ENVIRONMENT

Our environmental stewardship begins with the end in mind. We use innovative technologies and practices to ensure responsible operations that protect our land, water, air and ecosystems today, then rehabilitate our land to preserve the earth’s scarce resources and biodiversity for the future – because we only have one planet. As a mining and chemicals manufacturing company, we must do all we can to protect our environment. We disturb the ground to extract minerals and ore, we use large quantities of water in mineral separation, we emit carbon dioxide when we beneficiate ilmenite into titanium slag or synthetic rutile in our furnaces/kiln, we emit carbon dioxide and other gases from our TiO₂ pigment plants, and we dispose of waste tailings from our mines and solid waste from our pigment plants. That is why we strive to set an example of accountability and proactively approach environmental stewardship as an essential component of our business. Tronox supports the precautionary approach to evaluate and address potential environmental impacts as part of our Code of Ethics and Business Conduct. Additionally, we continually look for ways to refine our strategy and determine new ways to enhance the value of our vertical integration model. By doing this in a responsible way, we ensure resilience in the face of environmental and global changes for our employees, the communities in which we operate, and our customers. Our ultimate goal is to become the industry-wide standard-bearer for sustainability. We will get there by staying true to our approach to make intentional, well-planned steps forward to achieve our sustainability targets while living up to our core brand promise of delivering “safe, quality, low-cost, sustainable tons” of titanium dioxide (TiO₂), zircon and other valuable industrial products.