Climate Change Data

Compass Minerals International, Inc.

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2014, 2015-2017, 2020, 2021-10 to 2022-09, 2023-10-01 to 2023-09-30)

Reporting Period: 2014

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:356,648 tonnes CO2e
Scope 1 Emissions:245,829 tonnes CO2e
Scope 2 Emissions:110,819 tonnes CO2e
Scope 3 Emissions:Not disclosed
Renewable Energy Share:Not disclosed
Total Energy Consumption:5,658,000 GJ
Water Consumption:14,136,716,000 gallons (includes 35-40 billion gallons from Great Salt Lake)
Waste Generated:Not disclosed
Carbon Intensity:Not disclosed

ESG Focus Areas

  • Environmental
  • Social
  • Governance

Environmental Achievements

  • Installed an ultra-low NOx boiler at Ogden, Utah facility, emitting just 9 ppm NOx (compared to previous 50 ppm).
  • Increased use of continuous mining at Goderich Rock Salt Mine to 30% of production (goal of 100% by end of 2017), reducing fuel combustion and emissions.
  • Developed pond sealing technology at Ogden, Utah, expected to conserve over 25% water.

Social Achievements

  • Implemented the “Give-a-WOW” employee recognition program.
  • Achieved 90% employee pride and 88% desirability scores in a 2014 employee survey.
  • Instituted new programs to promote employee well-being, including the “Get Moving” initiative and the Global Corporate Challenge.

Governance Achievements

  • Established the Sustainability Leadership Committee in 2013.
  • All salaried employees participated in anti-bribery and anti-corruption training.
  • Developed policies and procedures to prevent and detect material noncompliance with laws and regulations.

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed
Medium-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed
Short-term Goals:
  • Expand continuous mining in rock salt mines.
  • Develop data management systems for environmental measures (site-level water discharge, transportation metrics).

Environmental Challenges

  • Climate change impacts on weather patterns affecting salt (deicing) and plant nutrition businesses.
  • Water scarcity and increasing water costs.
  • Potential salt contamination of aquifers and aquatic ecosystems.
Mitigation Strategies
  • Developing more energy- and water-efficient technologies.
  • Promoting responsible rock salt use and developing innovative salt-reduction products.
  • Implementing local environmental management systems to address site-specific water issues.

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement
  • Not disclosed

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Extreme weather impacting deicing and plant nutrition businesses
Transition Risks
  • Not disclosed
Opportunities
  • Development of energy-efficient products
  • SOP as preferred fertilizer in water-scarce areas

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI G4 Core “In Accordance”

Certifications: ISO 14001 (DeepStore)

Third-party Assurance: iCompli Sustainability

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Thawrox Treated Salt
  • Protassium+
  • Nu-Trax P+
  • DustGard

Awards & Recognition

  • Ace Hardware Vendor of the Year
  • Do-It-Best Corporation Collaborative Vendor of the Year
  • Do-It-Best Corporation Lawn & Garden Vendor of the Year
  • Canadian Tire Vendor of the Year

Reporting Period: 2015-2017

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:Not disclosed
Scope 1 Emissions:Not disclosed
Scope 2 Emissions:Not disclosed
Scope 3 Emissions:Not disclosed
Renewable Energy Share:Not disclosed
Total Energy Consumption:Not disclosed
Water Consumption:Not disclosed
Waste Generated:Not disclosed
Carbon Intensity:Not disclosed

ESG Focus Areas

  • Safety
  • Growth
  • Stewardship
  • Transparency

Environmental Achievements

  • Four sites achieved 2020 environmental goals in 2017 (specific achievements not quantified)
  • Energy intensity results above prior baseline, primarily due to lower production volumes

Social Achievements

  • Increased spending on training and development by 38% compared to 2016.
  • Fully integrated new employees following the acquisition of Produquímica.
  • Increased number of Diversity & Inclusion learning events.
  • Launched pilot mentoring program.

Governance Achievements

  • Not disclosed

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed
Medium-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed
Short-term Goals:
  • Reduce energy intensity by at least 4%
  • Reduce Scope 1 GHG emissions intensity by at least 7%
  • Reduce Scope 1+2 GHG emissions intensity by at least 8%
  • Reduce fresh water intensity by 5%

Environmental Challenges

  • Lower production volumes at North American salt mines due to a mild winter reduced demand for highway deicing salt.
  • Variations from average production levels elevated per-unit energy and emissions results by approximately 20 percent.
Mitigation Strategies
  • Implementing projects to achieve 2020 environmental goals.
  • Adding waste generation as a new environmental metric in 2018 to empower employee engagement and innovation.

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement
  • Not disclosed

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Not disclosed
Transition Risks
  • Not disclosed
Opportunities
  • Exploring innovative ways of reducing carbon emissions

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI G4

Certifications: Null

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • Not disclosed

Not disclosed

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • ProAcqua™ highly soluble micronutrients
  • Wolf Trax™ dry dispersible power micronutrients

Awards & Recognition

  • Not disclosed

Reporting Period: 2020

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:711,031 tCO2e/year
Scope 1 Emissions:238,176 tCO2e/year
Scope 2 Emissions:86,949 tCO2e/year
Scope 3 Emissions:385,906 tCO2e/year
Renewable Energy Share:Not disclosed
Total Energy Consumption:5,573,000 GJ/year
Water Consumption:15,972,000,000 gallons/year
Waste Generated:Not disclosed
Carbon Intensity:27.4 kg CO2e/ton production (Scopes 1+2)

ESG Focus Areas

  • Safety
  • Growth
  • Transparency
  • Stewardship
  • Diversity, Belonging, Inclusion and Equity (DBIE)
  • Climate Change
  • Energy
  • Water
  • GHG Emissions
  • Waste Management
  • Biodiversity
  • Community Engagement
  • Human Rights

Environmental Achievements

  • Lowered Scope 3 GHG emissions by nearly 6% compared to 2019 (driven by increased rail transport and decreased truck transport)
  • Improved energy intensity compared to 2019 due to energy conservation projects (variable frequency drives, LED lighting, EV fleet upgrades)
  • Winsford mine diverted approximately 93% of waste from landfill
  • Lyons site successfully repurposed damaged product bags into energy

Social Achievements

  • Achieved a three percentage-point improvement in total turnover (from 15% to 12%),
  • Invested nearly $2 million in employee training and development (a 13% increase over 2019)
  • Created a new vice president of diversity, inclusion, and belonging position
  • Compass Minerals U.K. and DeepStore earned Great Place to Work® certification
  • Named among winners of Kansas City’s “Best Companies to Work For” list

Governance Achievements

  • Renamed the board-level Environmental, Health, and Safety Committee to the Environmental, Health, Safety, and Sustainability Committee, reflecting a deepened commitment to sustainability
  • Added TCIR safety performance to bonus compensation metrics
  • Implemented an expanded talent review program, including increased use of individual development plans, consistent reviews, and succession planning (100% of critical positions have a succession plan)

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed
Medium-term Goals:
  • Increase small business, women-, veteran-, or minority-owned supplier spend
  • Complete implementation of SafeStart program at all locations
Short-term Goals:
  • Improve customer service rating score and increase customer participation in rating system
  • Build out additional functionality in web-based customer portal for 24/7 order tracking

Environmental Challenges

  • Did not meet previously set topline environmental goals for 2020
  • Potential impact of climate change on operations, product demand, and customer needs remains uncertain (physical risks: changes in weather patterns, reduced snowfall, increased drought; transition risks: governmental initiatives to address climate change or GHG emissions)
  • Competitive market for recruiting and retaining talent
Mitigation Strategies
  • Implementing continuous improvement in environmental performance
  • Developing new suite of environmental targets
  • Exploring opportunities where products and services can help enable resilience to climate-related impacts (e.g., Protassium+ SOP for drought tolerance)
  • Investing in employee training and development, implementing an expanded talent review program, and offering competitive compensation and benefits

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: SMETA audits at Lyons and Cote Blanche facilities

Responsible Procurement
  • Supplier Code of Conduct (requires compliance with all applicable laws, ethical operations, respect for diversity and inclusion, and sustainability)

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Significant changes to weather patterns
  • Reduction in average snowfall
  • Increase in regional drought
  • Major storm events
  • Prolonged adverse conditions
  • Changing temperature levels
  • Flooding from sea level changes
Transition Risks
  • Governmental initiatives to address climate change or GHG emissions
Opportunities
  • Protassium+ SOP improving plants’ water use efficiency and drought tolerance
  • Improved technologies in manufacturing processes
  • Highway deicing products keeping roadways safe during extreme winter storms

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI Standards, SASB, TCFD, UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Certifications: BRC: Global Standard for Food Safety, Safe Feed/Safe Food (Ogden and Cote Blanche)

Third-party Assurance: iCompli Sustainability (for certain key metrics)

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • Not disclosed

Not disclosed

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Protassium+ SOP
  • Safe Step® deicing products
  • MagnaPro® water treatment products

Awards & Recognition

  • More Integrity Seal (Compass Minerals South America, three consecutive years)
  • Mansfield Rule “Certification Plus” status (Legal team)

Reporting Period: 2021-10 to 2022-09

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:786,157 tCO2e/year
Scope 1 Emissions:229,895 tCO2e/year
Scope 2 Emissions:71,914 tCO2e/year
Scope 3 Emissions:484,348 tCO2e/year
Renewable Energy Share:Not disclosed
Total Energy Consumption:1,492,904 MWh/year
Water Consumption:122,828 m3/year
Waste Generated:9,099 tons/year
Carbon Intensity:25.1 kg CO2e/ton production (Scopes 1 and 2)

ESG Focus Areas

  • Safety
  • Growth
  • Transparency
  • Stewardship

Environmental Achievements

  • Scopes 1 and 2 GHG emissions reduced by 4% compared to the 2021 baseline.
  • Freshwater withdrawal reduced by 59% compared to the 2021 baseline (atypical due to drought).
  • Waste to landfill reduced by 14% compared to the 2021 baseline.
  • New concrete barge dock at Cote Blanche mine installed with zero safety incidents, reducing spillage and waste, and improving resilience to extreme weather.

Social Achievements

  • Achieved 87% voluntary employee retention rate.
  • Launched four new employee resource groups (ERGs).
  • Provided 875 hours of targeted DBIE trainings.
  • U.K. business certified as a Great Place to Work® for the second year in a row.
  • Recognized by Aetna as a Workplace Inspiring Change award winner.

Governance Achievements

  • Expanded the board of directors with four additional appointments.
  • Continued to provide ethics and legal compliance training through Compass Minerals University (CMU).
  • Enhanced and strengthened Human Rights Policy.
  • Developed an ESG supplier scorecard.

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed
Medium-term Goals:
  • Reduce Scopes 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 5% compared to fiscal 2021 baseline by fiscal 2025.
  • Reduce freshwater use by 5% compared to fiscal 2021 baseline by fiscal 2025.
  • Reduce waste to landfill by 30% compared to fiscal 2021 baseline by fiscal 2025.
  • Achieve and maintain at least 40% diversity on the board of directors by fiscal 2025.
  • Achieve and maintain at least 40% diversity at the management level by fiscal 2025.
  • Maintain gender pay parity by fiscal 2025.
  • 100% of Compass Minerals–branded consumer packaged products will have ingredient labeling and packaging end-of-use instructions by fiscal 2025.
  • Engage suppliers comprising 80% of addressable spend on meeting Compass Minerals ESG supplier scorecard metrics by fiscal 2025.
  • Increase by 10% addressable supplier spend with diverse-owned, veteran-owned or small business enterprises by fiscal 2025.
  • 100% of our sites will actively engage in the community in or around which we operate through charitable giving and company-sponsored volunteer activities by fiscal 2025.
  • Compass Minerals will actively engage with and support organizations focused on local economic development, workforce training, scholarships, internships and/or other educational opportunities in communities around 100% of our operating sites by fiscal 2025.
Short-term Goals:
  • Implement enhanced behavior-based safety training programs at 100% of sites by end of fiscal 2023.
  • Engage at least 85% of salaried, exempt employees in professional development by end of fiscal 2023.
  • Establish programs to support a diversity pipeline for recruitment and talent development by end of fiscal 2023.
  • Conduct energy assessment at top five GHG-emitting sites by end of fiscal 2023.
  • Conduct water assessment at top five water-consuming sites by end of fiscal 2023.
  • Conduct waste assessment at top five waste-producing sites by end of fiscal 2023.

Environmental Challenges

  • Historic inflationary pressures.
  • Ongoing drought in the western U.S.
  • Supply chain disruptions across the global economy.
Mitigation Strategies
  • Proactive energy strategy to reduce GHG emissions.
  • Water conservation measures at Ogden facility.
  • Enhanced communication with suppliers to address supply chain risks.
  • Qualified alternative vendors to ensure multiple sourcing options.

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement
  • Supplier Code of Conduct

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Changes to weather and climate patterns impacting product demand.
  • Increased frequency and intensity of natural disasters impacting production and distribution.
Transition Risks
  • Governmental measures to address climate change increasing costs and restricting operations.
Opportunities
  • Utilizing products to mitigate climate-related impacts (e.g., highway deicing products, next-generation fire retardants, lithium brine resource, Protassium+ SOP).

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI Standards, SASB, TCFD, UN SDGs

Certifications: Safe Feed/Safe Food (Ogden and Cote Blanche sites), NSF (water care products), BRCGS: Global Food Safety Standard

Third-party Assurance: ERM CVS

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • Goal 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy)
  • Goal 13 (Climate Action)
  • Goal 6 (Clean Water and Sanitation)
  • Goal 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production)
  • Goal 3 (Good Health and Well-being)
  • Goal 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth)
  • Goal 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities)
  • Goal 17 (Partnerships for the Goals)

Charitable contributions aligned with UN SDGs and Core Purpose.

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Protassium+ premium SOP
  • Next-generation fire retardants (through Fortress investment)
  • Battery-grade lithium carbonate

Awards & Recognition

  • America’s Most Responsible Companies (Newsweek)
  • Aetna’s 2022 Inspiring Change award

Reporting Period: 2023-10-01 to 2023-09-30

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

  • Environmental
  • Safety
  • Social

Climate Goals & Targets

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: WBCSD / WRI GHG Protocol, GRI Standards, SASB Metals & Mining sector reporting requirements

Third-party Assurance: ERM Certification & Verification Services Incorporated