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The Mosaic Company, 2012 Sustainability Report
The Sustainabilit y Steering Commit tee follows
the company’s formal process for managing
risk and is comprised of a cross-functional
group of senior leaders. The commit tee makes
connections among numerous sustainabilit y
initiatives to maximize progress. Examples have
included innovations to reduce emissions and
save energy company wide.
Professional Level
Social Responsibilit y and Public Af fairs
professionals interact with policymakers and
global thought leaders at key universities to
encourage the transfer of knowledge and to
bring the latest thinking on sustainabilit y into the
Mosaic risk management process.
The Social Responsibilit y and the Government
Af fairs teams both have full-time professionals
who anticipate the risks and oppor tunities
associated with sustainabilit y. They engage
stakeholders such as legislators at the state and
national levels and innovative non-governmental
organizations and environmental professionals
from other companies.
Asset (Facility) Level
We assess risks at the facilit y level as follows:
The company has an Environmental Health and
Safet y (EHS) program through which it sets
EHS procedures and protocols, educates
employees on EHS issues, conducts EHS audits
and formulates EHS action plans. The company
employs EHS professional staf f to manage
this program.
Mosaic EHS employees suppor t operations
employees’ day-to-day operational responsibilit y
and excellence in environmental per formance at
ever y plant and mine worldwide. Mosaic has a
comprehensive management program assuring
accountabilit y of all managers and other
employees for environmental per formance.
We conduct audits to verif y that each facilit y
has identified risks, achieved regulator y
compliance, implemented continuous
EHS improvement and incorporated EHS
management systems into business functions.
Corporate Responsibility Magazine’
s
ranking of the 100 Best Corporate
Citizens in the United States ranked
Mosaic at No. 28, up from 67 in 2011.
#
28
BEST CORPORATE
CITIZENS IN U.S.
2012
Company
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