Chemicals • Asia

Sumitomo Chemical

HEADQUARTERS: France Strategic Hub • FOUNDED: 1935

DESTRUCTION SCORE 91/100

Corporative Audit Overview

A dominant force in the Chemicals sector, Sumitomo 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) 134 Mt 108 Mt Scope 1/2

Deforestation Index 34 HA Primary forest cleared

Litigated Infractions 1314 Incidents $3540.1M Paid Fines

Climate Lobbying $201.5M Emission opposition focused

Timeline of Global Infractions & Audits

2022 Tailings Dam Seepage

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

2024-05-12

ENFORCEMENT Slurry Management Fine

Canada environmental board levied a $6.7M 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 9%.

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 Davis

Chief Executive

John Martinez

Head of ESG Strategy

Sub-brands & Subsidiaries

Sumitomo Chemical Chemicals Dynamics Global Resource Systems Bio-Tech Logistics