Page 120 - 2023 Sustainability Report
P. 120
SASB Index
Topic Accounting Metric Category Unit of Measure Code Report Section or Response
Biodiversity Description of Discussion & n/A EM-CM-160a.1 We own or lease significant land holdings
Impacts environmental Analysis on which we operate our businesses. We
management policies and are committed to minimizing operational
practices for active sites impacts on local ecosystems’ biodiversity.
In addition to complying with applicable
laws and regulations, we integrate various
protection measures into the way we
operate, as described in our Sustainability
Report. Further, our environmental
management practices consider the
relevant ecosystem throughout the
lifecycle of an operation, including
reclamation.
See Biodiversity and Land Use in this
Sustainability Report.
Terrestrial land acreage Quantitative Acres (ac), EM-CM-160a.2 We do not currently quantify and report
distributed, percentage of Percentage (%) this data.
impacted area restored
Workforce (1) Total recordable Quantitative Rate EM-CM-320a.1 Safety performance indicators are tailored
Health & Safety incident rate (TRIR) and to represent our industry and operations.
(2) near miss frequency
rate (NMFR) for (a) full-time MSHA Reportable Injuries: 52
employees and (b) contract OSHA Recordable Injuries: 31
employees Fatalities: 1
Employees: 1
Contractor / Subcontractor: 0
See Safe Operations in this Sustainability
Report.
Number of reported cases Quantitative Number EM-CM-320a.2 Zero cases of silicosis
of silicosis
Product Percentage of products Quantitative Percentage (%) EM-CM-410a.1 We support our customers in the
Innovation that qualify for credits in by annual sales development of certified low-carbon
sustainable building design revenue infrastructure and sustainable building
and construction design. We collaborate with customers to
certifications. design product mixes using alternative and
low-carbon materials.
We do not currently quantify and report
the revenue from these products.
Total addressable market Quantitative Reporting EM-CM-410a.2 Our Magnesia Specialties Business
and share of market for currency, manufactures products that help control
products that reduce Percentage (%) emissions and results in other
energy, water, and/or environmental benefits such as:
material impacts during purification of drinking water as well as
usage and/or production industrial and municipal wastewater;
optimization of transformer electricity
transmission; replacement of hazardous
chemicals with our non-hazardous
magnesium oxide and hydroxide products;
sulfur oxide pollution reduction; nuclear
waste neutralization; improvements in gas
turbine electric generation efficiency;
reduction of chemical usage in pulp
bleaching and improvements in paper
grade pulp yield, reducing wood demand,
and fertilizers to maximize crop yield and
to replenish soil nutrients.
Our aggregates business produces
products that are used in flue gas
scrubbing systems to eliminate air
pollution at power plants and other
industrial processes.
118 2023 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT
