Report a company's environmental harm | cve.earth

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Put a company's environmental harm on the public record

Your report becomes a numbered record that anyone can find, cite and follow. Reviewers check the sources, and the company is asked to respond.

Example records. Fictional companies.

What your report becomes

A public record with its own ID, set out the same way every time, so anyone can read it, check it and cite it.

Example record. Fictional company.

Environmental Vulnerability Disclosure

EVD-2026-0008

Kessendra Plastics: Reported open burning of plastic waste behind a recycling yard

UnverifiedUpdated 9 Oct 2026

Nature
Air pollution

Scale
Local

Frequency
Occasional

Risk to life
High risk

  1. [1] Smoke from recycling yard worries residents

Company response: asked , no response received.

  1. 9 Oct 2026 Unverified

  1. The EVD ID. Every record has one. It never changes, so it's what you quote when you share or cite a record.

  2. The status, with what it means. Here, "Unverified": submitted and public. Reviewers haven't checked the sources yet.

  3. The classification. Four plain fields that make records comparable: the kind of harm, how far it reaches, how often, and the risk to people.

  4. Numbered sources. What reviewers check. A record should never claim more than its sources do.

  5. The company's response. Or the date it was asked and hasn't replied. Companies always get a right of reply.

  6. Every change, dated. The status history shows what changed, and when.

Open this example record The EVD format

  1. Report

    Anyone describes the harm, the company and their sources. We check it's a genuine report before it's published as an EVD with status Unverified.

  2. Check

    Volunteer reviewers check that the sources support the report and may ask the reporter questions.

  3. Ask the company

    The company is asked to respond. Its response, or the lack of one, is shown on the record.

  4. Track

    The status is updated as the harm is investigated and fixed, and everyone following the company is told.

No account is needed at any step. If you leave an email address, you'll hear when the status changes. It's never published.

See what's on file

Pull a card to see what a company's file looks like: its records, their status, and what you can do next. These are examples with fictional companies.

Or search the whole registry

Example records Fictional companies. Pull a card.

Other ways to use the register

  • Follow a company

    Get an email when a company gets a new record or a status changes.

    Follow a company

  • Help check reports

    Volunteer reviewers check that sources support what reports say.

    Ways to contribute

  • Is your company named?

    Companies can respond on the record, ask for corrections and show what they've fixed.

    For companies