What is First Quantum Minerals's environmental accountability evil score?

First Quantum Minerals has an ESG accountability Evil Score of 93/100, indicating severe levels of non-compliance, heavy carbon intensity, or active environmental litigation opposition.

How much carbon emissions does First Quantum Minerals produce?

First Quantum Minerals produces direct Scope 1 & Scope 2 greenhouse emissions totaling 117 Megatonnes of CO2 equivalent annually, as tracked on our persistent audit framework.

Has First Quantum Minerals been audited for deforestation or litigation fines?

Yes, our real-time audit tracks 44854 hectares of satellite-detected deforestation, with compiled historical litigation fines totaling $3,370,040,322 USD. See full investigation details.

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Mining • North America

First Quantum Minerals

HEADQUARTERS: Indonesia Strategic Hub • FOUNDED: 1925

DESTRUCTION SCORE 93/100

Corporative Audit Overview

A dominant force in the Mining sector, First Quantum Minerals 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) 117 Mt 76 Mt Scope 1/2

Deforestation Index 44854 HA Primary forest cleared

Litigated Infractions 1822 Incidents $3370.0M Paid Fines

Climate Lobbying $88.3M Emission opposition focused

Timeline of Global Infractions & Audits

2023 Tailings Dam Seepage

Independent geological audits exposed structural seepage and safety cracks in First Quantum Minerals'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 First Quantum Minerals's secondary smelting site in Australia.

2024-05-12

ENFORCEMENT Slurry Management Fine

United Kingdom environmental board levied a $18.1M 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 29%.

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

Linda Williams

Chief Executive

John Rodriguez

Head of ESG Strategy

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