Who gains from saving nature
Ledger 1 : 33 — For each dollar financing nature-based solutions in 2023, about $33 financed activities harmful to nature. (UNEP)
Actors / Company · United States

Corteva

Appears in 15 cases in this database. Roles as given in the documented record.

CaseRoleCountryPeriodInstrument
DuPont PFOA (C8) at Washington Works, Parkersburg, and the Tennant farmShares PFAS settlementsUnited States1981–2026Chemical pollution
PFAS insurance disputes (3M, Chemours, DuPont)Co-settling companyUnited States2020–2026Insurance declined or withdrawn
Chemours spin-off liabilitiesParty to the PFAS cost-sharing agreement and settlementsUnited States2015–2025Liability shifting (spin-offs, bankruptcy, closure bonds)
DuPont, Chemours and Corteva: PFAS cost-sharing and water-system settlementParty to the cost-sharing agreement and the water-systems fundUnited States2015–2025Chemical pollution
PFAS water utility settlements by 3M, DuPont, Chemours and CortevaCo-party to the June 2023 water-systems settlementUnited States2023–2036Chemical pollution
EU banned-pesticide exportsExporter named as a seller of banned productsEuropean Union2018–2026Pesticides and agrochemicals
Chlorpyrifos: exports of an EU-banned pesticideLargest producer (reported)Belgium2022–2025Pesticides and agrochemicals
3M agrees to pay US public water suppliers $10.3bn over PFAScompany; settling partyUnited States2023Chemical pollution
Bayer buys Monsanto for $66bn; four firms hold most seed and pesticide salesLarge US retail seed seller, 2018–20, with BayerGlobal2018Pesticides and agrochemicals
Major agrochemical firms buy biological input makers and sell organic-approved linesSeller of OMRI-listed productsMultiple countries2012–2023Chemical pollution
Stockholm Convention agrees chlorpyrifos phase-out with 22 uses exemptedformer producerUnited States2021–2025Pesticides and agrochemicals
Corteva settles $35m US case over loyalty payments that excluded genericscompany that settledUnited States2022–2026Law, regulation and treaties
Corteva and Deere pay to settle FTC cases over loyalty and repair locksDefendant; settled FTC caseUnited States2022–2026Law, regulation and treaties
GenX chemical found in Cape Fear River, a DuPont and Chemours replacement for PFOAParty to the 2021 resolution and the 2023 settlement fundUnited States2009Chemical pollution
The four biggest agrochemical firms each bought a biologicals company, 2012 to 2026bought Stoller and SymborgGlobal2012–2026Oil, gas and coal operations
Appears alongside
DuPont ×7Chemours ×7US Environmental Protection Agency ×5BASF ×4State of New Jersey ×33M ×3Bayer ×3Syngenta Group ×3UPL ×2FMC Corporation ×2C8 Science PanelWeinberg GroupAIGJohnson ControlsTyco Fire ProductsCentury IndemnityCarrierTonoga Inc.Zurich InsuranceAmerican Water Works Association (AWWA)SyngentaEuropean CommissionMonsantoDeere & CompanyUS Federal Trade Commission
Terms used on this page

Science and environment

PFOA (C8) and PFAS
PFAS are a large family of human-made chemicals that persist in the environment and the body; PFOA, also called C8, is one of them and was used to make Teflon.

Bonds and banking

Liquidation, insolvency, bankruptcy
Legal processes that apply when a company cannot pay its debts; its assets are sold and claims against it may go unpaid.