In our inaugural 2022 Climate Report, that was recently released as a part of our greater FY22 Sustainability Reporting Suite, we shared information that was released from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Sixth Assessment Report. This information explained how our actions over the next decade will determine whether global warming is limited to 1.5…
Over three months, personal task assessments were completed across the Sims Metal, Sims Lifecycle Services and Sims Municipal Recycling businesses globally.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the greatest threat to global health in the 21st century is climate change. With climate change comes threats of more frequent and intense droughts, storms, heat waves, rising sea levels, melting glaciers and warming oceans, which can directly harm animals, destroy the places they live, and wreak havoc…
Sims traffic-related incidents, and review of our traffic management practices, resulted in traffic improvement across our sites.
Did you know that Juneteenth is the “longest-running African American holiday” yet many people are unaware of the day and its significance? According to The New York Times more than 60% of Americans know “nothing at all” or only “a little bit” about Juneteenth. This year to commemorate the Juneteenth holiday we have asked our…
3 June 2022 marked 30 years to the day, (3 June 1992) that the Australian High Court delivered the Mabo decision. This decision challenged the legal fiction of ‘terra nullius’ (land belonging to no one) and recognised Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Owners and Custodians of Australia and the Torres Strait…
The Billion Oyster Project placed two oyster cages off the pier at our Sims Municipal Recycling facility in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.
Two months of war has left 7.7 million people displaced, including nearly two-thirds of all children in Ukraine. This invasion triggered an immediate rise in humanitarian needs both in Ukraine and in neighbouring countries as more than two million refugees, many of which are women and children, have fled the conflict. The Russian military invasion…
Sims Limited (Sims) recently refreshed our environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) materiality analysis, which was last conducted in 2019, to help us identify the topics that matter most to our stakeholders – both now and in the future. Our materiality assessment uses data and insight from customers, investors, industry groups, circular economy leaders, employees…
Sims Limited businesses in Australia have recently become members of Supply Nation, an Australian leader in supplier diversity. This membership reinforces our commitment to diversity in both our workforce and procurement processes, by connecting us to Indigenous suppliers to help build a vibrant and prosperous Indigenous business sector. As an Australia-based company, Sims Limited is…