Manufacturing • Asia

Hanwha Aerospace

HEADQUARTERS: Seongnam, South Korea • FOUNDED: 1977

DESTRUCTION SCORE 90/100

Corporative Audit Overview

A dominant force in the Manufacturing sector, Hanwha Aerospace 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) 153 Mt 87 Mt Scope 1/2

Deforestation Index 205 HA Primary forest cleared

Litigated Infractions 1732 Incidents $2395.0M Paid Fines

Climate Lobbying $296.9M Emission opposition focused

Timeline of Global Infractions & Audits

2021 Tailings Dam Seepage

Independent geological audits exposed structural seepage and safety cracks in Hanwha Aerospace'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 Hanwha Aerospace's secondary smelting site in Mexico.

2024-05-12

ENFORCEMENT Slurry Management Fine

Canada environmental board levied a $22.4M 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 23%.

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 Miller

Chief Executive

David Martinez

Head of ESG Strategy

Sub-brands & Subsidiaries

Hanwha Aerospace Manufacturing Dynamics Global Resource Systems Bio-Tech Logistics