SMA Mineral - A world full of lime

Strong Focus on Sustainability

SMA Mineral's sustainability efforts are about saving the climate but also ensuring the company's long-term survival. Through continuous dialogue, we ensure our understanding of employees', customers', and suppliers' demands on key issues related to the environment, quality, workplace safety, and business ethics. This dialogue also ensures that our code of conduct is monitored and adhered to.

The issues we have identified as our most material are a synthesis of input gathered from various analyses and sources.

Our key stakeholders include owners, employees, customers, and suppliers. In our materiality analysis, we have also considered important international agreements such as the Paris Agreement and relevant legislation.

Material sustainability issues are prioritized on a scale from important to very important, both for our stakeholders and for sustainable development.

Economy

(Prosperity)

• Stable and efficient production

• Satisfied customers

• Ethical business practices

• Profitable operations

Social

(People)

• Safe work environment

• Attract and retain the best talent in the industry

• Good leadership fosters engaged employees

Environmental

(Planet)

• Reduce the company's climate footprint

• Increase resource efficiency

• Material and energy efficiency

• Circular economy – CCU, use of by-products, industrial symbiosis

• Consideration and responsibility for the environment and biodiversity