About Sims

Sims Limited engages in buying, processing, and selling ferrous and non-ferrous recycled metals in Australia, China, Turkey, South Korea, the United States, and internationally. The company provides environmentally responsible solutions for the disposal of post-consumer electronic products, including IT assets recycled for commercial customers. Segments The company operates through North America Metals (NAM), Australia/New Zealand Metals (ANZ), UK Metals (UK), Global Trading, Investment in SA Recycling (SAR) and Global E-Recycling (E-Recycling). NAM: This segment consists of subsidiaries and joint ventures in the United States of America and Canada which primarily perform ferrous and non-ferrous secondary recycling functions. ANZ Metals: This segment consists of subsidiaries and joint arrangements in Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea, which primarily perform ferrous and non-ferrous secondary recycling functions. UK: This segment consists of subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, which primarily perform ferrous and non-ferrous secondary recycling functions. Global Trading: This segment consists of its ferrous and non-ferrous marketing subsidiaries that coordinate sales of ferrous bulk cargo shipments, non-ferrous sales into primarily China and Southeast Asia and brokerage sales on behalf of third and related parties. Investment in SAR: This segment consists of its share of results from its investment in the SA Recycling joint venture. E-Recycling: This segment consists of subsidiaries, which provide electronic recycling solutions in the following countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Dubai, Germany, India, Ireland, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, the Republic of South Africa, Singapore, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. Strategy The key elements of the company's strategy are to continue to lead metal recycling by nearly doubling the non-ferrous business and grow the ferrous business by circa 40% in the United States in the next six years; become the leading global recycler of data storage centres (the cloud) and supply chain partner of choice for OEM plastic needs; expand the well-established US-based municipal recycling business; and expand proven landfill energy business from Australia to the U.K. and the United States. Regulation The company’s Australian operations are subject to the reporting requirements of the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007 (NGER). The NGER Act requires the company to report its annual greenhouse emissions and energy use of its Australian operations. History Sims Limited was founded in 1917. It was incorporated in 2005.