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OUR SUSTAINABILITY APPROACH
• Allocating capital in a prudent manner consistent with the following long-standing priorities while maintaining financial
flexibility:
— Acquisitions
— Organic capital investment
— Return of cash to shareholders through both meaningful and sustainable dividends as well as share repurchases
Strategic Operating Analysis and Review
Safe Environmental Employee Community Platform for Commercial and Capital
Operations Stewardship Well-Being Well-Being Growth Operational Allocation
Excellence
2024 was the safest year in our Company’s history. Our
company-wide total injury incident rate, or TIIR, and lost- “Our business is guided by its Mission,
time incident rate, or LTIR, both exceeded world-class Vision and Values. Its foundation is to
levels. This means more of our colleagues go home safely operate Safely, Ethically, Sustainably, and
at the end of each shift than ever before. Focusing on
to pursue Operational Excellence. In doing
safety is the right thing to do, and it’s good business.
this we focus on our four pillars of Safety,
Environmental Stewardship, Employee
Safety sets the foundation for achieving our long-term
Well-Being and Community Well-Being.
objectives. Safety is part of our culture, it is part of our
And we undertake what we view as our
strategy, it is part of our day-to-day operations, and it is
duties, not just as a building materials
part of our performance objectives, as are the other pillars
of our Sustainability program. Company, but as a world-class
organization:
Building a better organization
Building a more valuable organization”
– Ward Nye, Chair and CEO
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