What is Barrick Gold's environmental accountability evil score?

Barrick Gold has an ESG accountability Evil Score of 94/100, indicating severe levels of non-compliance, heavy carbon intensity, or active environmental litigation opposition.

How much carbon emissions does Barrick Gold produce?

Barrick Gold produces direct Scope 1 & Scope 2 greenhouse emissions totaling 143 Megatonnes of CO2 equivalent annually, as tracked on our persistent audit framework.

Has Barrick Gold been audited for deforestation or litigation fines?

Yes, our real-time audit tracks 116278 hectares of satellite-detected deforestation, with compiled historical litigation fines totaling $2,587,029,171 USD. See full investigation details.

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Mining • North America

Barrick Gold

HEADQUARTERS: India Strategic Hub • FOUNDED: 1970

DESTRUCTION SCORE 94/100

Corporative Audit Overview

A dominant force in the Mining sector, Barrick Gold maintains a complex global operation spanning North America. Recent environmental audits highlight significant ecological challenges resulting from their industrial output and resource extraction methods.

Carbon tracked (CO2) 143 Mt 110 Mt Scope 1/2

Deforestation Index 116278 HA Primary forest cleared

Litigated Infractions 1455 Incidents $2587.0M Paid Fines

Climate Lobbying $950.2M Emission opposition focused

Timeline of Global Infractions & Audits

2022 Tailings Dam Seepage

Independent geological audits exposed structural seepage and safety cracks in Barrick Gold's key industrial waste slurry reservoirs.

2024 Heavy Metal Discharges

Toxic acidic runoff containing high quantities of heavy metals leaked into regional municipal aquifers, exceeding legal bio-safety thresholds.

Live Sensor Logging Watch

ANOMALY Toxic Outflow Incident

Downstream automated sensors detected elevated cadmium and arsenic leaching from Barrick Gold's secondary smelting site in United Kingdom.

2024-05-12

ENFORCEMENT Slurry Management Fine

Japan environmental board levied a $12.6M USD civil penalty for inadequate tailings pond liners.

2024-03-28

DATA_SYNC Biotoxicity Score Sync

Updated annual soil and water bio-toxicity metrics in our index, adjusting the local risk level upward by 7%.

2024-01-15

PROBE Subsurface Acidification Probe

Scientific taskforce launched an investigation into historical sub-surface leaching into the municipal watershed.

2023-11-20

Executive Directors

Jennifer Jones

Chief Executive

David Johnson

Head of ESG Strategy

Sub-brands & Subsidiaries

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