Lotte Chemical (011170.KS)

Overall impact
D (24)

Commentary

Lotte Chemical is a below-average overall performer. With a 'D' rating of 23.8 for overall impact (bottom 10% of all companies), Lotte Chemical ranks 136th out of 151 industry peers, behind Amyris, Aemetis, Northern Technologies International and 132 others, and ahead of Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Inc, Lightwave Logic, WR Grace and 12 others. On top material causes for Lotte Chemical's industry (Chemicals), Lotte Chemical performs poorly in Child and Maternal Health (32.3 score), Sustainable Use of Water (0.0), Reduced Green House Gas Emissions (0.0) and 9 other causes where it received a 'D' or 'F' score. Lotte Chemical did not receive an 'A' rating on any cause.
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Alcohol
Animal treatment
Anti-abortion support
Anti-personnel mines
Antisemitism
Arctic drilling
Banned pesticides and chemicals
Biological and chemical weapons
Cannabis
Carbon emissions intensity
Child safety
Cluster munitions
Coal
Contraceptives
Controversial weapons
Deforestation - financing
Depleted uranium
Discrimination controversies
Electrical utility
Endangered wildlife
Environmental controversies
EU sanctions list
Factory farming
Fast food
Firearms
Food commodity derivatives
For-profit health care
Fossil fuel
Fur
Gambling
Genetic engineering
Health-related controversies
Human rights controversies
Human trafficking
ILO Conventions
Interest-based products
Interest-bearing debt
Interest-bearing securities
Iran
Land use and biodiversity
Military contracting
Misleading communication
Music
Myanmar
Non-sustainable palm oil
Norges Bank exclusion list
Northern Ireland (Macbride)
North Korea
No SBTI commitment
Nuclear
OECD Guidelines
Oil and gas
Opioid controversies
Oppressive governments
Palestinian human rights
Pharma controversies
Pork
Pornography
Predatory lending
Prison involvement
Privacy breaches
Pro-life
Russia
Single-use plastic
Stem cell research
Sudan
Sugar
Syria
Tar sands
Thermal coal
Tobacco
UK sanctions list
Undermining US elections
UN Global Compact
UN Guiding Principles
US OFAC sanctions list
Weapons
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Screens
Advertising
Alcohol
Animal treatment
Anti-abortion support
Anti-personnel mines
Antisemitism
Arctic drilling
Banned pesticides and chemicals
Biological and chemical weapons
Cannabis
Carbon emissions intensity
Child safety
Cluster munitions
Coal
Contraceptives
Controversial weapons
Deforestation - financing
Depleted uranium
Discrimination controversies
Electrical utility
Endangered wildlife
Environmental controversies
EU sanctions list
Factory farming
Fast food
Firearms
Food commodity derivatives
For-profit health care
Fossil fuel
Fur
Gambling
Genetic engineering
Health-related controversies
Human rights controversies
Human trafficking
ILO Conventions
Interest-based products
Interest-bearing debt
Interest-bearing securities
Iran
Land use and biodiversity
Military contracting
Misleading communication
Music
Myanmar
Non-sustainable palm oil
Norges Bank exclusion list
Northern Ireland (Macbride)
North Korea
No SBTI commitment
Nuclear
OECD Guidelines
Oil and gas
Opioid controversies
Oppressive governments
Palestinian human rights
Pharma controversies
Pork
Pornography
Predatory lending
Prison involvement
Privacy breaches
Pro-life
Russia
Single-use plastic
Stem cell research
Sudan
Sugar
Syria
Tar sands
Thermal coal
Tobacco
UK sanctions list
Undermining US elections
UN Global Compact
UN Guiding Principles
US OFAC sanctions list
Weapons
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011170.KS Price
$106,000.00
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Lotte Chemical

Sector
Materials
Industry
Chemicals
Sub-industry
Specialty Chemicals
SASB industry
Chemicals
Headquarters
South Korea
Share classes
011170.KS
Description
Lotte Chemical Corporation, a chemical company, manufactures and distributes polymers, monomers, basic petrochemical products, and megatrend products. The company operates through Monomer, Polymer, Basic Petrochemicals, and Others segments. It offers polymer products, including high density, low-density, and linear low-density polyethylene, as well as ethylene-vinyl acetate; transparent-impact resistance polypropylene, as well as polypropylene for injection and blow molding, yarns/fibers, and films; thermoplastic elastomers, adhesive resins, thermoplastic olefins, long fiber reinforced thermoplastics, and expanded polypropylenes; polycarbonates, polycarbonate resins, and acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene resins; and polyethylene terephthalates. The company also provides monomers, such as ethylene glycols/ethylene oxides; methoxy polyethylene glycols and polyethylene glycols, as well as VPEG, a raw material for third generation admixtures; glycole ethers; methyl methacrylates; purified isophthalic acids; and purified terephthalic acids. In addition, it offers basic petrochemicals comprising benzene, toluene, mixed xylene, meta-xylene, para-xylene, and ortho-xylene, as well as isoprene, dicyclopentadiene, piperylene, and styrene monomers; and water treatment membranes. Further, the company provides property lease and labor dispatch services. It conducts operations in the Republic of Korea, Malaysia, the United States, Pakistan, China, and other regions. The company was formerly known as Honam Petrochemical Corporation and changed its name to Lotte Chemical Corporation in December 2012. Lotte Chemical Corporation was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.
Material causes
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