Manufacturing • North America

Cleveland-Cliffs

HEADQUARTERS: USA Strategic Hub • FOUNDED: 1895

DESTRUCTION SCORE 92/100

Corporative Audit Overview

A dominant force in the Manufacturing sector, Cleveland-Cliffs 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) 106 Mt 78 Mt Scope 1/2

Deforestation Index 259 HA Primary forest cleared

Litigated Infractions 1358 Incidents $3178.0M Paid Fines

Climate Lobbying $1096.9M Emission opposition focused

Timeline of Global Infractions & Audits

2023 Tailings Dam Seepage

Independent geological audits exposed structural seepage and safety cracks in Cleveland-Cliffs'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 Cleveland-Cliffs's secondary smelting site in Canada.

2024-05-12

ENFORCEMENT Slurry Management Fine

Australia environmental board levied a $22.3M 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

John Davis

Chief Executive

Mary Rodriguez

Head of ESG Strategy

Sub-brands & Subsidiaries

Cleveland-Cliffs Manufacturing Dynamics Global Resource Systems Bio-Tech Logistics