Chemicals • North America

Stepan Company

HEADQUARTERS: Northfield, United States • FOUNDED: 1932

DESTRUCTION SCORE 81/100

Corporative Audit Overview

A dominant force in the Chemicals sector, Stepan Company 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) 109 Mt 77 Mt Scope 1/2

Deforestation Index 208 HA Primary forest cleared

Litigated Infractions 768 Incidents $752.7M Paid Fines

Climate Lobbying $233.1M Emission opposition focused

Timeline of Global Infractions & Audits

2023 Tailings Dam Seepage

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

2024-05-12

ENFORCEMENT Slurry Management Fine

Indonesia environmental board levied a $15.2M 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 26%.

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

Robert Smith

Chief Executive

David Garcia

Head of ESG Strategy

Sub-brands & Subsidiaries

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