Plastic Waste Makers Index

Top 100 equity owners of polymer producers

Twenty institutional asset managers hold over $300 billion worth of shares in the parent companies of polymer producers, of which an estimated $US10 billion comes from the production of virgin polymers for single-use plastics.

Notes regarding the table below:

Equity ownership is in companies producing polymers for single-use plastic (SUP) applications.
Total value of shareholdings, and value adjusted for share of business from in-scope polymer production are estimated and in US$BN.

Rank	Equity owner of companies producing SUP polymers	Location	Investor Type	Number of companies invested	Value of shareholdings	Value share of SUP polymer production
1	Kingdom of Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia	State Owner	23	1,896.4	31.0
2	People’s Republic of China	China	State Owner	28	192.2	6.0
3	Emirate of Abu Dhabi	UAE	State Owner	8	N/A	4.5
4	Ambani Family	India	Private Institution or Individual	1	65.8	2.5
5	Vanguard Group	United States	Institutional Asset Manager	97	68.9	2.2
6	Canopus International	Thailand	Private Institution or Individual	1	4.7	2.2
7	BlackRock	United States	Institutional Asset Manager	88	65.9	1.9
8	Capital Group	United States	Institutional Asset Manager	19	28.9	1.8
9	Mr James Arthur Ratcliffe	Monaco	Private Institution or Individual	1	N/A	1.8
10	East Step International Holdings	Hong Kong	Private Institution or Individual	1	9.1	1.6
11	Zhejiang Rongsheng Holding Group	China	Private Institution or Individual	1	18.5	1.3
12	State of Qatar	Qatar	State Owner	5	5.2	1.3
13	Republic of India	India	State Owner	8	42.3	1.2
14	State Street	United States	Institutional Asset Manager	91	30.9	1.0
15	Access Industries	United States	Private Institution or Individual	1	6.9	1.0
16	Magna Resources Corp	Singapore	Private Institution or Individual	1	5.7	0.9
17	Chang Gung Medical Foundation	Taiwan	Private Institution or Individual	3	7.5	0.8
18	TTWF	United States	Private Institution or Individual	1	7.8	0.7
19	Federation of Malaysia	Malaysia	State Owner	6	11.6	0.7
20	PPH Polymer Products Holdings	Cyprus	Private Institution or Individual	1	N/A	0.6
21	King Maha Vajiralongkorn	Thailand	State Owner	2	6.4	0.6
22	Mr Andrew Christopher Currie	Monaco	Private Institution or Individual	1	N/A	0.6
23	Mr John Reece	Monaco	Private Institution or Individual	1	N/A	0.5
24	FMR	United States	Institutional Asset Manager	81	16.4	0.5
25	Mr Leonid Viktorovich Mikhelson	N/A	Private Institution or Individual	1	N/A	0.5
26	Kingdom of Norway	Norway	State Owner	71	20.2	0.5
27	Credit Suisse Group	Switzerland	Institutional Asset Manager	64	3.9	0.4
28	Kingdom of Thailand	Thailand	State Owner	4	27.1	0.4
29	Republic of Korea	South Korea	State Owner	16	12.5	0.4
30	Lotte Holdings	Japan	Private Institution or Individual	1	2.6	0.4
31	Government of Japan	Japan	State Owner	72	14.9	0.4
32	Stock Exchange of Thailand	Thailand	Private Institution or Individual	5	4.5	0.4
33	Republic of Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan	State Owner	2	0.9	0.4
34	Shaanxi Provincial State-owned Assets Supervision And Administration Commission	China	State Owner	1	N/A	0.4
35	Taif AO	Russia	Private Institution or Individual	2	1.6	0.4
36	Yan An Shi Guo Zi Wei	N/A	Private Institution or Individual	1	N/A	0.3
37	Saudi Industrial Investment	Saudi Arabia	Private Institution or Individual	1	2.1	0.3
38	Kieppe Patrimonial	Brazil	Private Institution or Individual	1	1.4	0.3
39	State of Kuwait	Kuwait	State Owner	5	0.1	0.3
40	Pangestu Family	Indonesia	Private Institution or Individual	1	1.8	0.3
41	Republic of Colombia	Colombia	State Owner	1	24.4	0.3
42	Jiang Yin Cheng Xing Shi Ye Ji Tuan You Xian Gong Si Gong Hui Wei Yuan Hui	N/A	Private Institution or Individual	1	N/A	0.3
43	General Organization For Social Insurance	Saudi Arabia	Private Institution or Individual	3	1.8	0.3
44	Chin’s International Investment	N/A	Private Institution or Individual	3	2.4	0.3
45	Dimensional Fund Advisors	United States	Institutional Asset Manager	89	7.7	0.3
46	Islamic Republic of Iran	Iran	State Owner	6	N/A	0.3
47	National Bank Trust	Russia	Private Institution or Individual	1	N/A	0.3
48	Geode Capital Management	United States	Institutional Asset Manager	58	7.6	0.3
49	Genhero Limited	N/A	Private Institution or Individual	1	N/A	0.2
50	Mr Gennadii Nikolaevich Timchenko	N/A	Private Institution or Individual	1	N/A	0.2
51	Government of Oman	Oman	State Owner	1	N/A	0.2
52	Mr Asim Kokoglu	N/A	Private Institution or Individual	1	N/A	0.2
53	Kavosh Sanat Sepid Company	N/A	Private Institution or Individual	1	N/A	0.2
54	Northern Trust Corp	United States	Institutional Asset Manager	60	7.5	0.2
55	Wan Shun International Investment	N/A	Private Institution or Individual	3	1.8	0.2
56	JPMorgan Chase	United States	Institutional Asset Manager	70	9.9	0.2
57	Bank of New York Mellon	United States	Institutional Asset Manager	66	6.9	0.2
58	Lianyungang Bochuang Investment	N/A	Private Institution or Individual	1	N/A	0.2
59	Arab Republic of Egypt	Egypt	State Owner	3	N/A	0.2
60	Bangkok Bank	Thailand	Institutional Asset Manager	4	1.0	0.2
61	Cristian Lay	N/A	Private Institution or Individual	1	N/A	0.2
62	Dang Yanbao	N/A	Private Institution or Individual	1	1.1	0.2
63	Credit Agricole Group	France	Institutional Asset Manager	66	12.9	0.2
64	Republic of Belarus	Belarus	State Owner	2	N/A	0.2
65	Jia Dou Guo Ji You Xian Gong Si	N/A	Private Institution or Individual	1	N/A	0.2
66	Mr Jian Chang Zhao	N/A	Private Institution or Individual	1	N/A	0.2
67	Invesco	United States	Institutional Asset Manager	83	5.5	0.2
68	UBS Group	Switzerland	Institutional Asset Manager	73	6.4	0.2
69	Charles Schwab Investment Advisory	United States	Institutional Asset Manager	79	5.6	0.2
70	Republic of Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	State Owner	1	N/A	0.2
71	TIAA Board of Overseers	United States	Institutional Asset Manager	64	4.5	0.2
72	Grupo Inversor Petroquimica	Spain	Private Institution or Individual	1	N/A	0.2
73	Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings	Japan	Institutional Asset Manager	71	5.8	0.2
74	Morgan Stanley	United States	Institutional Asset Manager	59	3.8	0.1
75	Plastipak Holdings	N/A	Private Institution or Individual	1	N/A	0.1
76	SIXB	Cyrpus	Private Institution or Individual	1	N/A	0.1
77	SOIHL Cyprus Investment Limited	Cyprus	Private Institution or Individual	1	N/A	0.1
78	Nx Shengda Rungfeng	N/A	Private Institution or Individual	1	0.8	0.1
79	Li Shuirong	N/A	Private Institution or Individual	1	1.9	0.1
80	Bank of America	United States	Institutional Asset Manager	20	5.6	0.1
81	California Public Employees’ Retirement System	United States	Institutional Asset Manager	63	3.8	0.1
82	Wellington Management Group	United States	Institutional Asset Manager	29	5.1	0.1
83	Mittal Investments	India	Private Institution or Individual	1	N/A	0.1
84	Republic of Italy	Italy	State Owner	3	11.8	0.1
85	Samarjit Enterprises	India	Private Institution or Individual	1	3.4	0.1
86	Prudential	Britain	Institutional Asset Manager	68	2.4	0.1
87	Dodge & Cox	United States	Institutional Asset Manager	7	3.1	0.1
88	Wellington Marketing	N/A	Private Institution or Individual	1	N/A	0.1
89	Gresham Banque Privee	Britain	Private Institution or Individual	72	N/A	0.1
90	Republic of Tatarstan	Russia	State Owner	1	0.4	0.1
91	Justice Shares Broker	Iran	Private Institution or Individual	3	N/A	0.1
92	Franklin Resources	United States	Institutional Asset Manager	80	7.0	0.1
93	Federative Republic Of Brazil	Brazil	State Owner	1	0.5	0.1
94	Civil Pension Fund Investment	Iran	Institutional Asset Manager	3	N/A	0.1
95	Xi’an Innovative Energy Investment Management	N/A	Private Institution or Individual	1	N/A	0.1
96	Huan Yang You Xian Gong Si	N/A	Private Institution or Individual	1	N/A	0.1
97	Hua Li Cai Wu You Xian Gong Si	N/A	Private Institution or Individual	1	N/A	0.1
98	Republic of Austria	Austria	State Owner	1	N/A	0.1
99	Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group	Japan	Institutional Asset Manager	77	N/A	0.1
100	DWS Investment	Germany	Institutional Asset Manager	69	N/A	0.1