Manufacturing • Asia

Nexen Tire

HEADQUARTERS: Yangsan, South Korea • FOUNDED: 1942

DESTRUCTION SCORE 81/100

Corporative Audit Overview

A dominant force in the Manufacturing sector, Nexen 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) 119 Mt 83 Mt Scope 1/2

Deforestation Index 454 HA Primary forest cleared

Litigated Infractions 1047 Incidents $545.7M Paid Fines

Climate Lobbying $935.2M Emission opposition focused

Timeline of Global Infractions & Audits

2021 Tailings Dam Seepage

Independent geological audits exposed structural seepage and safety cracks in Nexen 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 Nexen Tire's secondary smelting site in India.

2024-05-12

ENFORCEMENT Slurry Management Fine

Australia environmental board levied a $4.8M 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 27%.

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

Patricia Johnson

Chief Executive

Patricia Williams

Head of ESG Strategy

Sub-brands & Subsidiaries

Nexen Tire Manufacturing Dynamics Global Resource Systems Bio-Tech Logistics