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Environmental Stewardship

Atlanta's Newest Reservoir and Largest Park is Now Open

We congratulate the City of Atlanta on the August 20, 2021 opening of the city's newest and largest park, Westside Park. This is the story of partnerships and holistic land management, working together to serve future generations.
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Environmental Stewardship

Partnering to Protect and Preserve Vital Plant and Wildlife Habitat in the San Francisco Bay Region

We’re pleased to announce a partnership with Ducks Unlimited, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, California State Coastal Conservancy, and South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project to top shorebird nesting islands at the Eden Landing Ecological Reserve on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay next to Hayward and Union City.
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Safety & Health

Vulcan’s COVID-19 Response

Together, we have a responsibility to one another, our families, neighbors and communities. We have maintained our commitment to our employees to ensure a safe and healthy workplace throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. As a team, our entire organization from human resources, operations, sales, information technology, dispatch and community and government relations are working tirelessly to support one another.
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Community

Bridging the Student Digital Divide

We’ve always been a steadfast supporter and partner in promoting and advancing student learning in our communities. So as local schools across our footprint struggle with an onslaught of closures, health and safety issues, increased costs and revenue losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic, our local teams are partnering with the Vulcan Materials Company Foundation to help ease some of the burden for schools and their students. 
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Environmental Stewardship

Mitigation Bank & Reclamation Efforts

A mitigation or conservation bank provides permanent protection of the conserved natural area and undertakes management to maintain the habitat.  Under certain state and federal laws, development projects must provide mitigation to offset unavoidable impacts to the environment.  Approved mitigation or conservation banks fulfill these compensatory requirements through the purchase of credits.  Purchasing mitigation credits transfers the buyer’s obligation to a conservation bank in perpetuity.
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Environmental Stewardship

A 30+ Year Partnership with the Cahaba River Society

The Cahaba River Society works to protect the longest free-flowing river in the State of Alabama and is the primary drinking water source for one-fifth of the state’s population. Smithsonian Magazine has singled out the Cahaba River as one of the most biologically rich rivers in the United States, with more fish species than any other river in North America.  The mission of the Cahaba River Society is to restore and protect the Cahaba River watershed and its rich diversity of life. 
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Environmental Stewardship

Innovative, Forward-looking Multi-Stakeholder Environmental Vision & Strategy 

As part of its long-range sustainability focus, in 2018 the company commissioned an external and independent assessment of its actions to explore new opportunities for sustainability initiatives and further mitigation of the effects of its operations.  Based on this assessment and its decades of operational experience, Sac-Tun developed a long-term environmental vision and strategy that has been praised by local government authorities and NGOs as a model for other businesses and industries in Mexico.  
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Environmental Stewardship

Reclamation For Economic Development

The Irwindale Business Center in Irwindale, California was a former Vulcan facility that is benefitting the City and community through a unique partnership. When Vulcan completed mining operations there in the late 1960s, discussion turned to future uses. The City decided to fill the mining pit and transform the land into the Irwindale Business Center, which today provides thousands of jobs and generates revenue and economic activity benefiting Southern California communities.
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