“After being in business for over 70 years, one thing we know is to never stop learning, growing and evolving. We listen to our stakeholders and are proactive in providing solutions to our suppliers and customers. We support our communities and employees with care and intentionality. Despite ICD’s strong growth over the last few years, we stay committed to our values of integrity, agility, rigor and community and are reinvesting in our values by self-selecting ESG as a strategic pillar of our business.

Prior to incorporating environmental and social sustainability into our governing structure and business activities, ESG principles were already central to our company identity. We have consistently demonstrated innovation in metals recycling, a strong focus on a domestic supply chain, manufacturing capabilities with low environmental impact, specialty product and service lines that are environmentally conscious and organic, and have joint partnerships with progressive new companies that are ESG-centric.

We view ESG reporting as an opportunity to further develop and demonstrate our resilience against climate risk, and to better serve our stakeholders through increased transparency, innovating throughout our business, and executing on meaningful ESG goals. We strive to be a leading ESG-focused company in the industries we serve. This means we are proactively improving in all areas of environmental impacts, social progress, and ethical governance. We want to be leading from the front but we also recognize this new venture is a journey, not a destination.

As we set out to be recognized as an ESG leader, we know we can constantly improve our data collection, environmental impact, social responsibility programs, and governance processes that deserve our attention, efforts, and investment. We are excited to demonstrate our growth in all of these areas.Our past and future success would not have been possible without the collective input, creativity and hard work of our staff and our partners. With our values and ESG as guiding principles combined with the talents and commitments of our stakeholders, our impact and influence is infinite.

Thank you for reading our first ESG report and your support of ICD. We are immensely proud of how far we’ve come and look forward to our progress moving forward.”