Covia Shares Latest Corporate Responsibility Report

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Covia Holdings LLC has published its 20^th consecutive Corporate Responsibility Report. The 2024 report, Growing with Purpose, Inspired by Possibility, highlights the company’s commitments to responsible operations, community engagement, progress against its 2030 goals, and stories that showcase team member contributions. The report is available on the company’s website at: www.coviacorp.com.

As in previous years, this report reflects the company’s commitment to its pillars of environmental stewardship, positive social impact, and responsible governance and ethics. Covia’s 2030 goals map to these areas and guide the organization’s efforts to responsibly provide minerals solutions for a better tomorrow.

In the 2024 report, Covia highlighted key achievements in the following areas:

• Safety, Health, and Security: Increased investment in training and pilot programs to continue driving improvement; total recordable incident rate at the end of 2024 was 0.89.
• Energy Efficiency and Emissions: Invested $13 million in energy efficiency-related projects, including equipment replacements and upgrades. Greenhouse gas emissions intensity of Scope 1 & 2 emissions has been reduced by 11% from the 2021 baseline.
• Community Impact and Philanthropy: Launched a program to provide immediate support to Covia employees affected by natural disasters such as Hurricane Helene.
• Land Management: Improved ratio of land rehabilitated to land disturbed to 1:2 from 1:6 in 2023.
• Progress Against the Company’s Goals That Inspire: Reaffirmed and updated its 2030 goals and reported achieving or being on track to achieve all the goals.

Bruno Biasotta, Covia’s President and CEO, said in the 2024 report: “Our people play an active and passionate role in Covia’s work as a corporate citizen.” He added, “Along with the progress described in this report, you’ll find stories about members of the Covia team who work every day to build our enduring company. Our team members took all the photos you’ll see in this document, which help bring those stories to life. I am incredibly proud of what we have accomplished and excited about the opportunities that lie ahead.”

The report was prepared in accordance with the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) Metals and Mining Industry Standard; 2024 was the sixth consecutive year for which the company has reported to this framework. In addition, the company has released its second Climate Risk and Opportunities Report (aligned with the Task Force for Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) framework). In addition to the report and these appendix items, the company has published a library of ESG/corporate responsibility summary documents, which are available at this website link: https://www.coviacorp.com/corporate-responsibility/documents/.

About Covia

Covia responsibly provides minerals solutions for a better tomorrow. As a leading provider of diversified minerals, our products support a variety of industrial markets, including glass, ceramics, coatings, metals, foundry, polymers, construction, water filtration, and sports and recreation. The company serves its customers through a broad array of essential, high-quality products, including high-purity silica sand, nepheline syenite, feldspar, kaolin and ball clays, cristobalite, and coated materials. Long-standing relationships with a broad customer base enable Covia’s market-inspired approach to innovation to enhance solutions and customer benefits. Underpinning these strengths is an unwavering commitment to safety and to sustainable development, further enhancing the value that Covia delivers to all its stakeholders.

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