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2019 YEAR-END UPDATE Our RESPONSIBILITIES UPDATE Our earth Energy Use, Water Use, and Greenhouse Gas Reductions Zero Waste Update 1. Reduce energy use 25% per unit of production by 2020. Improve companywide diversion of waste from Status: Down 16% since 2008 baseline (through December 2019*). landfills to greater than 99% by end of 2020. 2. Reduce greenhouse gas emissions 25% per unit of production by 2020. Status: On target – Companywide landfill Status: Down 24% since 2008 baseline (December 2019*). diversion rate at 98.5% through December 2019* 3. Reduce water use 5% per unit of production by 2020. * Metrics are updated every June and December Status: Up 3% since 2010 baseline (through December 2019*). Total Landfill Diversion % 100 Key Environmental Metrics* 90 Energy use per unit of production Greenhouse gas emissions Water use per unit of production 80 per unit of production 70 98.5% 60 50 40 -16% -24% +3% 30 Schreiber since 2008 baseline since 2008 baseline since 2010 baseline 20 total landfill diversion % 2020 10 Goals: -25% -25% -5% 0 * Metrics are updated every June and December 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Energy Creation from Solar Panels Energy Creation from Schreiber installed solar panels – the first-ever at a Schreiber facility – at the León, Byproducts Mexico, plant to reduce our impact on the environment by deriving clean, pure • From January through December 2019, an energy from the sun. Unlike the fossil fuels that provide the bulk of the power average of 1,165 kilowatts of green energy was supply, solar panels generate electricity with no air or carbon pollution, no ash or produced each month.* other waste products, and no inputs other than sunlight. The panels were installed • From January through December 2019, a total in February 2017 and produced 208,600 kilowatt hours of electricity from February of 10.2 million kilowatt hours of green energy 2017 to October 2019. This results in an overall decrease in carbon dioxide-equivalent was produced.* emissions of 147 metric tons per year – the equivalent of driving 366,000 miles in an average passenger car each year.** • From January through December 2019, 97% of ** Source: EPA greenhouse gas equivalencies calculator the green biogas generated was used to create green electricity.* Specific Yield of Energy Produced by Solar Panels at León, Mexico, Plant As a result, 7,200 metric tons of carbon dioxide- equivalent emissions were reduced by not 100k producing this energy with fossil fuel. This is equivalent to the emissions from 1,530 80k passenger vehicles driven for one year. ** * Metrics are updated every June and December ** Source: EPA greenhouse gas equivalencies calculator 60k 40k Specific Yield (kWh) Specific 20k Equal to 17.9 million miles of emissions reduced 0 2017 2018 2019 Q4 2019 Our RESPONSIBILITIES UPDATE Our earth Our communities A sampling of our charitable Powering a large facility like our contributions in Q4 includes: plant in Baramati, India, requires • CAPSA, a lot of electricity – 100,000 Logan and Smithfield, Utah: $7,000 units per day, to be exact. • Carthage Area United Way, Carthage, Missouri: $5,000 But with a desire to be better to our earth and an increasing electricity tariff from the Indian • Connections for Mental Wellness, government, partners set out to find a way reduced by 1,888 metric tons each year. Green Bay, Wisconsin: $10,000 to conserve energy and reduce costs. So we • Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin, The Baramati plant is operating under a 15- turned to the sun. Green Bay, Wisconsin: $10,000 year power purchase agreement and will gain The Baramati plant location has a good ownership, operation and maintenance rights • Kings Kettle Food Pantry, amount of solar radiation available almost of the solar power system after 15 years. Shippensburg, Pennsylvania: $5,000 nine months out of the year. A new rooftop • myTeam Triumph – WI Chapter In addition to harvesting the power of the and ground-mounted solar power generation Green Bay, Wisconsin: $10,000 system will generate approximately 2,360,000 sun, Baramati partners launched a number of Kwh electricity units every year. This fulfills other energy-conservation projects by means • Service League of Green Bay, about 6% of the plant’s overall power of natural energy sources. They included the Green Bay, Wisconsin: $10,000 requirements. installation of a new steam turbine, energy- efficient LED lighting, HVAC blowers and air There’s more good news for the conditioners, and improvements to utilities Our partners environment: Carbon emissions will be performance. Partner Safety Q4 FY19: • Total company medical-treatment Our partners injury (MTI) rate per 200,000 hours was 0.99. Connecting with partners who share similar backgrounds • Domestic MTI rate per 200,000 and experiences – and learning from those who don’t – is hours was 0.99. important to us. Our partners have led the effort, recently launching two new Business Resource Groups to help us better support each other and broaden our • International MTI rate per 200,000 awareness of other cultures, perspectives and points of view. hours was 0.98. • Total company lost-time injury (LTI) Vets provides support to partners serving in the military, as well as veterans and their rate per 200,000 hours was 0.10. families. Enabled provides a support network for partners with disabilities, while also • Domestic LTI rate per 200,000 hours celebrating the unique talents and abilities they bring to Schreiber. The group also was 0.18. supports partners who are caretakers for people with special needs. • The plant with the longest number Vets and Enabled join five other business resource groups: of days without MTI was the RGB plant in Tempe, Arizona, with 1,010 • African American Dairy Professionals, which aims to support, encourage and days. develop black partners in their personal and professional lives. The group also works to celebrate their culture with other partners and communicate some of • Leaders at all U.S. facilities the challenges they face to increase awareness and understanding. have completed Partner Safety • genS, which brings together all generations of partners to help design the Observation (PSO) training. Schreiber of the future by using their unique talents and strengths. Refresher training will continue to ensure continuity. Plants are • which encourages our partners around the world to get to know each Mosaic, reviewing PSOs for quality and other, understand and celebrate our differences, and support each other to help will analyze trends for areas of grow our careers and Schreiber’s business. improvement. Partners continue to • Network of Women Business Leaders (NOWBL), which works to make be trained on fall protection to meet Schreiber a great place for women to work by providing the support, the updated OSHA fall protection encouragement and development they need to advance in their careers. standard and fall assessments are • Pride, which exists to support and empower partners to be themselves at work, being completed. U.S. leaders no matter who they are or who they love. are also being trained on incident investigation and reporting..