Vale ESG Presentation Deck
The risk management model fosters the
office's independence
1st Line of Defense
Business Units
1st Layer
Geotechnical
Operational
Area
2nd Layer
Geotechnical
Matrix
Area
1 TSF stands for Tailings Storage Facility.
2nd Line of Defense
Safety & Operational
Excellence
▪ Au
H
H
Geotechnics Area
ity to stop any given
operation if necessary
▪ Development of a new and
transformed Tailings & Dams
Management System
Risk management
methodologies and process
▪ Ensure best practices to
continually monitor mine waste
facilities
▪ Support to the EoR
implementation
▪ Implement the GISTM
3rd Line of Defense
Internal Audit
Compliance Office
(Internal Audit and Whistleblower
Channel)
Engineer of
Record
▪ TSF safety
inspections and
performance
assessment
▪ Cover 100% of
Vale's TSFS¹
External Sentinels
Independent
Audits
▪ Public
Prosecutors'
technical advisors
Independent
Tailings Review
Boards (ITRB)
▪ITRB
third-
party advice on all
phases of the
tailings
impoundment
▪ Act as external
reviewers to the
three lines of
defense
▪ITRBS appointed to
all Operational
Systems in Brazil
TSF Safety
Review
▪ Periodical
technical review
by external
engineering firm
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