FINANCIAL AND SUSTAINABILITY REPORT

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1 FINANCIAL AND SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2017

2 CHAPTER

3 45 Our contribution to sustainable development is not only found in the products and solutions that we offer, but also in the way we produce them. We guarantee the health and safety of our employees and neighboring communities, protecting the environment and striving for the efficient use of resources.

4 46 OPERATIONS OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH & SAFETY GRI GRI GRI Guaranteeing the life and safety of the people who participate in our operations is a priority. As such, we have set a goal of reducing the accident rate by 50% by 2020 (from 2016 levels). We develop programs to maintain a safe work environment for employees, visitors and contractors in our facilities accompanied by a strong training component. 21 CERTIFIED OPERATIONS IN OHSAS at year-end 2017 INTERNATIONAL SAFETY RATING SYSTEM (ISRS) We have aligned Mexichem s occupational health and safety management systems with the ISRS standard (International Safety Rating System), managed by Norske Veritas. At the end of 2017, 57% of our operations were ISRS certified. Our goal is for 100% of plants to be certified by 2020 (excluding new acquisitions). Thanks to the commitment of all employees in the implementation of ISRS, lost-time accidents have decreased by 63% compared with 2012 and 6% compared with at the end of % OF OUR ISRS CERTIFIED DECREASED BY operations were lost time accidents 63% BASEline 2012

5 47 PROCESS SAFETY MANAGEMENT (PSM) Process Safety Management is a system that focuses on the prevention and control of incidents with the potential to release energy, or those that involve hazardous materials. Its objective is to guarantee the integrity of processes by applying good design principles and best practices in engineering and operations. To date, we have developed a corporate PSM manual, which consists of 20 standards and a total of 200 key employees have been trained in the most relevant elements of PSM for Mexichem. Its implementation will begin in 2018 in all our chemical plants. PSM identifies hazards inherent to operational processes within facilities, assesses the risks according to their impact level and foresees the necessary protections to manage and mitigate them. We continually strive to identify and eliminate safety risks in our chemical plants.

6 48 OPERATIONS GRI occupational HEALTH AND SAFETY INDICATORS TRIR - Total Recordable Injury Rate ltir - lost time Injury Rate SIR - severity InCIDENT Rate

7 49 TRANSPORT OF CHEMICALS GRI GRI GRI Our companies have direct contact with the Chemical Industry National Association and CHEMTREC (The Chemical Transportation and Emergency Center) to assist with emergencies in the transportation zone. Given that approximately 90% of our transport is carried out by ground between Mexico and United States, our companies collaborate with the Customs, Trade Partnership Against Terrorism - C-TPAT, implementing tracking systems to avoid contraband and weapons or drug trafficking to occur across the border. In addition, our companies trained transporters and clients related to the risks of products that are being shipped. In 2017, our companies trained 238 people (transporters and clients) on issues regarding regulations for transport of materials and safe handling of our products.

8 50 OPERATIONS 13,919 shipments* in 2017 tons of product 355thousand* were transported in pipes in 2017 WE HAVE A HISTORY OF ZERO ACCIDENTS INVOLVING THE TRANSPORT OF CHEMICALS. IN 2017 THERE WERE 6 INCIDENTS, NONE OF WHICH HAD A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT OR THE COMMUNITY. BINATIONAL MATAMOROS DRILL BROWNSVILLE The annual binational drills between Mexico and the United States are part of our strategy for the preparation for accidents and emergencies. The exercise in 2017 took place in the city of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico, under the leadership of Mexichem Fluor Matamoros and the Local Mutual Help Committee (CLAM). The event was considered a success as it was able to contain the simulated leak and coordinate communication between the different players at the local, regional and federal levels according to the binational protocols. UNION PACIFIC AWARD In 2017, as well as in prior years, we received the Union Pacific North American railroad company dedicated to the transport of merchandise - award, which recognizes our commitment to transport chemical products in a safe way. * The figures correspond only to transportation by truck between the United States and Mexico

9 51 ACCIDENT PREVENTION, PREPARATION AND RESPONSE GRI GRI GRI We have the commitment and responsibility to be prepared and prevent, to the best of our abilities, all negative incidents related to our production process. All our plants have safety policies and emergency plans as part of our ISRS management system. These plans have a component to engage with communities and civil protection authorities. In addition, we completed the first stages of the Facility Siting Study and Quantitative Risk Analysis in 13 of our chemical plants with the objective of determining the possible consequences of explosion, flammability and toxicity, as well as the development of customized comprehensive safety plans.