Tackling climate change requires collaboration with all groups in society – in the community, in the business world and between adults and children. But it can be a tough subject to tackle with kids, and there’s a lot of big ideas to consider: scientific curiosity, natural wonder, awareness of problems and solutions, and growing kids ..read more

With our most recent transaction for Green e-certified electricity consumption at all North American sites, all Sims Metal, Sims Lifecycle Services and Richmond Steel Recycling operations will be matched with certified renewable electricity ..read more

As a business division of Sims Limited, we here at Sims Metal are strongly committed to diversity, equality, and inclusion, and increasing the number of women personnel working at Sims Metal is part of our global strategy.  Sims Limited is invested in supporting the women who already work with us in the Sims Metal division ..read more

Sims Metal has been proud to support the Pilsen Community since 2021 when Matthew Holzhueter, Commercial Manager at Sims Metal, met Evelyn Figueroa, Director of the Pilsen Food Pantry, for the first time. Matt, his young son, and many local Sims Metal employees helped the Pilsen community with various maintenance projects such as mowing the grass, hauling supplies, and recycling. Since that meeting, Sims ..read more

As the Head of Global EHS, Brian Maeck is responsible for developing Sims’s global continuous improvement strategy with a focus on reducing process risks that could potentially cause harm. “Over the last four years, we’ve developed Sims’ critical risk management program, which has seen significant risk reduction in all business units, including Metals, with a ..read more

Transportation is one of the most important economic activities for a business. By moving goods from one place to another, transportation provides the vital service of linking a company to its suppliers and customers as well as to its own multiple locations. The people who work in a company’s transportation department play a central role ..read more

Sims Metal engaged with a San Jose city council member and the city’s chief of staff to understand the issues affecting the community and find the best solutions ..read more

This month, members of the executive leadership team hosted an investor strategy day in Sydney Australia. We unveiled our multi-year strategic growth plan and shared how our purpose, create a world without waste to preserve our planet, will help us achieve it. We presented our goals for growing our metals, e-recycling/ITAD and municipal recycling business ..read more

World War II impacted the scrap metal industry. Aluminium, steel and iron scrap became highly valuable making metal recycling a vital practice for almost every country post-war ..read more

Metal recycling offers numerous benefits for both the economy and the environment. In particular, there are 5 main reasons why you should recycle scrap metal ..read more