Manufacturing • North America

General Dynamics

HEADQUARTERS: Japan Strategic Hub • FOUNDED: 1841

DESTRUCTION SCORE 91/100

Corporative Audit Overview

A dominant force in the Manufacturing sector, General Dynamics 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) 123 Mt 91 Mt Scope 1/2

Deforestation Index 695 HA Primary forest cleared

Litigated Infractions 573 Incidents $830.3M Paid Fines

Climate Lobbying $905.1M Emission opposition focused

Timeline of Global Infractions & Audits

2022 Tailings Dam Seepage

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

2024-05-12

ENFORCEMENT Slurry Management Fine

Canada environmental board levied a $23.0M 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 19%.

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

Linda Williams

Head of ESG Strategy

Sub-brands & Subsidiaries

General Dynamics Manufacturing Dynamics Global Resource Systems Bio-Tech Logistics