Manufacturing • Asia

Hankook Tire

HEADQUARTERS: Seoul, South Korea • FOUNDED: 1941

DESTRUCTION SCORE 83/100

Corporative Audit Overview

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

Carbon tracked (CO2) 139 Mt 79 Mt Scope 1/2

Deforestation Index 395 HA Primary forest cleared

Litigated Infractions 1115 Incidents $1106.2M Paid Fines

Climate Lobbying $129.8M Emission opposition focused

Timeline of Global Infractions & Audits

2023 Tailings Dam Seepage

Independent geological audits exposed structural seepage and safety cracks in Hankook Tire'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 Hankook Tire's secondary smelting site in Russia.

2024-05-12

ENFORCEMENT Slurry Management Fine

Brazil environmental board levied a $20.7M 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 20%.

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 Smith

Chief Executive

Robert Rodriguez

Head of ESG Strategy

Sub-brands & Subsidiaries

Hankook Tire Manufacturing Dynamics Global Resource Systems Bio-Tech Logistics