Sibelco Group

🌈 This June, we at Sibelco are proud to be celebrating PRIDE for the 3rd consecutive year! 🌈 Colleagues from many Sibelco countries have volunteered to coordinate Pride Month celebrations in their local workplaces. We have created and distributed a variety of materials to support these efforts, including a Sibelco Pride Bingo, a Pride Spotify playlist, a LinkedIn learning challenge, a reading recommendation list, and a film and TV series list. Pride-branded articles like pens and lanyards are available in our online shop, and the Pride flag will fly above many Sibelco sites. 🎥 Ian Sedgman, our Chief Strategy & Business Development Officer, recorded a video to express his support and commitment to LGBTQ+ inclusion. Happy Pride Month! #WeAreSibelco #PrideMonth #LGBTQ #DiversityAndInclusion #Belonging #CelebratePride #EqualityForAll

Sibelco has just received the Value Adding Business Partner Award at Şişecam's Global Supplier Summit! This recognition highlights our performance and commitment to excellence in providing minerals and material solutions. With Şişecam’s significant production capabilities and future growth plans, we are excited to continue our strong partnership. Special thanks to our team and partners for making this possible. #WeAreSibelco #SupplierAward #Partnership #Excellence #Sustainability #Innovation

Last weekend at ‘t Kristallijn in Belgium, our team held several charity and fundraising events featuring works by adults with mental disabilities. We also had the chance to connect with local entrepreneurs. Together with our partners, we donated around €75k to a local charity and are honored to have been part of this initiative. #WeAreSibelco #Community #People

Happy International Day for Biodiversity! This year's theme, "Be Part of the Plan," calls us all to join forces in halting and reversing biodiversity loss. At Sibelco, we’re committed to being active participants in this mission through various conservation and research initiatives. 🐾 In Brazil, we’ve dedicated 40% of our Jaguaruna quarry to conservation, creating a sanctuary where incredible wildlife like the elusive Margay thrive. 🐝 In Belgium, our pollinator research under the Green Deal is exploring how quarries can promote attractive spots for wild pollinators. 🌿 Our global research efforts are uncovering how quarries can become biodiversity hotspots. From the Roselière program in France to sand lizard studies in Baskarp, we’re learning how to restore and enhance these unique environments. 🌱 This year, we’re rolling out a biodiversity management plan across all our locations, aiming for full implementation by 2030. This underscores our dedication to making biodiversity a cornerstone of our operations. Read more about our sustainability efforts and some of our case studies here: https://lnkd.in/e68qbAD6 #BiodiversityDay #Biodiversity #BePartOfThePlan #WeAreSibelco #Conservation

🏆 Congratulations to our Spruce Pine team for receiving the Essential Minerals Association’s annual Safety Achievement Award in recognition of a zero recordable incident rate in the Medium Company category for the second year in a row! The award, presented in partnership with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), recognizes Sibelco’s outstanding safety performance in 2023. and also recognizes Sibelco as an industry leader among its peers. Safety is fundamental to Sibelco's operations. Achille Njike, EVP of Operations – Americas at Sibelco, emphasizes, "At Sibelco, safety is integral to our strategy and embedded in every aspect of our business – from operations to sustainability to how we engage with our people and local communities. As leaders, it is our duty to ensure all of our team members return home to their families safe and injury-free at the end of each working day."

Mental health isn't just a priority at Sibelco—it's our heartfelt commitment. Join us as we extend our efforts to support the well-being of our colleagues beyond EU Mental Health Week! 🎥In this video, Solomon Baumgartner Aviles, our Chief Industrial Officer and EVP Europe, shares why mental well-being matters to us all. #MentalHealthMatters #EUmentalhealthweek #BetterTogether #WeAreSibelco

Congratulations to our Crystal Plant site in Spruce Pine, N.C., for being awarded the Wildlife Habitat Council’s Conservation Silver Certification® for Environmental Excellence! This recognition underscores our dedication to conservation and community engagement, with employee-led programs actively nurturing habitats and supporting local schools. Reflecting on this achievement, cathy blervacq, Vice President of Sustainability at Sibelco, remarked, “We are proud of our strong commitment to our community and environmental stewardship, which we demonstrate through our many longstanding wildlife and habitat programs. Sibelco maintains wildlife monitoring and food plots, pollinator gardens, an American chestnut plot, hay fields and a river, and provides educational programs, including bird education and habitat gardens, at local primary and elementary schools.” For more information, visit https://lnkd.in/eNB3pEit. #materialsolutions #highpurityquarty #sustainability

#ThrowBackThursday to a historic moment in Sibelco's journey! Back in 1983, our Lommel plant opened its doors, marking the beginning of a local production site 🏭. Fast forward 41 years, and we recently had the joy of inviting 100 of our current and former colleagues to celebrate this milestone with a delightful brunch. It was a great opportunity to reflect on our past achievements, share stories of our journey, and discuss the exciting challenges that lie ahead. Dive deeper into Lommel site by checking out this video! 🎥 . . . #WeAreSibelco #MilestoneCelebration

In early 2024, we had the pleasure of hosting 150 local students (ages 11-13) for the Scientix EU STEM Discover Campaign! 💡 🔍They delved into the importance of minerals for life and learned about Sibelco's exploration of these resources. We also discussed water's vital role for living things and built homemade water filters with different grain sizes. 💧 We hope these visits have sparked curiosity and inspired the next generation of young minds in the natural sciences! #STEM #SibelcoRioMaior

Sibelco partnered with RheEnergise on a groundbreaking hydro-energy storage project at our Cornwood site near Plymouth! With support from the UK Government and Devon County Council, this innovative venture will help us manage energy sustainably and reduce carbon emissions. As Ben Uphill MBA, our Director of Operations, rightly puts it, “Sibelco is looking at new ways to manage and secure its future energy needs and at the same time decarbonise its operations, and so we are excited about the potential contribution that RheEnergise’s hydro storage project can make to our operations. We are keen to adopt green technologies as part of an overall effort to reduce our carbon footprint, so we are delighted to be working with the RheEnergise team on this world-first.