Manufacturing • Europe

DS Smith

HEADQUARTERS: Euston Road, United Kingdom • FOUNDED: 1940

DESTRUCTION SCORE 80/100

Corporative Audit Overview

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

Carbon tracked (CO2) 118 Mt 80 Mt Scope 1/2

Deforestation Index 357 HA Primary forest cleared

Litigated Infractions 1545 Incidents $900.7M Paid Fines

Climate Lobbying $163.0M Emission opposition focused

Timeline of Global Infractions & Audits

2022 Tailings Dam Seepage

Independent geological audits exposed structural seepage and safety cracks in DS Smith'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 DS Smith's secondary smelting site in Brazil.

2024-05-12

ENFORCEMENT Slurry Management Fine

Mexico environmental board levied a $13.5M 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 12%.

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

Linda Johnson

Chief Executive

Elizabeth Rodriguez

Head of ESG Strategy

Sub-brands & Subsidiaries

DS Smith Manufacturing Dynamics Global Resource Systems Bio-Tech Logistics