Company Values
The strength of Harsco is found not only in our operations and financial results, but also our values.
Code of Conduct
High standards of integrity are fundamental to the way we do business. These principles are outlined in our Harsco Corporation Code of Conduct, which we issue to all Harsco directors, officers and employees. The Code is also made available to our major suppliers, representatives and consultants, who are encouraged to comply with its applicable provisions.
View Harsco's Code of Conduct (PDF), or obtain a printed copy by contacting the Corporate Communications department at the Harsco corporate office.
Economic Value Added
EVA® represents the actual value that a company creates after all its costs are met – including the cost of the capital provided by stockholders and lenders. We apply EVA analysis to every major capital investment and procurement decision that we consider, and have made EVA performance the principal factor in our incentive compensation program at the management level company-wide. It continues to be our view that maximizing long-term EVA is consistent with maximizing stockholder value.
Stockholder Reward
Harsco has a long tradition for rewarding our stockholders with a predictable and direct return on their investments. We have paid dividends every year since 1939, and have currently raised our dividend for 13 consecutive years. Our payment of quarterly dividends at the same or increased rate currently extends to more than 225 consecutive quarters without interruption.
Community Involvement
Harsco aims to be a responsible corporate citizen in each of the communities in which we operate. Good citizenship and community participation are encouraged of all Harsco employees.
Through our Harsco Corporation Fund charitable giving arm, Harsco provides financial and other support to charitable, educational, medical, and cultural activities having wide community application and support. Most of these contributions result from requests from local operating management in annual budgets. The Fund is not a grant-giving organization in the usual sense of the word; that is, it seldom makes gifts in response to unsolicited requests, or to organizations with limited purposes or special projects that do not receive wide public support.
In the field of education, Harsco participates in the U.S. National Merit Scholarship Program and a similar international scholarship program to award college-level tuition assistance to the top-performing children of our employees in support of their career goals.
