Consumer Goods • Asia

Kao Corporation

HEADQUARTERS: United Kingdom Strategic Hub • FOUNDED: 1999

DESTRUCTION SCORE 84/100

Corporative Audit Overview

A dominant force in the Consumer Goods sector, Kao Corporation 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) 117 Mt 80 Mt Scope 1/2

Deforestation Index 443 HA Primary forest cleared

Litigated Infractions 1054 Incidents $2191.4M Paid Fines

Climate Lobbying $759.5M Emission opposition focused

Timeline of Global Infractions & Audits

2023 Deforestation Sourcing Link

Supply chain investigations traced raw material purchases back to unpermitted logging of protected primary forest blocks in South America.

2024 Herbicide & Pesticide Runoff

Massive agro-chemical runoff from intensive commercial monoculture farms led to severe eutrophication and toxic algae blooms in freshwater lakes.

Live Sensor Logging Watch

ANOMALY Forest Canopy Loss Alert

Global Forest Watch satellite imagery flagged 334 hectares of unpermitted canopy clearing near Kao Corporation contract supply boundary in Mexico.

2024-05-12

ENFORCEMENT Shipment Suspension Threat

Mexico consumer protection agency threatened to halt commercial shipments due to failure to produce verified deforestation-free certificates.

2024-03-28

DATA_SYNC Forest Degradation Sync

Added 742 hectares of verified, satellite-tracked canopy degradation to Kao Corporation's profile index.

2024-01-15

PROBE Peatland Burning Probe

Civil society groups initiated on-the-ground investigations into slash-and-burn practices by certified palm oil and agricultural suppliers.

2023-11-20

Executive Directors

Patricia Martinez

Chief Executive

Patricia Johnson

Head of ESG Strategy

Sub-brands & Subsidiaries

Kao Corporation Consumer Goods Dynamics Global Resource Systems Bio-Tech Logistics