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Sims Recycling Solutions' parent company one of world's most sustainable corporations
1/Mar/2010
Sims Recycling Solutions’ parent company, Sims Metal Management, has been listed as one of the Global Top 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World for the second year running. The list, compiled by sustainable business publication Corporate Knights, was announced at the 2010 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
The Global Top 100 Most Sustainable Corporations list identifies companies which consistently demonstrate superior leadership and performance on a range of environmental, social and governance policies relative to their industry peers. Companies on the list are considered better equipped than their competitors to thrive and succeed in the longer term due to the sustainable approach used to manage their business.
Sims Recycling Solutions operates six electronics recycling facilities in Continental Europe at Eindhoven and Echt in the Netherlands, Sint Niklaas in Belgium, Bergkamen and Hochheim am Main in Germany and Katrineholm in Sweden. The company’s site at Hochheim am Main near Frankfurt is Sims Recycling Solutions’ latest European acquisition offering asset management, refurbishment and materials recovery services for ICT and computer equipment. Sims Recycling Solutions has five electronics recycling facilities in the UK at Dumfries, Ellesmere Port, Stalybridge, Salisbury and Newport. The company’s Newport site houses the world’s largest fridge recycling plant and the world’s largest and most technologically advanced electronics recycling facility.
Group Chief Executive Officer Dan Dienst commented: “Sims Metal Management's inclusion is testimony to the Company's commitment to, and effective management of, the societal, environmental and governance factors impacting our business. We strive, as in all things, to do the right thing and always with a sense of urgency. Doing good and doing well are not mutually exclusive propositions at Sims Metal Management.”
Other criteria used in compiling the list include ethical and responsible decision making, recognising the interests of stakeholders, respecting the rights of shareholders, and communication with customers, investors, regulators and policymakers. Taken together these factors mark the company out as one of the most sustainable enterprises in the world, both environmentally and in terms of financial performance.
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Sims Recycling Solutions
Sims Recycling Solutions (www.simsrecycling.com) is the world’s leading electrical and electronics recovery and recycling company with 37 sites globally and last year processed over 400,000 tonnes (660 million pounds) of electronics waste worldwide. Sims Recycling Solutions recycles all types of waste electrical and electronic equipment and enables businesses to unlock the value in their surplus computer hardware and media and communications equipment. The company’s asset management and recovery services enable businesses and public sector organisations to sustain the value of IT and electronic equipment, in a legally compliant, data secure, fully traceable and environmentally sustainable manner.
Sims Metal Management
Sims Metal Management (www.simsmm.com) is the world’s largest listed metal recycler with approximately 230 facilities and 5,500 employees globally. Sims’ core businesses are metal recycling and recycling solutions. Sims Metal Management generated approximately 90 per cent of its revenue from operations in North America, the United Kingdom, Continental Europe, New Zealand and Asia in fiscal 2009. The Company’s ordinary shares are listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX: SGM) and its ADRs are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: SMS).