Mining • North America

Teck Resources

HEADQUARTERS: Vancouver, Canada • FOUNDED: 2001

DESTRUCTION SCORE 91/100

Corporative Audit Overview

A dominant force in the Mining sector, Teck Resources 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) 156 Mt 97 Mt Scope 1/2

Deforestation Index 77930 HA Primary forest cleared

Litigated Infractions 1979 Incidents $2306.1M Paid Fines

Climate Lobbying $91.7M Emission opposition focused

Timeline of Global Infractions & Audits

2022 Tailings Dam Seepage

Independent geological audits exposed structural seepage and safety cracks in Teck Resources'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 Teck Resources's secondary smelting site in Mexico.

2024-05-12

ENFORCEMENT Slurry Management Fine

Mexico environmental board levied a $16.5M 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 19%.

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

David Johnson

Chief Executive

Michael Miller

Head of ESG Strategy

Sub-brands & Subsidiaries

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