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Our commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

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Recycling plays a major part in reducing the global CO2 emissions, energy and water usage associated with extracting and processing virgin raw materials. Parent company Sims Metal Management is one of the world’s top 100 sustainable corporations and measures and reports on a wide range of environmental factors.

A commitment to reducing our environmental impact

Each year parent company Sims Metal Management Limited reports on the following parameters (European division 2009 year on year reductions in brackets):

  • Carbon emmissions (-4%)
  • Energy Use (-1%)
  • Water Use (-42%)
  • Waste Generation (-11%)
  • Key Health and Safety Indicators

During fiscal year 2009, Sims Metal Management Limited participated in the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP6) for the fourth consecutive year and the Dow Jones Sustainability Index for the first time.

Output from Sims Recycling Solutions centres contributed to Sims Metal Management's handling of over 13 million tonnes of ferrous and non ferrous materials during fiscal year 2009. The use of these materials, as opposed to virgin materials, saved more than 45 gigajoules of energy, enough to provide power for more than 6.3 million households (or 15 million people).

A focus on energy reduction at our UK electronics recycling and metals recycling centres saved around 740 tonnes of carbon emissions between 2008 and 2009. This is part of a number of initiatives to reduce the impact of our activities on the environment in the UK and is one of the many benefits that our ISO 14001 Environmental Management certification is bringing to the business.

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One of the world's top 100 sustainable corporations

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Sims Metal Management was named as one of the top 100 most sustainable corporations in the world for the second year in a row at the 2010 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. 

Global 100 members are deemed to be the best equipped in the world to thrive in the long term due to their approach in protecting the interests of stakeholders and the confidence they inspire in society and investors alike.  

Further information can be found in the related news release and on the Global 100 website

For further information on Sims Recycling Solutions and Sims Metal Management corporate social responsibility commitment email us or call Head Office on 01789 720 431.