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Meredith Corporation - Climate Change 2020 Meredith Corporation - Climate Change 2020 C0. Introduction C0.1 (C0.1) Give a general description and introduction to your organization. Meredith Corporation has been committed to service journalism for 118 years. Today, Meredith uses multiple distribution platforms – including broadcast television, print, digital, mobile and video – to provide consumers with content they desire and to deliver the messages of its advertising and marketing partners. Meredith's National Media Group brands serve more than 190 million unduplicated American consumers, including 120 million women and 90 percent of U.S. millennial women. Meredith is a leader in creating content across media platforms and life stages in key consumer interest areas such as entertainment, food, lifestyle, parenting and home. Meredith's leading national brands include PEOPLE, Better Homes & Gardens, InStyle, Allrecipes, REAL SIMPLE, SHAPE, Southern Living and Martha Stewart Living. Meredith also features robust brand licensing activities including more than 3,000 SKUs of branded products at 4,000 Walmart stores across the U.S. and at walmart.com. Meredith's National Media Group also includes leading affinity marketer Synapse, and The Foundry, the Company's state-of-the-art creative lab and content studio. Meredith's Local Media Group includes 17 television stations reaching 11 percent of U.S. households and 30 million viewers. Meredith's portfolio is concentrated in large, fast- growing markets, with seven stations in the nation's Top 25 markets – including Atlanta, Phoenix, St. Louis and Portland – and 13 in the Top 50. Meredith's stations produce 745 hours of local news and entertainment content each week, and operate leading local digital destinations. Meredith also owns MNI Targeted Media, which delivers targeted advertising solutions to more than 1,200 clients on a local, regional and national level. C0.2 (C0.2) State the start and end date of the year for which you are reporting data. Start date End date Indicate if you are providing emissions data for past reporting years Select the number of past reporting years you will be providing emissions data for Reporting year July 1 2019 June 30 2020 Yes 1 year C0.3 (C0.3) Select the countries/areas for which you will be supplying data. United States of America C0.4 (C0.4) Select the currency used for all financial information disclosed throughout your response. USD C1. Governance C1.1 (C1.1) Is there board-level oversight of climate-related issues within your organization? Yes C1.2 CDP Page 1 of 21 (C1.2) Provide the highest management-level position(s) or committee(s) with responsibility for climate-related issues. Name of the position(s) and/or committee(s) Reporting Responsibility Coverage of Frequency line responsibility of reporting to the board on climate- related issues Chief Executive Officer (CEO) <Not Other, please specify <Not Annually Applicable (The Chief Executive Applicable> > Officer annually reviews the company's Corporate Social Responsibility Report, which includes information on the company's management of climate-related issues.) Other C-Suite Officer, please specify (Chief Development Officer and General Counsel) <Not Both assessing and <Not Annually Applicable managing climate-related Applicable> > risks and opportunities Sustainability committee <Not Both assessing and <Not Please Meredith’s Environmental Leadership Group consists of senior managers from the company’s businesses that have the greatest environmental Applicable managing climate-related Applicable> select impact. This group meets quarterly and often gathers informally outside of official meetings, which are consistently well-attended. A committee of > risks and opportunities Environmental Sustainability Ambassadors collaborates on improving sustainability and implementing sustainable initiatives across the Company. Over 60 employees have volunteered. They represent a variety of positions across the U.S., Canada, and India. These individuals participate in quarterly video calls to share successes from their offices and to brainstorm ways to make Meredith more environmentally friendly. Calls are consistently well-attended. Ambassadors in Meredith’s New York office have formed their own subgroup to focus on projects specific to that location. Another ambassador sub-group is tackling the reduction and ultimate elimination of single-use plastic across the company. Other, please specify (Meredith's Executive Director of Environmental, Social and Governance oversees climate-related work at Meredith <Not Both assessing and <Not Please Corporation. She reports to the Chief Development Officer/General Counsel.) Applicable managing climate-related Applicable> select > risks and opportunities C1.3 (C1.3) Do you provide incentives for the management of climate-related issues, including the attainment of targets? Provide incentives for the management Comment of climate-related issues Row No, not currently but we plan to introduce We recently began including Diversity & Inclusion as a performance objective for Corporate Officers. We have begun discussions about adding sustainability 1 them in the next two years targets for key individuals, which will likely happen in the future, although the timeline is not yet defined. C2. Risks and opportunities C2.1 (C2.1) Does your organization have a process for identifying, assessing, and responding to climate-related risks and opportunities? Yes C2.3 (C2.3) Have you identified any inherent climate-related risks with the potential to have a substantive financial or strategic impact on your business? Yes C2.3a (C2.3a) Provide details of risks identified with the potential to have a substantive financial or strategic impact on your business. Identifier Risk 1 Where in the value chain does the risk driver occur? Direct operations Risk type & Primary climate-related risk driver Acute physical Increased severity and frequency of extreme weather events such as cyclones and floods Primary potential financial impact CDP Page 2 of 21 Increased capital expenditures Climate risk type mapped to traditional financial services industry risk classification <Not Applicable> Company-specific description Geographic locations that are subject to physical risk from climate change include: • Atlanta, GA (primary risks are increased storm and hurricane activity, flooding); • Birmingham, AL (primary risks are flooding and increased storm activity); • Flint/Saginaw, MI (primary risks are flooding and increased storm activity); • Grand Rapids, MI (primary risks are flooding and increased storm activity); • Greenville, SC (primary risks are increased storm and hurricane activity, flooding); • Hartford, CT (primary risks are increased storm and hurricane activity, flooding) • Kansas City (primary risks are flooding and increased storm activity); • Los Angeles, CA (primary risks are rising sea levels, increased storm and hurricane activity); • Mobile, AL (primary risks are rising sea levels, flooding, and increased storm and hurricane activity); • New York City (primary risks are rising sea levels, flooding, and increased storm and hurricane activity); • Parsippany, NJ (primary risks are rising sea levels, flooding, and increased storm and hurricane activity); • Portland, OR (primary risks are rising sea levels, increased storm activity, flooding); • Seattle, WA (primary risks are rising sea levels, flooding, increased storm activity); • Springfield, MA (primary risks are increased storm and hurricane activity); • St. Louis, MO (primary risks are flooding and increased storm activity); • Stamford, CT (primary risks are rising sea levels, flooding, and increased storm and hurricane activity). Additionally, our Des Moines, Chicago, Nashville, Saginaw St. Louis, and Kansas City locations are susceptible to increased tornado activity. These physical risks could affect our company in the following ways: • Possible harm to employees • Displacement of employees • Costs to repair damage and retrieve data • Costs related to impaired broadcasting capability at television stations Physical damage to business of clients could affect advertising and marketing revenues; along with newsstand revenues • Physical damage to homes and/or health of consumers could affect subscription and newsstand revenues • Physical damage to businesses of suppliers could increase our prices. Time horizon Unknown Likelihood About as likely as not Magnitude of impact Unknown Are you able to provide a potential financial impact figure? No, we do not have this figure Potential financial impact figure (currency) <Not Applicable> Potential financial impact figure – minimum (currency) <Not Applicable> Potential financial impact figure – maximum (currency) <Not Applicable> Explanation of financial impact figure We are unable to calculate a financial impact figure without knowing the timing, type of damage, or severity of damage that may or may not occur in the event of extreme weather. Cost of response to risk Description of response and explanation of cost calculation We are unable to calculate a financial impact figure without knowing the timing, type of damage, or severity of damage that may or may not occur in the event of extreme weather. Comment Identifier Risk 2 Where in the value chain does the risk driver occur? Direct operations Risk type & Primary climate-related risk driver Acute physical Increased likelihood and severity of wildfires Primary potential financial impact Increased capital expenditures Climate risk type mapped to traditional financial services
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