Top 100 Polluter Indexes
The Top 100 Polluter indexes identify the top corporate air and water polluters and top greenhouse gas emitters using the most recent data available from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The Top 100 Polluter Indexes are part of PERI's Corporate Toxic Information Project.
Combined Toxic 100 / Greenhouse 100 Indexes
Combined Toxic 100 Air Polluters, Toxic 100 Water Polluters and Greenhouse 100 Polluters (2022, based on 2020 data)
Toxic 100 Air Polluters Index
The Toxic 100 Air Polluters index identifies the top U.S. air polluters among the world's largest corporations and ranks them based on the chronic human health risk from all their U.S. polluting facilities (2022, based on 2020 data).
Toxic 100 Water Polluters Index
The Toxic 100 Water Polluters Index identifies the top companies responsible for industrial water pollution, based on the health hazard from releases to water from all of their U.S. polluting facilities (2022, based on 2020 data).
Greenhouse 100 Polluters Index
PERI's Greenhouse 100 index identifies the top companies responsible for greenhouse gas emissions (2022, based on 2020 data).
NEW: Greenhouse Suppliers 100 Index
The Greenhouse Suppliers 100 Index ranks companies by their supply of products that result in greenhouse gas emissions when the products are released, combusted, or oxidized (2022, based on 2020 data).
Coal Producers & Greenhouse Gas Emissions Index
The Coal Producers Index is a subset of the Greenhouse Suppliers 100 Index, but is specific to coal producers and offers 50+ more detailed data fields, which are available by downloading the dataset and documentation. This index is based on EIA-7A data as well as information from four additional sources.
