In 2023, Covia continued to use safety training and education opportunities with Team Members, contractors, and visitors to reinforce our Safety First mindset and commitments.

Covia provides employees with regular training on our safety policies and procedures, including annual emergency action drills, as well as required role- or location-specific training, to ensure a proactive approach to incident preparedness and response applicable to each Team Member.

Our Team Members completed an average of 46 hours of safety and health training in 2023, representing a 12% year-over-year increase.

We completed the following key initiatives related to safety training and education:

• We refreshed our “Safety Starts With Me” training program to include updated curriculum applicable to our Team Members’ daily responsibilities and learning styles.
• We developed a hazard training video specific to Covia’s operations. The video aims to bring a unified approach to our hazard awareness training materials, while also incorporating site-specific safety and health risks.
• We held three workshops and five bootcamps to ensure a comprehensive understanding of our safety and health policies and expectations.
• We added a Team Member to our Safety and Health program to have a specific focus on ensuring contractor safety. Key priorities for this role include providing resources related to contractor safety, auditing significant processes to ensure compliance, and driving transparency and accountability regarding contractor safety risks and opportunities.

We continue to require any visitor to our site to complete site-specific hazard awareness training. Additionally, our independent contractors, who may be on-site for an extended period, undergo additional safety education, including safety pre-qualification and training on hazard-warning recognition.

For further information regarding Covia's core value of Safety First and its significance in our operations, please visit CoviaCorp.com.

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At Covia, we are committed to being more than just a leading provider of high-performance mineral and material solutions – we believe that our company can make a positive difference in the world. This belief is what drives our environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategy, which is influenced by both our journey as an organization and the events in the world around us.

Our commitment to operating as a responsible corporate citizen has been embedded into every aspect of our business for decades and serves as the foundation for Covia’s ESG initiatives. From our operations to our Team Members and the communities in which we live and work, we continue to define WHAT WE’RE MADE OF as more than the materials we produce, but the impact we can make in every interaction.

In 2021, we enhanced our approach toward accelerating ESG performance by developing our formal GOALS THAT INSPIRE: ESG 2030. These 10 goals, broken into our three core areas - Environmental Stewardship, Positive Social Impact and Responsible Governance & Ethics - were developed by Covia Team members across the company and are designed to drive tangible and measurable progress in areas where we can make the most impact.

We have the commitment and strategy in place to drive meaningful progress and we are pledging to make a positive differences for our people, our planet and our communities.

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