[9] A press release issued by the group specified that this exploitation of lithium should last at least 25 years and will constitute one of the largest deposits of the mineral in Europe.

[citation needed] The group operates across the Americas and Europe Middle East Africa (EMEA) and Asia-Pacific (APAC).

[12] In 2017, Imerys Minerals received the Natural England Award for Landscape-scale Restoration in the Biodiversity Category, recognition for a large-scale project recreating close to 2,000 acres of lowland heathland in Cornwall.

Imerys also commits to reduce absolute scope 3 GHG emissions from purchased goods and services, capital goods, fuel and energy-related activities, upstream and downstream transportation and distribution, waste generated in operations, business travel, employee commuting, and investments 25% within the same timeframe.”[15] In 2019, Imerys was recognized by the CDP (formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project) and received a score of B for the group's efforts on climate change.

[20] The three-year partnership of three years is meant to help Imerys structure a global plan for diversity preservation.

[21] The convention centers around “the knowledge and conservation of biodiversity” and relies on four main pillars: site analysis and identification of best practices; sharing expertise, methodology, and tools; participating in and supporting innovation, and highlighting research findings, which includes raising awareness and informing personnel.

[22] In 2018, Imerys also joined Act4Nature International, an initiative launched on July 10, 2018 by Entreprises pour l’environnement (EpE), the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) Global Network partner in France.

[23] In a public announcement, the group declared its plans to implement concrete measures to integrate and reinforce efforts to preserve biodiversity in their operations over the period 2020-2024.

[26] On August 2, 2018, Imerys informed union workers by letter that they would be locked out of the workplace and escorted the remaining employees off of the property.

[40] As part of the plan, the North American Talc subsidiaries agreed to sell their assets and contribute the proceeds to a Trust to compensate claimants.

[42] Under the plan, the trust would also receive all insurance and indemnities related to the talc liabilities in North America, as well as a cash contribution from the Imerys Group.