Manufacturing • South America

Gerdau S.A.

HEADQUARTERS: Mexico Strategic Hub • FOUNDED: 2013

DESTRUCTION SCORE 91/100

Corporative Audit Overview

A dominant force in the Manufacturing sector, Gerdau S.A. 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) 138 Mt 87 Mt Scope 1/2

Deforestation Index 429 HA Primary forest cleared

Litigated Infractions 1430 Incidents $3388.7M Paid Fines

Climate Lobbying $184.5M Emission opposition focused

Timeline of Global Infractions & Audits

2022 Tailings Dam Seepage

Independent geological audits exposed structural seepage and safety cracks in Gerdau S.A.'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 Gerdau S.A.'s secondary smelting site in Australia.

2024-05-12

ENFORCEMENT Slurry Management Fine

Brazil environmental board levied a $10.3M 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 22%.

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

Jennifer Jones

Chief Executive

Robert Garcia

Head of ESG Strategy

Sub-brands & Subsidiaries

Gerdau S.A. Manufacturing Dynamics Global Resource Systems Bio-Tech Logistics