Company: SXI
Filing Date: 2025-09-05
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001437749-25-028442
Chunk: 18

Company: STANDEX INTERNATIONAL CORP/DE/
Filing Date: 2025-09-05
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 18
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 are continuing our journey to improve recycling, increase energy efficiency, reduce waste and enhance processes. We actively seek and use alternatives to critical mineral raw materials that are mined, and we continuously monitor our supply chain to ensure transparent and ethical sourcing that avoids impacts that lead to negative effects on nature and ultimately on the climate.

In FY 2022, we began measuring, on a global basis, the following metrics in order to set a baseline against which improvement can be measured:

| ► | Total Energy Usage |

| ► | Energy Usage by Type (Electricity; Natural Gas; LPG; Heating Oil) |

| ► | Solid waste generation |

| ► | Fleet Fuel Usage |

| ► | Water / Wastewater Usage |

| ► | Total Waste Generation |

In FY 2023, we set reduction targets for the foregoing metrics to improve our climate impact.

In FY 2024, as part of our program to reduce emissions and raw materials consumption, we began implementing a more robust process for measuring and tracking progress.

In FY 2025, we completed a Materiality Assessment to identify, refine, and assess potential environmental, social and governance issues that could affect our business and stakeholders. We further implemented a more robust process for auditing and ensuring the accuracy of the metrics we track and report.

To the best of our knowledge, we are presently in substantial compliance with all existing applicable environmental laws and regulations, and we do not anticipate any instances of non-compliance that would have a material effect on our future capital expenditures, earnings or competitive position.

Three of our plants are ISO 14001 certified and one is undergoing the certification process with an expected completion date of January 2026.

For more information, please see: standex.com/environment/.

Climate - Emissions

We believe that focused and sustained action is required to address climate change and its implications. We recognize that climate change poses risks to businesses, industries, and broader society. As part of our commitment to operate sustainably, we are taking steps to understand and respond to climate-related risks and opportunities.

Given the locations of our main facilities, we are currently not exposed to extreme heat scenarios or wildfires. We also have relatively low water stress risks at our manufacturing sites.

All of our divisions that use chemicals in their operations have specific protocols and procedures in place to manage, store and discharge such chemicals, consistent with applicable laws and industry practices. We have not experienced any incidents involving hazardous waste in the last 5 years.

We have embedded climate change risks into our Enterprise Risk Management process, and have incorporated both