Company: SQM
Filing Date: 2025-04-24
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0000909037-25-000020
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Company: CHEMICAL & MINING CO OF CHILE INC
Filing Date: 2025-04-24
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 3
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 sustainability and other environmental, social and governance (ESG) concerns it may adversely affect our business.
In October 2020, we announced our sustainable development plan, which includes voluntarily expanding our monitoring systems, promoting better and deeper conversations with neighboring communities and becoming carbon neutral by 2040, and reducing water by 65% and brine extraction by 50% of our authorized limits. We also announced the goal of obtaining international certifications and participating in international sustainability indices that we consider essential for a sustainable future. Since our sustainable development plan was announced, we have participated in voluntary assessments, such as Ecovadis, CDP Certifications, Drive Sustainability, which support our sustainable development plan, such as Responsible Care from the Chilean Chemical Industries Association, Protect&Sustain from the International Fertilizer Association, Ecoports, ISO 14001, ISO 45001 and ISO 50001, and we have achieved IRMA 75 level of the same standard for our operations in the Salar de Atacama, which seeks to boost responsible mining. In 2021, the Port of Tocopilla obtained the Responsible Care certification, obtaining level 2 certification and in June 2023, the ECOSLC Foundation approved for the first time the ECOPORTS PERS Certification after validation by the independent auditor LRQA, The Netherlands. Also, during 2022, Responsible Care certification of the rectified New Victoria site was achieved. The Protect & Sustain certification applies to the operations of Coya Sur, Salar de Atacama, Antofagasta, Santiago and the Port of Tocopilla. Regarding ISO management systems, the Port of Tocopilla obtained certification in January 2022 in the ISO 14001 standard. We completed the ISO 14001 and 45001 recertification of our management systems at the Salar de Atacama and our Lithium Chemical Plant, along with the implementation of ISO 50001, as recommended by the certification body to certify our energy management system. We also obtained ISO 50001 certification for our Nueva Victoria, Coya Sur facilities. In 2023, the Port of Tocopilla was certified by EcoPorts, a leading environmental initiative for
the European port sector. We participated in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (DJSI) assessment and were accepted in the World, Emerging Markets, Mila and Chile indices, and were included in the Sustainability Yearbook 2024. We were evaluated in the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) where