ESG Carbon Emissions Report

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modal/rail, MODE has: All of this is also equivalent to the same greenhouse gas emissions avoidance as: Carbon Emissions Report Total Rail Emissions Total Truck Emissions Avoided Emissions 67.5% Avoided Emissions 159,345 489,386 330,041 114,000 tons of waste recycled instead of thrown away 393,000 acres of forest growing annually 5.4 million seedlings growing over a decade ©2023 MODE Global, LLC MODE Public EmissionsfiguresbasedondataprovidedbyMODEGlobalrailpartners.Avoidedemissionscalculatedbycomparingrailtransittothatofmedium-dutytruckovertheroad.Truckandrailmileagecalculationsarederived independentlyusingindustrybestpractices,tripplanningsoftwareandactualmileage,asapplicable.Railfuelconsumption,includingrepositioningfactorsandhandlingfactorsarebasedonfindingsfrominternalanalysisofMODE Globalhistoricalshipmentdata.Waybillswithastartdatewithinthereportperiodmaybeexcludedfrompresentedtotalsifdataanomaliesaredetected.MODEGlobalemissionscalculationassumptions:LonghaultruckMPG:6.5 (U.S.EnergyInformationAdministrationLonghaultruckidlingfactor:7%(OakRidgeNationalLaboratory:Class-8HeavyTruckDutyCycleProjectFinalReport)Longhaultruckrepositioningfactor:tanker-82.8%,non-tanker-20.5% (AmericanTransportationResearchInstitute:AnAnalysisoftheOperationalCostsofTrucking:2021Update)Globalwarmingpotentialfactors(TheIntergovernmentalPanelonClimateChange:IPCCAR5)Greenhousegasmobile combustionfactors(U.S.EnvironmentalProtectionAgency) www.modeglobal.com (2022) CO2 Equivalent CO2 Equivalent CO2 Equivalent metric tons metric tons metric tons

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