RAPPORT ESG 2024 COMPASS MINERALS

Compass Minerals is a leading global provider of essential minerals focused on safely delivering where and when it matters to help solve nature’s challenges for our customers and communities. Through the responsible transformation of Earth’s natural resources, we deliver products that help keep people safe, feed the world and enrich lives. That is our Core Purpose, and we take great pride in fulfilling it.

Fiscal 2024 ESG Report

Our latest report highlights our commitment to addressing and managing the environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues that matter most to our company and stakeholders. The Fiscal 2024 ESG Report details our progress toward our previously announced fiscal 2025 ESG goals and targets. These goals, and the targets that serve as milestones toward achieving them, span the key focus areas of Our Workforce, Our Products, Our Communities and Our Environment. As fiscal 2024 ended, we are on track for 11 targets and have focused attention on two targets.

Fiscal 2024 ESG Highlights

Our Workforce & Our Products
Our Communities & Our Environment

Learn more about our company’s programs, initiatives and successes from our efforts this past year by viewing the full report. Fiscal 2024 highlights include:

Leading with safety: Our total recordable injury rate (TRIR) was 1,28, representing a 16% reduction over previous three-fiscal-year average. Additionally, our lost time injury rate (LTIR) of 0,82 was the best known in company history; our four-year trend of decreasing LTIR demonstrates a decline in the severity rate of incidents and indicates progress toward our ultimate goal of zero harm.

Focusing on employee belonging: Our company believes that every voice matters. We strive to create a workplace where employees feel safe and included. Our six employee resource groups continue to offer opportunities for mentoring, development and engagement. And we’re proud that 40% of management-level employees are diverse and our companywide female-to-male pay ratio is 102%.

Ensuring customer transparency: We want customers to have critical information on our company’s products. Currently, 90% of Compass Minerals-branded consumer packaged products have ingredient labeling and 83% have packaging end-of-use instructions. We have continued our partnership with How2Recycle® to implement a consistent and transparent labeling program that provides clear end-of-use instructions on Compass Minerals-branded consumer packaged products.

Engaging suppliers: Our second round of ESG supplier scorecard survey distribution was sent to nearly 200 equipment, consumables and maintenance, repair and operations suppliers that comprise approximately 50% of addressable spend. The scorecard includes questions regarding pertinent ESG topics such as greenhouse gas emissions, waste and freshwater management, human rights, diversity and inclusion, community engagement and ethics.

Driving positive change in our communities: We donated more than $400 000 through Compass Minerals Cares and continue to align our philanthropic contributions with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Making a positive impact in the communities where we operate is important to our company and 100% of our operating sites were actively engaged through charitable giving, company‑sponsored volunteer activities and supporting organizations focused on local economic development, workforce training and/or educational opportunities.

Strengthening our commitment to environmental stewardship: Our combined Scopes 1 and 2 GHG emissions declined 5%, freshwater withdrawal declined 53% and waste to landfill declined 18%, respectively, compared to our fiscal 2021 baseline.

Receiving external recognition: For the fourth consecutive year, Newsweek recognized Compass Minerals as one of America’s Most Responsible Companies. Our company was also selected as Manufacturing Partner of the Year by the Utah Manufacturers Association and awarded the European Salt Producers’ Association (EUsalt) Safety Award. In addition, we were named as one of America’s Climate Leaders by USA TODAY.

Our ESG Strategy

We approach our ESG work through a fundamental commitment to four key pillars: safety, growth, transparency and stewardship. Together, these pillars form our sustainability compass, guiding our decisions and business practices across all aspects of our company.

Safety: Striving toward zero harm, our highest priority is ensuring the health and safety of our employees and the communities in which we operate.

Growth: We work to enable sustainable, profitable growth by maximizing the value and efficiency of our production assets, investing in our people, driving innovation and exceeding customer expectations.

Transparency: Firmly committed to a culture of trust, transparency and accountability, we seek open and honest communication with our stakeholders, while showing respect for diversity in all its forms.

Stewardship: We honor our responsibility to serve as good stewards of the natural resources we rely on to produce, manufacture and market essential mineral products, minimize the impact we have on our environment, and recognize the markets we serve may be impacted by a changing climate.

Questions and feedback on our ESG strategy and reporting are welcome. Contact us at sustainability@compassminerals.com.