Overall impact
B (63)

Commentary

Orica is a strong overall performer. With a 'B' rating of 63.0 for overall impact (69th percentile compared to all companies), Orica ranks 25th out of 151 industry peers, behind Northern Technologies International, Gulf Resources, Flexible Solutions International and 21 others, and ahead of Amyris, Aemetis, Ingevity and 123 others. On top material causes for Orica's industry (Chemicals), Orica performs well in No Poverty (92.2 score), Fair Labor Practices (84.6), Lgbtq Equality (85.2) and 4 other causes where it received an 'A' score and performs poorly in Reduced Green House Gas Emissions (24.0 score), Sustainable Use of Natural Resources (28.1) and Accountable Institutions (38.5).
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Cause ORI.AX
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Company
Employees
14,000
Sector
Materials
Industry
Chemicals
Sub-industry
Specialty Chemicals
SASB industry
Chemicals
Headquarters
Vic, Australia
Share classes
OCLDY
ADR
ORI.AX
OCLDF
Description
Orica Limited manufactures, distributes, and sells commercial blasting systems, explosives, mining and tunnelling support systems, and various chemical products and services in Australia, Peru, Canada, the United States, and internationally. The company provides 4D bulk explosives systems, packaged explosives, initiating systems, boosters, and seismic explosive ranges; technical services; and supplementary services. It also offers automation solutions, including Avatel, a machine equipped with underground development charging system; and secondary breakage and hang up blasting, a tele-remote blasting solution. In addition, the company provides mining chemical products, such as cyanide, emulsifiers, and sodium cyanide, as well as PRO services; digitally enabled benchmarks and insights at various stages of the blasting process; and nitrogen fertilizers, which includes urea ammonium nitrate and ammonia. Further, it offers resources to explore the use of chemical energy in blasting, blasting fundamentals, and properties of explosives and blasting principles; training courses; initiating systems; and geotechnical deformation and convergence monitoring solutions. Additionally, the company provides digital solutions, including BlastIQ, OREPro 3D, CHAMP NAVIGATOR, CHAMPORI, CHAMP OSA, FRAGTrack, GroundProbe, 3vGeomatics, MEASURAND, NAVSTAR, rst, SYSCOM Instruments, NEXT GEN SHOTPlus, RHINO, DRILLMax, WIREBmr, ENVIRO Track, Integrated Extraction Simulator, Advanced Vibration Management, Axis mining technology, SHOTPlus, OREPro 3D Predict, and Design for Outcome. The company serves surface coal, surface metal, iron ore, quarrying, underground mining and construction, construction, civil infrastructure, and oil and gas markets. The company was formerly known as ICI Australia Limited and changed its name to Orica Limited in February 1998. Orica Limited was founded in 1874 and is headquartered in East Melbourne, Australia.
Material causes
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