What is Koch Industries's environmental accountability evil score?

Koch Industries has an ESG accountability Evil Score of 99/100, indicating severe levels of non-compliance, heavy carbon intensity, or active environmental litigation opposition.

How much carbon emissions does Koch Industries produce?

Koch Industries produces direct Scope 1 & Scope 2 greenhouse emissions totaling 127 Megatonnes of CO2 equivalent annually, as tracked on our persistent audit framework.

Has Koch Industries been audited for deforestation or litigation fines?

Yes, our real-time audit tracks 361 hectares of satellite-detected deforestation, with compiled historical litigation fines totaling $946,770,094 USD. See full investigation details.

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Chemicals • North America

Koch Industries

HEADQUARTERS: USA Strategic Hub • FOUNDED: 1882

DESTRUCTION SCORE 99/100

Corporative Audit Overview

A dominant force in the Chemicals sector, Koch Industries 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) 127 Mt 84 Mt Scope 1/2

Deforestation Index 361 HA Primary forest cleared

Litigated Infractions 617 Incidents $946.8M Paid Fines

Climate Lobbying $925.1M Emission opposition focused

Timeline of Global Infractions & Audits

2021 Tailings Dam Seepage

Independent geological audits exposed structural seepage and safety cracks in Koch Industries'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 Koch Industries's secondary smelting site in India.

2024-05-12

ENFORCEMENT Slurry Management Fine

Canada environmental board levied a $5.1M 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 11%.

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

James Jones

Chief Executive

Michael Brown

Head of ESG Strategy

Sub-brands & Subsidiaries

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