Sonoco
HEADQUARTERS: Hartsville, United States • FOUNDED: 1899
A dominant force in the Manufacturing sector, Sonoco maintains a complex global operation spanning North America. Recent environmental audits highlight significant ecological challenges resulting from their industrial output and resource extraction methods.
Timeline of Global Infractions & Audits
Independent geological audits exposed structural seepage and safety cracks in Sonoco's key industrial waste slurry reservoirs.
Toxic acidic runoff containing high quantities of heavy metals leaked into regional municipal aquifers, exceeding legal bio-safety thresholds.
Live Sensor Logging Watch
Downstream automated sensors detected elevated cadmium and arsenic leaching from Sonoco's secondary smelting site in United Kingdom.
USA environmental board levied a $5.4M USD civil penalty for inadequate tailings pond liners.
Updated annual soil and water bio-toxicity metrics in our index, adjusting the local risk level upward by 25%.
Scientific taskforce launched an investigation into historical sub-surface leaching into the municipal watershed.