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Corporate Social Responsibility
Recycling plays a major part in reducing the global CO2 emissions, energy and water usage associated with extracting and processing virgin raw materials. Our 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.
Each year parent company Sims Metal Management Limited reports on the following parameters:
- Carbon emissions
- Energy Use
- Water Use
- Waste Generation
- 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 second 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).
Sims Metal Management was named as one of the top 100 most sustainable corporations in the world at the 2009 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 on the Global 100 website