What is Hankook Tire's environmental accountability evil score?

Hankook Tire has an ESG accountability Evil Score of 83/100, indicating severe levels of non-compliance, heavy carbon intensity, or active environmental litigation opposition.

How much carbon emissions does Hankook Tire produce?

Hankook Tire produces direct Scope 1 & Scope 2 greenhouse emissions totaling 123 Megatonnes of CO2 equivalent annually, as tracked on our persistent audit framework.

Has Hankook Tire been audited for deforestation or litigation fines?

Yes, our real-time audit tracks 266 hectares of satellite-detected deforestation, with compiled historical litigation fines totaling $748,719,961 USD. See full investigation details.

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Manufacturing • Asia

Hankook Tire

HEADQUARTERS: Japan Strategic Hub • FOUNDED: 1910

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) 123 Mt 93 Mt Scope 1/2

Deforestation Index 266 HA Primary forest cleared

Litigated Infractions 1719 Incidents $748.7M Paid Fines

Climate Lobbying $267.5M 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 India.

2024-05-12

ENFORCEMENT Slurry Management Fine

India environmental board levied a $20.2M 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 29%.

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

Robert Johnson

Head of ESG Strategy

Sub-brands & Subsidiaries

Hankook Tire Manufacturing Dynamics Global Resource Systems Bio-Tech Logistics