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ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP

A wet mine utilizing an electric dragline, the 4,500-acre Berkeley team to ensure that its forest is healthy and
site naturally offers an abundance of environmental providing the habitat necessary for local animals to thrive,
resources, including a habitat for endangered species. East including the endangered Red Cockaded Woodpecker.
Division Vice President of Environmental Services and Land
Martin Marietta also continued its sponsorship of the
Brian North says quarry management’s desire to always live
South Carolina Wildlife Federation in 2020. The non-profit
up to Martin Marietta’s own high standards helps support
organization, which works to preserve the state’s natural
their efforts to maintain and expand those resources.
resources, has long partnered with Kramer and his team in
various efforts to educate the public.
“The Platinum Award recognizes
Pausing to reflect on the NSSGA awards and the excellent
the best of the best in achievements of the Berkeley team, Kramer summed up

environmental responsibility in the Company’s approach to sustainability.
the building materials industry by “What this award comes down to is that we’re doing the

showing its commitment to the responsible thing at Berkeley by maximizing the resources
we’ve been given while minimizing our overall
environment every day in their environmental impact,” Kramer says. “We’re also helping

business operations.” to educate the next generation so that they know that
Martin Marietta works with the land, not against it.”

“Our primary goal is to responsibly care for this land.
Stewardship is a core value at Martin Marietta, so when it
comes to compliance, we don’t just meet the minimum
requirements, we go above and beyond,” North says.
“Another one of our goals is education. We want people
to understand our operation and to know that the wildlife
we have here is enhanced by our presence.”

Plant Manager Lin Kramer has led Berkeley Quarry for the
past eight years and says the site has achieved perfect
regulatory compliance during his tenure, receiving zero
notices of violation. The Company became owners of a
portion of land in 2017 that was previously owned by the
neighboring Walworth Plantation. Since then, Kramer and
his team have welcomed students to the facility from the
surrounding area for educational workshops on mining and
the plants, birds and animals that are native to the region.
Although the COVID-19 pandemic brought a temporary
halt to student activities at Berkeley in 2020, the site’s
management continued its cooperation with numerous
environmental agencies and advocates.

As an example, Martin Marietta’s East Division partnered
with American Forest Management, a Company that helps
landowners responsibly care for their woodlands. Working Our Berkeley Quarry
Cross, South Carolina
with the forest management Company has allowed the

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