Español COMPANY LOCATIONS SELL TO US BUY FROM US SERVICES Metals Recycling Auto Recycling Steel Manufacturing About Schnitzer History Management Schnitzer In The News Values Diversity, Ethics & Inclusion Ethics & Code Of Conduct Awards Sustainability Investors Careers Contacts HomeCompanyAbout SchnitzerAwards AWARDS Global Awards for Steel Excellence Fastmarkets named Schnitzer as a finalist under the category of "Scrap Company of the Year - Large: North America" as part of the 12th annual Awards for Steel Excellence. The awards, which recognize innovation and initiative throughout the entire steel supply chain, attracted nominations from several continents, representing the global nature of the industry. S&P Global Platts Global Metals Awards Schnitzer has been named a finalist in the S&P Global Platts Global Metals Awards, an annual program that recognizes exemplary accomplishments in 16 performance categories. Schnitzer has been named a finalist for an Industry Leadership Award: Scrap & Recycling. Approximately 113 finalists have been selected from 21 countries for the nineth annual S&P Global Platts Global Metals Awards. World's Most Ethical Companies For the seventh consecutive year Schnitzer Steel has been recognized as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere® Institute, a global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices. Ethisphere’s World’s Most Ethical Companies are selected based on scores generated in five key categories: ethics and compliance program; corporate citizenship and responsibility; culture of ethics; governance; and leadership, innovation and reputation. Schnitzer is one of only 135 companies worldwide who received this designation in 2021. S&P Global Sustainability Yearbook 2021 Schnitzer has been named a 2021 Sustainability Yearbook Member and recognized as an Industry Mover by S&P Global (S&P). The S&P Sustainability Yearbook ranks sustainability leaders based on strong ESG performance in S&P’s annual Corporate Sustainability Assessment. Recognition as an Industry Mover is reserved for one company in each ranked industry demonstrating the strongest year-over-year score improvement. This is the third year Schnitzer has participated in the S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment and the first year in which Schnitzer has been featured as a Sustainability Yearbook Member. To be recognized in the Yearbook, a company must score within the top 15% of its industry and achieve an S&P Global ESG Score within 30% of its industry’s top-performing companies. For the 2021 list, S&P evaluated more than 7,000 companies and designated only 631 as sustainability leaders. CDP 'A List' for Water Security Schnitzer has been recognized in corporate sustainability by global environmental non-profit CDP, securing a place on its prestigious "A List" for tackling water security. Schnitzer is one of a small number of high-performing companies out of 5,800+ that were scored. Through significant demonstrable action to protect water resources, the Company is leading on corporate environmental ambition, action and transparency worldwide. The full list of companies that made this year's CDP A List is available here, along with other publicly available company scores. America's Most Responsible Companies Schnitzer has been recognized on Newsweek's list of America's Most Responsible Companies 2021. This recognition is presented by Newsweek and Statista, Inc., the world-leading statistics portal and industry ranking provider. Schnitzer moved up in the rankings from number 183 in the list for 2020 to number 116 in the list for 2021, mainly due to a strong improvement in the Company's environmental score. Newsweek recognized the top 400 most responsible companies in the United States and the full list can be viewed on Newsweek's website. World's Most Ethical Companies For the sixth consecutive year Schnitzer Steel has been recognized as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere® Institute, a global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices. Ethisphere’s World’s Most Ethical Companies are selected based on scores generated in five key categories: ethics and compliance program; corporate citizenship and responsibility; culture of ethics; governance; and leadership, innovation and reputation. Schnitzer is one of only 132 companies worldwide who received this designation in 2020. America's Most Responsible Companies Schnitzer has been named one of America's "Most Responsible Companies 2020" by Newsweek magazine. Newsweek, in partnership with global data research firm Statista, developed the inaugural list through a multi-phase process, including an analysis of 2,000 of the largest U.S. publicly traded companies, an independent survey of 6,500 U.S. consumers and research on publicly available environmental, social and governance data points. 2020 Women on Boards Schnitzer has been recognized as a nine-time 2020 Women on Boards Winning "W" Company for the years 2011-2019. Winning companies are selected for demonstrating board diversity with 20% or more women on their boards of directors. 2020 Women on Boards is a non-profit organization committed to increasing the percentage of women who serve on company boards to 20% or greater by the year 2020. The organization educates corporate stakeholders on the importance of board diversity and promotes companies that exemplify good corporate governance. Scrap Company of the Year In 2018, Schnitzer was named Scrap Company of the Year at the American Metal Market's Awards for Steel Excellence event in New York City. The award recognized Schnitzer's industry leadership through commitment to safety, operational excellence, continuous improvement, customer service and sustainability. Schnitzer also won this award in 2013 and 2011. Governors' Gold Award In 2012, Schnitzer was recognized with the Governors' Gold Award for corporate and community leadership in the state of Oregon. Sponsorship of the awards dinner benefits Special Olympics Oregon, a unique organization serving Special Olympics athletes statewide since 1972. Distinguished Safety Performance Award Schnitzer Puerto Rico was recognized with the Distinguished Safety Performance Award in 2015 by the Puerto Rico Industrial Association (PRIA). This award was granted to our Bayamón facility for a recordable injury and illness frequency rate of 90% or more below the average national frequency rate for its specific type of industrial operation. PRIA is a private, voluntary, non-profit organization established in 1928 with the purpose of uniting all Puerto Rico's manufacturers and service industries into a strong and effective body in order to further their mutual interests as they relate to the private and public sectors of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. SMA Community Involvement Recognition Award Cascade Steel Rolling Mills, our steel manufacturing operation, was recognized in 2014 on behalf of the member companies of the Steel Manufacturers Association (SMA) for its community involvement. Cascade's commitment to getting students interested in the steel industry through career and technical education grant projects and donations of flat steel and welding supplies helps the McMinnville community, along with the steel industry as a whole. Fleet Safety Awards Schnitzer was recognized by the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) with Fleet Safety Awards in 2014, 2013 and 2012 for commitment to the safety of employees and the general public determined by lowest vehicle accident rate and severity. Driver of the Year Award In 2015, Schnitzer's Harry Squires was presented with ISRI's Safe Driver of the Year Award for the second consecutive year. In his 40-plus-year career, Squires has driven more than 3 million miles on the road without a single preventable accident. Georgia Award of Excellence In 2015, several Schnitzer facilities in Georgia received the Award of Excellence from Mark Butler, Georgia's Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner and the Georgia Department of Labor. This award recognizes businesses with exceptional workplace safety. Several Schnitzer facilities also won this safety award in 2014 and 2013. Firebrand Gold Award Schnitzer was recognized at the 2013 Ignition Community Conference in Folsom, CA receiving the Firebrand Gold Award for innovation in the metals recycling industry. This award recognizes companies who pursue new technologies that drive improvement and innovation. Schnitzer was recognized for the development of a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) / Manufacturing Execution System (MES) which has been rolled out for nonferrous plants in Tacoma, WA; Oakland, CA and Surrey, BC. The SCADA / MES system, called Ignition, connects plant data for plant control, scheduling and condition monitoring and provides web-based dashboard analysis tools. Return to About Schnitzer page ©2021 Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc. Site Map Ethics Terms Privacy