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WestRock

HEADQUARTERS: Australia Strategic Hub • FOUNDED: 1948

DESTRUCTION SCORE 89/100
Corporative Audit Overview

A dominant force in the Manufacturing sector, WestRock 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) 147 Mt 97 Mt Scope 1/2
Deforestation Index 749 HA Primary forest cleared
Litigated Infractions 2054 Incidents $954.4M Paid Fines
Climate Lobbying $202.7M Emission opposition focused

Timeline of Global Infractions & Audits

2022 Tailings Dam Seepage

Independent geological audits exposed structural seepage and safety cracks in WestRock'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 WestRock's secondary smelting site in Brazil.

2024-05-12
ENFORCEMENT Slurry Management Fine

Russia environmental board levied a $4.8M 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
Elizabeth Smith
Chief Executive
John Brown
Head of ESG Strategy
Sub-brands & Subsidiaries
WestRock Manufacturing Dynamics Global Resource Systems Bio-Tech Logistics