AG | Inherited Monsanto's Roundup (glyphosate) liability: 170,000+ cancer lawsuits, $7.25B class settlement (2026). Neonicotinoid pesticides linked to pollinator collapse. $2B+ in PCB waterway contaminatio... |
| 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... |
| BHEL | Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd | Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) is a major Indian government-owned manufacturer of power generation equipment, including boilers, turbines, and generators primarily for coal-fired power plants... |
| BIP | Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LP | Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LP has accumulated over $111 million in environmental penalties across at least 13 enforcement records, as documented by ViolationTracker. These penalties include $6... |
| BJTRF | Beijing Tong Ren Tang Chinese Medicine Company Limited | Beijing Tong Ren Tang Chinese Medicine Company Limited is excluded due to its contribution to severe environmental damage through its supply chain. The company manufactures and sells traditional Chine... |
| BKH | Black Hills | Black Hills Corporation is a natural gas and electric utility operating in eight states. Its operations have been linked to documented environmental contamination. In 2017, a subsidiary, Black Hills T... |
| BP | BP p.l.c. | BP caused the Deepwater Horizon disaster, the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history. The 2010 blowout released approximately 4.9 million barrels of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico over 87 day... |
| 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... |
| BSL | Bluescope Steel | BlueScope Steel operates integrated steelmaking facilities in Australia, including the Port Kembla Steelworks in New South Wales. In 2024, the New South Wales Environment Protection Authority (EPA) is... |
| BTU | Peabody Energy Corp | Peabody Energy is the largest private-sector coal company in the world, deriving its revenue from mining thermal and metallurgical coal. Its core business of surface and underground mining directly ca... |
| BWA | BorgWarner | BorgWarner has been implicated in significant, long-running environmental contamination linked to its historical operations. The company was a defendant in thousands of toxic tort lawsuits filed begin... |
| BZU | Buzzi Unicem | Buzzi Unicem, a major international cement producer, has been subject to formal environmental liability proceedings under the European Union’s “polluter pays” principle. In March 2010, the Court of Ju... |
| CARR | CARRIER GLOBAL CORP | Carrier Global proposed a $730 million settlement in 2024 to resolve PFAS-related claims against its subsidiary Kidde-Fenwal, Inc., a former manufacturer of the "National Foam" brand of PFAS-containin... |
| CB | CHUBB LTD | In July 2025, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism revealed Chubb became lead reinsurer for Nghi Son 2, a 1.2GW coal-fired power plant in Vietnam that could emit up to 175 million tonnes of CO2 over... |
| CBT | Cabot Corporation | In November 2013, the EPA and DOJ reached a Clean Air Act settlement with Cabot Corporation after concluding that the company made major modifications at three carbon black manufacturing plants in Lou... |
| 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... |
| CCJ | Cameco Corp | Cameco Corp is a global uranium mining and processing company, operating large-scale mines and mills in Canada, the United States, and Kazakhstan. The company’s core business involves extracting and p... |
| CCL | CARNIVAL CORP | Carnival Corporation and its subsidiaries have a documented, multi-decade pattern of deliberate environmental violations involving the illegal discharge of pollutants from its cruise ships. This inclu... |
| CDE | Coeur Mining Inc | Coeur Mining operates the Kensington Mine in Alaska, a hard-rock gold mining facility. In 2015, an EPA inspection of the mine documented violations of the Clean Water Act related to pollution discharg... |
| CE | Celanese Corporation | Celanese Corporation operates a 450-acre Superfund site in Shelby, North Carolina, where its Shelby Fiber Operations historically contaminated soil and groundwater. The site is listed on the U.S. Envi... |
| CEG | Constellation Energy | Constellation Energy paid a $340M settlement related to the Conowingo Dam on the Susquehanna River, which has caused decades of sediment buildup harming the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem and downstream com... |
| CEIX | CONSOL Energy Inc | CONSOL Energy Inc has been subject to multiple federal and state enforcement actions for Clean Water Act violations stemming from its mining operations. In March 2011, the company agreed to pay a $5.5... |
| CENX | Century Aluminum Co | Century Aluminum operates a primary aluminum smelter in Goose Creek, South Carolina, which has been the source of documented toxic contamination and regulatory violations. In March 2025, the South Car... |
| CESC | CESC Ltd | CESC Limited operates coal-fired power plants as its core electricity generation business. The company’s environmental record includes documented contamination incidents linked to its operations. In o... |
| CF | CF Industries | CF Industries resolved Resource Conservation and Recovery Act violations at its Plant City, Florida phosphoric acid and ammoniated fertilizer manufacturing facility, agreeing to pay a $701,500 civil p... |
| CGAU | Centerra Gold Inc | Centerra Gold operates the Kumtor gold mine in Kyrgyzstan, one of the largest high-altitude gold mines in the world. The mine has a documented history of environmental incidents, including a 1998 tail... |
| CLF | Cleveland-Cliffs Inc | Cleveland-Cliffs Inc., a major integrated iron ore mining and steel producer, has accumulated significant environmental penalties and faces ongoing litigation for toxic contamination. ViolationTracker... |
| CLNE | Clean Energy Fuels Corp. | Clean Energy Fuels Corp. operates a national network of natural gas fueling stations for transportation fleets. Its subsidiary, Clean Energy Texas LNG, was subject to a $49,500 environmental penalty f... |
| CLPHF | CLP Holdings Ltd | CLP Holdings Ltd operates a diversified energy portfolio across the Asia-Pacific region, with a significant portion of its generation capacity reliant on fossil fuels. The company's environmental reco... |
| CLSK | Cleanspark | CleanSpark operates approximately 853 MW of contracted power capacity across Bitcoin mining data centers in Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Wyoming, running roughly 188,500 mining machines at 27.... |
| CMC | Commercial Metals | Commercial Metals Company, a steel and metals manufacturer operating electric arc furnace (EAF) mini-mills, has accumulated $7 million in penalties across 52 violation records per ViolationTracker sin... |
| 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 ... |
| CMP | Compass Minerals International Inc | Compass Minerals International operates a major salt mine at Cargill Deicing Technology in Lansing, New York, which extracts salt from beneath Cayuga Lake. The mine’s operation involves the discharge ... |
| CMS-B | CMS Energy Corp | CMS Energy’s principal subsidiary, Consumers Energy, has a documented history of environmental violations and liabilities stemming from its operations. In 2014, the company reached a settlement with t... |
| CNQ | Canadian Natural Resources Limited | Canadian Natural Resources Limited has a documented pattern of environmental incidents and regulatory violations stemming from its oil and gas operations. In July 2024, the Alberta Energy Regulator fi... |
| CNX | CNX RESOURCES CORP | CNX Resources operates as a major natural gas producer in the Appalachian Basin, with its core business of hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling inherently carrying risks of soil contamination,... |
| COALINDIA | Coal India Ltd | Coal India Limited, a state-owned enterprise that accounts for over 80% of India's domestic coal production, operates extensive open-cast and underground mines that have caused documented, widespread ... |
| CORZ | CORE SCIENTIFIC INC | Core Scientific's Bitcoin mining facility in Calvert City, Kentucky had the largest amount of directly attributable PM 2.5 emissions out of 34 Bitcoin mines surveyed in a 2024 paper published in Natur... |
| CP | CANADIAN PACIFIC KANSAS CITY LTD | Throughout 2024-2025, CPKC faced aggressive litigation from the Coalition to Stop CPKC representing Chicago-area communities. Despite STB merger approval, investigative findings in 2025 showed the rai... |
| CPK | Chesapeake Utilities Corp | Chesapeake Utilities Corporation is a natural gas distribution utility serving approximately 315,000 customers across Delaware, Maryland, and Florida. Its core business involves the operation of natur... |
| 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... |
| CRPJY | China Resources Power Holdings Co Ltd | China Resources Power Holdings Co Ltd operates a power generation fleet that is approximately 83% coal-fired, based on its 2024 Sustainability Report. The company’s core business is thermal coal power... |
| CRS | Carpenter Technology Corporation | Carpenter Technology Corporation was a party to litigation concerning the disposal of millions of gallons of toxic waste over a six-year period by more than twenty entities. The underlying case involv... |
| CUAEF | China Shenhua Energy Co Ltd | China Shenhua Energy Co Ltd is a major integrated coal producer and power generator, ranking among China's largest coal companies. Its extensive mining and power generation operations have been linked... |
| CVE | Cenovus Energy Inc. | Cenovus Energy has accumulated over $197 million in environmental penalties across at least 15 enforcement records documented by ViolationTracker. This includes a single air pollution violation penalt... |
| CX | CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V. | CEMEX and its subsidiaries have accumulated over 690 penalty records in the United States since 2000, with levied fines exceeding $54 million, documented by ViolationTracker. The majority stem from Cl... |
| DAI | Daimler | Daimler AG, through its Mercedes-Benz division, was a central participant in the global diesel emissions cheating scandal. In September 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice, Environmental Protection A... |
| DALBHARAT | Dalmia Bharat | Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Limited operates cement plants and associated limestone mines. A September 2024 complaint to the Karnataka Lokayukta documented that the company's cement factory was causing air... |
| DAR | Darling Ingredients Inc. | On February 4, 2026, the Texas AG filed a major civil lawsuit against Darling Ingredients for unlawfully emitting putrid odors and toxic chemicals (Hydrogen Sulfide) from its Bastrop, TX facility. In ... |
| DD | DUPONT DE NEMOURS INC | DuPont's environmental record is among the most extensively documented in American corporate history. In 2005, the EPA settled with DuPont for the largest civil administrative penalty ever obtained un... |
| DIPGY | Datang International Power Generation Co Ltd | Datang International Power Generation’s Baoding thermal power plant in Hebei province burned 547,100 tonnes of coal in 2018 that failed to meet environmental standards, according to a 2019 Chinese min... |
| DK | Delek US Holdings, Inc. | Delek US Holdings operates petroleum refineries in Texas, Tennessee, and Arkansas. Its operations have resulted in significant environmental penalties and documented regulatory failures. In August 201... |
| DKL | Delek Logistics Partners LP | Delek Logistics Partners caused the March 2013 Magnolia, Arkansas oil spill when a corroded 60-year-old underground strainer ruptured, releasing 5,890 barrels (247,380 gallons) of crude oil that conta... |
| DMC | DMCI Holdings Inc | DMCI Holdings operates nickel mines in Zambales and Palawan, and a coal mine in Semirara, through its subsidiaries. These mining operations have faced repeated government suspensions due to environmen... |
| DOW | Dow Inc. | DOJ/EPA/FWS — Dow Inc. (DOW); Tittabawassee River Superfund site; legacy dioxin contamination from Midland, MI manufacturing operations flowing into Saginaw Bay and Lake Huron; EPA Administrative Orde... |
| DRD | DRDGOLD Limited | DRDGOLD Limited operates as a gold mining and surface tailings retreatment company in South Africa. Its primary business involves reprocessing historic gold mine tailings, which are waste materials fr... |
| DRX | Drax Group | Drax Group operates the world's largest biomass power station in the UK, fueled primarily by wood pellets. Its U.S. subsidiary, Drax Biomass, operates pellet mills in the Deep South that have amassed ... |
| DTE | DTE Energy Co | DTE Energy operates the EES Coke Battery facility on Zug Island in River Rouge, Michigan, a coke oven plant that converts coal into metallurgical coke for steel production. In August 2025, a U.S. Dist... |
| DUK | Duke Energy Corp | Duke Energy operates one of the largest coal-fired power generation fleets in the United States, a business activity that inherently produces toxic coal ash as a primary waste byproduct. The company h... |
| E | Eni S.p.A. | Eni S.p.A. is a major integrated oil and gas company whose global operations have resulted in documented environmental destruction, particularly in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. The company’s joi... |
| EC | Ecopetrol S.A. | Ecopetrol S.A. is Colombia's national oil company, with its core business focused on the exploration, production, and transportation of crude oil and natural gas. Its operations are concentrated in ec... |
| ED | Consolidated Edison | Consolidated Edison has accumulated environmental penalties including steam pipe explosions in Manhattan, transformer oil spills, and PCB contamination at multiple sites. ConEd also distributes natura... |
| EGCO | Electricity Generating PCL | Electricity Generating PCL (EGCO) operates a power generation portfolio that is heavily reliant on fossil fuels, with coal-fired plants constituting a significant portion of its capacity. The company'... |
| EGO | Eldorado Gold Corp | Eldorado Gold Corporation operates gold mines in jurisdictions including Greece, Turkey, and Brazil, an industry with a documented high risk of toxic contamination and habitat destruction. The company... |
| EMR | EMERSON ELECTRIC | Arkansas ADEQ Consent Administrative Order (2010) for TCE and TCA groundwater contamination at Batesville, AR facility — required multi-year remediation. Pattern of EPA Clean Air Act and Clean Water A... |
| EMRAF | Emera Inc | Emera Inc. is a North American energy company whose operations have resulted in documented environmental violations and contamination. Its subsidiary, New Mexico Gas Company (NMGC), received a Notice ... |
| EPD | Enterprise Products Partners LP | Enterprise Products Partners LP operates one of the largest networks of midstream energy assets in North America, including approximately 50,000 miles of pipelines, 260 million barrels of liquid stora... |
| EPQDF | Electric Power Development Co Ltd | Electric Power Development Co., Ltd. (J-POWER) operates a fleet of coal-fired power plants, including the 1,800 MW Takehara Thermal Power Station and the 1,3 GW Matsushima Power Station, which is one ... |
| EQT | EQT Corporation | EQT Corporation faces a class-action lawsuit from residents of New Freeport, Greene County, Pennsylvania, seeking to compel the company to provide clean water following a 2022 fracking mishap that con... |
| ERMAF | ERAMET S.A. | Eramet SA is a French mining and metals group whose operations have resulted in severe environmental destruction. The company’s Weda Bay nickel mining project in Indonesia, operated through its majori... |
| ET | Energy Transfer LP | Energy Transfer LP has accumulated over $100 million in environmental penalties, primarily for pollution incidents from its pipeline operations. Its Mariner East pipeline project in Pennsylvania has r... |
| EVRG | Evergy Inc | Evergy Inc. operates a generation fleet that is approximately 47% coal-fired, with coal combustion producing toxic coal ash. The company has been cited for environmental violations related to this was... |
| EXP | Eagle Materials | Eagle Materials is a major producer of cement, a process that involves quarrying limestone and other raw materials, which inherently causes habitat destruction and landscape alteration at extraction s... |
| EXX | Exxaro Resources Ltd | Exxaro Resources is a major South African mining company whose primary operations involve large-scale open-pit coal mining. This extractive activity inherently causes significant documented environmen... |
| FCX | Freeport-McMoRan Inc | Freeport-McMoRan operates one of the world's largest copper and gold mines at Grasberg in Papua, Indonesia, a site with a decades-long record of environmental damage. The company's practice of disposi... |
| FE | FirstEnergy Corp | FirstEnergy Corp has accumulated $213.7 million in environmental penalties across 43 enforcement records documented by ViolationTracker. This includes a 2019 federal court ruling that denied the compa... |
| FMC | FMC Corporation | FMC Corporation is a global agricultural sciences company that manufactures and markets pesticides, insecticides, and herbicides. A significant portion of its product portfolio includes chemicals with... |
| FSM | Fortuna Silver Mines Inc | Fortuna Silver Mines operates the San Jose Mine in Oaxaca, Mexico, where a tailings dam overflow in October 2018 released mining waste into the surrounding environment following heavy rains. This inci... |
| FTI | TechnipFMC plc | TechnipFMC and its predecessor companies have incurred environmental penalties totaling $140,433 across five recorded violations between 2004 and 2019, as documented by ViolationTracker. These penalti... |
| GAILF | GAIL (India) Limited | GAIL faces regulatory pressure regarding domestic operations. National Green Tribunal (NGT) has sought action against GAIL for operating infrastructure segments without valid environmental clearances.... |
| GEBHY | Genting Bhd | Genting Bhd's palm oil subsidiary, Genting Plantations, has been implicated in environmental damage through peatland burning. The burning of peat soils, a practice associated with land clearance for p... |
| GESHIP | Great Eastern Shipping | Great Eastern Shipping’s vessel, the Motor Tanker Swift Winchester, was implicated in a maritime pollution offense involving the illegal discharge of oily bilge water and oily waste. In August 2025, t... |
| GFI | Gold Fields Ltd | Gold Fields Limited's Tarkwa mine in the Wassa West District of Ghana suffered a tailings dam burst on October 16, 2001, sending thousands of cubic meters of mine waste contaminated with cyanide and h... |
| GLNCY | Glencore PLC | Glencore PLC operates a global portfolio of mining and commodity trading assets with a documented pattern of environmental damage across multiple continents. The company has faced formal findings of f... |
| GMDCLTD | Gujarat Mineral Development Corp Ltd | Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation (GMDC) is a state-owned mining company primarily engaged in lignite (brown coal) extraction. Its operations have been linked to significant environmental damage... |
| GMEXICOB | Grupo Mexico | Grupo México’s mining and transportation operations have caused severe and documented environmental damage. In August 2014, a subsidiary’s copper mine in Sonora spilled approximately 40,000 cubic mete... |
| GOLD | Barrick Gold Corp | Barrick Gold has been the subject of multiple, well-documented environmental incidents across its global mining operations, involving toxic spills and widespread contamination. At its Veladero mine in... |
| GSM | Ferroglobe PLC | Ferroglobe PLC, a producer of silicon metal and ferroalloys, operates industrial facilities with documented histories of severe environmental incidents. In 2022, a fatal explosion occurred at one of i... |
| GTLS | Chart Industries | Chart Industries manufactures cryogenic equipment and engineered systems that are integral to the global liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply chain, including storage tanks, heat exchangers, and process... |
| HBM | Hudbay Minerals Inc | Hudbay Minerals operates the Constancia copper mine in Peru and the former Fenix nickel project in Guatemala, both of which have been the subject of documented environmental destruction and associated... |
| HCC | WARRIOR MET COAL INC | Warrior Met Coal operates metallurgical coal mines in Alabama, an activity with inherent environmental impacts. The company has been the subject of litigation and regulatory scrutiny over water pollut... |
| HE | Hawaiian Electric | Hawaiian Electric faces multiple allegations of operational negligence leading to environmental destruction and community harm. The utility is a defendant in lawsuits stemming from the August 2023 Mau... |
| HEI | HeidelbergCement | Heidelberg Materials (formerly HeidelbergCement): operations in Indonesia (Kendeng mountains limestone mine/cement factory) contested by local communities for environmental harm; Georgia Environmental... |
| HL | Hecla Mining Co | Hecla Mining Company has been penalized for environmental violations at multiple active mine sites. In June 2023, the company was fined $143,000 by environmental regulators for hazardous waste managem... |
| 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 ... |
| HMY | Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited | Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited operates gold mines in South Africa and Papua New Guinea, where its core extraction activities have caused documented, systemic environmental damage. A primary lega... |
| HON | Honeywell International Inc. | NYSDEC/EPA Consent Decree for Onondaga Lake Superfund site (Syracuse, NY); Allied Chemical (Honeywell predecessor) dumped mercury, chlorinated solvents, and industrial waste into Onondaga Lake for dec... |
| HUN | Huntsman Corporation | ViolationTracker documents $61.8 million in total penalties across 125 records for Huntsman Corporation since 2000, spanning environmental, workplace safety, and chemical handling violations. The comp... |
| HUT | Hut 8 Mining Corp | Hut 8 Corp operates energy-intensive Bitcoin mining and high-performance computing data centers across North America. Through a joint venture with Macquarie, Hut 8 owned and operated a portfolio of fo... |
| ICL | ICL Group Ltd | ICL Group Ltd is excluded under environmental damage. The company operates in the industrial chemicals and minerals sector, which carries inherent risks of toxic contamination, soil degradation, and e... |
| IDA | IDACORP Inc | IDACORP Inc is excluded for documented environmental damage. The specific nature and scale of the environmental destruction associated with its operations require further evidence gathering to detail.... |
| IEP | Icahn Enterprises LP | Icahn Enterprises LP is excluded under environmental damage criteria. The company’s holdings include industrial and energy assets with a history of environmental incidents, though specific documentati... |
| IMO | Imperial Oil Limited | Imperial Oil operates the Kearl oil sands mine and Sarnia refinery in Canada. The company has faced EPA and Ontario environmental enforcement actions, including a $900,000 fine for Environmental Prote... |
| IP | International Paper | International Paper has accumulated $498 million in cumulative environmental penalties across 290 enforcement records documented by ViolationTracker. In 2025, the EPA reached a settlement over the Bog... |
| J36 | Jardine Matheson | Jardine Matheson, through its subsidiary Astra International, holds significant forestry and palm oil plantation operations in Indonesia. In January 2026, the Indonesian government revoked the permits... |
| JCI | Johnson Controls | Johnson Controls subsidiary Tyco Fire Products agreed to a $750 million settlement in April 2024 with U.S. public water systems over PFAS contamination. The lawsuits alleged that firefighting foam man... |
| JCYGY | Jardine Cycle & Carriage Limited | Jardine Cycle & Carriage is excluded for its controlling stake in Astra Agro Lestari (AAL), a major Indonesian palm oil producer linked to significant environmental destruction. A March 2022 report de... |
| JINDALSTEL | Jindal Steel & Power | Jindal Steel & Power operates integrated steel plants and power generation facilities in India, with significant operations in the mineral-rich state of Odisha. The company’s expansion has been marked... |
| KEP | Korea Electric Power Corp | Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) is a state-owned utility that operates one of the world's most coal-intensive power generation fleets. As of 2023, coal-fired power plants accounted for approx... |
| KEX | Kirby Corp | Kirby Corporation, through its marine transportation subsidiaries, has been responsible for multiple significant oil spills from its barge operations, resulting in criminal convictions and substantial... |
| KGC | Kinross Gold Corp | Kinross Gold Corp’s subsidiary, Crown Resources, operated the Buckhorn Mountain gold mine in Washington state. A federal judge ruled in October 2022 that the operation committed more than 3,000 violat... |
| KNF | Knife River Corporation | Knife River Corporation operates a mining and aggregate site in Crook County, Oregon, where residents have reported contaminated well water. A 2023 OPB investigation found state regulators dismissed t... |
| LAC | Lithium Americas Corp | Lithium Americas Corp’s Thacker Pass project in Nevada, approved in 2021, involves the open-pit mining of lithium clay deposits. The project plan includes burying approximately 1,300 acres of public l... |
| LHA | Lufthansa | Lufthansa has been cited by European Union authorities and national courts for systematic greenwashing regarding the environmental impact of its flights. In November 2025, the EU explicitly prohibited... |
| LL | LUMBER LIQUIDATORS HOLDINGS INC | Lumber Liquidators Inc. pleaded guilty in federal court in October 2015 to environmental crimes related to its illegal importation of hardwood flooring. The company knowingly imported wood sourced fro... |
| LNG | CHENIERE ENERGY INC | Cheniere Energy operates the Sabine Pass LNG export terminal in Louisiana, the largest facility of its kind in the United States, and the Corpus Christi terminal in Texas. These facilities are major s... |
| LOW | Lowe's Companies, Inc. | Lowe's is the only company in EPA history to receive two consent decrees for the same lead paint renovation safety violations. The first (2014, $500K penalty) required RRP compliance across 1,700+ sto... |
| LWB | Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA | Lubelski Węgiel “Bogdanka” S.A. is Poland’s largest and most modern hard coal mine, extracting approximately 9 million tonnes of coal annually from the Lublin Coal Basin. The company’s core activity i... |
| LXU | LSB Industries | LSB Industries operates chemical manufacturing facilities producing industrial and agricultural chemicals, primarily ammonia and urea ammonium nitrate solutions. The company's subsidiaries have accumu... |
| MAERSK-B | AP Moller – Maersk | A.P. Møller – Mærsk has accumulated a significant record of environmental violations through its shipping and terminal operations. ViolationTracker documents $526,895 in penalties for nine air polluti... |
| MALRY | Mineral Resources | Mineral Resources is an Australian mining and mining services company whose core operations involve the extraction and processing of iron ore and lithium. The company’s Mount Marion lithium operation ... |
| MBRFY | Marfrig Global Foods S.A. | Marfrig Global Foods is one of the world's largest beef producers, with slaughterhouses and processing plants sourcing cattle from across Brazil. The company's supply chain has been repeatedly linked ... |
| MDU | MDU Resources Group Inc | MDU Resources Group operates utility and construction services businesses including a regulated electric and gas utility. The company has faced EPA enforcement actions related to environmental violati... |
| MGEE | MGE Energy Inc | MGE Energy, through its subsidiary Madison Gas and Electric (MGE), operates a generation fleet heavily reliant on fossil fuels, including the co-owned Columbia Energy Center. This plant has been the s... |
| MHQ | Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works | Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) is a major integrated steel producer whose operations have resulted in extensive, documented environmental contamination. The company’s primary production complex... |
| MLI | MUELLER INDUSTRIES INC | ViolationTracker documents $2.65 million in penalties across 59 records for Mueller Industries since 2000 for environmental violations. Mueller Brass, a subsidiary, agreed to pay approximately $60,000... |
| MLM | MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS INC | Martin Marietta's Magnesia Specialties subsidiary operated lime kilns at its Woodville, Ohio dolomitic lime plant under obsolete permits for over 30 years. The EPA issued Notices of Violation in 2010 ... |
| 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 ... |
| MOS | The Mosaic Company | The Mosaic Company is one of the world's largest producers of concentrated phosphate and potash crop nutrients. Its mining and fertilizer manufacturing operations have a documented history of generati... |
| MP | MP Materials Corp | MP Materials Corp. operates the Mountain Pass rare earth element mine in California, a site with a documented history of environmental contamination. The facility was previously an EPA Superfund site ... |
| MPLX | MPLX LP | MPLX LP has accumulated $20.2 million in environmental penalties across 31 documented enforcement records, according to ViolationTracker. The company has also paid $5.5 million for six air pollution v... |
| MTDR | MATADOR RESOURCES | Matador Production Company, a subsidiary of Matador Resources, operates 239 oil and gas wells across New Mexico. On March 27, 2023, the United States Department of Justice and Environmental Protection... |
| MTX | Minerals Technologies Inc | Minerals Technologies Inc. is a mining and minerals processing company whose core business of extracting and refining industrial minerals carries inherent and documented risks of severe environmental ... |
| MTZ | MasTec Inc | MasTec Inc. provides critical infrastructure construction services, including for oil and natural gas pipelines, where operational failures can directly cause environmental contamination. The company ... |
| MU | MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC | Micron Technology is building a $100 billion semiconductor manufacturing complex in Clay, New York — four DRAM fabrication facilities to be constructed over 20-plus years, backed by $3.4 billion in fe... |
| MUR | MURPHY OIL CORP | Murphy Oil Corporation has a documented history of environmental contamination from its operations, most notably a major oil spill from its refinery in Meraux, Louisiana. In 2005, during Hurricane Kat... |
| MUSA | MURPHY USA INC | Murphy USA operates a network of retail fuel stations and convenience stores across the United States. Its core business involves the storage and sale of gasoline and diesel fuel, activities inherentl... |
| NE | Noble Corp | Noble Corp, an offshore drilling contractor, was convicted in 2014 of multiple felony environmental crimes related to its operations in the Gulf of Mexico and off the coast of Alaska. The company’s su... |
| NEM | Newmont Corporation | Newmont Corporation operates a global portfolio of gold and copper mines, an industrial process that generates significant toxic waste. The company has accumulated $520,000 in environmental penalties ... |
| NEU | NewMarket Corp | NewMarket Corporation manufactures and markets petroleum additives, including lubricant and fuel additives derived from chemical processes involving hazardous substances. The company’s operations inhe... |
| NEXA | Nexa Resources SA | Nexa Resources SA operates zinc, lead, and copper mining and smelting facilities in Brazil and Peru. In April 2024, the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre documented that rock blasting at a Nexa ... |
| NGG | National Grid PLC | National Grid Gas plc, a statutory predecessor to National Grid PLC, has been held liable under UK contaminated land legislation for historical coal tar pollution. The High Court ruled the company res... |
| NHPC.NS | NHPC Limited | NHPC Limited, a hydroelectric power generation company owned by the Government of India, has been linked to documented incidents of environmental damage resulting from its operations. A specific and s... |
| NILSY | MMC Norilsk Nickel PJSC | MMC Norilsk Nickel PJSC is responsible for one of the most severe industrial environmental disasters in the Arctic. On May 29, 2020, a fuel storage tank at its subsidiary Nornikel-Taimyr collapsed, re... |
| NJR | New Jersey Resources Corp | New Jersey Resources Corp is a natural gas utility that distributes gas to over 560,000 customers in New Jersey. The company has been a defendant in multiple Natural Resource Damage (NRD) lawsuits fil... |
| NRG | NRG Energy Inc | NRG Energy has a documented history of environmental damage linked to its legacy fossil fuel generation fleet, particularly concerning coal ash contamination. In June 2019, the Illinois Pollution Cont... |
| NSC | Norfolk Southern Corporation | DOJ/EPA consent decree for East Palestine, OH toxic train derailment (Feb 2023); >$310M total settlement including community relief, environmental monitoring, and remediation of contaminated soil and ... |
| NTPC | NTPC Ltd | NTPC Limited operates one of the largest coal-fired power generation fleets in India, with an installed capacity of over 70 gigawatts. The company's extensive reliance on coal mining and combustion ha... |
| NTR | Nutrien | Nutrien AG Solutions, a subsidiary of the global fertilizer company, faces a Clean Water Act lawsuit filed in 2022 alleging it polluted nearby waterways. This legal action is part of a broader pattern... |
| NUE | Nucor Corporation | Nucor Corporation operates steel mills and manufacturing facilities across the United States, an industrial process with a documented history of environmental contamination. The company has been subje... |
| 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 ... |
| NWE | NorthWestern Corp | NorthWestern Energy has been cited by the Montana Supreme Court for violating state law through its hostile approach to clean energy development. The company’s regulatory non-compliance extends to air... |
| OEC | ORION ENGINEERED CARBONS SA | Orion Engineered Carbons SA is a global producer of carbon black, a fine powder derived from petroleum feedstock and used primarily as a reinforcing agent in tires and rubber products. Its manufacturi... |
| OGE | OGE Energy Corp | OGE Energy Corp, operating as OG&E, was sued by the U.S. Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency in 2013 for alleged violations of the Clean Air Act at its Oklahoma coal-fired po... |
| OGS | ONE Gas Inc | ONE Gas operates a natural gas distribution utility serving approximately 2.2 million customers across Oklahoma, Kansas, and Texas. The core business of building, maintaining, and expanding fossil gas... |
| OKE | ONEOK INC | ONEOK operates a natural gas liquids (NGL) and natural gas pipeline network spanning approximately 50,000 miles across the central United States. This extensive infrastructure is inherently linked to ... |
| OLN | Olin Corporation | EPA $48M consent decree for Olin Chemical Superfund Site in Wilmington, MA; legacy chemical contamination requiring extensive excavation and offsite disposal of contaminated soil; also cited for high-... |
| OSG | OVERSEAS SHIPHOLDING GROUP INC CLA | Overseas Shipholding Group Inc. pleaded guilty to 33 felony counts related to deliberate vessel pollution across six U.S. ports, including Boston, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. In 2006, the company ... |
| OTTR | Otter Tail Corp | Otter Tail Corporation, through its Otter Tail Power Company subsidiary, operates coal-fired power plants that have generated documented environmental contamination. The company’s Big Stone Plant in S... |
| OVV | OVINTIV INC | Ovintiv USA Inc., a subsidiary of Ovintiv Inc., operates oil and natural gas production facilities across the United States. In September 2024, the United States Department of Justice and Environmenta... |
| PAA | Plains All American Pipeline LP | Plains All American Pipeline LP operates a vast network of crude oil and natural gas liquids pipelines across North America. Its core business of transporting hazardous materials has been marked by re... |
| PAAS | Pan American Silver Corp | Pan American Silver Corp operates large-scale open-pit silver and gold mines across Latin America, a method of extraction associated with significant environmental disturbance. The company's flagship ... |
| PAGP | Plains GP Holdings LP | Plains GP Holdings LP, through its subsidiary Plains All American Pipeline, has accumulated over $304 million in penalties for environmental violations across 24 enforcement records documented by Viol... |
| PAM | Pampa Energia SA | Pampa Energía operates the Pichachén and Pichi Picún Leufú hydroelectric complexes in Argentina's Neuquén province, located on lands historically claimed by the Mapuche indigenous community. In 2022, ... |
| PARR | PAR PACIFIC HOLDINGS INC | Par Pacific Holdings operates a petroleum refinery in Kapolei, Hawaii, through its subsidiary Par Hawaii Refining. This facility has been subject to multiple enforcement actions by the U.S. Environmen... |
| PBA | Pembina Pipeline Corp | Pembina Pipeline Corp. operates an extensive network of pipelines transporting oil and natural gas liquids across North America, a business inherently linked to environmental risk. The company's infra... |
| PBF | PBF Energy Inc. | PBF Energy operates a network of oil refineries and petrochemical facilities, including its Martinez Refinery in California. ViolationTracker documents $29.3 million in environmental penalties across ... |
| PBR | Petroleo Brasileiro SA Petrobras | Petrobras has been responsible for multiple significant oil spills in Brazilian waters, causing documented ecological damage. In March 2025, a Brazil appeal court fined the state energy company for en... |
| PBT | Permian Basin Royalty Trust | Permian Basin Royalty Trust holds mineral and royalty interests in oil and gas producing properties located in the Permian Basin of Texas. The trust’s revenue is derived directly from the extraction a... |
| PCAR | PACCAR | PACCAR Inc., a manufacturer of heavy-duty trucks under the Kenworth, Peterbilt, and DAF brands, has accrued significant environmental penalties. In 2023, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) levi... |
| PH | PARKER-HANNIFIN CORP | Parker Hannifin has at least four EPA Superfund site listings and $39.4M in cumulative regulatory penalties across 136 enforcement records (Violation Tracker). Superfund sites include the Waverly, OH ... |
| PKX | POSCO | POSCO is one of the world's largest steel producers, an industry with significant documented environmental impacts from mining, processing, and waste. The company's operations have been linked to soil... |
| PNM | PNM Resources Inc | PNM Resources (now TXNM Energy) operated the San Juan Generating Station, a coal-fired power plant in northwest New Mexico that was a persistent source of environmental contamination. The EPA issued m... |
| PNW | Pinnacle West Capital Corp | Pinnacle West Capital Corporation, through its subsidiary Arizona Public Service (APS), operates the Four Corners Power Plant in New Mexico, a coal-fired facility that has been a documented source of ... |
| PTAIF | Astra International Tbk PT | PT Astra Agro Lestari (AAL), a major subsidiary of Astra International, is Indonesia’s second-largest palm oil company. Its operations have been linked to significant environmental destruction, includ... |
| PTEN | PATTERSON UTI ENERGY INC | Universal Pressure Pumping, Inc., a subsidiary of Patterson-UTI Energy, incurred a $27,377 environmental penalty in Texas in 2021 for regulatory violations. The company’s own risk disclosures in SEC f... |
| RGLD | Royal Gold Inc | Royal Gold Inc. is a precious metals royalty and streaming company whose business model provides financing to mining operators in exchange for a percentage of future metal production. This model direc... |
| RIG | Transocean Ltd. | Transocean Ltd. was the owner and operator of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, which on April 20, 2010, experienced a blowout, explosion, and fire, resulting in the largest marine oil spill in hist... |
| RIO | Rio Tinto PLC | Rio Tinto operates a global portfolio of mines and processing facilities for iron ore, aluminum, copper, and other minerals. Its extractive operations have been linked to a documented pattern of envir... |
| RIVN | RIVIAN AUTOMOTIVE INC | Rivian Automotive manufactures electric vehicles at its Normal, Illinois factory, a facility originally built by Mitsubishi Motors. In 2022, at least a dozen employees filed complaints alleging the co... |
| RPM | RPM International Inc. | RPM International Inc. is a global manufacturer of specialty coatings, sealants, and building materials. Its operations have resulted in significant environmental contamination and ongoing remediation... |
| RPOWER | Reliance Power Ltd | Reliance Power Ltd operates a fleet of coal-fired power plants, including the 4,000 MW Sasan Ultra Mega Power Project in Madhya Pradesh, one of the largest integrated power generation and coal mining ... |
| RRC | Range Resources Corporation | Range Resources Corporation is an Appalachian Basin natural gas producer whose operations have been linked to documented environmental contamination. In 2010, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmen... |
| RS | Reliance Steel & Aluminium (Steel) | Reliance Steel & Aluminum is a major metals service center operator. Its subsidiary Earle M. Jorgensen was involved in the Duwamish Waterway Superfund cleanup, and the EPA settled hazardous waste viol... |
| RSG | REPUBLIC SERVICES INC | Republic Services has accumulated $177.4 million in penalties across 285 violation records documented by ViolationTracker since 2000. The pattern spans Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, and hazardous wa... |
| RUAL | UC RUSAL | UC Rusal, the world's second-largest aluminum producer, has been accused of systematic violations of environmental legislation in Russia. Rosprirodnadzor, the Federal Service for Supervision of Natura... |
| RWE | RWE AG | RWE AG is a defendant in the landmark climate liability case *Lliuya v. RWE AG*. A Peruvian farmer, Luciano Lliuya, alleges that RWE's historical greenhouse gas emissions are a substantial contributor... |
| RYN | Rayonier | Rayonier’s legacy of environmental damage is anchored in decades of industrial pollution from its pulp mill operations. The company’s former mill in Port Angeles, Washington, left extensive contaminat... |
| SA | Seabridge Gold Inc | Seabridge Gold is developing the Kerr-Sulphurets-Mitchell (KSM) copper-gold project in northwestern British Columbia, one of the world's largest undeveloped gold-copper deposits. The project's scale —... |
| SBSW | Sibanye Stillwater Ltd | Sibanye Stillwater Ltd is a major international precious metals mining company with primary operations in South Africa and the United States. Its core business of extracting, processing, and refining ... |
| SCCO | Southern Copper | Southern Copper Corporation, part of Grupo México, operates large-scale copper mining projects in Peru and Mexico that have generated documented environmental damage and social conflict. In Peru, the ... |
| SD | SandRidge Energy, Inc. | SandRidge Energy is an oil and natural gas exploration and production company operating primarily in Oklahoma. Its operations have been directly linked to significant environmental damage, most notabl... |
| SHI | Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Company Limited | Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Company Limited operates a major integrated petrochemical complex in Shanghai’s Jinshan District, producing ethylene, synthetic fibers, resins, plastics, and intermediat... |
| SHW | SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO | Sherwin-Williams has a well-documented legacy of environmental damage through decades of lead paint production and marketing despite knowledge of its toxicity. In 2000, Santa Clara County filed a land... |
| SID | Companhia Siderurgica Nacional | Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (CSN) is among 40 companies held responsible for contamination at the Maryland Sand, Gravel and Stone Superfund Site in Elkton, Maryland. From 1969 to 1974, industrial w... |
| SM | SM Energy Company | SM Energy Company is an independent oil and gas exploration and production company focused on the Permian Basin and South Texas. ViolationTracker documents two environmental enforcement actions agains... |
| SMGR | Semen Indonesia | PT Semen Indonesia (Persero) Tbk operates cement plants and limestone mining in ecologically sensitive karst landscapes. The company’s planned facility in the Kendeng Mountains of Rembang Regency, Cen... |
| SNA | SNAP-ON INC | In August 2024, Snap-on settled with U.S. EPA (Region 5) for Clean Air Act violations at Milwaukee facility — cited for failing to properly monitor and control VOC emissions from coating and plating l... |
| SO | Southern Co/The | Southern Company operates a coal-fired power generation fleet that has caused extensive documented environmental damage. The company’s Plant Scherer in Georgia, one of the largest coal plants in the U... |
| SON | SONOCO PRODUCTS CO | ViolationTracker records 15 distinct environmental offenses totaling $654,225; includes a severe $230,000 SC-ENV solid waste fine (2015) and a $120,997 NC-ENV hazardous waste fine (2000). OSHA federal... |
| SRCL | STERICYCLE INC | Stericycle has accumulated major EPA enforcement actions across multiple violation categories. In January 2021, the DOJ and EPA settled Clean Air Act violations at Stericycle's North Salt Lake, Utah m... |
| SSL | Sasol Limited | Sasol Limited operates a large-scale coal-to-liquids (CTL) and gas-to-liquids (GTL) complex in Secunda, South Africa, which is the world’s single largest point-source of greenhouse gas emissions. Beyo... |
| SSRM | SSR Mining Inc | On February 13, 2024, the Çöpler gold mine in Turkey, operated by SSR Mining's joint venture Anagold Madencilik, collapsed in one of the worst environmental catastrophes in modern Turkish history. A m... |
| STLD | Steel Dynamics | Steel Dynamics operates electric arc furnace (EAF) mini-mills producing steel from recycled scrap. While lower-emission than blast furnace steelmaking, EAF operations generate hazardous EAF dust (cont... |
| SU | Suncor Energy Inc. | Suncor Energy operates one of the largest oil refineries in the United States at its Commerce City, Colorado facility, a site with a documented history of environmental incidents and regulatory violat... |
| SUN | Sunoco LP | Sunoco LP, a downstream fuel distributor and part of the Energy Transfer family, has a documented history of environmental violations tied to its pipeline operations. The company has been penalized fo... |
| 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, ... |
| SWX | Southwest Gas Holdings Inc | Southwest Gas Holdings operates natural gas distribution utilities serving over 2 million customers across Arizona, California, and Nevada. The company’s extensive network of pipelines and infrastruct... |
| SXC | Suncoke Energy | SunCoke Energy operates metallurgical coke plants in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Virginia, producing a key input for steelmaking. In 2022, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department ... |
| TAANN | Ta Ann Holdings Bhd | Ta Ann Holdings Bhd is a Malaysian timber and palm oil company whose operations have been linked to deforestation and environmental degradation. The company was permanently excluded from the Norwegian... |
| TAC | TransAlta Corp | TransAlta Corp. operates the Centralia Generating Station in Washington State, a coal-fired power plant that has been a documented source of environmental contamination. The facility's coal ash storag... |
| TALO | Talos Energy Inc. | Talos Energy Inc. is an independent oil and gas exploration and production company operating primarily in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. Its core business involves offshore drilling and hydrocarbon extracti... |
| TATAPOWER | Tata Power Co Ltd/The | Tata Power operates one of India's largest coal-fired power generation fleets, with approximately 80% of its installed capacity derived from coal. This includes ownership of the 4,000 MW Mundra Ultra ... |
| TATN | TATNEFT | Tatneft is a major integrated Russian oil company, deriving the vast majority of its revenue from the exploration, production, and refining of crude oil. Its operations are concentrated in the Republi... |
| TECK | Teck Resources Ltd | Teck Resources Ltd. has accumulated a documented pattern of environmental contamination and regulatory penalties stemming from its mining operations. In 2023, its subsidiary Teck Metals Ltd. was order... |
| TGRNF | Tong Ren Tang Technologies Co. Ltd. | Tong Ren Tang Technologies Co. Ltd. is a major producer of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). The company’s supply chain for medicinal ingredients is linked to severe environmental damage, including ... |
| TK | Teekay Corporation | Teekay Corporation is a leading provider of international crude oil marine transportation, operating a fleet of tankers that carry oil and petroleum products globally. The core business of transportin... |
| TNABY | Tenaga Nasional Bhd | Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB), Malaysia's primary electricity utility, faces significant operational costs and environmental impacts from river pollution affecting its hydroelectric dams. The company repo... |
| TOL | TOLL BROTHERS INC | Toll Brothers, Inc., one of the nation’s largest homebuilders, has a documented pattern of Clean Water Act violations at its construction sites, resulting in environmental damage from polluted stormwa... |
| TRGP | TARGA RESOURCES CORP | The New Mexico Environment Department fined Targa Northern Delaware LLC a state-record $47.8 million in December 2024 for excess emissions at the Red Hills natural gas processing plant. The enforcemen... |
| TROX | Tronox Holdings PLC | Tronox Holdings PLC is a vertically integrated titanium dioxide pigment producer that mines and processes titanium-bearing ores, primarily ilmenite and zircon. The company operates mining and processi... |
| TTI | TETRA Technologies, Inc. | TETRA Technologies, Inc. is an energy services company whose operations are intrinsically linked to environmental contamination risks. Its core business involves managing and treating produced water—a... |
| TX | Ternium SA | Ternium S.A. is a Latin American steel producer with major integrated steelmaking operations in Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, and the United States. The steel industry is inherently resource-intensive ... |
| UAN | CVR Partners, LP | CVR Partners, LP operates nitrogen fertilizer manufacturing plants in Coffeyville, Kansas, and East Dubuque, Illinois. Its production process relies on the steam reforming of natural gas, which genera... |
| UEC | Uranium Energy Corp | Uranium Energy Corp is a uranium mining company whose primary business is the in-situ recovery (ISR) of uranium, a process that involves injecting solutions into groundwater aquifers to dissolve and e... |
| UGI | UGI Corporation | UGI Corporation is a party to a Superfund site cleanup under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). In May 2002, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency p... |
| UNA | Unilever | Unilever has been penalized for environmental violations related to its manufacturing operations. In April 2014, Unilever Home & Personal Care USA was sentenced to three years of probation and fined $... |
| USLM | United States Lime & Minerals Inc. | United States Lime & Minerals Inc. operates limestone quarries and processing plants in Texas, Arkansas, Colorado, and Oklahoma. The company's core business of mining and processing limestone is an ex... |
| VEOEY | Veolia Environnement | Veolia Environnement, a global leader in water, waste, and energy services, has accumulated a documented record of environmental penalties and incidents across its worldwide operations. In 2025, the c... |
| VET | Vermilion Energy Inc. | Vermilion Energy is an international oil and gas producer operating in North America, Europe, and Australia. The company has faced environmental enforcement actions and its operations have been associ... |
| VFS | VinFast | VinFast's $4 billion EV manufacturing facility in Chatham County, North Carolina required clearing 1,300 acres, destroying 99 acres of wetlands across 36 areas and 17 streams spanning six linear miles... |
| VMC | VULCAN MATERIALS CO | ViolationTracker documents $4.8 million in penalties against Vulcan Materials across 150 enforcement records since 2000, including 36 environmental-related offenses totaling $3.1 million in fines. In... |
| VOLV-A | Volvo | Volvo Group manufactures heavy trucks and diesel engines. The EPA reached a settlement with Volvo over diesel engine emissions violations, and the company's Hagerstown facility is associated with a Su... |
| VOW3 | Volkswagen | Volkswagen is excluded for documented environmental damage. The company's operations and products have been linked to significant ecological harm, most notably through the 2015 Dieselgate scandal wher... |
| VTNR | Vertex Energy, Inc. | Vertex Energy, Inc. is an industrial waste recycler and petroleum refiner. The company's operations involve the processing and re-refining of used motor oil and other petroleum byproducts, an industri... |
| VVV | Valvoline Inc. | Valvoline Inc. is a defendant in a major environmental enforcement action related to the Portland Harbor Superfund site in Oregon. The U.S. Department of Justice and Environmental Protection Agency fi... |
| WHC | Whitehaven Coal Ltd | Whitehaven Coal operates thermal and metallurgical coal mines in New South Wales, Australia, including the Maules Creek, Narrabri, and Tarrawonga mines. Its operations have been the subject of multipl... |
| WLK | Westlake Chemical Corp | Westlake Chemical Corp operates a major petrochemical complex in Calvert City, Kentucky, where its vinyls manufacturing facilities are a primary source of toxic air emissions. A 2024 ProPublica analys... |
| WMT | Walmart Inc. | Walmart's cumulative environmental penalties exceed $110 million across federal and state enforcement actions. In 2013 the company pleaded guilty to six counts of violating the Clean Water Act and pai... |
| WOR | Worthington Industries Inc | Worthington Industries operates steel processing and pressure cylinder manufacturing facilities that have generated significant environmental contamination. The company's Columbus, Ohio steel plant is... |
| WPM | Wheaton Precious Metals Corp | Wheaton Precious Metals provides upfront financing to mining companies in exchange for long-term streaming agreements to purchase metals at reduced prices. The company does not operate mines, but its ... |
| WTK | WTK Holdings Bhd | WTK Holdings Bhd operates large-scale logging and oil palm plantation businesses in Sarawak, Malaysia, and Papua New Guinea. The company's operations have been linked to severe environmental damage, i... |
| WTRG | Essential Utilities Inc | Essential Utilities Inc., operating as Aqua America, has accumulated a documented history of environmental violations across its water and wastewater utility systems. ViolationTracker records show its... |
| WTTR | Select Energy Services, Inc. | Select Energy Services, Inc. (now Select Water Solutions, Inc.) was criminally charged for its role in a scheme to bypass air pollution controls at natural gas well sites. The company entered into a n... |
| WWR | Westwater Resources, Inc. | Westwater Resources, Inc. was historically a uranium mining company, operating in-situ leach (ISL) facilities in Texas. On March 4, 2019, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) certified... |
| WY | Weyerhaeuser | Weyerhaeuser has accumulated significant environmental penalties and liabilities related to its industrial operations. In 1998, the company’s pulp and paper mill in Longview, Washington, settled an EP... |
| XEL | Xcel Energy Inc | Xcel Energy Inc. has accumulated a documented history of environmental violations and contamination incidents across its operating territories. In October 2023, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency ... |
| XVOLB | Volcan Cia Minera SAA | Volcan Compañía Minera S.A.A. is a Peruvian mining company excluded by Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) for causing severe environmental damage. The company’s operations in the Cerro de Pasco ... |
| YPF | YPF Sociedad Anonima | YPF S.A. is Argentina's largest integrated oil and gas company, with operations spanning exploration, production, refining, and distribution. The company's extensive hydrocarbon extraction and process... |
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