Company: SXT
Filing Date: 2025-03-12
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-008248
Chunk: 19

Company: SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP
Filing Date: 2025-03-12
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 19
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 of Conduct, and Other Governance Documents The Charters for the Audit, Compensation and Development, and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees of the Company’s Board are included in the Company’s By-laws and are available free of charge on the Company’s website (https://www.sensient.com/about-us/corporate-governance). The Company is strongly committed to the highest standards of ethical conduct, and its Code of Conduct for all Company officers, directors, and employees is also posted on the Company’s website. If there are any amendments to the Code of Conduct, or if waivers from it are granted for executive officers or directors, those amendments or waivers also will be posted on the Company’s website. Insider Trading Policy The Company has adopted insider trading policies and procedures that govern the purchase, sale, and other dispositions of its securities by directors, officers, and employees, as well as by the Company itself. We believe these policies and procedures are reasonably designed to promote compliance with insider trading laws, rules and regulations, and applicable listing standards. A copy of our Insider Trading Policy is filed as Exhibit 19 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024. Sustainability Initiatives We are committed to the principles of sound environmental stewardship and the responsible and sustainable use of energy and natural resources. All of our facilities are required to operate in compliance with applicable laws and regulations and in a manner to avoid harm to the environment, prevent pollution, and reduce waste. We have a strong record of environmental compliance in our facilities and our products generally have a low environmental impact. However, the environmentally friendly nature of our products and our compliance record will not be enough to meet future sustainability requirements.

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Over the past several years, we have refined the way we envision sustainability. In order to increase the transparency of our climate-related disclosures, as of 2020, we prepare our annual Sustainability Report to align with topics and metrics from the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) disclosure standards for the Chemicals industry. Additionally, we have aligned our annual Sustainability Report to begin to address the recommendations and supporting disclosures of the Financial Stability Board’s Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). In 2024, our Compensation Committee approved a clearly-defined sustainability-related performance metric into our annual incentive plan for certain key business leadership at our Groups, which emphasizes the reduction of certain inventory (defined by specific quality status codes). This metric provides additional encouragement to reduce energy and water use, reduce waste generation,