ChemScore report card 2025

Johnson Matthey

Total Score
14/100

About the company

Johnson Matthey is a British multinational with sites in more than 30 countries. It was founded in 1817 and has its headquarters in London, UK. The company is engaged with clean air, catalyst and hydrogen technology. Its offers include products and processing services for the use and transformation of oil, gas, biomass, and metals. Johnson Matthey is listed on the London Stock Exchange as part of the FTSE 100 Index.
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Transparency
4 out of 25 points
Action points
  • Start publishing volumes of hazardous substances that leave the company’s facilities as products or services
  • Report on the company’s global hazardous substances portfolio (beyond EU/US) on a substance-by-substance basis
  • Start publishing volumes of hazardous substances that leave the company’s facilities as emissions
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Phase-out of persistent chemicals
2 out of 25 points
Action points
  • Start reporting and/or limit the share of revenue from persistent chemicals considerably
  • Stop producing persistent chemicals and set up a timed phase-out plan
  • Stop buying/importing persistent chemicals and set up a timed phase-out plan
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Product portfolio
8 out of 25 points
Number of registered hazardous chemicals 10
Number of chemicals on the EU’s Candidate List 4
Number of chemicals on the EU’s Authorisation List and/or POP substances 1
Number of persistent chemicals 0
Product portfolio transparency 69%
Action points
  • Reduce the number of hazardous substances it is using, producing and placing on the market
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Safer solutions
0 out of 25 points
Action points
  • Either start reporting its share of safer solutions or increase it substantially. As a minimum, REACH candidate list substances must be excluded from such products
  • Publicly commit not to develop or market new products containing hazardous substances. As a minimum, REACH candidate list substances must be excluded from such products
  • Publicly commit to increasing the share of sales of safer solutions

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Company facts
Founded
1817
Headquarters
London, United Kingdom
Revenue
14.6 billion USD
ISIN
GB00BZ4BQC70
Category
Metal / Mineral
Other
All years
Year Rank Total score
2025 18 / 40 14 / 100
2024 5 / 51 24 / 48
2023 4 / 50 23 / 48
2022 3 / 54 24 / 48
2021 5 / 50 20 / 48
2020 5 / 35 20 / 48