b'ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCEGETTING BETTERMETRICS Were in the process of developing a global Were pleased to report a reduction in our overallcorporate environmental, health, safety and energy consumption for three consecutive years,quality management system to provide all sites despite a 5 percent increase in total facility squarewith overarching direction and initiatives that will footage. bring greater alignment and consistency to our environmental practices and key performance 2019 ENVIRONMENTALindicator (KPI) tracking. PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS This new system will be heavily influenced by the Following the success of our LED lightingprinciples of lean manufacturing. We are adjusting installation at our Lindsay, Nebraska, facility inour business model to focus on eliminating waste FY18, we retrofitted the indoor and outdoorwhile delivering quality products on time and more lighting at three other facilities in FY19,efficiently. Our ambition is to create a culture of including our Rio Vista, California, Turkey andcontinuous improvement, employee engagement Brazil manufacturing locations.and waste minimization through the adoption ofWe transitioned to a closed loop waterlean production techniques.recycling system for our cooling needs atWe had hoped to launch this system in FY20 but our South Africa facility in place of drawing ondue to a variety of factors, including the onset of freshwater inputs. The closed loop water recyclingCOVID-19, we have pushed back our launch plans to system installed at our Lindsay, Nebraska, facilityFY21. This new system will include a set of standard in FY18 is estimated to have reduced our waterpractices and KPIs in the areas of energy, water, waste withdrawals in that location by nearly 97 percent.and materials use. The system also will include a training component to help all employees understand their roles and responsibilities.ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE FY17 FY18 FY19ENERGY CONSUMPTION (TOTAL IN MWH) 48,244 47,454 46,808Electricity 15,334 15,563 15,703Natural gas 28,199 28,157 27,376Other fuels 4,711 3,734 3,729WATER WITHDRAWALS (TOTAL IN MMGAL)* 29 31 35.5Municipal 29 31 26Rainwater 0.02 0.15 9.5*Excludes groundwater withdrawals at our Lindsay Brazil site.14'