Mining • South America

Compañia de Minas Buenaventura

HEADQUARTERS: Lima, Peru • FOUNDED: 1953

DESTRUCTION SCORE 90/100

Corporative Audit Overview

A dominant force in the Mining sector, Compañia de Minas Buenaventura maintains a complex global operation spanning South America. Recent environmental audits highlight significant ecological challenges resulting from their industrial output and resource extraction methods.

Carbon tracked (CO2) 153 Mt 87 Mt Scope 1/2

Deforestation Index 66184 HA Primary forest cleared

Litigated Infractions 858 Incidents $2983.4M Paid Fines

Climate Lobbying $934.6M Emission opposition focused

Timeline of Global Infractions & Audits

2021 Tailings Dam Seepage

Independent geological audits exposed structural seepage and safety cracks in Compañia de Minas Buenaventura'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 Compañia de Minas Buenaventura's secondary smelting site in Canada.

2024-05-12

ENFORCEMENT Slurry Management Fine

Indonesia environmental board levied a $18.3M 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 28%.

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

Robert Smith

Chief Executive

Patricia Rodriguez

Head of ESG Strategy

Sub-brands & Subsidiaries

Compañia de Minas Buenaventura Mining Dynamics Global Resource Systems Bio-Tech Logistics