Manufacturing • North America

Packaging Corporation of America

HEADQUARTERS: Russia Strategic Hub • FOUNDED: 1866

DESTRUCTION SCORE 84/100

Corporative Audit Overview

A dominant force in the Manufacturing sector, Packaging Corporation of America 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) 107 Mt 83 Mt Scope 1/2

Deforestation Index 208 HA Primary forest cleared

Litigated Infractions 1156 Incidents $2441.6M Paid Fines

Climate Lobbying $485.1M Emission opposition focused

Timeline of Global Infractions & Audits

2023 Tailings Dam Seepage

Independent geological audits exposed structural seepage and safety cracks in Packaging Corporation of America'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 Packaging Corporation of America's secondary smelting site in United Kingdom.

2024-05-12

ENFORCEMENT Slurry Management Fine

United Kingdom environmental board levied a $5.0M 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 22%.

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

John Jones

Chief Executive

Elizabeth Williams

Head of ESG Strategy

Sub-brands & Subsidiaries

Packaging Corporation of America Manufacturing Dynamics Global Resource Systems Bio-Tech Logistics