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ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP

Our operations are subject to periodic self-audits, as well any matter falling within its purview. The EESH Committee
as regular inspections by regulatory authorities, and our receives reports relating to environmental, safety, ethics and
confidential ethics hotline is available for reporting other sustainability matters, including GHG emissions,
suspected environmental issues and bringing those issues directly from management, which in turn receives at least
to the attention of management. Our internal practices quarterly updates from operating personnel directly
and procedures often go beyond regulatory requirements. responsible for compliance in these areas. The EESH
For example, our Magnesia Specialties business has Committee reports to the full Board.
maintained ISO 9001 quality management certifications for
both of our magnesia facilities since 1996.
”Our EESH Committee members are
Our proactive management of environmental matters at diverse and have relevant expertise
our sites and the high skill level of our employees, coupled
with advice from qualified outside advisors when to provide appropriate oversight
appropriate, have allowed us to achieve a strong in helping us achieve sustainable
compliance record. As we have responsibly grown our growth and reduce our risks.”
business, we have maintained our focus on these goals by
prioritizing environmental stewardship and compliance
during integration.
In the sections that follow, we further detail our
At the Board of Directors level, we have an Ethics, performance with respect to various issues that are, or may
Environment, Safety and Health (EESH) Committee, be, material to our business. This includes the issue of
comprised wholly of independent directors, which meets at climate change-related risks and goals, which are
least three times annually to review and discuss our increasingly important considerations for our business as
sustainability goals, including an update on capital well as our shareholders. Specifically, we provide important
investments and improved practices that reduce greenhouse information regarding the carbon footprint of our overall
gas (GHG) and other emissions, and performance with business and important steps we have taken and plan to
respect to these undertakings. Given the increasing take in reducing the carbon intensity of our operations.
importance on EESH matters, we reviewed and updated our With respect to our cement and magnesia specialties
EESH Committee charter in February 2022. Our EESH businesses, this includes providing Scope 1 CO e emissions
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Committee members are diverse and have relevant expertise intensities on a per metric tonne of product basis.
to provide appropriate oversight in helping us achieve Moreover, as reported in the past and further detailed
sustainable growth and reduce our risks. In particular, our below, we also have committed to Scope 1 CO 2 e emissions
EESH Committee is tasked by the Board with reviewing and intensity reduction targets for those businesses by 2030 (as
monitoring our compliance with environmental laws and compared to a baseline year of 2010). With respect to our
regulations, our public reporting and disclosure with respect business as a whole, in this report we are for the first time
to climate change-related risks and opportunities and other establishing goals for our Scope 2 CO e emissions.
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environmental issues, and has the authority to investigate

Ethics, Environment, Safety and Health Committee

Chair, Smith W. Davis Dorothy M. Ables Sue W. Cole Anthony R. Foxx

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