Culture & Values
Doe Run Values
Guided by our core values, Doe Run’s goal is simple: Improve the quality of life for people all over the world, through our products and services.
These values drive our approach to continuous improvement for our customers, employees and neighbors. Since 1864, Doe Run’s culture and values have been the foundation of what we do.
Doe Run’s values are:
- Safety – protecting one another.
- Integrity – demonstrating transparency and honesty in all we say and do.
- Collaboration – working together with employees, stakeholders, customers, communities, suppliers, industry, and regulators to realize shared goals.
- Respect – recognizing that every employee has a voice and opinion that matters; diversity of experience, thought and ideas is encouraged.
- Stewardship – conserving, managing and making the most of the natural resources in our care.
- Sustainability – balancing social, environmental and economic considerations with a relentless focus on improving our processes.
Doe Run Values in Action
Doe Run's culture shows up in everything we do: how we operate, how we work together, and how we work with our communities and regulators. That's how we balance the social, economic and environmental responsibilities of a sustainable operation.
Social
We can only be successful with the support of our employees, our communities and the public. We give financial support to local organizations and educate the next generation of mining and metal production workers through internships, donations and scholarships. We celebrate our region’s rich mining history with local events each year.
Economic
Missouri mining employs more than 10,400 people, and the Missouri lead battery industry employs more than 8,550 people. As one of the largest employers in the region, Doe Run invests in Missouri by hiring employees who live here, buying from local businesses, and contributing taxes, as well as supporting schools that educate our children and nonprofits that serve our communities. We offer wages that are 95 percent higher on average over Missouri’s average wage for all industries and competitive benefit packages to support our employees and their families*. Our commitment to quality products and services means customers around the world know they can rely on Doe Run.
*Based on 2019 ERG study data
Environmental
The growing global population depends on Earth’s natural resources. That’s why we continuously improve processes to recover more minerals from our ore and minimize our company’s impact. Our sustainable operations have one of the largest single-site lead recycling facilities, so we can act as stewards of America’s most recycled product – the lead battery.
Living Our Values through Sustainable Operations
Learn more about Doe Run’s culture and values in action in our annual sustainability report.
“Doe Run puts safety first. The company would rather shut down a process completely to fix issues the right way than to put people in jeopardy. This care for people is important to me, along with being a family oriented-company and giving back to the community.”
Michael Retkowski
Instrumentation Technician, Resource Recycling
