Chemicals • Asia

Shin-Etsu Chemical

HEADQUARTERS: Canada Strategic Hub • FOUNDED: 1942

DESTRUCTION SCORE 88/100

Corporative Audit Overview

A dominant force in the Chemicals sector, Shin-Etsu 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) 129 Mt 98 Mt Scope 1/2

Deforestation Index 158 HA Primary forest cleared

Litigated Infractions 1155 Incidents $3403.7M Paid Fines

Climate Lobbying $544.8M Emission opposition focused

Timeline of Global Infractions & Audits

2021 Tailings Dam Seepage

Independent geological audits exposed structural seepage and safety cracks in Shin-Etsu 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 Shin-Etsu Chemical's secondary smelting site in Saudi Arabia.

2024-05-12

ENFORCEMENT Slurry Management Fine

Mexico environmental board levied a $9.9M 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 11%.

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 Johnson

Chief Executive

Patricia Rodriguez

Head of ESG Strategy

Sub-brands & Subsidiaries

Shin-Etsu Chemical Chemicals Dynamics Global Resource Systems Bio-Tech Logistics