What is Kumho Tire's environmental accountability evil score?

Kumho Tire has an ESG accountability Evil Score of 82/100, indicating severe levels of non-compliance, heavy carbon intensity, or active environmental litigation opposition.

How much carbon emissions does Kumho Tire produce?

Kumho Tire produces direct Scope 1 & Scope 2 greenhouse emissions totaling 109 Megatonnes of CO2 equivalent annually, as tracked on our persistent audit framework.

Has Kumho Tire been audited for deforestation or litigation fines?

Yes, our real-time audit tracks 651 hectares of satellite-detected deforestation, with compiled historical litigation fines totaling $2,369,935,768 USD. See full investigation details.

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Manufacturing • Asia

Kumho Tire

HEADQUARTERS: United Kingdom Strategic Hub • FOUNDED: 2018

DESTRUCTION SCORE 82/100

Corporative Audit Overview

A dominant force in the Manufacturing sector, Kumho Tire maintains a complex global operation spanning Asia. Recent environmental audits highlight significant ecological challenges resulting from their industrial output and resource extraction methods.

Carbon tracked (CO2) 109 Mt 68 Mt Scope 1/2

Deforestation Index 651 HA Primary forest cleared

Litigated Infractions 466 Incidents $2369.9M Paid Fines

Climate Lobbying $388.1M Emission opposition focused

Timeline of Global Infractions & Audits

2023 Tailings Dam Seepage

Independent geological audits exposed structural seepage and safety cracks in Kumho Tire'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 Kumho Tire's secondary smelting site in United Kingdom.

2024-05-12

ENFORCEMENT Slurry Management Fine

Brazil environmental board levied a $3.6M 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 10%.

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

Elizabeth Jones

Head of ESG Strategy

Sub-brands & Subsidiaries

Kumho Tire Manufacturing Dynamics Global Resource Systems Bio-Tech Logistics