Our Mission

THYSSEN SCHACHTBAU stands for responsible conduct, technological excellence, and sustainable solutions in mining and infrastructure construction. With decades of experience, a strong commitment to innovation, and a clear set of values, we lay the foundation for mobility, prosperity, and long-term partnerships around the world.

Corporate Mission Statement

VISION

Our goal is to provide our customers worldwide with sustainable and cost-effective access to raw materials and to deliver infrastructure projects that enable mobility for everyone.

MISSION

By providing sustainable and cost-efficient access to raw materials, we help our customers create prosperity for humanity and connect people through infrastructure projects. To achieve this, we leverage our technical expertise as one of the world’s leading mining specialist companies and our more than 150 years of experience.

VALUES

People are our most valuable asset: Our employees drive the success and growth of our company; their development is of particular importance to us. Our interactions—both internally and externally—are characterized by fairness, respect, openness, and mutual understanding and trust.
Customer relationships: Satisfied customers are the foundation of our success and represent both a challenge and a commitment. We strive for cooperative and fair relationships with our customers, suppliers, and service providers, holding them to the same standards we set for ourselves.
Responsibility: Our values include a strong commitment to responsible conduct for the benefit of our customers, suppliers, service providers, and employees. This includes strict compliance with safety regulations, health protection, environmental protection, and data protection. The well-being of our employees, customers, and the environment is always our top priority.
Commitment: We act in an entrepreneurial, innovative, and performance-driven manner with the goal of meeting the expectations of our customers, suppliers, service providers, and employees.
Communication: Open, direct, and friendly communication is the foundation of good collaboration and the key to success. Therefore, all employees at every level of the company take responsibility for effective communication.
Preserving mining tradition and culture: We are proud to belong to a profession with a long history like mining, to carry forward its heritage, and to pass on mining knowledge and expertise.
Continuous improvement: The pursuit of continuous improvement is a core objective of our company.

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Environmental Guidelines

These guidelines represent the further development of our corporate policy on environmental protection:

IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
THYSSEN SCHACHTBAU GMBH is committed to the continuous improvement of environmental protection and ensures, through the establishment of an environmental management system, that these objectives are achieved. From the outset, THYSSEN SCHACHTBAU GMBH strives to minimize the negative impacts of its activities on the environment and climate, particularly with regard to waste, dust, noise, vibrations, hazardous substances, and mobility.
PROMOTING ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY: Integrating environmental considerations and developing a strong environmental awareness in daily work is expected of all employees, along with strict compliance with environmental laws and regulations.
STRENGTHENING ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS AMONG OUR EMPLOYEES: THYSSEN SCHACHTBAU GMBH promotes and enhances employees’ environmental awareness through regular training, ensuring that all areas of the company contribute to protecting the environment and using resources and energy efficiently.
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT OF OUR ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE: THYSSEN SCHACHTBAU GMBH integrates all environmentally relevant business processes into its management system and continuously seeks improvements.
SUSTAINABLE SERVICE ORIENTATION: Responsible resource use, recycling, reuse, and waste prevention are taken into account both in procurement and in the planning of facilities and construction projects.
ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITMENT: THYSSEN SCHACHTBAU GMBH considers the expectations of our customers, employees, and other stakeholders by assuming ecological responsibility and making a sustainable contribution to environmental protection.

Mülheim an der Ruhr, February 2025