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Aurubis AG: Focus on recycling: Aurubis makes the final round of the 15th German Sustainability Award

EQS-News: Aurubis AG / Key word(s): Sustainability Aurubis AG: Focus on recycling: Aurubis makes the final round of the 15th German Sustainability Award 03.12.2022 / 12:36 CET/CEST The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. Focus on recycling: Aurubis makes the final round of the 15th German Sustainability Award

• Multimetal producer named a finalist in the “Resources” category
• Special contribution to strengthening a modern circular economy
• CEO Roland Harings: “Recycling is the key to sustainable value chains and effective climate protection.”

Düsseldorf, December 2, 2022: In the presence of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, the winners of the 15th German Sustainability Award 2023 were announced at a gala event in Düsseldorf on Friday night. Aurubis was one of twelve finalists in the “Resources” transformation field. From the pool of applicants, 71 companies were nominated in five categories, Resources, Climate, Biodiversity, Supply Chain, and Society, and 36 selected as finalists.

“Being named a finalist for this important award is confirmation that we are on the right track in the area of sustainability. It is also an incentive to continue to do our utmost to expand our industry leadership in the area of sustainability”, Aurubis CEO Roland Harings says. “The future needs recycling! More recycling means more climate protection as well as greater independence. If we want to achieve the climate targets, we have set for ourselves and meet society’s raw material needs in the future, we need to reuse valuable metals to an even greater extent, in addition to importing raw materials. We are well aware of this responsibility and are leading the way as a company. As an integrated smelter network, we are expanding our capacity for recycling and investing in innovative recycling solutions.”

The Hamburg-based company is a pioneer in copper recycling and the global leader in the field today. Aurubis currently processes around one million tons of recycled material annually; half of all copper cathodes produced by Aurubis will be manufactured from recycled materials by 2030. The company is also increasingly using its many years of expertise to process complex materials such as e-scrap and industrial residues. In the future, Aurubis also plans to significantly contribute to the fast-growing area of battery recycling. To accomplish this goal, the company set up a pilot plant at its Hamburg site and plans to build an industrial-scale plant once testing has successfully been completed.