What is Fortescue Metals's environmental accountability evil score?

Fortescue Metals has an ESG accountability Evil Score of 90/100, indicating severe levels of non-compliance, heavy carbon intensity, or active environmental litigation opposition.

How much carbon emissions does Fortescue Metals produce?

Fortescue Metals produces direct Scope 1 & Scope 2 greenhouse emissions totaling 112 Megatonnes of CO2 equivalent annually, as tracked on our persistent audit framework.

Has Fortescue Metals been audited for deforestation or litigation fines?

Yes, our real-time audit tracks 103425 hectares of satellite-detected deforestation, with compiled historical litigation fines totaling $3,381,443,983 USD. See full investigation details.

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Mining • Oceania

Fortescue Metals

HEADQUARTERS: China Strategic Hub • FOUNDED: 2011

DESTRUCTION SCORE 90/100

Corporative Audit Overview

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

Carbon tracked (CO2) 112 Mt 77 Mt Scope 1/2

Deforestation Index 103425 HA Primary forest cleared

Litigated Infractions 990 Incidents $3381.4M Paid Fines

Climate Lobbying $1081.2M Emission opposition focused

Timeline of Global Infractions & Audits

2021 Tailings Dam Seepage

Independent geological audits exposed structural seepage and safety cracks in Fortescue Metals'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 Fortescue Metals's secondary smelting site in Australia.

2024-05-12

ENFORCEMENT Slurry Management Fine

Indonesia environmental board levied a $8.1M 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 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

Patricia Jones

Chief Executive

John Martinez

Head of ESG Strategy

Sub-brands & Subsidiaries

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