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LEADERSHIP MESSAGE For Minasligas, ESG is a journey that will take us to even better places as an organization and as a society. Throughout the history of Minasligas, some of the main focuses of the sustainable agenda and what we now know as ESG pillars (environmental, social and governance) have been under our gaze and our actions. Even before recognizing these positions as an important agenda for the whole world, or the market and society demanding more responsible practices in relation to environmental, social and business governance aspects, at Minasligas we were already dedicated to various actions and decisions that formed the character of the company we are today, prepared to grow in a world where it is no longer possible not to be sustainable. Within this history of Minasligas performance, we have always been concerned with the social development of the regions in which we have operations and we have given financial support to numerous social projects over the years. Recent examples are the support given to the Instituto Mano Down, which enabled the construction of the organization's new headquarters; and in the investment made in health, in the fight against Covid-19. After the emergency phase of the pandemic was over, our investment also helped to supply hospitals with essential equipment to improve the lives of the population in the regions where we operate. In the environmental field, the contribution that Minasligas brings to the reduction of negative impacts and emissions also precedes market demands and legal requirements. In 1990, we started installing our dedusting system to reduce the volume of particulate matter that is released by the electric furnaces in our industrial production. The waste generated in this process is collected and properly treated at Minasligas. And from it we extract Microsilica, a by-product that we sell to the concrete and refractory industries. From the moment the effects of global warming began to be felt more by everyone, organizations began to be demanded by stakeholders in relation to the adoption of good climate practices, such as zero carbon, energy efficiency and reduction of atmospheric emissions. We were already on this path, drawing up continuous plans to improve the company's processes and assets. As we are an electro-intensive industry, that is, we depend on a large amount of energy to produce, our targets cannot be based on reducing energy, as this would imply a reduction in the pace of production. We then focused on energy efficiency, seeking the optimized consumption of resources. For this to happen, investment and care are redoubled, both in the conservation and updating of systems, and in the contribution of technology. Currently, we are dedicated to studying the adaptations necessary for us to enter Industry 4.0, with more efficient equipment and advanced artificial intelligence. In this way, we will be able to contribute even more to various aspects of sustainability, such as the environment and occupational health and safety. We also invest in obtaining renewable electricity, in wind and solar farms, in addition to prioritizing hydraulic generation in our current energy contracts. Brazil and its natural riches provide us with good conditions to maintain a clean and sustainable energy matrix, and this has to be leveraged. The use of charcoal as a bioreducer for our furnaces is part of our matrix. And that's why we invest in planting and maintaining our own forest massifs to supply the bioreducer. In this area, we rely on the superiority of Brazilian knowledge in clones selected for the cultivation of planted forests, as well as techniques adapted to the current challenges of the climate and the need for greater productivity. We have internal working groups and participate in research groups linked to academic institutions, focused on this theme, which invest in planting already thinking about climate change - today inevitable - with species that are more resilient to periods of prolonged drought and water stress. Today, we understand that each of these steps we have taken along our path in relation to social and environmental investments and in the institution of good governance that could prepare our company for future generations made us a stronger and longer- lasting organization, more prepared for the challenges of today's world, more sustainable. This vision that we already had of each of the separate ESG pillars can, today, be unified in a very well structured, planned and implemented strategy - as are all Minasligas processes, since we value operational efficiency in everything we do. ESG will become part of our IGM (Integrated Management System), and will be deployed throughout the organizational structure of Minasligas. For this, we are creating a Sustainability Management that will contemplate the environmental, social and governance pillars in all our processes and systems. The ESG and Sustainability pillars must also be the basis for our Board of Directors' decision-making processes. At the Board, we already perceive this agenda as extremely important for understanding and planning for the future. To know where we are and, from there, decide where we want to go. Henrique Simões Zica Minasligas CEO We understand that there is a path to be followed in order to reach that place of the future that we seek, in which we will have a more mature, audited and stable system in terms of sustainability. A future that can bring us a great international competitive advantage, mitigating risks, providing access to special credit lines for responsible companies, opening up opportunities to operate in increasingly demanding markets, which corresponds to the demands of a society that needs new prospects for a more prosperous world. Minasligas is on this journey, and we will not stop, moving forward. MINASU 5
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