Our Focus: People, Planet, Profitability

SAFETY IN BIG PICTURE

Our commitment to sustainable development is divided into three focus areas. Each of the focus areas and all together have an impact on our sustainability work. We have several Seveso-classified production sites and stations around the Nordic region – and we work systematically to minimise the risk of accidents and to create a safer workplace. Forcit has and will pay special attention to ammonium nitrate storing and handling facilities. Our HSEQ team is making regular controls to ensure compliance to our strict standards. We have also been focusing on further developing our overall approach to risk assessments through education and the harmonisation of methods and procedures.

Seveso practices set the demands for chemical storages and warehouses depending on the capacity. For example, emergency drills are executed regularly to enhance our overall capability to act in the right way in case of e.g. a chemical hazard, and to cooperate with neighbourhood and rescue departments.

SAFETY PRACTICES

Our target is to ensure each employee will come home from work at good health each day every day. We have a strong focus on health and safety, which is also reflected in our main “lagging safety KPI” LTIF. When it comes to leading indicators, we are focusing on being effective in carrying out first corrective actions to reported safety deviations (ForSafe report). Furthermore, we have implemented robust internal safety rounds to audit our procedures. In 2020 we carried out in total 53 internal safety audits. A number we want to increase especially when physical presence will ease up with improving covid circumstances.

Our sustainability function also has an important role in spreading information and good practices when it comes to safety. All near misses have been investigated in detail and corrective actions done.

2020 was a very different year in many aspects and required significant resilience to run operations as normal under abnormal circumstances. Covid regulations changed the world and work – and it changed how we work at Forcit as well. Forcit got a unique opportunity to adjust ways of working also related to safety during extraordinary times, and how to overall ensure the continuity of our operations during a crisis, this time in the form of a global pandemic. We created and updated almost one hundred work instructions and risk evaluations.

Generally, we succeeded in our operation and had a chance to continue recruiting new employees and investing in new business, and thus created work for our suppliers and partners as well. Naturally, our emissions from travelling and commuting were reduced.

There was high activity in the field of cybercrime around the world in 2020, and at the same time people were forced to remote working. Forcit deployed two-factor authentication to O365 and Windows environments, which means that logins require second confirmation via mobile phone. Email monitoring and filtering system was installed to stop the most advanced email threats, aiming at protecting employees from the full range of threats targeting the inbox and more.

CODE OF CONDUCT

Our policy is to conduct all our business in an honest and ethical way, as well as to implement transparency and traceability in business operations and practices. Forcit is committed to observing and respecting all universal human rights as defined in the United Nations (UN) Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights agreements and to promote the realisation of the universal human rights.

The code of conduct is important to follow in Forcit generally, but especially important for the Defence business unit and all their business transactions and relationships. In addition to complying with all

applicable laws and regulations of the countries or territories where we operate, our products are fully compliant with the international regulations and treaties regarding land mines (e.q. Ottawa, Geneva). We comply with EU rules on the control of defence material export and apply for export licenses from the Ministry of Defence of Finland. In addition to respecting licensing authorities, Forcit follows the company’s internal guidelines and uses its judgment when assessing each potential export case.

WE CARE

Companies with good relationship with their local communities co-operate openly with authorities and other parties. FORCIT Group paid corporate taxes 1,766 k€ in 2020.In addition to this, Forcit supports local societies and sport clubs via charities. Employees’ wellbeing is supported by economic incentives and free activities.

Realising our employees are the single most important assets in our business, we provide full-time accident insurances to our employees. This guarantees the fastest and best possible medical care, and, thus, quicker recovery and ability to return to a normal life and work sooner in case of an accident. In the future, safety, health and well-being are playing an even more important role, when our age structure is naturally changing. We do care and have already paid attention to this.

PEOPLE IN FIGURES

468

Total amount of employees 18 % / 82 %

Age structure:

< 25 3 % 25-34 24 % 35-44 29 % 45-54 30 % > 55 14 %

Evaluation for occupational safety by employees 8,7 / 10 LTIF * 1,3

Sick leave 8,1 days/year

ForSafe reports 626 TRIF ** 12,1

Sick leave 3,2 %

First actions in 6 days

20192019 20202020 20212021

LTI decreased 88 % in year 2020.

* LTIF, Lost time injuries, includes all on-the-job injuries that require a person to stay away from work more than 24 hours or which result in death or permanent disability. LTIF number shows how many of lost time injuries occur in a workplace per 1 million hours worked. ** TRIF, Total recordable injuries, is a measure that encompasses all fatalities, lost time injury, cases of substitute work due to injury and medical treatment cases by medical professionals. TRIF does not include any first aid injuries. TRIF number shows how many injuries occur in a workplace per 1 million hours worked.

GOOD PRACTICES

KEMI MATRIX FACTORY CAPACITY IMPROVEMENT

As a part of the Kemi matrix factory capacity improvement project in 2020, also the safety systems at the matrix station were upgraded. The existing silos were upgraded with a safety rail, where the operator can connect a safety belt during truck loading to eliminate the risk of losing balance and falling. The new silos were designed and built with a new layout, utilising the SafeRack system that provides employees with increased safety and better ergonomics while truck loading.

Employees can safely reach the Kemiitti or transportation truck’s deck, regardless of the position or size of the truck.

Part of the Kemi crew receiving the Contractor of the year -award in 2020.

GOOD PRACTICES

OUTOKUMPU AWARDED FORCIT WITH THE FERROCHROME “CONTRACTOR OF THE YEAR” AWARD.

Forcit’s mining team has been demonstrated to follow Outokumpu’s operating principles and standards with the utmost rigor and with continuous efforts to improve the overall safety in the mine. Forcit’s over six years at the mine have been completely free of accidents, and there have also been fewer near misses. Positive feedback is also given to Forcit regarding development activities.

We realise that every day without accidents needs be earned and the safety journey is never complete. Thus, this recognition will serve us as a positive reminder of safety every day. This respected award also reinforces our belief that every work injury is preventable, and the work towards that is extremely important. Safety is always the top priority in our operations and one of the key success factors of our business. It plays an important role in the image that we present to our customers.