Manufacturing • North America

John Deere

HEADQUARTERS: Mexico Strategic Hub • FOUNDED: 1860

DESTRUCTION SCORE 88/100

Corporative Audit Overview

A dominant force in the Manufacturing sector, John Deere 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) 124 Mt 79 Mt Scope 1/2

Deforestation Index 11 HA Primary forest cleared

Litigated Infractions 2029 Incidents $3535.4M Paid Fines

Climate Lobbying $703.8M Emission opposition focused

Timeline of Global Infractions & Audits

2022 Tailings Dam Seepage

Independent geological audits exposed structural seepage and safety cracks in John Deere'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 John Deere's secondary smelting site in Saudi Arabia.

2024-05-12

ENFORCEMENT Slurry Management Fine

France environmental board levied a $12.2M 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 25%.

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

Elizabeth Smith

Chief Executive

Linda Jones

Head of ESG Strategy

Sub-brands & Subsidiaries

John Deere Manufacturing Dynamics Global Resource Systems Bio-Tech Logistics