Holtec International

Does the core business genuinely avoid or reduce emissions, or build climate resilience? Share of revenue that is actually 'green'. Fossil-dependent models score low.

The SMR-300 is a carbon-free, dispatchable power source with genuine long-run mitigation potential, but no units are operating or under construction, Part 1 of the NRC construction permit was only filed December 31 2025, and first power is not expected until the early 2030s at best — meaning zero verified avoided emissions to date.

Credible, science-based targets (SBTi), a real net-zero plan with progress to date, and CDP disclosure — not just a dated press release.

No SBTi-validated targets, no CDP disclosure, no published net-zero roadmap, and no quantified GHG reduction commitments were found in any public filing or company communication; SEC filings acknowledge climate physical risks in passing but contain no emissions targets.

Operational footprint, labour and social practices, and governance quality across the company's own operations and supply chain.

No standalone sustainability or ESG report is publicly available; the company faces active whistleblower litigation alleging governance failures and investor misrepresentation, and its Ukraine operations linked it, even if inadvertently, to a subcontractor whose owner had alleged ties to corruption networks.

Quality of disclosure, independent third-party verification, and how much hard data backs the company's claims.

Holtec Nuclear Corp has begun filing SEC registration documents (Form S-1/DRS) which provide some financial disclosure, but there is no sustainability report, no third-party verified emissions data, no GRI or TCFD alignment, and the NRC application (while public) is a regulatory document rather than investor-grade climate disclosure.

Controversies, litigation, pollution, fossil-fuel lobbying, conflict-zone involvement and governance scandals. Higher means cleaner.

A decade-plus pattern of material governance issues includes: a 2010 TVA bribery scandal, a $5 million NJ Attorney General fine to avoid criminal charges over tax-credit misrepresentation, an active whistleblower lawsuit alleging falsified investor projections, internal embezzlement allegations resulting in $65 million in losses, and indirect ties to Ukrainian corruption networks via a subcontractor on the Chernobyl ISF-2 project.