Company: MWA
Filing Date: 2025-12-19
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001350593-25-000069
Chunk: 7

Company: Mueller Water Products, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-12-19
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 7
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 PRODUCTS, INC.

### PROXY SUMMARY
found at https://www.muellerwaterproducts.com/environmental-social-and-governance. Neither our website nor our ESG Report is a part of, or incorporated by reference in, this Proxy Statement.

Throughout 2025, we remained focused on our ESG commitments, which are intended to create value for our stakeholders. We are excited about the progress we are making through our ESG initiatives, which are further described in our ESG Report.

### SUSTAINABILITY APPROACH
• Our approach to sustainability programs and initiatives is rooted in and guided by the sustainability reporting standards set forth by the Global Reporting Initiative, the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, and the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures.

• When we first became a publicly traded company in 2006, our Board formed the Environment, Health and Safety Committee to oversee and guide our progress toward smart sustainability, making sustainability a key consideration in our directors’ deliberations and informing their overall approach to risk oversight.

• Management formed the ESG Management Committee in 2020 to further enhance our focus on developing, monitoring, implementing, measuring, and reporting on ESG-related matters.

• Our executive compensation programs include ESG metrics, which highlights our focus on the importance of sustainability.

### SOCIAL STEWARDSHIP
• We provide access to benefits and offer programs that are designed to support work-life balance, including physical, financial, and mental health resources for employees and their families.

• We promote and facilitate a high-performance, inclusive workplace, including by embracing diverse experiences and perspectives.

• We utilize a new associate development program to introduce and train new generations of employees entering the Mueller family.

• We partner each year with the American Water Works Association and local organizations providing scholarships, charitable donations, and employee volunteers.

• We drive best practices development and benchmarking through lean principles and our safety excellence and leadership program.

• We focus on the prevention of all injuries with an emphasis on the prevention of serious injuries and fatalities.

• We seek to utilize new technologies and data analytics to drive safety performance improvement.

### ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP
• We strive to reduce our energy, water, and material usage and to maintain a close watch on key performance indicators.

• We engage our supply chain to improve packaging and freight efficiencies.

• We strive to integrate sustainability key performance indicators into our facilities.

• We invest in the modernization of our facilities.

• We develop and implement programs to upgrade to more energy efficient equipment, utilize reusable material