Chemicals • Asia

Lotte Chemical

HEADQUARTERS: India Strategic Hub • FOUNDED: 2017

DESTRUCTION SCORE 87/100

Corporative Audit Overview

A dominant force in the Chemicals sector, Lotte Chemical 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) 109 Mt 83 Mt Scope 1/2

Deforestation Index 563 HA Primary forest cleared

Litigated Infractions 1378 Incidents $1841.9M Paid Fines

Climate Lobbying $194.4M Emission opposition focused

Timeline of Global Infractions & Audits

2023 Tailings Dam Seepage

Independent geological audits exposed structural seepage and safety cracks in Lotte Chemical'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 Lotte Chemical's secondary smelting site in Japan.

2024-05-12

ENFORCEMENT Slurry Management Fine

Mexico environmental board levied a $12.7M 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 13%.

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

Jennifer Rodriguez

Chief Executive

Linda Smith

Head of ESG Strategy

Sub-brands & Subsidiaries

Lotte Chemical Chemicals Dynamics Global Resource Systems Bio-Tech Logistics