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United States Lime & Minerals, Inc..

USLM.US | Manufacture of cement, lime and plaster

United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. is a leading manufacturer and supplier of lime and limestone products. The company operates through its subsidiaries, providing a wide range of high-quality lime and limestone materials for various industrial, environmental, and construction applications. Their pr...Show More

Ethical Profile

Mixed.

United States Lime & Minerals (USLM) faces significant scrutiny over its environmental record. Reports indicate the company has incurred over **$536,000 in environmental and safety penalties since 2000**. Its operations are inherently carbon-intensive, and critics point to a reported lack of transparency, with no public data on emissions or carbon targets. DitchCarbon.com ranks USLM's environmental performance lower than 80% of industry peers, contributing to a high ESG risk rating of 39.8. While USLM spent **$1.5 million on environmental capital expenditures in 2023**, information on worker respect, fair trade, or community engagement is largely unavailable.

Value Scores

Better Health for All0
-100100
Fair Money & Economic Opportunity0
-100100
Fair Pay & Worker Respect0
-100100
Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing0
-100100
Honest & Fair Business-50
-100100
Kind to Animals0
-100100
No War, No Weapons0
-100100
Planet-Friendly Business-60
-100100
Respect for Cultures & Communities0
-100100
Safe & Smart Tech0
-100100
Zero Waste & Sustainable Products-50
-100100

Better Health for All

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No evidence available to assess United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. on Better Health for All.

Fair Money & Economic Opportunity

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United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. is a manufacturer and supplier of lime and limestone products, operating in the mining and metals industry.

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The provided articles confirm its core business is not in financial services. Consequently, the company does not offer lending, deposit services, consumer credit products, financial education programs, or operate financial service access points.
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Therefore, all KPIs related to fair money and economic opportunity are not applicable to its business model.

Fair Pay & Worker Respect

0

No evidence available to assess United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. on Fair Pay & Worker Respect.

Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing

0

No specific, quantitative evidence regarding fair trade certifications, supplier audit frequency, forced or child labor incidents, supply chain traceability, remediation speed, ethical clause coverage in supplier contracts, materials risk index, or supplier diversity spend was found in the provided article.

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The article focuses solely on corporate governance.
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Honest & Fair Business

-50

The company's condensed consolidated financial statements are prepared without independent audit, as explicitly stated in both provided articles.

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This indicates a fundamental lack of external verification for the company's core financial reporting, suggesting that less than 20% of its revenue or assets are covered by an independent audit.

Kind to Animals

0

No evidence available to assess United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. on Kind to Animals.

No War, No Weapons

0

Based on the provided articles, there is insufficient evidence to assess USLM's alignment with the 'No War, No Weapons' value. The company extracts and processes lime and limestone for various industries, with no direct links to war or weapons manufacturing.

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The materiality analysis confirms that the business model is fundamentally neutral to this value, with a low level of materiality. The company's operations do not inherently contribute to or detract from the 'No War, No Weapons' value. Without specific data on military contracts, dual-use technology, or related activities, a score other than zero cannot be justified.

Planet-Friendly Business

-60

The company reported Scope 1 and 2 emissions of 3,687,618 tCO2e in 2023, a reduction from 3,919,317 tCO2e in 2022, but does not report Scope 3 emissions.

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It has a stated ambition to be carbon neutral by 2050, with targets to reduce carbon emissions by 5% by 2030 and 10% by 2035.
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There is no mention of Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) alignment.
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The company's UK site generates 99% of its electricity from bio-based energy, but the percentage of renewable energy for overall operations is not specified, with 4.6% of total electricity being grid-sourced.
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The company references Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) guidelines and plans to enhance its scenario analysis capabilities by quantifying potential financial impacts of ESG risks and opportunities in the coming year.
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The company has incurred $136,547 in environment-related penalties since 2000, including for environmental and air pollution violations.
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The company reports 0% of its operations are in regions with High or Extremely High Baseline Water Stress.
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Biodiversity efforts include a partnership with the World Bird Sanctuary for songbird nesting studies since 2016, land management practices, and the restoration of 65 acres of quarried land at a UK facility, along with planting over 20,000 trees and several kilometers of hedgerows in the UK.
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An environmental justice analysis noted that populations near lime manufacturing facilities have higher percentages of Hispanic/Latino individuals, linguistically isolated households, people living below the poverty level, people of color, and people without a high school diploma compared to national averages.
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Respect for Cultures & Communities

0

No specific, concrete evidence was found in the provided articles directly pertaining to USLM.US's performance on any of the KPIs related to Respect for Cultures & Communities. Information regarding the Thacker Pass mine and Lithium Americas (), or Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. (), was not attributed to USLM.US within the articles themselves. The company's Code of Business Conduct and Ethics () outlines general ethical guidelines but does not provide quantitative data or specific actions related to community engagement, cultural impact assessments, or cultural preservation for the defined KPIs.

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Safe & Smart Tech

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The company's Code of Conduct is designed to comply with Nasdaq stock market listing standards and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

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It references SEC rules, federal and state laws, and regulations relevant to its business and public company status, and mandates the reporting of potential violations.
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Zero Waste & Sustainable Products

-50

United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. invested $750,000 in waste reduction programs in 2022 and utilizes third-party waste management for E-waste collection, repurposing, or recycling.

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The company's environmental management system covers 100% of its operational facilities, and it conducts annual environmental audits four times per year.
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However, USLM has incurred $136,547 in environmental violation penalties since 2000, including a $23,244 civil penalty in 2024 for unauthorized discharges into Donaldson Creek in October 2023.
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While quicklime is identified by the EPA as suitable for treating, stabilizing, and solidifying hazardous wastes, the company manages hazardous and non-hazardous waste in accordance with federal and state laws, retaining waste shipping documents and obtaining generation authorization numbers.
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