Health & safety Our employees are our greatest asset and we want to ensure we not only respect and nurture them, but keep them safe. Health and safety (H&S) has been defined as one of our three corporate values, and strong H&S processes are essential to maintain our license to operate as a chemical manufacturing business. Our environmental, health and safety (EHS) team oversee our EHS strategy by conducting audits of our operations, addressing remediation issues at our sites and assuring overall compliance. Our EHS eorts are further divided among our business units: Consumer Microbial Control (CMC), Industrial Microbial Control (IMC), and Nutrition, Care and Environmental (NCE). Our CMC and IMC units have a shared EHS approach with their own segment sta, while our NCE segment has a separate EHS team. These teams report into our group operations function and are primarily responsible for managing the day-to-day H&S activities at our sites and facilities. By establishing clear lines of responsibility and oversight at both the corporate and business unit levels, we are eectively managing and promoting a H&S culture throughout our organization, poising us to achieve our global H&S goals. By 2030, we aim to achieve: Below 0.3 Below 0.1 [1] Total Recordable Injury Rate Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate (TRIR) (LTIFR) [1] An injury or illness is considered a recordable incident if it results in any of the following: death, days away from work, restricted work or transfer to another job, medical treatment beyond first aid, or loss of consciousness. Additionally, a significant injury or illness diagnosed by a physician or other licensed healthcare professional is considered a recordable incident, even if it does not result in death, days away from work, restricted work or job transfer, medical treatment beyond first aid, or loss of consciousness. Our health & safety performance At the end of 2021 and into 2022, we launched the Safer Together at Arxada initiative to improve the safety of our operations. The initiative comprises eight themes and focuses on safety culture and reporting discipline. The anticipated result of the increased knowledge and awareness around H&S incidents and reporting was an increase in the number of incidents reported by our facilities. In 2022, we continue to focus on both reporting and managing our TRIR, TRFR and LTIFR. Read more about our Safer Together at Arxada program and our eorts to identify root causes of H&S incidents to prevent reoccurrence below.