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Our Goals and Targets
Tronox continues to progress on our global business and sustainability goals through purposeful investments and by empowering our employees to pursue opportunities to achieve these aspirations. We strive to be responsible stewards of the environment, a safe and inclusive employer, a respectful neighbor to our host communities, and to deliver products that contribute to a cleaner, more sustainable planet. Our goals cover 100 percent of our global operations and employees.
1Versus 2019 baseline
2Versus 2021 baseline. Tronox added Scope 3 emissions intensity reduction goals in its 2022 report and will expand and refine this goal as we gain better understanding of our suppliers’ emissions and reduction plans
An Integrated Approach
to Sustainability
Tronox is a global leader in the mining, production and marketing of inorganic minerals and chemicals. Our business requires an unwavering focus on sustainable operating practices in every sense of the word. We believe we must operate both profitably and sustainably, and we believe these goals are complementary, not in opposition. Our commitment to sustainability supports our overall vision and strategy to be the world’s leading vertically integrated TiO2 producer.
Therefore, we integrate sustainability into every aspect of our business—from our culture and our strategy to our operating practices—and we set objectives and communicate our progress to our stakeholders, which include employees and prospective employees, investors, customers, suppliers, communities, governments and regulatory bodies.
Sustainable operations enable us to better control costs and manage our environmental footprint. Sustainability also encompasses providing our employees with a safe, diverse workplace and offering them opportunities to grow and develop. Ultimately, safe, environmentally sustainable operations demonstrate our respect for our communities and support our continued privilege to operate.
Reporting
We continue to improve our reporting to our stakeholders to ensure transparency in our efforts to maintain safe, reliable and responsible facilities. We follow guidance from a range of voluntary global initiatives to address our sustainability impact more thoroughly. Additional disclosures on climate-related risks in accordance with the Taskforce on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures, as well as aligning our reporting to the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) standards, have been added.
Sustainability Commitments and Initiatives
Sustainability plays an integral role in the execution of Tronox’s corporate strategy. Our sustainability goals leverage our global footprint for good, including clear commitments to achieving our goals in a way that supports a sustainable business and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
In 2020, we mapped our long-term goals to the SDGs. The SDGs that Tronox can have the most impact upon are:
In 2021, Tronox became a signatory of the United Nations Global Compact, committing to the Ten Principles of the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) in the areas of Human Rights, Labor, Environment and Anti-Corruption. Our commitment to the UNGC is indicative of our values-oriented corporate culture and determination to improve the sustainability of our business with the SDGs.
Our top priority is to grow our business and to do it in a way that creates lasting value for all Tronox stakeholders while preserving our privilege to operate globally. We have strengthened our commitment to sustainability in several clear and tangible ways:
- Analyzed our carbon footprint and ways to reduce it, allowing us to outline how we intend to align our business to a 2° centigrade global warming scenario and meet the global challenge of achieving “net zero” emissions by 2050.
- Amended our executive compensation plans so that 5 percent of our annual bonus is now based on achieving an objective annual carbon emission reduction target.
- Established internal Centers of Excellence focused on carbon neutrality, waste, and diversity, equality and inclusion (DEI).
- Launched a Global Sustainability Council that is charged with supporting the Executive Leadership team and the Board of Directors to make informed decisions on sustainability strategy.
As a global leader, Tronox and its approximately 6,500 employees appreciate that the mark we leave extends beyond the minerals we extract or the pigment we manufacture. It is about the way we do business and the example we set. We take a proactive approach to manage the risks associated with our business, and we ensure a brighter future for our customers, communities, employees, and shareholders.
Our approach to being a good corporate citizen focuses on proactive global initiatives in the following areas:
No other sustainability initiative is as important to us as each and every employee and contractor working at a Tronox site going home uninjured every day.
Leading with Safety
Environmental stewardship is an essential part of our business. Using our global footprint for good is our responsibility.
Advancing Environmental Stewardship
We believe our people make the difference and that living our core values unleashes our full potential.
Investing in Our People
Tronox is honored to be trusted with the privilege to operate in our communities around the world and works closely with partners within each community to provide mutual benefit.
Respecting Our Communities
Sustainability is integral to our ability to meet the expectations and needs of our employees, customers, investors and communities.
Sustainable Business
Advancing Environmental Stewardship
Our environmental stewardship begins with the end in mind. We use innovative technologies and practices to ensure responsible operations that protect our land, water, air and ecosystems today, then rehabilitate our land to preserve the earth’s scarce resources and biodiversity for the future – because we only have one planet.
As a mining and chemicals manufacturing company, we must do all we can to protect our environment. We disturb the ground to extract minerals and ore, we use large quantities of water in mineral separation, we emit carbon dioxide when we beneficiate ilmenite into titanium slag or synthetic rutile in our furnaces/kiln, we emit carbon dioxide and other gases from our TiO2 pigment plants, and we dispose of waste tailings from our mines and solid waste from our pigment plants.
“ Tronox supports the precautionary approach to evaluate and address potential environmental impacts as part of our Code of Ethics and Business Conduct.”
That is why we strive to set an example of accountability and proactively approach environmental stewardship as an essential component of our business. Tronox supports the precautionary approach to evaluate and address potential environmental impacts as part of our Code of Ethics and Business Conduct. Additionally, we continually look for ways to refine our strategy and determine new ways to enhance the value of our vertical integration model. By doing this in a responsible way, we ensure resilience in the face of environmental and global changes for our employees, the communities in which we operate, and our customers.
Our ultimate goal is to become the industry-wide standard bearer for sustainability. We will get there by staying true to our approach to make intentional, well-planned steps forward to achieve our sustainability targets while living up to our core brand promise of delivering “safe, quality, low-cost, sustainable tons” of titanium dioxide (TiO2), zircon and other valuable industrial products.
Respecting Our Communities
Indigenous Rights Approach
Tronox works in respectful partnership with Indigenous communities to protect their heritage and cultural values as we manage our operations located on traditional lands in Australia and South Africa. We also seek out opportunities to contribute to the local economy by supporting Indigenous-owned businesses, and to protect the native lands these communities call home. We engage in long-term relationships with Traditional Owner groups across all our operations to determine the best ways to preserve and protect cultural heritage values and bring respectful economic development to their communities.
Our interactions with Indigenous communities are guided by our human and labor rights policies, available in our online policy library. We expect our suppliers and customers to uphold these same human rights values, including those related to conflict minerals and the preservation of Indigenous communities.
Local Communities Approach
The communities where we work are our homes. Our employees live there, our children attend school there and we believe it is our responsibility to contribute to the quality of life for our neighbors. We have the opportunity to positively impact the people and economy of our communities by providing STEM education, promoting equal rights and diversity, and supporting the health, sustainability and environment of our regions.
Tronox and our employees actively engage with our local communities through volunteerism and providing various communications mechanisms so community members may openly share questions or concerns with our team. We meet frequently with stakeholders in our operating regions – including government officials, local leadership and our neighbors – to share information about our operations, provide insight to guide regulation and policy, and identify relevant issues and community needs. This provides us with opportunities to understand how we may best support the vibrance of our communities, such as investing in infrastructure improvements and education.
Investing in our Communities’ Students
Tronox offers students glimpses into what it is like to work in STEM-related jobs, especially those in the mining and chemical industries, through site visits, volunteering and mentorship programs, and in hands-on experiences, like internships and apprenticeships. Tronox participates in many Career Day and Try-a-Trade events at schools around the globe. Our investment in the next generation also continues through university, as we offer apprenticeship, internship and trainee programs for students at many Tronox sites. Tronox apprentices spend one to two years applying what they have learned in school while gaining valuable work experience for a variety of roles, such as operations support and supply chain management.
We continue to improve our reporting to our stakeholders to ensure transparency in our efforts to maintain safe, reliable and responsible facilities. We follow guidance from a range of voluntary global initiatives to address our sustainability impact more thoroughly. Additional disclosures on climate-related risks in accordance with the Taskforce on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures, as well as aligning our reporting to the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) standards, have been added.
Governance
Creating a strong governance structure and polices to support that structure reflects our business model and supply chain resilience, Tronox’s Board of Directors is actively engaged in monitoring sustainability-related risks, like progress on our decarbonization roadmap to achieve net zero by 2050.
