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Harsco.

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Harsco Corporation is a global industrial services and engineered products company. It operates through two segments: Harsco Environmental and Harsco Rail. Harsco Environmental provides on-site services for material processing, product handling, and resource recovery to the steel and metals industri...Show More

Ethical Profile

Mixed.

Harsco (HSC.US) demonstrates a mixed ethical profile. The company's environmental segment shows strong commitments, recycling or reusing 19 million tons of materials in 2023, with 93% of steel slag processed being recycled. This contributes to 87% of its revenue from environmental solutions, including 62 ecoproducts. However, critics point to a CEO-to-median employee pay ratio of 130:1. While approximately 70% of workers reportedly earn living wages, with the rest on track, comprehensive recent data on Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions is lacking, and renewable energy usage figures are not current beyond 2019. Despite this, Harsco was ranked among Newsweek's 2022 Top 100 Most Loved Workplaces, and its workplace safety record shows a TRIR of .45 in 2022, exceeding its goal.

Value Scores

Better Health for All0
-100100
Fair Money & Economic Opportunity0
-100100
Fair Pay & Worker Respect30
-100100
Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing0
-100100
Honest & Fair Business0
-100100
Kind to Animals40
-100100
No War, No Weapons0
-100100
Planet-Friendly Business-10
-100100
Respect for Cultures & Communities0
-100100
Safe & Smart Tech0
-100100
Zero Waste & Sustainable Products20
-100100

Better Health for All

0

The company's Clean Earth division destroyed over 4 million pounds of prescription drugs in 2021.

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This extensive harm reduction effort, supported by Drug Distributor Accreditation for safe and compliant destruction, helps prevent drug diversion and reduces illegal sales in the marketplace.
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This proper disposal also prevents drugs and hormones from leaching into drinking water and soil, generating significant positive health externalities.
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Furthermore, company divisions recycled or reused over 16 million metric tons of waste, including 85 million gallons of wastewater
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and 268K metric tons of slag,
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which contributes to positive health impacts by reducing pollution.

Fair Money & Economic Opportunity

0

HSC.US (Harsco) is an industrial services and engineered products company, specializing in material processing, resource recovery, and railway track maintenance. The 'Fair Money & Economic Opportunity' value assesses companies engaged in lending, insuring, moving, or storing money, and evaluates how financial institutions democratize access to fair financial services. The provided articles do not contain any evidence that HSC.US offers financial services, such as lending or deposit products, to consumers or underserved populations. Therefore, all KPIs related to financial services and economic opportunity for external clients are not applicable to HSC.US.

Fair Pay & Worker Respect

30

In 2024, the company's Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) was less than 1.0.

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The CEO-to-median employee pay ratio is 130:1.
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As of December 31, 2023, the majority of the company's almost 13,000 employees are represented by labor unions through nearly 100 collective bargaining agreements.
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Employee engagement is reflected by an overall Glassdoor rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, with 83% of employees recommending the company and 86% approving of the CEO.
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Additionally, the company was ranked No. 22 on Newsweek's 2022 Top 100 Most Loved Workplaces list.
5

Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing

0

No valid or readable data was provided in the article to assess HSC.US against the Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing value.

1
Therefore, no KPIs can be scored.
2

Honest & Fair Business

0

No evidence available to assess Harsco on Honest & Fair Business.

Kind to Animals

40

The company has a stated policy of "No Animal Testing".

1
This indicates that no live animals are used in testing annually, aligning with a score of 80 for animal testing volume, which represents zero animals used since 2010. For animal testing policy, an unqualified "No Animal Testing" statement aligns with an absolute ban, scoring 80, although the evidence does not specify if this ban is global or includes advocacy efforts.

No War, No Weapons

0

No specific, concrete evidence was found in the provided articles regarding Harsco's (HSC.US) involvement in arms manufacturing, military contracts, or conflict facilitation, nor any initiatives related to mitigating the impact of war or fostering nonviolent alternatives. discusses general issues with defense contractors but does not mention Harsco.

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details Harsco Environmental's general sustainability efforts without addressing any of the specific KPIs related to the 'No War, No Weapons' value.
2

Planet-Friendly Business

-10

Approximately 30% of the company's enterprise electricity was sourced from renewables in 2019.

1
In 2022, the Clean Earth segment achieved a 90% waste recycling and reuse rate, while the Harsco Environmental segment recycled or reused 87% of its slag.
2

Respect for Cultures & Communities

0

The provided article describes Enviri's Thrive corporate philanthropy initiative, detailing various community programs and their outputs, such as 3,000 trees planned for planting, 20 high school students in a STEM program, and over 12,000 schoolchildren expected to participate in Barnes Foundation programs.

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However, the article explicitly states that it does not provide quantitative data relevant to any of the specified KPIs for 'Respect for Cultures & Communities', such as the number of formal partnerships, percentage of revenue reinvested locally, or any data on cultural incidents or protocols.
2

Safe & Smart Tech

0

No evidence available to assess Harsco on Safe & Smart Tech.

Zero Waste & Sustainable Products

20

Harsco Environmental recycled or reused 93% of the steel slag it processed in 2023.

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The company also offers 62 ecoproducts, including AgroSilicio, a calcium silicate-based fertilizer derived from steel slag, which repurposes byproducts.
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