Yesterday, a brushfire occurred at our Riverview facility during routine maintenance. The fire produced observable smoke, primarily from some high-density polyethylene plastic piping near the brush fire. We are currently assessing any impacts to operations and working with local authorities on next steps.

Thanks to the swift action of our employees and local emergency responders, the fire was contained around midnight. Our employees are all safe, and continuous monitoring of the site is in progress.

As community members have observed, the recent smoke development at our Riverview site is attributed to foam retardants used by Hillsborough County Fire Rescue. These retardants are being applied to cool down the pipes affected by last night’s fire. The current conditions, including the dryness of the area, the residual heat from the pipes, and wind, are being actively mitigated by emergency response teams.

We extend our heartfelt thanks for their ongoing support, as well as the additional assistance provided by the Florida Division of Forestry. The safety of our employees and neighbors remains our top priority. This event, alongside the active management of its aftermath, underscores the risks of fires during Florida’s dry season and the importance of remaining vigilant.

We plan and practice year-round to ensure our site personnel are well-prepared for potential emergency situations. The responsive actions taken yesterday at Riverview demonstrate the significance and effectiveness of those efforts.

We are committed to keeping our neighbors and members of the local community informed with updates as the situation continues to evolve in the coming days.

The Mosaic Company announced today the formation of the Mosaic Biosciences platform, a global initiative to bring the latest science and innovation to the agriculture market. The technologies from Mosaic Biosciences enhance crop health and support the natural biology in plants and soil, ultimately maximizing the yield potential of every field. 

Analysts suggest the market for agricultural biologicals could reach nearly $30 billion by 2029, and Mosaic continues to invest in biological technologies to bring best-in-class technology to growers. An established leader in crop nutrition, Mosaic’s growing portfolio of proven biological products complements and enhances the performance of traditional crop nutrients.

“Mosaic Biosciences is a natural extension of our strong crop nutrition portfolio,” said Floris Bielders, Vice President, Strategy and New Business Platforms at The Mosaic Company. “Rooted in science and proven in the field, our portfolio of biological technologies supports the existing biology in plants and soil to deliver healthier, stronger crops.”

The Mosaic Biosciences portfolio includes biological fertilizer complements, PowerCoat^® and BioPath^®, which improve nutrient use efficiency and enhance plant growth and vigor. Additional products help mitigate abiotic stress from drought, heat and salinity. With a global team of scientists, Mosaic Biosciences is building a pipeline of new biologic products to drive improvements in plant health, stress management, nutrient uptake, and crop yield.

“Our portfolio of nutrient use enhancement technologies is just the start for Mosaic Biosciences,” said Bielders. “In the coming months and years, we expect to bring additional biological products to the market – all of which will be backed by science and in-field experience. Biologicals are crucial in the evolution of crop nutrition and will elevate the potential in every field.”

To learn more about Mosaic Biosciences, visit www.biologicalswork.com.

The Mosaic Company is the world’s leading integrated producer of concentrated phosphate and potash—two of the three most important nutrients in agriculture. Growers rely on Mosaic to provide high quality products that consistently deliver for improved agricultural productivity. As you might expect, that means we conduct significant research to ensure our products are effective and reliable. Not only do we adhere to strict operational protocols, but Mosaic is dedicated to promoting modernization in the agriculture industry.

“For decades, Mosaic has engaged third-party researchers to assist in formulating and testing new technologies for lab, greenhouse and field testing across a range of crops, weather conditions and soil environments” said Ross Bender, Director – New Product Development. “This collaboration is table stakes for what we do in agriculture—we couldn’t develop strong relationships with the community or best-in-class solutions without it.”

Researching how our current products perform helps us to provide educational information and best practices in the form of AgriFacts^® to growers and retail customers – also ensuring consistency and reliability. But, in order to meet the current and future needs of our customers, we must be able to create and innovate new products.

Mosaic believes that maximizing the impact of crop nutrition requires advanced expertise in the broader soil health space. As such, Mosaic has also entered into partnerships to collaborate on and accelerate new product development. Balanced crop nutrition is the foundation, but partnering with soil health technologies will help ensure plants get the highest level of nutrients available from the soil, just like humans get nutrition from the food we eat. 

“Everything we are doing at Mosaic right now is about innovation and progressing into the future,” explained Curt Woolfolk, Manager of Crop Nutrition Technologies. “Not only are we looking at how do we utilize our current product portfolio in new ways, but we are also looking at how to complement them with products that the consumer needs to make their lands sustainable and profitable. And research is key to introducing new ideas, inventing new products and technologies, and then showcasing their reliability.”

Learn more about advanced crop nutrition. 

Mosaic has renewed its commitment to Wanuskewin, providing another $500,000 funding to support the National History site’s goal to become a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site.  In 2018, Mosaic donated $500,000 to Wanuskewin for its Thundering Ahead Capital Campaign.

Wanuskewin is home to a herd of Plains Bison.

Wanuskewin, is located outside the city of Saskatoon, and shares the distinct and diverse history of the Northern Plains Indigenous Peoples who have gathered at this site for hunting, trade and ceremony. This land holds many stories and through the enormous contributions, leadership and guidance from Indigenous Elders and Knowledge Keepers as well as ongoing archaeological research, Wanuskewins’ stories continue to come alive for visitors to this Sacred Site. 

“Wanuskewin Heritage Park is a cultural jewel in Saskatchewan – with so much more to uncover,” said Bruce Bodine, Mosaic's Senior Vice President - North America. “Mosaic is ready to support Wanuskewin’s bold plan to earn the first UNESCO World Heritage Site designation in Saskatchewan. This renewed support builds on Mosaic’s commitment to the Heritage Park’s Thundering Ahead Campaign – bringing our total support to $1 million dollars. Mosaic is here, together with Wanuskewin and Saskatchewan, on the road to UNESCO.” 
Wanuskewin hopes to achieve UNESCO World Heritage Site status, and Mosaic is proud to be part of that process.

In May 2023, alongside Wanuskewin, Mosaic announced it would be spending half a million dollars over five years towards Wanuskewin’s UNESCO Ready Campaign.

For the past 30 years, Wanuskewin has served as a gathering place for visitors worldwide, including Queen Elizabeth II, to learn about the Northern Plains Indigenous peoples’ way of life and traditional practices. Wanuskewin is Canada’s longest-running archaeological dig, and the area features an interpretive centre, 19 pre-contact sites, a medicine wheel, tipi rings, buffalo jumps, and 7 kilometres of walking trails. The area is now home to a herd of Plains Bison and an award-winning restaurant featuring First Nation’s cuisine.

The Interpretive Centre at Wanuskewin recently underwent renovations and an expansion that features gallery spaces, conference and event space, and a restaurant with locally inspired entrees.

Mosaic’s Employee Inclusions Networks (EINs) hosted a slate of engaging and inclusive virtual and in-person events around the world to introduce their global workforce to six new Employee Inclusion Networks this week.  

“Employee Inclusion Networks are voluntary, employee-led and leader sponsored groups, that through advocacy and allyship help foster a diverse and inclusive workplace where all employees can thrive”, says Mosaic’s Lisa Poissant, Vice President of Human Resources, North America & Global Talent Acquisition and EIN Lead. “Mosaic has established six EINs – Pride, Generations, Women, Veterans, Race & Heritage, and Diverse Abilities.”  

Dr. Moogega Cooper and Mosaic’s CEO and President, Joc O’Rourke answer questions, moderated by Lisa Poissant, VP - Human Resources, North America & Global Talent Acquisition

Launch Week featured events and activities presented by each Employee Inclusion Network, including back-to-back live broadcasts from Florida and Sao Paolo. The first brought Dr. Moogega Cooper and Mosaic’s CEO and President, Joc O’Rourke together for a Keynote presentation and fireside chat. Dr. Cooper shared her perspective on the power of diversity in teams, being an ally and inclusive leadership. In Brazil, leaders came together to share the importance of diversity and inclusion at Mosaic and their own career journeys. 

The Pride Network hosted two sessions with guest speakers, Rene Cantu from Equity Florida and JP Polo, DE&I Consultant and Professor based in Brazil, who presented on LGBTQIA+ literacy. The Race & Heritage and Generations Networks hosted in-person discussions with their colleagues using thought-provoking videos. The Women’s Network brought together two panels of leaders from across Mosaic to share their personal stories that have defined their careers.  

Catarina Rivera headlined the Diverse Abilities event, highlighting accessibility and inclusion in the workplace. Employees also shared their experiences with diverse abilities inside and outside the workplace. The Veteran’s Network closed out the week with a panel discussion that included voices of veterans, military spouses, and families of the fallen.  

“Thank you to our Network Leads and to all those employees who organized and hosted events across the company – their efforts play an important role in making progress towards our 2030 Diversity and Inclusion Commitments,” says Poissant. “Together, we are taking steps to build a diverse and inclusive workforce that makes Mosaic stronger and better enables us to fulfill our mission: to help the world grow the food it needs,” she adds.  

Learn more about Mosaic’s approach to Diversity & Inclusion.  

Phil Bauer has been promoted to Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary effective Jan. 3, 2023.

Bauer will lead a global legal team responsible for closely collaborating with Mosaic’s Board of Directors, Senior Leadership Team, business units and other functions to offer practical approaches to challenges and opportunities.

“Phil has made tremendous contributions to Mosaic over his many years with the company,” said President and CEO Joc O’Rourke. “He has been a trusted advisor on a wide range of legal and strategic issues. I have full confidence that he will be an excellent general counsel and addition to Mosaic’s Senior Leadership Team.”

Since joining Mosaic in 2007, Bauer has managed legal support for business development activities, potash operations, offshore finance, commercial transactions and corporate governance. His most recent assignment was as VP—Growth and Development where he helped drive strategic vision across the organization, including the advancement of Mosaic’s soil health strategy and other innovation initiatives.

Prior to joining Mosaic, Bauer was a partner at an international law firm where he focused his practice on mergers and acquisitions, public and private securities offerings and public company compliance matters, as well as general business advising.

Bauer earned his Juris Doctor degree from The George Washington University Law School in Washington D.C., and his Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service degree with honors from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service where he majored in international politics. He also received his Master of Business Administration degree from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

Bauer succeeds Mark Isaacson, who is retiring in early 2023 after 34 years with Mosaic and predecessor companies.

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Mosaic and our company’s foundation are providing over $400,000 in financial support following Hurricane Ian. $100,000 is supporting local recovery efforts in our hardest-hit operating communities in Florida’s Hardee, Manatee and DeSoto counties. The $100,000 donation will be split evenly between the following organizations:  

• Hardee County, Send Me Missions – connecting the community with volunteers from local relief organizations and offering home repairs including drywall, flooring and appliance removal, tarping roofs, mold mitigation and cutting fallen trees.   
• Manatee County, Manatee Community Foundation – making grants to local nonprofit organizations providing response and relief.  
• DeSoto County, DeSoto County Chamber of Commerce Foundation – partnering with local organizations to support recovery efforts, including food, water, supplies and more.   

Prior to hurricane season, Mosaic provided $55,000 in storm preparation funds to organizations across Central Florida. Another $300,000 is seeded in an Employee-to-Employee Assistance Fund that will be dispersed to employees most impacted by the storm. The Mosaic Company Foundation will double match all employee contributions to the fund, with nearly $30,000 in total raised to date.  

On Thursday, October 6, the company hosted Mosaic Cares Day for Hurricane Ian relief efforts. Over 75 Mosaic volunteers are on the ground supporting Send Me Missions in Hardee County Meals on Wheels of Manatee and the Myakka Community Center in Manatee County. Additional volunteer opportunities will be planned in DeSoto County when flooding and road conditions improve. 

Our 2,900 Florida employees remain committed to each other and their communities. Many returned to work as soon as it was safe and the roads were cleared — our employees have a mission that cannot wait.  

Mosaic’s mission is to help the world grow the food it needs, and the world depends on this Florida team to help put food on the table.

The Mosaic Company and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers today announced the location of a second food pantry as the organizations team up to tackle hunger in Tampa Bay by opening food pantries annually in regional communities most in need. 

The Tackling Hunger fueled by Mosaic partnership with the Buccaneers enables Feeding Tampa Bay, part of the Feeding America network, to build and manage school pantries in areas of need. The second food pantry will be hosted at Lamb Elementary School in Progress Village, Riverview, Florida. This new pantry will help support the nearly 600 students and their families who attend the school. 

“One in four children in Tampa Bay are food insecure, partnerships like this are critical to lifting the potential of each and every child,” said Thomas Mantz, President & CEO for Feeding Tampa Bay. “This Hunger Action Month, as we respond to the escalating need brought on by inflation, it remains critical to support our neighbors struggling with food insecurity.”

The partnership is inspired by Mosaic’s mission and passion to address food insecurity, and the Buccaneers’ extensive community platform to drive social change and empower youth. But it takes a team to tackle hunger, that is why this year, the program will also offer the community an opportunity to power up the partnership and provide additional support to Feeding Tampa Bay by donating virtually leading into the Week 8 matchup against the Baltimore Ravens. 

“These food pantries will serve a vital role in helping to resolve the issues of food insecurity in areas that need it the most,” said Tampa Bay Buccaneers Vice President of Community Impact Tara Battiato.  “We look forward to continuing to grow these services over the coming years with our great partners at Mosaic.”  

With additional community support, including cash donations and food drives, and a match from Mosaic – in total, the program donated more than $75,000 to Feeding Tampa Bay last year.

“Around the world, we are seeing the effects of volatile markets that will inevitably impact the most vulnerable,” explained Ben Pratt, Mosaic’s Senior Vice President of Government & Public Affairs. “Partnerships like this one help raise awareness and address food insecurity. Tampa is our home; we live and work here. We believe it is our responsibility to support our neighbors in times of need.”

This commitment is the next step in Mosaic’s long-term partnership with Feeding Tampa Bay. Since 2010, Mosaic has donated over $1,350,000 toward hunger relief in Tampa Bay through the partnership, including weekend backpacks for children, mobile food pantry expansion, warehouse improvements, and purchasing much needed equipment including vehicles, among other capital expenses. 

Across the globe in 2020, Mosaic, The Mosaic Company Foundation, and The Mosaic Institute in Brazil donated more than $15 million toward community investments, including nearly $7.4 million supporting food programs around the world.

The Mosaic Company is driven by its mission- to help the world grow the food it needs. A vital component is help educate farmers on how to increase yields and improve land management are important aspects of promoting food security. With support from The Mosaic Institute in Brazil, The Villages in Brazil launched last year in Barreiras, state of Bahia.  

In its inaugural year, 40 families living in this area were included in the program, increasing their income by 230% and improving access to fresh food and vital crops. The program offers smallholder farmers the opportunity to work with a multidisciplinary team that encourages and educates them in better agronomic practices to improve and increase crop output.  

On August 31, 2022, leadership of Mosaic Fertilizantes, sponsor of The Mosaic Institute, as well as local community leaders and participating families celebrated the positive community impact of the first year.  

Fernanda Fernandes is just one of the smallholders participating in the program. “I had no regular income and no perspective of having income. I opened by mind to earning money while staying at home,” she said. According to her, one of the main benefits of the technical support provided was understanding that it is possible to plant year-round, not only during the rainy season. “One of the things the project helped me was having a shorter crop cycle, which created a business vision. Today we can deliver our produce directly to the market and sell it in farmer markets,” she added.  

Developed in partnership with The Mosaic Company Foundation and having annual funding of R$1.5 million, the Villages program is designed to complement public policies and encourage territorial development.  

According to the chairman of the Governing Board of The Mosaic Institute, Arthur Liacre, who is also Vice President, Public Affairs, Strategy, and Sustainability of Mosaic Fertilizantes, the initiative’s investments are in line with the company’s commitment to promote mutual and sustainable development of communities. “By improving techniques applied to family farming, especially in rural areas, we create opportunities for these families to generate income and provide food security at these locations, in addition to providing sustainable management of the soil. This benefits society and the environment.”  

In addition to boosting productivity and farmer income, the program encourages the diversification of crops, provides access to water by building cisterns or upgrading the irrigation system to improve water supply and availability, and offers education in the field.  

The program has already helped build 23 cisterns, installed 40 irrigation systems, and saved 460,000 liters (more than 120,000 gallons) of water. The program has also supported 416 students and trained 45 teachers of the Barreiras public school system, offering content on nutrition. Vegetable gardens built at two schools provide a practical learning experience.  

For more than a decade, Mosaic has partnered with organizations in India on the Villages in India, called Krishi Jyoti. With its success, Mosaic Fertilizantes in South America adopted the same pillars of the program to launch the Villages in Brazil.

Reporting and transparency are integral to Mosaic's sustainability journey. As a global, publicly traded company, we are continually exploring what it means to be responsible and accountable to Mosaic’s diverse stakeholders. 

 “At Mosaic, we help feed the world. It’s a noble mission, and we are fully capable of achieving it.” explained Joc O’Rourke, Mosaic President & CEO. “We know that earning the right to do this vital work requires responsible operation and excellent sustainability performance, and we will always push ourselves to do better.”  

Our sustainability disclosure details our performance across broad focus areas of People, Environment, Society and Company. Content within our reports is shaped by the issues identified through a significance study, the results of which we analyze on an ongoing basis. As we continue to strive for better performance and results each year, these data points help us measure our success and look for new ways to improve.  

The disclosure includes information about our 2021 progress toward realizing our Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Performance Targets, efforts to support community organizations, business performance, among other topics that are important to Mosaic and our stakeholders.   

We identify our stakeholders as those who are affected by our activities and whose actions have the potential to affect the outcome of our business activities. Our stakeholders – including employees, communities, NGOs, civil society, employees, and investors -- help shape our strategic priorities and give meaning to our mission to help the world grow the food it needs. 

One of Mosaic’s strategic priorities is to Act Responsibly. Our approach is simple: minimize risks and impacts and maximize value to our diverse stakeholders. Through our Risk Reduction program, our employees help create a safer workplace and make progress on our Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Performance Targets. In fact, their efforts demonstrate that acting responsibly is not just a strategic priority, it’s part of who we are.   

In 2021, employees completed more than 960 Risk Reduction projects and reached 138% of our Risk Reduction target with more than a quarter of those being sustainability projects. Continued engagement in the program garnered recognition throughout the company and has resulted in our achieving safety and risk reduction targets tied to employee total compensation and incentive plans.  

Today, we celebrate three impactful projects from 2021:  

Innovative Risk Reduction  
Projects in this category impact entire site locations, bring new technology to Mosaic or use an existing technology in a new way, and/or projects that eliminate worker exposure and risks. 

Uberaba, Brazil: Temperature Control of Circulation Pumps:  
Our Uberaba facility is the largest producer of phosphoric acid in Latin America. The team aimed to increase efficiency and safety of the production process—particularly with the circulation pump. This large pump takes the concentrated acid to the heat exchanger and evaporator. Many variables are monitored electronically, such as pressure, vibration, and speed, however, measuring temperature was done manually. If the temperature was too high, the pump could incur irreversible damage and need to be replaced. Replacing the pump is time intensive and would require an unplanned plant shut down. The team decided to install an infrared and contactless temperature sensor and transmitter that provides online temperature monitoring to catch small issues early. This sensor will shut down the equipment before it fails, which results in reduced safety risk for our employees and lower maintenance costs and downtime of concentration units. 

Elevating Environment 
Projects in this category should be efforts to go beyond regulatory requirements toward environmental stewardship and should elevate Mosaic’s sustainability goals and ESG Performance Targets. This may include waste reduction, energy or water savings, wildlife conservation, etc. 

Wingate, Florida – Fresh Water Use Reduction:
One of Mosaic’s ESG Performance Targets is to reduce freshwater use by 20% per tonne of product by 2025. To help towards this goal, a cross-functional team decided to convert the acid wash station from fresh water to re-use water, as water quality allows, and develop a standard operating procedure to manage water quality to the plant—greatly reducing the amount of fresh water needed. After installing a valve and piping to tap into the reuse water, the site has reduced fresh water use by 25% per metric ton of wet rock at that location*, which is greater than 60% of the five-year freshwater use reduction goal. 

*Versus 2015 baseline  

Hand Safety Impact 
Projects in this category reduce or eliminate the risks of hand injuries – which was one of the highest recordable injuries at Mosaic.  

Cajati, Brazil: Leaf Spring Clamps Removal Device:
Our maintenance team had a goal to eliminate the use of sledgehammers as part of routine maintenance on mining trucks. In 2021, the team created the last of three tools, a hydraulic assisted device to remove leaf spring clamps. This device is easy to handle and very quick to assemble.   It reduces ergonomic and physical safety risks associated with what used to be one of the most intensive tasks—requiring the use of sledgehammers in extreme conditions and, at times, a blowtorch to cut the clamps. In the second half of 2021, this new device was used approximately 70 times—avoiding thousands of physically strenuous hits with the sledgehammer.  

Employees across the globe have created such a strong safety culture and many sites have gone years without incurring a recordable injury. But in December 2021 and January 2022, we had zero recordable injuries globally. We will never stop working toward zero incidents and injuries, and this milestone confirms zero is possible.  

We continue to celebrate these important milestones at Mosaic, but we believe our journey to zero is always ongoing and should be top-of-mind for all of our teams. Learn more about our ESG Performance Targets and our approach to worker wellness and safety. 

Current market conditions are a perfect storm of complex issues. Andy Jung, VP of Market and Strategic Analysis, answers some pressing questions to help break down what is causing these issues and when the market might begin to moderate.  

Q: What is driving fertilizer prices? 
A: The recent increases in prices are due to many factors such as increases in commodity prices driving global demand of fertilizers, supply disruptions, and other countries that have restricted fertilizer exports to ensure supply in their own countries. To make matters more complex, each essential nutrient has its own set of reasons why the prices are elevated: 

Potash – supplies were limited due to unforeseen production disruptions at several mines and higher demand has caused a rise in prices globally. The geopolitical situation in eastern Europe could further complicate supply disruptions in 2022, leading to prices being elevated throughout the year. To help offset these challenges, Mosaic has already announced plans to bring more supply to the market in 2022. 

Nitrogen – supply disruptions from weather events in 2020 and rising gas prices caused many facilities to shut down production, which has led to substantial increases in nitrogen prices globally. The expectation is these one-off disruptions are not permanent, once gas prices revert to more normal levels, production should increase and exert downward pressure on nitrogen prices in 2022.  

Phosphates – higher input costs such as ammonia and sulfur, two critical inputs for production of phosphates, have seen prices increase 313% and 194%, respectively, year-over-year - compared to 2020. Further, the entire supply chain has been deeply impacted by the drastic increase in transportation costs. The market has also seen countries pursue nationalistic actions to keep fertilizer supplies at home. For example, China, enacted export restrictions late last year, restrictions that could remain in place through June 2022. China accounts for between one-quarter and one-third of global phosphate exports annually. China’s decision to stop significant exports have impacted supply and demand globally, changing trade flows for every country importing and exporting this critical resource. In addition, one-offs or atypical weather events disrupted production at several facilities around the world, limiting supplies in the short term.  

Overall, demand for fertilizer has increased as farmers try to capture additional revenue from high crop prices, leading to an increase in both planted acres and fertilizer use. The outlook for agricultural commodity prices remains strong for 2022, as it was in 2021, and with higher grain prices driving higher fertilizer demand, higher fertilizer costs historically follow. While this alone would increase prices, combined with the above mentioned global supply limitations – the combination has pushed prices to levels not seen in over a decade for phosphates and potash, and unprecedented levels for some nitrogen products. 

Q: The phosphate industry in the U.S. petitioned for countervailing duties (CVD) against Morocco and Russia prior to the recent surge in prices, wasn’t that the reason for the recent increases in fertilizer?  
A: The short answer is no.  

The CVD has not limited overall phosphate imports into the U.S. In fact, U.S. phosphate imports increased to a record level in 2021 after increasing by 1.7 million metric tons or 73% relative to 2020 – even with duties imposed on Russian and Moroccan imports. In 2021, 14 countries supplied finished phosphate product to the U.S., about double the number of suppliers in recent years. The U.S. phosphate market is now a more balanced and fair-trade market, which creates a more competitive environment with trusted and reliable suppliers for American farmers and American agriculture in the long term. While U.S. farmers are indeed seeing the costs of inputs rise, they are not alone. Phosphate prices in other key agricultural markets, like Brazil and India, are higher than in the U.S. — which clearly indicates the CVD is not driving higher prices. 

To further explain, the tariffs on phosphate imports from Morocco and Russia are settled duties that were determined by an affirmative ruling by both the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) and the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce). The CVD was determined after a lengthy and thorough investigation by the ITC and Commerce which determined that Russian and Moroccan phosphate producers were unfairly subsidized by their governments, and that these subsidized imports caused significant harm to the U.S. phosphate industry. While we understand the timing is confusing, the ITC and Commerce departments’ investigation encompassed years of data.  

In short, the current market has been driven by a confluence of increased demand, supply chain disruptions, elevated input costs, and pandemic related issues, and not merely by a ruling for fair trade.  

Q: What is the current make up of phosphate market share by U.S. producers? 
A: The U.S. domestic phosphate market can change dramatically year to year. Currently, four domestic producers supply the majority of the market – typically about 70%, with Mosaic the largest producer in North America. Imports typically make up about 30% of supply, although they increased in 2021. Due to the seasonality of demand in North America, Mosaic typically exports about half of its finished phosphate product in any given year. However, as a result of global events this year and Mosaic’s commitment to U.S. farmers to alleviate the current market dynamics, we adjusted our typical trade volumes and purposefully diverted fertilizer tons away from the international market to boost availability domestically when U.S. farmers need it most.  

Q: Will high fertilizer prices continue in 2022 and 2023? 
A: For nitrogen, there is a clear path forward to prices trending downward in 2022 as shuttered facilities come back online to add supply to the global market. There is also new capacity slated for commissioning in 2022.  Since nitrogen is a major component of phosphate fertilizers, we should see the lower pricing of nitrogen pass through to phosphate prices. In addition, if China resumes more normalized phosphate exports later in 2022, as expected, we could see those increased volumes contributing to a gradual easing of prices as well; however, phosphate supply is tight with depleted inventories worldwide and any new investments in increasing production takes considerable time.  We won’t see that production come online for several years. For potash, all eyes are on eastern Europe and Belarus, where the world’s second-largest potash supplier in Belarus could lose access to their critical export port in Lithuania, which could sharply curb their ability to supply markets around the world. Belarus supplies roughly 16% of all potash globally. As such, potash markets could remain tighter for longer and the current elevated pricing paradigm could persist. 

Andy Jung has a master’s in applied economics from Marquette University and more than 20 years of experience in global market analysis. Data explained by Jung in this Q&A are provided by third-party or government entities, market reports, industry and trade associations such as the International Fertilizer Association (IFA) and The Fertilizer Institute (TFI). Combined with extensive expertise and experience, this data help to inform Mosaic’s own market analysis and future outlook. 

A pillar of Mosaic’s strategic priorities is to continue to improve aspects of the business we can control for organizational growth. Market’s ebb and flow, but there are always elements we can manage to help drive functional collaboration and efficiency across the organization that help to secure our future is strong.  

With the acquisition of Vale Fertilizantes in 2018, Mosaic’s business in South America became more complex. There was an immediate need to create consistency and standardization of the most common administrative and transactional functions, so the Uberaba Brazil Shared Solutions Center was created with specific goals in mind. 

• Standardize processes and systems 
• Foster innovation with automation, analytics, continuous improvement, user experience — and partner to enable these capabilities within other areas 
• Provide a stable administrative platform for business growth 
• Improve process integration by beginning with an end-to-end mindset  
• Elevate the customer experience—internal and external—with user-first technology 
• Provide significant financial return to the company  

Some of these goals were achieved immediately or soon after, and others were set with a long-term goal of taking on more processes and continuing to reassess where the team could help to further streamline the business. At the time, there were processes that didn’t have formal documentation or timelines for completion, so the team was starting at the very beginning.  

The Brazil Shared Solutions Center celebrated three years since opening its doors in December 2021. Between the internal excitement around this new way of working and the local media coverage it received – the center was even recognized as one of the best shared services centers by the Brazilian Association of Shared Services (ABSC). There has always been interest and high expectations around what a shared services concept could accomplish. The teams have completely reimagined the way we work in South America which helped to propel and set the groundwork for the launch of North America Shared Services in 2020—there’s a lot the teams want to do next and there’s no slowing down in sight.   

North America Shared Services Launches 
In November 2020, North America Shared Services officially welcomed its first group of employees—Procurement Services. Over the next few months, employees from Human Resources and Finance joined the team.  

Mosaic Connect—a platform for submitting requests for these teams—launched for use by all North America. In preparation for these steps, the teams who collaborated to create the North America model used the learnings from our South America governance and launch to help customize an approach that would best serve the needs of the business, as well as our U.S. and Canada customers and suppliers.  

While the North America team is still very new, they continue to evaluate business processes that could benefit from the consistency and automation that their team can offer, which could result in additional teams or employees moving onto the team in the future.  

Just in 2021, both Shared Services teams secured an estimated cost savings of over $4 million! 

Quick Stats  

*Includes automation, system improvements and process improvements 
**not all requests are tracked in the system yet  

High global demand coupled with supply chain disruptions have caused uncertainty and instability in many industries, and have deeply impacted businesses, governments and individuals across the world. The agriculture industry has been impacted in many ways, one of which is the recent increase in input costs, including fertilizer prices, and it is understandably causing frustration among agricultural retailers and farmers. 

At The Mosaic Company, our mission is to help the world grow the food it needs. We do everything we can to offer stable prices and a reliable supply of critical fertilizer to U.S. farmers. In fact, we supply approximately 50% of the phosphate fertilizer applied in the United States. We recognize that fertilizer costs have increased dramatically over the past several months, and feel a responsibility to share our global perspective on this complex issue.

Fertilizers are globally traded commodities, just like corn, soybean and wheat, and as a result, their prices are influenced by many factors related to global supply and demand. Fertilizer prices are not determined by individual companies. Several factors have contributed to the rise in prices:

1. Fertilizer demand follows commodity prices
   Demand for fertilizer has increased as farmers try to capture additional revenue from high crop prices, leading to an increase in both planted acres and fertilizer use. The trade outlook for U.S. commodity exports remains strong for 2022, as it has been in 2021, and with higher grain prices driving higher fertilizer demand, higher fertilizer costs historically follow.
2. The cost of fertilizer production has increased
   Because of raw-material price increases, it costs more to produce phosphate fertilizer today than in the past. For example, the cost of ammonia has increased 288% year-over-year, and sulfur is up 165%. Further, the entire supply chain has been deeply impacted by the drastic increase in import and ground transportation costs. 
3. Trade and Supply disruptions continue to reshape the market
   Other countries have announced restrictions of fertilizer exports to ensure their own domestic supply. For example, China, which accounts for over 25% of global phosphate exports, recently banned all phosphate fertilizer exports through June 2022, drastically decreasing global supply and adding pressure to global prices, including those in the U.S.

In addition, weather events and natural disasters have resulted in plant shutdowns adding to the cost. In August, Hurricane Ida devastated the Gulf Coast, damaging the electrical grid, which led to a delay in nitrogen and phosphate production. This, unfortunately, resulted in weeks of lost production. 

In June 2021, the U.S. International Trade Commission issued a countervailing duty on Moroccan and Russian phosphate fertilizer imports due to unfair foreign subsidies. Irrespective of this, phosphate imports have been coming into the U.S. at record levels, and from a more diversified supply base. In fact, U.S. phosphate imports increased by 1.3 million metric tons in 2021, which is 57% higher than during the same January-to-November period in 2020. This has resulted in a more balanced and fair-trade market, which creates a more competitive environment with trusted and reliable suppliers for American farmers and American agriculture in the long term.

In any given year, 90% of global fertilizer consumption occurs outside the U.S., as other countries around the world continue to increase grain production to meet increased demand. Phosphate prices in the U.S. are currently $20 to $100 per ton less than in other major agricultural markets such as Brazil, India, and Europe. Assertions that the countervailing duties are driving U.S. prices higher are simply untrue.

Mosaic is committed to U.S. farmers, and, as a result of global events this year, we have adjusted our typical trade volumes and purposefully diverted fertilizer tons away from the international market to boost availability domestically. 

We understand the pressures ag retailers and farmers are facing during this tumultuous time and the frustration that comes with it. We value our long-standing relationships with retail partners and their farmer customers, and will continue to offer them transparency and support as they navigate tough decisions ahead. 
 

Fans can help the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and The Mosaic Company pack the pantries this holiday season by donating nonperishable food items Sunday at Raymond James Stadium before the Buccaneers take on the Buffalo Bills. Kickoff for the highly anticipated Week 14 matchup is at 4:25 p.m.ET. 

In support of the Tackling Hunger Fueled by Mosaic program, food donations will benefit Feeding Tampa Bay, part of the national Feeding America network, which focuses on providing food to nearly one million food insecure families in the 10-county area of West Central Florida. Beginning at 1:00 p.m., volunteers will accept donations at the large treasure chests approaching each stadium entrance. Fans are encouraged to donate a variety of food items, including:

-    Canned fruits and vegetables
-    Canned meat
-    Boxed meals
-    Breakfast items (cereal, oatmeal)
-    Beverages
-    Baking and cooking items
-    Rice and beans
-    Pasta and sauce
-    Condiments
-    Snacks
-    Hygiene products
-    Cleaning supplies
*Note; Raymond James Stadium maintains a no bag policy for all events. Bags will not be allowed inside the stadium gates. 

Fans not attending Sunday’s game can still support the cause. Online donations may be made through Feeding Tampa Bay’s 12 Days of Giving program, which will help feed local children and families. A $1 donation to Feeding Tampa Bay provides 10 meals for families in need. One in four children in Tampa Bay are food insecure – a number that is even higher in certain areas throughout the region.

Click here to donate before you go!

The Mosaic Company is driven by its mission- to help the world grow the food it needs. This includes efforts to educate farmers on how to increase yields and improve land management. For more than a decade, we have partnered with organizations in India on the Villages Program called Krishi Jyoti. With its success, Mosaic Fertilizantes in South America adopted the same pillars of the program to launch the Villages in Brazil. With support from The Mosaic Institute in Brazil, the program officially kicked off in 2020 in Barreiras, Bahia in Brazil. Despite its high production potential, Barreiras is an area with low agriculture output due, in part, to lack of agronomic training.  

The program selected 17 families in its first year targeted toward smallholder farmers or participants with small properties that hoped to develop their lands with technical assistance, education, and access to improved water resources. In just the first year, those that participated benefited from an increase of 230% in their family income.  

 “I had no income from my land, now I can earn R$250 a week to support myself. I learned a lot, hands-on experience,” said Otacílio Filho, a farmer participating in the Villages Program. Families have been able to adopt agronomic best practices and marketing techniques so that production yields supported them and have also contributed to the local economy and agriculture. “Our production used to be small because we only planted in the rainy season, but the Villages guided us in the cultivation of garlic, beans and corn, taught us how to act, plant and have a wonderful production. Now I have more hope for the future,” says Luzinete Freitas Leite, another beneficiary of the initiative.  

Plans to expand the program in 2022 include further development in Barreiras and an expansion in an additional city. 

“This is the legacy we want to leave for future generations. Through the Villages Program, we are looking at each family individually, nurturing the land of these small farmers, investing in education, collaborating with the management of water resources, thus allowing a new cycle of empowerment of these small farmers and prosperity in these properties to be created," says the President of The Mosaic Institute's Board of Directors, Arthur Liacre, who is also the Vice President of Corporate Affairs, Strategy and Sustainability at Mosaic Fertilizantes. 

In addition to increasing productivity and financial gains, the initiative aims to encourage crop diversification, provide access to water through the implementation of cisterns or adaptation of the irrigation system for better water supply and availability, and strengthen education in the countryside. “The work of Mosaic Fertilizantes in transforming rural productivity also expands to mobilize, support and transform the reality of small producers. It is food as a nutritional and social development factor. And The Villages has been revolutionary in supporting small farmers with rural technical assistance and generation of wealth in the countryside,” explains the Executive Director of The Mosaic Institute in Brazil, Paulo Eduardo Batista. 

Participants of the Villages in Brazil will receive support for at least three years. The first year is dedicated toward improving and developing the available land and resources. The second year strives to build on those trainings, but will also incorporate more business education so that families can continue to build on their experience and support their communities.  

The 2021 Global Agricultural Productivity (GAP) Report was recently published by the Global Agricultural Productivity Initiative at Virginia Tech College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS). As a partner of this research, Mosaic was featured for our promotion of 4R Nutrient Stewardship.  

This year’s report found:  

• Productivity remains the primary driver of agricultural growth, but it is not growing as fast as previously thought. 
• Globally, TFP grew by an average of 1.36% annually (2010 to 2019), well below the Global Agricultural Productivity Index™ target of 1.73%. (USDA ERS, 2021)  
• The productivity trends in low-income countries, where many small-scale producers live, are particularly troubling.  
• Climate change is complicating matters even further, slowing productivity growth globally by 21% since 1961.  

This year’s GAP Report underscores Mosaic's mission driven operations. We believe it is our responsibility to contribute positively to global food security and the core of our business to promote sustainable farming practices and innovative growing solutions. 

Read the report to learn more: https://globalagriculturalproductivity.org/ 

The GAP Report is produced by the Global Agricultural Productivity Initiative and CALS Global in the Virginia Tech College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS). In addition to producing this annual assessment of global progress toward productive, sustainable agricultural systems, the GAP Initiative creates opportunities for collaboration and learning between its partners, the university, and stakeholders worldwide. The GAP Initiative brings together experts from the private sector, NGOs, conservation and nutrition organizations, universities, and global research institutions. 

The Mosaic Company’s commitment to safety and the wellbeing of our employees is a top priority. Our partner in Peru, Miski Mayo, is just as dedicated to these standards, recently winning several awards for excellence in organizational health and safety.  

Miski Mayo participated in the Mining Safety Institute’s (ISEM) national mining safety contest. For the last two years Miski Mayo has been part of the top seven safest companies recognized in this contest, succeeding in taking the top spot in the 2019 lineup.  

“I want to thank all of the Miski Mayo employees and their families. This is everyone’s job and it is the workers who make it possible for our company to be a safe organization, always keeping in mind our core value: life first,” expressed Alejandro Cachay, Miski Mayo’s Safety, Health and Environment Manager, as he accepted the first-place plaque on behalf of the company. 

Akira Takahashi, Director of Operations for Miski Mayo, thanked ISEM for promoting spaces in which the safest companies are recognized, making safety a coveted value within organizations. Takahashi added that the recognition granted to Miski Mayo as one of the seven safest companies in 2020 is the sum of the efforts of all those who make up the company. Hear the full remarks on Miski Mayo's Facebook page. 

When Mosaic acquired Vale Fertilizantes in 2017, we became the leading fertilizer producer and distributer in Brazil and the operating partner of the Miski Mayo joint venture phosphate mining company in Peru. As part of the acquisition, Mosaic assumed 75 percent ownership of the company. Mitsui, based out of Japan, maintains ownership of the other 25 percent. Mosaic has another joint venture with Ma’aden in Saudi Arabia. Both partnerships are key parts of our long-term phosphates rock strategy.   

Mosaic’s commitment to employee safety extends beyond risk reduction and physical health, we also believe it is important to manage overall wellbeing, including mental health. The Mosaic wellness program includes resources to help employees manage their physical, psychological, and financial wellness.  

Physical safety remains imperative in the work conducted at Mosaic; however, workers are also encouraged to manage their psychological health – which includes mental, emotional and social wellness. Psychological health affects how we think, feel, and act. It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make choices. It is proven that promoting psychological health increases on the job safety, employee satisfaction, retention and productivity while reducing exhaustion, anxiety, and risk. 
 
Mosaic is dedicated to supporting employees in overcoming barriers that interfere with their psychological health, both at home and work. To support employees and their families with their psychological health, Mosaic provides free, confidential employee and family assistance programs throughout our North and South America operations.  

Additionally, we recently launched a psychological wellness program in Canada and are extending it throughout our North America business. The program’s mission is to provide employees with a work environment where they can achieve their optimum level of psychological wellness. The program provides training for all employees, including additional training for leadership.  

Our people, and their overall wellness and safety, will always be our highest priority. While safety starts with maintaining a safe working environment, we recognize that to be our best self, we must also look to other factors outside of work. Mosaic is dedicated to also supporting the communities where we live and work. Last year, Mosaic and The Mosaic Company Foundation partnered with Tampa Bay Thrives to help increase mental health awareness and access to services in the Tampa Bay area in Florida where we have significant operations, including our global headquarters. They recently launched a free, 24/7 chat line – Let's Talk – for residents in Hillsborough County. This is not an emergency line, but an additional resource for those in the community that might not know where to start when looking for mental health support. Plans are underway to expand this service to other areas in Tampa Bay. 

Mosaic recently announced a long-term partnership with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to tackle hunger in the area by opening food pantries in our region. The first food pantry is located in Broward Elementary and will support up to 400 students and their families. While the Mosaic team was learning about the school, the staff mentioned they offer a garden club with practical agriculture classes using a butterfly and separate hydroponic garden. Unfortunately, with schools being virtual last year, the gardens were in rough shape at the start of the year. Check out this video on how Mosaic volunteers came out to help tackle hunger, and some weeds, to support this community. 

*Mosaic volunteers adhered to Hillsborough County Covid-19 safety protocols and were not in direct contact with any of the students during this event.  

The safety of our employees and their families is a top priority at Mosaic. As a company, we’ve been working hard to connect our employees with critical resources to support their personal Hurricane Ida storm recovery.

At Mosaic, we have the opportunity – and responsibility – to support the communities that we operate in – and where our employees work and live. St. James Parish in south Louisiana is home to our Faustina and Uncle Sam Phosphate facilities. In addition to the support Mosaic is providing its employees and their families, we have committed to help the community recover from the impacts of the storm.

Mosaic today announced a $100,000 disaster relief grant to the Capital Area United Way. The Capital Area United Way supports ten parishes in south Louisiana – including the St. James Parish where many of our employees live. These funds will help provide immediate needs to the community as they begin the recovery process.

Click here to read more about the impacts of Hurricane Ida on our Louisiana facilities.

The Mosaic Company and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers announced partnership to tackle hunger in Tampa Bay by opening five food pantries in the region over the next five years.

The current Super Bowl Champions and Mosaic represent two local leaders with a shared commitment to support our communities. The new partnership is inspired by our mission and passion to address food insecurity, and the Buccaneers extensive community platform to drive social change and empower youth. Together, we seek to enrich the lives of families in our region through the Tackles for Hunger fueled by Mosaic program.  

The Bucs and Mosaic will partner with Feeding Tampa Bay, part of the Feeding America network, to build and manage the pantries. As part of the agreement, both the Bucs and Mosaic will be donating $10 each, per tackle during the Bucs 2021 regular season to Feeding Tampa Bay for ongoing support of the pantries.  

This commitment is the next step in our long-term partnership with Feeding Tampa Bay. Since 2010, Mosaic has donated over $800,000 toward hunger relief in Tampa Bay through the partnership, including weekend backpacks for children, mobile food pantry expansion, warehouse improvements, purchasing much needed equipment including vehicles, among other capital expenses. Across the globe in 2020, Mosaic, The Mosaic Company Foundation, and The Mosaic Institute in Brazil donated more than $14 million toward community investments, including nearly $2 million in pandemic aid with most of the aid supporting food programs around the world. 

The first pantry, which is slated to open in October, will be located at Broward Elementary School in Seminole Heights. The pantry will serve the approximately 300 families in the area, helping children and their families have access to a variety of foods, including perishable and non-perishable options. One in four children in Tampa Bay are food insecure – a number that is even higher in certain areas throughout the region.  

In addition to the community partnership, Mosaic employees are able to help support the program through volunteerism or financial contributions as part of the Mosaic Employee Giving Program. Launched in February 2021, The Mosaic Employee Giving Program supports employee’s community efforts with matching grants. To date, Mosaic employees have donated more than 1,400 hours of their time and more than $55,000 toward organizations that mean the most to them.  

Land once mined for phosphate to help support healthy crops around the world are home to some of Florida’s most breathtaking parks. Located on reclaimed land, the parks welcome visitors from near and far to enjoy the lush green grasses, plentiful trees, wetlands, and wildlife that span as far as the eye can see. The parks also offer recreation, camping, exploration, education facilities and much more. 

What is ‘reclaimed land’? 
Since 1975, government regulations have required that every acre of land that the phosphate industry mines must be reclaimed back to nature, agriculture, or other productive uses. Prior to mining activities, phosphate companies must demonstrate that post-mining reclamation will result in a net ecological benefit compared with the land before mining.  

Reclamation allows us to create large-scale wildlife corridors while reconnecting streams and wetlands as they previously existed. 

Hardee Lakes Park 
Located in the heart of Hardee County, Hardee Lakes Park, created for public enjoyment by Mosaic, is one of many parks built on previously mined land. The 1,260-acre public park provides residents with access to community buildings, RV campsites, fishing piers, trails, playgrounds and much more. Recently, we funded the addition of a BBQ grill shed which will increase the capacity for outdoor recreation, complete with necessary preparation, storage and sanitization areas. Free of charge to those visiting Hardee Lakes, the shed is a welcome addition, located next to the Mosaic Community Education Center.  

“Hardee County is the only county in Florida that is not home to natural lakes. Through Mosaic’s robust land reclamation process, we have added four lakes, over 120,000 trees and over 1,200 acres to the county,” says Heather Nedley, Public Affairs and Community Relations Manager. “Hardee Lakes Park provides habitat, recreation and conservation in one package – reflecting Mosaic’s commitment to both sustainability and reclamation in Florida and to giving back to the community in a meaningful way.” 

Just 33 miles away from Hardee Lakes Park sits another local favorite, also located on reclaimed land. 

Alafia River State Park 
Mountain bikers, hikers, equestrians, and fishers alike can enjoy Alafia River State Park‘s unique topography and offerings, located on 7,700 acres of formally mined land. The reclaimed land is home to over 45 miles of mountainous trails perfect for hiking, biking and horseback riding along with a river for water activities.  

Doing our part to support local sustainability is something we care deeply about at Mosaic. While the land was mined and reclaimed by a previous mining company, Mosaic continues to provide support to the park, which is an important part of the Hillsborough community. 

Through Friends of Alafia, Mosaic provided funding for a new commercial mower to help with the park’s upkeep. During this long-term partnership, we have also provided grants to purchase a utility vehicle, repave the parking lot, add programming for equestrian opportunities, and in-kind donations of mining conveyor belts that can be used for mountain bike trails.

“Previously, we only had one reliable 60” commercial mower to maintain upwards of 50 acres of grass. Thanks to Mosaic, we now have a 72” mower. Both machines will remain in service for years to come and make maintenance activities much easier,” shares LeRoy Dennison, President, Friends of Alafia, Inc. 

Other Florida Parks on Reclaimed Land 
Parks on formerly mined land can be found in Polk, Hillsborough, Hardee and Manatee Counties and are unique public assets providing many amenities. Visitors can expect to enjoy fishing, camping, biking, jogging, or educational resources when visiting the parks. Quite possibly the most unique aspect is the abundance of wildlife that can be found on reclaimed land. 

Reclamation efforts not only restore the land, but often provide a net ecological benefit compared with the land before mining.  

View a full list of Parks here. 
 

In 2019, Mosaic Fertilizantes, our business operations in South America, became signatories of the Brazil Global Compact, a United Nations initiative. The following year, we announced our global Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Performance Targets to advance Mosaic’s sustainability efforts on four focus areas: People, Environment, Society, and Company.  We know that respecting the environment is critical to the sustainability of our business – and we are dedicated to reducing negative impacts and making the best use of our shared resources. 

Mosaic Fertilizantes has many initiatives aimed at preservation and conservation in the communities where we operate in South America.  

URBAN AREAS IN ARAXÁ   
In Araxá Brazil we helped maintain green spaces, assisted in preservations programs and projects with local institutions, and took part in the Urban Springs Recovery Program to plant tree saplings in six districts of the city of Araxá (MG) during 2020.  The tree saplings used in the initiative were provided by the Mosaic Araxá Chemical and Mining Complex’s nursery, which produces an average of 50,000 tree saplings every year. 

FOREST PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION 
Mosaic Fertilizantes maintains a nursery to produce native tree saplings in Villeta, Paraguay. This facility produces around 5,000 saplings annually which are donated to forest restoration initiatives in the region. 

In addition, we conserved and maintained over 280 acres in the Capoeira do Boi Private Natural Heritage Reserve in Uberaba (MG), Brazil. This reserve houses 58 species of plants, 106 species of birds, 12 species of amphibians, and 6 species of wild mammals. 

2021 WATER BIDDING PROGRAM 
The Mosaic Institute selected 15 projects for the third annual Edital da Água - or Water Bidding Program. This initiative is powered by transformative water management proposals that are submitted by the community, with a focus on providing quality water to future generations. Initiatives receive up to R$45,000 each (or almost $9,000 USD). 

We partner with Instituto para o Desenvolvimento do Investimento Social (IDIS) on this program, and in 2019, we received recognition in the Collective Action and Ecosystem Protection and Restoration categories from the Water and Environmental Sanitation Success Cases, organized by Rede Brasil do Pacto Global (the Brazilian Network of the United Nations Global Compact).  

Congratulations to the following organizations that are instrumental in instituting important changes for our communities:  

Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul - Campo Grande (MS)
Conversion of organic pollutants from water into energy via chemical adsorption processes and photo(electro) catalysis. 

Quilombola Association of Patioba - Japaratuba (SE) 
Social Development through water in Quilombo Patioba 

Associação Cerrado Vivo (CERVIVO) - Patrocínio (MG) 
Community training in rural basic sanitation as a method of preserving water resources 

Association of Ecological Rural Tourism and Adventure of Araxá area - Araxá (MG) 
Local environment collective in Araxá (MG) 

Engineers Without Borders - Brazil - Patos de Minas (MG) 
Rainwater collection system in public schools in the municipality of Patos de Minas, with proposal to reuse this water in an organic garden and other non-potable uses 

Humana Brasil - Candeias (BA) 
Water network: biodigester septic tank as an alternative for sanitation 

University of Uberaba (Uniube) - Uberaba (MG) 
Forest Recomposition of the App of The Saudade Stream and Linear Park Structuring 

Instituto João Margon Vaz - Catalão (GO) 
PIRAPITINGA VIVO Project - Phase 5 

Center for Social Integration of Women Living Woman Life - Catalan (GO) 
Community Garden - "Women in Action" - Conscious use of water for food production 

UNESP - Registration (SP) 
Technology and social innovation as bases for rational use of water in food production in family aquaculture: approach to circular bioeconomy adding value to waste 

Renew Association of Technology and solutions for Agribusiness, Environment and Topography - Alfenas (MG) 
Regularization of the capture and use of the water resource of 20 small family producers participating in the Free Fairs of Alfenas, donation of seedlings to participating farmers, cleaning of the Pedra Branca stream and recovery of its spring in the Santos Reis neighborhood 

Agronelli Institute of Social Development - Uberaba (MG) 
Recover and monitor springs to increase the flow of the Uberaba River 

Association of Parents and Friends of The Exceptional of Conquest - APAE - Conquest (MG) 
Organic vegetable garden in Apae: environmental education, sustainability and health 

Institute of Consciousness and Action - Araxá (MG) 
Alternative system for treatment of domestic effluents - evapotranspiration tanks 

NGO Corrente do Bem - Tapira (MG) 
Revitalization of the Luiz José Barcelos spring 

Recently, Mosaic announced partnerships that will expand our product portfolio to better meet growers needs for improved soil health. Curt Woolfolk, Manager of Crop Nutrition Technologies, helps examine Mosaic’s current market position and provide insight into advanced crop nutrition and how that progresses soil health.

Why do you think customers choose Mosaic and Mosaic products?  
Retail customers respect Mosaic and recognize us as the crop nutrition leaders. Our customers appreciate our expertise in soil fertility and fertilizer technology. I’m proud to hear them refer to us as having integrity, dependability, and a knowledgeable team.  

We have a lot to offer customers, both retail customers and ultimately growers. They know that we are people with a strong mission statement and purpose. There's a lot of drive and energy when you know you're working with a team that has passion and cares about the customer. 

I also think retailers and growers that use our products appreciate our efforts to be good stewards of the environment. Not only in our mining and manufacturing operations, but also knowing that the products we deliver are made from quality minerals and materials and can be used in a sustainable manner. Too many companies do not hold themselves to the same standards that we do at Mosaic and it shows.   

What differentiates Mosaic and our products?  
Mosaic employees! We provide commodities and fertilizer technologies that serve as the platform for our customer’s business. Having a solid team from mine to market is the ticket. While many growers don’t get to see this, retailers value the business relationship and reliability of Mosaic. We have fertilizer technologies that deliver results year in and year out, and we have data to prove it. Mosaic conducts research and provides the science so that retailers can stand behind our products and feel confident in their performance. We conduct lab protocols, green-house work, small-plot replicated trials, and on-farm research that provide our customers with the foundation they need to support their grower customers. It is important to have data and ROI calculators that demonstrate the value created by our performance products.  

Differentiation requires constantly listening to retail customer and grower needs. Feedback from the field is critical to our success and innovation pipeline. We have a StageGate process that is a framework for collecting and building a business model around new ideas. Additionally, we have strategic research alliances that help “ground the science” on existing and new product development. This is especially important with the announcement of new partnerships and new product offerings over the next several years. 

How is Mosaic adapting to meet the future needs of growers? 
We are really thinking outside of the box to adapt to the future needs of growers.  For example, recent announcement of partnerships that will offer completely different types of crop nutrition technologies are in the works and will be the next chapter of innovation within Mosaic’s product portfolio. 

In prior years, when we trained retailers on balanced crop nutrition, we talked about the 17 essential elements (6 macronutrients and 8 micronutrients), crop nutrient demands, and how are products fulfill those nutritional needs. That's been the focus of our balanced crop nutrition strategy at Mosaic. 

Today, we are thinking about a more comprehensive or advanced approach that looks beyond those 17 essential crop nutrients to better understand soil health. In other words, how can we build upon traditional soil chemistry to better understand how living organisms in the soil interact with additions of nutrients and how can we influence their populations and synergies with nutrients to achieve the next-level of crop nutrition.   

Just like human nutrition and the old adage “you are what you eat,” nutrients and biology in the soil are the drivers of crop growth and development. Healthy soils produce healthy yields! Now more than ever we are looking at innovative ways to use our existing performance products and soon to be released technologies that span beyond traditional approaches by Mosaic or competitors. 

Learn more about Curt Woolfolk and is passion to help the world grow the food it needs.  

To learn more about soil health and Mosaic’s performance products, hear more from Curt at cropnutrition.com.  

Mosaic works hard to be transparent and accountable to our stakeholders to Act Responsibly in all that we do. In 2020, we expanded our sustainability approach with the launch of 13 Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Performance Targets to drive improvements – but they’re just one of the ways we are measuring our progress. We also assess our impacts in relation to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).  

The UN SDGs are a global call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and improve the lives and prospects of everyone, everywhere. There are 17 Goals which were adopted by all UN Member States in 2015, as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The goals were written and intended for governments, but we recognize how our business efforts may contribute to the challenges and know that is our responsibility to also be part of the solutions to solve global issues. Mosaic has made commitments to five of the goals, and today we are highlighting Goal 14: Life Below Water.  

Partnering with organizations that address habitat conservation, nutrient stewardship and watershed restoration is an important part of our commitment to reducing our impact and improving our use of shared resources where we operate.  Since 2004, Mosaic has invested over $25 million with more than 150 organizations on water-related initiatives.  

In 2020, we issued a target to empower farmers in key growing areas in North America to reduce the impact of crop nutrient products on the environment by facilitating the implementation of 4R Nutrient Stewardship on 25 million acres by 2025. 

We recently announced support for the Coastal Conservation Association of Florida (CCA) Turtle Bay Oyster Reef Restoration Monitoring (TBORRM) initiative, which works to restore coastal oyster reefs in Charlotte Harbor’s Turtle Bay.  

We’ve partnered with The Florida Aquarium for more than 25 years. Throughout the year, Mosaic barges returning from Louisiana collect sea water from the Gulf of Mexico and deliver it to the aquarium to use in various exhibits and also for research. In 2020, Mosaic delivered a total of 1.8 million gallons of sea water saving the aquarium over $550,000 in costs related to the manufacturing of salt water.  

Volunteering is another way we can support the UN SDGs. Mosaic recently launched the Mosaic Employee Giving Program where employees can take advantage of incentives and matching grants from The Mosaic Company Foundation, but also support organizations that inspire them the most.  

While NASA is known best for exploring things out of this world, researching the world’s oceans is a great way to understand our world. They partnered with NeMO-Net to create an interactive video game to help map the world’s coral.  

Take part in this addicting interactive game and help identify millions of coral throughout our oceans, learn more at http://nemonet.info/  

Mosaic recently announced our extended commitment of $750,000 over the next five years to the Moose Jaw Health Foundation to bring state-of-the-art diagnostic and surgical equipment to the city of Moose Jaw.

"Our long-standing partnership with the Moose Jaw Health Foundation continues with new funding to enhance local surgical and diagnostic imaging capabilities," shares Sarah Fedorchuk, Vice President Government and Public Affairs – North America with The Mosaic Company. "We are proud to support the Health Foundation's important work to deliver the best possible care to its patients, including hundreds of our Mosaic employees and their families that call Moose Jaw home.”

Each year, an average of 1,000 urological procedures are performed at the Dr. F.H. Wigmore Regional Hospital. The new Mosaic-funded equipment includes the BK-series of ultrasound displays and transducers that offer live imaging and identification of masses and tumors, putting some of the most modern intra-operative image guidance tools available in the hands of local surgeons like Urologist, Dr. Chun Huang.

"The equipment provides a modern approach to healthcare. It allows doctors like me to ensure we can access superior treatment options close to home, dramatically increasing the quality of care. When using the new equipment, patients can expect a more comfortable experience, shorter recovery time, reduced risks and better treatment outcomes," says Dr. Huang.

The Moose Jaw Health Foundation expressed its gratitude for the continuation of our support, which spans over a decade. "No matter what the Foundation does, Mosaic is always there to support us with the shared goal of enhancing patient care," said Kelly McElree, Executive Director at Moose Jaw Health Foundation, "thanks to your investment, we can bring the best surgical and diagnostic imaging equipment in Canada to the people of Moose Jaw and surrounding areas, while also attracting and retaining top medical talent.”

We are proud to be the Health Foundation's largest annual donor. Our extended commitment adds to the over $1.6 million invested in healthcare in Moose Jaw to date.

The Mosaic Company’s partner in Peru, Miski Mayo, continues to contribute to the well-being of their local community. As one organization, we work to support the communities where our employees live and work.  As part of the program "Together for Sechura", Miski Mayo donated two chlorine cylinders to the Municipality of Rinconada Llícuar. The cylinders chlorinate water so it is a reliable resource for human consumption, contributing to the reduction of water-borne diseases, thus improving the quality of life for Rinconada residents.  

Roberto Campoverde, Social Management Analyst, says this donation is part of our social commitment and the sanitation plan that works in the province of Sechura and its populated centers.  
  
"Water is a paramount element for life, so we don't neglect these kinds of contributions that improve people's quality of life, but above all, keeps them in good health by avoiding disease," Campoverde said. 
  
Miski Mayo will continue these initiatives that seek to improve essential services and resources for the population and avoid widespread infections and Covid-19. 

When Mosaic acquired Vale Fertilizantes in 2017, we not only became the leading fertilizer producer and distributer in Brazil, we also became the operating partner of the Miski Mayo joint venture phosphate mining company in Peru. As part of the acquisition, Mosaic assumed 75 percent ownership of the company. Mitsui, based out of Japan, maintains ownership of the other 25 percent. Mosaic has another join venture with Ma’aden in Saudi Arabia. Both of these partnerships are key parts of our long-term phosphates rock strategy.  

At Mosaic, we believe it is our responsibility to Act Responsibility in all that we do. From mine to market, we are working to minimize our impacts and maximize the value we deliver to diverse stakeholders around the globe. While there is no denying that mining and fertilizer manufacturing are intensive endeavors; resource extraction, consumption of materials, generation of emissions in operations, and water use are all activities that are necessary to fulfilling our mission to help the world grow the food it needs.  

We employ thousands of hard-working, talented, and responsible people ensuring Mosaic’s values are upheld. Experts in their fields, we encourage our team members to share best practices across industries. Most recently, Jessica Theriault- Director of Regulatory Affairs and Natali Archibee - Corporate Sustainability Manager presented at the Water Stewardship in Mining 2021, a virtual conference intended to unite mining companies, government regulators, and NGOs to help build sustainable paths toward water stewardship across the industry.  

Jessica and Natali’s presentation included best practices in reporting, transparency and decision-making. Mosaic continues to be a leader in this space, as reinforced by our recognition by Barron’s as its first agricultural business on the  “100 most sustainable companies in 2021.” This presentation allowed Mosaic to showcase our sustainability journey, highlight our Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Performance Targets, and share how we continue to prioritize using water wisely throughout the business. Announced in 2020 as part of our strategic priority to act responsibly, we set 13 bold ESG Performance Targets including reducing our freshwater usage by 20% per product ton by 2025. Mosaic has also prioritized two of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) focused on water — Goal 6: Clean Water And Sanitation and Goal 14: Life Below Water.  

Alongside The Mosaic Company, in attendance were representatives from United Nations - Principles for Sustainable Investing (UNPRI), World Wildlife Fund (WWF), University of British Columbia, Newmont Mining, BHP, Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM), CDP, among others.  

Last year we launched the new Mosaicco.com website, delivering an improved visual and streamlined experience for site visitors. Today we are making another great step forward with the launch of a redesigned Mosaicco.com.br. This new site for Mosaic Fertilizantes will continue to build our brand awareness in South America. 

In addition to these sites, we launched new websites earlier in the year to share the local story of Mosaic’s presence in Florida and Saskatchewan. The two sites – Mosaic in Canada and Mosaic Florida Phosphate – build awareness of the work we do and our positive impact in both these critical communities.  

Together, these four sites will help us share the work we all do every day to help the world grow the food it needs. 

Today we acknowledge the UN’s commitment and dedication to promoting safety and wellness efforts in the workplace around the globe.  

For Mosaic, Acting Responsibly includes being accountable to our teams for their well-being, onsite and in the community. In the last year, adjusting to new distractions at work and home was a challenge, but Mosaic employees have come together in inspiring ways to support their communities and each other through this unique time. We instituted new safety and scheduling procedures to minimize Covid-19 exposure, including requiring masks, temperature screening and many other proactive measures.  While we are encouraged for the future, we continue to enforce these important protocols to protect each other. 

We employ more than 12,000 dedicated, hard-working people at Mosaic. We understand the nature of our industry and operations can come with risks, which is why we support and foster a culture of worker safety and wellness. 

In conjunction with Mosaic’s strategic priorities and our Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Performance Targets, strengthening our management system continues to be a critical priority. In 2020, we rolled out our environmental, health, and safety (EHS) 2030 Vision to represent our focus areas: technology, worker wellness, and social responsibility – all anchored by our management system to ensure we’re accounting for potential risks and putting mitigation in place. By prioritizing risk reduction to drive toward zero safety and environmental incidents we put employees in the driver's seat to identify risk reduction opportunities and implement solutions.  More than 1,700 projects have been completed since the program began in 2019.    

Last year, we developed the EHS Risk Reduction Recognition program to celebrate these important projects with our teams. While we are eager to celebrate in person, both last year and this year’s awards ceremony will be held virtually to promote important projects that have contributed to moving beyond compliance, reducing impacts to the environment, and creating long-term, sustainable positive impacts for Mosaic’s workforce.  

Learn more about last year’s winners and look out for more information on the 2020 EHS Risk Reduction Recognition recipients in May. 

These projects are in addition to the important NextGEN work that helps to implement transformative technological change that in addition to cost savings and efficiencies provides new, safer methods of doing business for our workforce. The innovation and ingenuity of Mosaic employees and their commitment to safety was reinforced this year by the National Safety Council, which honored us with the 2020 Robert W. Campbell Award - the prestigious, international award celebrates our 10-year journey in EHS excellence. 

We continue to celebrate these important milestones at Mosaic, but we believe our journey to zero injuries and incidents is always ongoing and should be top of mind for all of our teams. Learn more about our ESG Performance Targets and our approach to worker wellness and safety. 

Giving back to the community is an important part of how we do business at The Mosaic Company. In 2020, together with The Mosaic Company Foundation and The Mosaic Institute in Brazil, we donated more than $14 million toward community investments everywhere we operate.  

We know that some of the most important goodwill is done locally and is driven by personal passions. Recently, in North America we launched the Mosaic Employee Giving Program which shifts from a more traditional single organization, annual workplace giving model to a flexible year-round program allowing our employees to support the organizations that are important to them. The Mosaic Company Foundation matches employee financial contributions and offers incentivized volunteer efforts. In the six weeks since the launch of this new program, our North American workforce has volunteered more than 200 hours and, with matching funds, have donated more than $45,000 to organizations that matter most to them in the communities where we live and work.  

While we are still in a pandemic, we are encouraged by the future and inspired by our employees’ dedication and support of their communities. Mosaic Fertilizantes announced through The Mosaic Institute in Brazil, its commitment to support thousands in 18 cities, with the distribution of more than 220 tons of food and 5,000 medical and hygiene supplies for local communities. A similar activation in 2020 drew more than 200 Mosaic employees to volunteer to distribute food baskets and hygiene items benefiting more than 110,000 people in 28 cities. 

In 2020 we developed bold Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Performance Targets focused on four main areas: People, Society, Environment, and Company. Learn more about Mosaic’s commitment to the communities where we operate, including our goals on corporate giving and employee-based support.  

At Mosaic, we believe we have the opportunity – and responsibility – to maintain strong commitments to the communities where we have operations. Mosaic Fertilizantes and The Mosaic Institute in Brazil recently announced an additional donation of more than $350,000 in pandemic relief to communities in Brazil where we operate. Similar to Mosaic’s efforts made in 2020, food baskets and hygiene kits will be created and support thousands in 18 cities. These kits will include more than 220 tons of food and 5,000 medical and hygiene supply kits for local healthcare organizations.   

“We understand that it is our responsibility, as an active part of the communities where we have operations and where our employees and their families live, to help provide some relief during this extraordinary time. That is why we have carried out a study focused on the main needs of each region, to identify the essential demands and meet them in the best possible way,” explained Arthur Liacre, VP- Corporate Affairs & Sustainability and Strategy & Development Mosaic Fertilizantes Business Center.  

Last year, Mosaic Fertilizantes donated the equivalent of R$4.5 million, or more than $850,000, benefiting approximately 110,000 in more than 28 cities. Mosaic mobilized more than 250 employee volunteers to distribute food and hygiene kits to institutions and families in vulnerable situations. Mosaic acquired products to be included in kits by purchasing from small businesses in another effort to support local economies. Food baskets a variety of items including non-perishable and fresh foods to support diverse nutrients. Healthcare and hygiene kits include masks, disinfectants, sanitizer, among others item needed locally.  

“We believe that solidarity and unity are essential to face moments of crisis. We always seek to develop the regions where we operate with impactful social projects, and now is no different,” said Liacre.

Mining and fertilizer manufacturing are water intensive endeavors. Water is a valued input to food production and economic activity and many natural water ecosystems neighbor our operating footprint. For Mosaic to do its part in putting food on the global table, we must use and interact with water responsibly. 

This year’s World Water Day, which is celebrated annually on March 22, focuses on Valuing Water, a sentiment Mosaic supports. This week we’re taking water-focused action on two fronts. First, we’re celebrating new and long-time water-based partners whose impressive work is conserving water habitat, promoting nutrient stewardship and restoring watersheds in places that neighbor our operations and customer presence. Learn more about our community investments. In addition, Mosaic is launching a campaign for our operational-facing employees across North America to encourage water reduction activities to reach our goal to reduce our freshwater usage by 20% per product ton by 2025. 

Using Water Wisely

Mosaic is hosting its first Water Week, positioned to both educate and inspire employees to think differently about water in their daily work and the risks and opportunities it presents to our industry. Last year Mosaic set 13 bold ESG Performance Targets, several focused on our interactions with water. Making measurable progress will take efforts from every employee and focused investment in innovative projects. The Use Water Wisely campaign is a part of these continued efforts championed by Sustainability Leads at all of our mining and manufacturing facilities. 

Water Week will include a Virtual Water Round Table discussion for employees with internal water subject matter experts, and a compelling presentation from long-time partner, The Nature Conservancy, where they’ll hear more about a range of water-related topics like risks to industry from climate change and the importance of nutrient stewardship for farmers using fertilizer products.

This great work echoes programs that are already implemented in our South American operations at Mosaic Fertilizantes. Through the Zero Leak Program and other efforts, facilities are making progress on implementing similar innovative campaigns to educate and promote water reduction and efficiencies.

Learn more about Mosaic’s approach to Acting Responsibly and our efforts to minimize our impacts on the environment.

Water is an essential input in our operations and across the agricultural value chain. It is also a critical resource for society, including the communities and ecosystems in which we operate. The Mosaic Company and The Mosaic Company Foundation are honoring World Water Day by recognizing new and continued partners leading water-based projects and efforts across the globe that supports habitat conservation, nutrient stewardship, and watershed restoration.  

“In 2021, we’ve already committed $1.7 million plus in-kind support to water-focused initiatives,” said Ben Pratt, SVP- Government and Public Affairs. “Our total water investments are nearly $29 million, with over 189 partnerships globally.”

For Mosaic, water isn’t just a critical resource in North America, it’s a global initiative. In South America, Mosaic Fertilizantes recently launched its annual water bidding initiative: Edital de Água. Organized by The Mosaic Institute, this program selects projects from civil society organizations and higher education institutions aimed at valuing and encouraging good water resource management practices to ensure quality water for future generations. This year, the program plans to expand to include 15 projects in up to 32 municipalities in Brazil.  

In 2019, Edital de Água was recognized in two categories by the Global Compact of the United Nations (UN) for its contribution to the UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDGs) six, which aims to ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all. 

“Water is part of our environmental, social, and governance (ESG) strategy. We aim to contribute to a 20% reduction in freshwater consumption by 2025. From a social point of view, we want to encourage good management practices for our water resources, mobilizing and investing in institutions that have projects ready to be implemented. We want to see entities and the community mobilizing to find local solutions and thereby help in the socioeconomic development of cities,” explained Paulo Eduardo Batista, Director of Social Performance at Mosaic Fertilizantes. 

Learn more about Mosaic’s approach to Acting Responsibly, including our focus areas in supporting the environment and communities everywhere we operate.

On March 11, Joc O’Rourke, President & Chief Executive Officer, Clint Freeland, Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, and Jenny Wang, VP- Global Strategic Marketing, led the last of four virtual strategic sessions for analysts and investors. 

This series was a replacement for Mosaic’s traditional analyst day and provides a deeper look into each of our six strategic priorities. The fourth event, “Optimizing Operating Assets and Capital Management,” showcased the positive impact of Mosaic’s strategic priorities and the outcomes on the business. A replay of the webcast is available here. 

Joc introduced this final session by reinforcing Mosaic’s six strategic priorities provide an important framework for the company that create long-term value for our many stakeholders. “This approach to managing the business has strengthened our foundation and improved our competitiveness during the recent ag and global uncertainties,” Joc explained. “At the same time, this approach has also positioned us to accelerate our financial performance as markets improve, which I’m very pleased to say is exactly what’s happening.” Before introducing Clint, Joc reiterated that Mosaic’s performance was driven by initiatives and actions that the company can control, driving $318 million of benefits in 2020. 

The previous chapters are also available on Mosaic’s investor website. The first chapter reviewed “North America Transformation” and “Drive Functional Efficiency and Collaboration.” The second chapter highlighted the “South America Growth Engine.” The third chapter focused on the strategic priorities “Grow and Strengthen Our Product Portfolio,” and “Act Responsibly.”

This agreement adds to a number of other moves in the soil health space. Sus-Terra fertilizer by Mosaic was announced last year with production beginning this month, and last December we announced an agreement with BioConsortia to collaborate on new nitrogen-fixing microbial products. Mosaic also recently completed investments in the Brazil venture capital firm, SP Ventures, and U.S.-based Lewis and Clark Ventures, and joined the Plug and Play Tech Center rounding out our global capabilities in technology scouting.

Read the full press release here. 

In this video series, we’re sharing more about the intent of Mosaic’s 2025 ESG Performance Targets and how we’ll get there. Acting Responsibly is a strategic priority for our employees and our company. This critical work helps Mosaic to maximize our positive impact on society. 

This week, hear from Corporate Social Responsibility Manager Karla Guzman-Mims and Institutional Relations Specialist Luiz Pereira as they talk about one of our society targets: Establish companywide systems for capturing volunteer hours; report results annually. 

Learn more about our focus areas and targets by visiting www.mosaicco.com/Our-Responsibility and check out past videos from this series at www.mosaicco.com/Targets-Videos.

Helping the world grow the food it needs is core to everything we do at Mosaic, but so is our focus to do it responsibly. We know that we share in the responsibility of reducing the environmental impacts of fertilizer. That’s why it is important to us that two of our products, MicroEssentials^® and Sus-Terra™ fertilizer by The Mosaic Company are now labeled as Enhanced Efficiency Fertilizers (EEF) as defined by the Association of American Plant Food Control Officials (AAPFCO). 

EEF products reduce nutrient losses to the environment through the slow release of nutrients or by disrupting the conversion of nutrient forms in the soil that are susceptible to loss all while increasing nutrient availability for the crop. Innovative fertilizers, like EEFs, are an important component of 4R Nutrient Stewardship. Combined with 4R practices, the use of EEFs and other emerging technologies will help to promote more sustainable farming practices while also solving for the world's increasing demand in food supply.

MicroEssentials and Sus-Terra fertilizers EEF designation support Mosaic’s continued efforts to provide next-generation crop nutrition to meet today’s yield demands and help ensure legacy of land for generations to come. During a recent IFA webinar, Dr. Claudia Wagner-Riddle (University of Guelph and 2020 IFA Norman Borlaug Award recipient) and Dr. Tom Bruulsema (Plant Nutrition Canada) underscored the need to minimize N2O emissions from agricultural fields through the use of nitrogen inhibitors and EEFs. Key findings from the Canadian 4R Research Network found that the use of EEFs allow growers to reduce emissions up to fifty-five percent. 

About MicroEssentials
Through its patented Fusion® technology, four key nutrients are combined into a single granular – including two forms of sulfur. MicroEssentials meets EEF standards as a slow-release fertilizer by offering 50% of the total sulfur as Elemental Sulfur.

About Sus-Terra Fertilizer
In 2020, Mosaic launched a partnership with Anuvia to produce products that would also support healthy soils with the development of Sus-Terra fertilizer. Sus-Terra fertilizer is a first-of-its-kind product that transforms recycled organic matter into a powerful phosphate-based, single granular fertilizer. The unique chemical composition of Sus-Terra fertilizer, built with up to 15% recycled organic matter, promotes a more balanced microbiome to support soil health. In addition, its 30% slow-release nitrogen meets the required designation as an EEF. 

Learn more about this important designation and how farmers can use these products together to meet their crop nutrition needs at CropNutrition.com.

Giving back to the community is an important part of how we do business at The Mosaic Company. Together with The Mosaic Company Foundation and The Mosaic Institute in Brazil, we donate more than $12 million toward community investments every year. We are fortunate to have an engaged workforce who continue to demonstrate the power of our mission by giving their time, talent and financial resources to help those in need in the communities where they live and work.

Building on that strong foundation and commitment from our employees, we recently launched a new employee giving program which provides our North America workforce the opportunity to further support organizations that matter most to them – through matching financial contributions and incentivized volunteer activity.  This shift from a more traditional single organization, annual workplace giving model to a more flexible year-round one allows us to support the generosity of our employees by supporting the organizations that are important to them.  

North America’s new program echoes the work already occurring in South America. Mosaic Fertilizantes launched an updated volunteerism program in late 2019. Since then, employees have volunteered more than 15,000 hours of their time, donated more than 300 tons of food to communities in need, and since the start of the pandemic, helped provide much needed support to more than 100,000 people by donating food and household kits with personal necessities. 

“Living our mission is more than providing crop nutrients to help the world grow the food it needs,” said Ben Pratt, Senior Vice President – Government and Public Affairs, “Our communities are also our homes – where we live, work and raise families. We strive to be thoughtful and engaged neighbors who proudly support the communities in which we operate through corporate and local giving and volunteerism.” 

In 2020 we developed aggressive Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Performance Targets focused on four main areas: People, Society, Environment, and Company. Learn more about Mosaic’s commitment to the communities where we operate, including our goals on corporate giving and employee-based support.

The Mosaic Company is reinforcing its commitment to help address food insecurity by partnering with the Tampa Bay Super Bowl LV Host Committee and supporting its Forever 55 program. As Tampa Bay ramps up to host Super Bowl LV, together with the NFL and sponsors like us, the host committee’s investment in the community will remain far after the big game ends. The combined $2 million investment will focus on pillars that best reflect the needs of the community such as, health and wellness, sustainability, food insecurity, among others.  

During these unprecedented times, food insecurity is at an all-time high. Feeding America estimates 54 million people in the U.S. are food insecure, including 18 million children. Feeding Tampa Bay has indicated that there has been a 400% increase in demand of its services since the start of the pandemic. Because of this, the Host Committee is partnered with Feeding Tampa Bay to provide continuing relief as part of the Forever 55 Program. 

Recently, with the support of Mosaic, Feeding Tampa Bay was able to pack and deliver 1,800 family meal bags to area schools in need as an extension of the Feeding America Backpack Program. For more than 15 years, this program has been helping children get the food they need outside of school.

In addition, in partnership with NFL Green, the Host Committee’s Sustainability Program presented by TECO launched a Community Greening Program which includes a dozen greening projects throughout the Tampa Bay community. Working with Keep Tampa Bay Beautiful, Mosaic sponsored a community garden at the Boys & Girls Club of Tampa Bay. The garden will provide herbs and vegetables which participants will utilize in their cooking lessons.

Partnerships with community organizations and national events like the Tampa Bay Super Bowl LV Host Committee are integral to Mosaic's approach to giving. They develop campaigns that support the Tampa Bay community, where we have significant operations and is home to The Mosaic Company headquarters. Giving back to the communities where we live and work is a cornerstone of how we do business. We are proud of our efforts and the impact we make.

*Images provided by the Tampa Bay Super Bowl LV Host Committee.

We are proud to be named as an International Fertilizer Association (IFA) Industry Stewardship Champion for the second year in a row. This recognition analyzes a company’s commitment to IFA’s 12 principles in safety, health, and environment. Launched by IFA in 2019, the initiative was created with the aim of rewarding companies that commit to achieving results in the promotion of excellence of its 12 principles.

This recognition is reinforcement that we have focused our efforts in the right areas. Acting Responsibly is one of our strategic priorities, and that’s why in 2020, we announced 13 Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Performance Targets to formalize our progress in four areas that are most important to us: people, environment, society and company. 

Among the reasons Mosaic was awarded this industry recognition from IFA is our Belle Plaine, Saskatchewan facility’s maintenance of IFA’s Protect and Sustain certification. This certification reinforces our commitment to product stewardship, encompassing all aspects of our product life cycle, including the communication, research and development, and process improvements of our:

• management systems
• product development and planning
• sourcing and contracting
• manufacturing techniques
• supply chain to the customer

We are motivated and driven by continuous improvement and recognize Mosaic’s Belle Plaine facility’s contributions to our company’s ability to be more sustainable, efficient and safe.

Water is a critical natural resource for every living thing on this planet, and at Mosaic, we believe having access to safe and abundant water is also a human right. In 2020, we announced 13 Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Performance Targets that layout the measurable progress we intend to make over the next five years. Several of our targets directly or indirectly support protecting and preserving water, including the goal to help farmers implement 4R Nutrient Stewardship on 25 million acres across North America.

As the world’s leading producer and marketer of concentrated phosphate and crop nutrient products, Mosaic believes doing our part to educate society on fertilizer’s impact on water is our responsibility. Efforts by the wider agricultural community, including Mosaic, have built momentum around proper fertilizer use by demonstrating the importance of 4R Nutrient Stewardship and conservation practices—and it’s helping.

If applied improperly, nutrient runoff—primarily nitrogen and phosphorus—from fertilizer can enter our water ways and have negative impacts on its quality. The issue is dynamic and complex; however, society has the tools and knowledge to improve it. Water quality trends in the U.S. began deteriorating in the mid-1900s—until the Clean Water Act was passed in 1970. We still have a way to go, but recent trends in North America show promising results.

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) recently published annual nutrient loads from the Mississippi River and Atchafalaya River Basins. Nutrient loads, or runoff, in the Mississippi River basin change year to year, primarily driven by water, based on the amount and frequency of rainfall for a given year (see blue columns in Figure 1 and 2). The largest flooding event since 1927 for the Mississippi River Basin was observed in 2019, accounting for the large spike in water flow. This massive amount of water movement across the landscape resulted in some of the highest annual nutrient loads observed in the last forty years and caused the eighth largest dead zone recorded. Algal blooms and dead zone formations are complex and influenced by many factors, such as water temperature, water column mixing, and wind speed (wave movement). A changing climate is adding to the complexity.

In 2020, National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) forecasted the dead zone to be slightly smaller than 2019 due to a 30 percent increase in nutrient loading over the forty-year average. However, it measured as the third smallest on record, contrary to projections.

These observed annual nutrient loads are highly influenced by seasonal changes and stream flow. Normalizing flow, called flow-normalization, accounts for observed water quality and seasonality of stream flows, thus providing more comparable analysis of water quality trends over time. When viewing the flow-normalized trend line for nitrogen, the observed trend has been decreasing in the region since 2008 (Figure 1- highlighted solid blue line). Phosphorus loads increased in the late 90s and early 2000s, but the flow-normalized trend has been slightly decreasing since 2013 (Figure 2- highlighted solid blue line). To reach the Hypoxia Task Force nutrient loss reduction goals of 45 percent by 2035 (see red line in Figure 1 and 2), more progress needs to occur.

Figure 1. USGS Annual Total Nitrogen Loads to the Gulf (updated to 2019). Nutrient loads normalized for flow accounts for observed water quality loads and seasonality of stream flows.

Figure 2. USGS Annual Total Phosphorus Loads to the Gulf. Nutrient loads normalized for flow accounts for observed water quality loads and seasonality of stream flows. 

Recent Trends from several Corn Belt states:

• Iowa’s recent Nutrient Reduction Strategy Annual Report observed an estimated 18.5 percent reduction in phosphorus losses during a four year period compared to the Hypoxia Task Force baseline (1980-1996). This was in large part to practices that reduce soil conservation and improved nutrient management (4Rs). During the same four-year period, nitrogen loads increased by an estimated 5 percent, demonstrating that more progress is needed to meet the Gulf of Mexico’s Hypoxia Task Force goals of a 45 percent reduction of nitrogen and phosphorus loads by 2035.
• Illinois’s recent Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy Biennial Report found significant improvements in reducing phosphorus loads from point sources by 24 percent, however, river nutrient loading estimates compared to the baseline period increased over the same five year period (2013-2017).
• In Minnesota, river monitoring sites recorded a 48 percent reduction in phosphorus loading over the last ten years, whereas, nitrogen loads have been increasing by as much as 37 percent.
• Indiana’s recent report on progress towards its Nutrient Reduction Strategy stated since 2014, Indiana has reduced 8.2 million pounds of phosphorus and 16.6 million pounds of nitrogen within the watersheds that drain towards the Mississippi River Basin. Indiana is documenting Best Management Practices that have been adopted since 2013 to demonstrate the amount of nutrients reduced due to these practices on the landscape.

Managing fertilizer use under 4Rs, allows optimal control over farmers’ ability to support retainment of nutrients in the field. Without 4Rs, edge of field practices, cover crops and other conservation best practices, will not reach their full extent in reducing nutrient losses at the field edge. We believe that by diligently following these practices, water quality will improve and be sustained for generations to come.

In this video series, we’re sharing more about the intent of Mosaic’s 2025 ESG Performance Targets and how we’ll get there. Acting Responsibly is a strategic priority for our employees and our company. This critical work helps Mosaic to maximize our positive impact on society.

This week, hear from Corporate Services Manager Tiffany Davis and Director of Supply Chain Logistics Dave Finken as they talk about one of our society targets: Engage suppliers and service providers annually, representing 80% of Mosaic’s total North American procurement and supply chain expenditures, to assess their commitment to and performance in key ESG areas such as environment, diversity and human rights.

Learn more about our focus areas and targets by visiting mosaicco.com/Our-Responsibility and check out past videos from this series at mosaicco.com/Targets-Videos.

In this video series, we’re sharing more about the intent of Mosaic’s 2025 ESG Performance Targets and how we’ll get there. Acting Responsibly is a strategic priority for our employees and our company. This critical work helps Mosaic to maximize our positive impact on society. 

This week, hear Director Performance Products Tom Fry and Senior Technical Sales Manager Sherry Koch as they talk about one of our society targets: Promote Mosaic’s performance products as part of an effort to increase crop yields and contribute to key agricultural outcomes: intensified productivity of agricultural lands; improved food security; and farmer prosperity. Achieve 30% performance product sales as a share of total production of phosphate and potash crop nutrient tonnes by 2025.
 

Learn more about our focus areas and targets by visiting 2025 ESG Performance Targets and check out past videos from this series at mosaicco.com/Targets-Videos.

Globo Rural Magazine recognized Mosaic Fertilizantes with two ‘Best of Agribusiness’ awards — one in the Fertilizer category and another in Sustainability. This was the first time a fertilizer company was selected to receive the Best of Agribusiness award in the Sustainability category.  

Mosaic Fertilizantes was also named to Brasil Mineral Magazine’s list of Companies of the Year within the Mineral Sector. 

The team attributes these prestigious awards to our employees, customers, suppliers and communities — as well as our ESG Performance Targets and framework that holds us accountable for achieving measurable progress in our focus areas of people, environment, society and company.  

In an interview with Globo Rural Magazine, SVP Mosaic Fertilizantes Corrine Ricard praised our innovative products that help farmers improve yields while strengthening the soil, technology improvements and our adaptability in serving farmers throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.  

“We are very proud to be alongside other important agribusiness and mining companies in awards that recognize our business and its contribution to Brazil and the planet. In our company, we work to constantly improve the way we do business, strengthening our vocation to produce the food that the world needs and generating value for all our stakeholders,” said Corrine Ricard. 

Congratulations to the Mosaic Fertilizantes team!

At Mosaic, we strive to be a thoughtful and engaged neighbor in the communities where we operate – and where our employees work and live. These contributions were recently recognized in two of our operating areas – Saskatchewan and Louisiana –  where Mosaic received National Philanthropy Day® Awards from the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) South Saskatchewan and Greater Baton Rouge chapters.
In Saskatchewan, Mosaic was nominated by Hospitals of Regina Foundation (HRF) in the category of “Outstanding Corporate Philanthropist.” According to Lisa Green, Vice President, Development at HRF, Mosaic was selected for “demonstrating outstanding commitment through support, encouragement, and motivation of others to take leadership roles toward philanthropy and community involvement.”

Mosaic’s funding history with HRF began in 2006 with a $2 million donation to the Mosaic Heart Center, a cardiac care Center of Excellence housed at Regina General Hospital. In 2019, Mosaic extended its commitment to HRF, pledging to match community donations up to $1 million through the Foundation’s Cardiac Care Campaign. Over $2 million was raised to help ensure ongoing access to life-saving equipment and exceptional care by medical teams and cardiac patients across Saskatchewan.

The Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank (GBRFB) nominated Mosaic for the “Outstanding Leadership in Corporate Philanthropy Award,” which is given to companies that demonstrate outstanding long-term financial support of one or more charitable causes. In addition to funding support, awardees also are recognized for their commitment to employee volunteerism.  

Mosaic has a long history of investing in the GBRFB, beginning several years ago with donations to the GBRFB’s vehicle fleet, allowing the organization to bring fresh produce to rural areas in the region. Additionally, Louisiana employees volunteer at mobile food distributions and sort donations at the GBRFB’s warehouse.

National Philanthropy Day (NPD), which occurs annually on November 15, was created to celebrate the charitable impact that volunteers, corporations, foundations and others make in their local communities.

Joc O’Rourke, President and Chief Executive Officer, Corrine Ricard, Senior Vice President - Mosaic Fertilizantes, and Clint Freeland, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer,  recently participated in a virtual event where they presented the second of four strategic sessions for analysts and investors. This series is a replacement for Mosaic’s traditional analyst day and provides the investor community a deeper look into each of our six strategic priorities. The focus of the second event was “South America Growth Engine.” A replay of the webcast is available here.

The first chapter reviewed “North America Transformation” and “Drive Functional Efficiency and Collaboration,” which is still available here. The next session will be held on Dec. 10 and will focus on strategic priorities “Grow and Strengthen our Product Portfolio” and “Act Responsibly.”

“As a mission and strategy driven organization, it is important that we are all driving toward the same outcomes. Earlier this year, we introduced six refreshed strategic priorities that will set the direction for our decisions and actions over the next five years,” Joc O’Rourke explained as he introduced Corrine Ricard to provide greater insight on Mosaic’s South America Growth Engine strategic focus.

Corrine identified Mosaic Fertilizantes unique position for growth over the next five years. Brazil’s agribusiness market is currently one of the largest contributors to its GDP, representing 43% of its exports. Agribusiness in Brazil is forecasted to grow in the years ahead, with 2021 fertilizer market projecting increased demand. Brazil’s fertilizer demand is focused on potash and phosphate, which is a great fit considering Mosaic’s global assets. We produce the majority of phosphate in Brazil and have concrete plans to accelerate the growth of our distribution business while transforming production in this fast-growing market. Together these actions are projected to increase EBITDA by $250 million from our 2019 base through 2023.

To learn more, visit Mosaic’s Investor site.

At Mosaic, we understand mental health is a critical component of overall wellbeing – and one that not everyone has equal access to resources. The Mosaic Company and The Mosaic Company Foundation is proud to partner with West Central Florida Mental Wellness Coalition, now Tampa Bay Thrives, to help increase mental health awareness and access to services in the Tampa Bay area.

Tampa Bay Thrives mobilizes the community to strengthen behavioral health outcomes for depression, anxiety, and substance use disorders, with a focus on improving early intervention, access and awareness. The Mosaic Company Foundation has committed to support this important work with an investment of $100,000 over five years.

In Tampa Bay and West Central Florida, one in six people live with depression, one in 12 has a substance use disorder and suicide and overdose rates continue to rise. The area covered by this coalition is underserved for mental health and substance abuse resources. For example, the number of residents per practitioner in Polk County is 1,280 to 1 and in Hillsborough it is 610 to 1, compared to the top ten percent of states which is 330 to 1.

While we know this is just one step, we hope that community partnerships like this one will help those struggling with depression, anxiety, substance abuse, and other mental health conditions gain better access to care.

Not only are we committed to helping the world grow the food it needs at Mosaic, we are also dedicated to helping to provide the food our communities need to thrive. September is Hunger Action Month – a time when everyone can take action and a stand against food insecurity. Millions of families struggle to find their next meal, so whether it is donating, volunteering, or just sharing to bring awareness, we can all do our part. And as an employee, you can be proud that Mosaic has taken a stand by supporting organizations across the world.

Supporting Through the Pandemic:
During these unprecedented times, food insecurity is at an all-time high. Feeding America estimates that 54 million people in the U.S. may be food insecure in 2020, including 18 million children. The Mosaic Company, The Mosaic Company Foundation and The Mosaic Institute in Brazil have donated more than $1.5 million to help feed the hungry and provide critical supplies to farmers and neighbors. In Brazil, Mosaic purchased 20,000 food baskets and 30,000 hygiene and personal care kits from local, small businesses to be donated to families in need. The baskets included essential items like rice, beans, oil, sugar, salt, fruits and vegetable, sanitizers, cleaning products and more. The baskets and kits were distributed by the Mosaic Brazil Volunteer Program and Governmental Social Protection Agencies.

Year-round Support:
Mosaic donated more than $2.5 million to hunger relief across the globe. Here are just a few of the organizations we partnered with last year:

North America
On average in North America, Mosaic supports more than 136 organizations investing nearly $1.7 million annually. Nearly 3 million meals have been provided to families in need in Canada where we invest in food security and education initiatives.

U.S.- Florida
Mosaic renewed its partnership with the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Goals for Food program. Prior to the National Hockey League (NHL) pause, Mosaic was set to donate $70,000 tied to Lightning goals scored during the 2019-20 regular season. Due to the pandemic, Mosaic added an additional $130,000 for a grand total of $200,000. To date, Mosaic has provided 6 million meals to local families in Florida and contributed over $250,000 to hunger relief programs in Saskatchewan through partnerships with the NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning and the Western Hockey League’s (WHL) Regina Pats and Moose Jaw Warriors. 

Mosaic proudly supports several local high schools in our operating areas. One we've partnered with for years is Hardee High School in Hardee County, Florida, where our South Fort Meade mine is located. The first bell of the 2020-2021 school year rang on Aug. 12, making it very important to restock the school's food pantry to serve the high school's student population who are food insecure. The food pantry opened two years ago with support from Mosaic. It continues to operate with Mosaic's contributions and with the willingness of the school's staff and service clubs to keep the pantry stocked during the school year. To learn more about the food pantry at Hardee High, watch the video here.

The Mosaic Company Foundation made a $500,000 grant to Meals on Wheels of Tampa to support their More-Than-A-Meal capital campaign to build a new LEED Silver certified facility. Slated to open in 2020, the new building will nearly double in size – from 4,670 square feet to over 8,000 — and allow the organization to increase services from 1,350 to 3,000 meals a day to seniors and homebound neighbors.

U.S. – Minnesota
Our Minnesota employees, along with family and friends, took part in the Walk to End Hunger supporting Second Harvest Heartland. Mosaic is proud to sponsor this annual event which raises funds and awareness about food insecurity.

Canada - Saskatchewan
A proud supporter of the Saskatoon Food Bank & Learning Centre’s Garden Patch program. The Garden Patch grows thousands of pounds of produce for the Emergency Food Basket Program at the Saskatoon Food Bank, providing roughly 85,750 baskets to the city annually, directly impacting over 233,000 families. In addition, The Gardens Patch runs workshops, tours, and garden work experience programs sponsored in part by The Mosaic Company.

Since 2006, we have hosted the Mosaic Extreme School Makeover Challenge in partnership with the Saskatchewan School Boards Association. Each year, ten schools receive $10,000 to improve their school nutrition program. The Challenge helps to encourage grassroots nutrition-focused initiatives in Saskatchewan.

Mosaic made a $100,000 grant to Carmichael Outreach to support construction of a full commercial kitchen in their new building on 12th Avenue in Regina. The new kitchen will allow Carmichael to serve meals indoors, as opposed to operating as a take-out kitchen for years prior. This new space will also provide Carmichael an opportunity to run their nutrition courses more efficiently, providing patrons with the skills and knowledge needed to prepare healthy, affordable meals on their own.  

Souls Harbour Rescue Mission received a $150,000 grant to help build a dining hall in the new building on Angus Street in Regina. The space allows the organization to serve twice the number of people and doubles as a men’s shelter each evening, doubling the capacity of their previous shelter from 12 to 24 spaces.

Employees in Belle Plaine hosted the 4th annual Chili Cook-off which raised a record amount for Chili For Children – a non-profit organization that provides nearly 900 children with hot lunches daily at schools in the city’s inner-city neighborhoods. In addition, since the start of the pandemic, Chili for Children stepped up for the community in a big way, alongside other local organizations, with the city’s Bagged Lunch Program. With the help of Mosaic’s $50,000 donation towards the initiative, about 1000 bagged lunches are delivered daily across Regina, 200 of those lunches were through Chili for Children. In 2019, Mosaic also donated to the organization to help outfit their mobile concession trailer with a hot water system allowing them to serve lunches to more students.

Mosaic committed $375,000 over three years to Regina Education and Action on Child Hunger (REACH) in support of community kitchens, nutrition and cooking classes, and the Mosaic-branded van for delivery of the Mobile Markets. All of this allows families to be self-sufficient by meeting both dietary and financial needs through non-emergency sources. This benefits over 12,000 individuals per year, over half of which are children.

Brazil

The Mosaic Fertilizantes Volunteer Program (Programa Voluntários Mosaic Fertilizantes) has supported World Food Day in 2019 with deliveries from their Food Collection Campaign. In total, Mosaic Fertilizantes collected 190 tons of shelf-stable groceries in less than a month through employee food drives, a match from Mosaic Fertilizantes’ foundation (Mosaic Institute) and the Alimentação program.

Mosaic was named to the 2020 FTSE4Good Index for the third year in a row. This index series measures the performance of companies demonstrating strong Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) practices. Mosaic’s overall ESG rating was 3.5 out of 5, which is more than a point higher than both our peer group of specialty chemical companies and the industry average.

Mosaic’s highest scores were in the categories of corporate governance, climate change and biodiversity.

Mosaic’s ESG journey is ongoing. Our new 2025 ESG Performance Targets are one of the ways we are we are working to minimize our negative impacts and maximize the value we deliver to diverse stakeholders around the globe. Our journey is ongoing, and we are continuously evaluating what it means to be a good employer, supplier, neighbor and value creator.

Learn more about Mosaic’s sustainability efforts and ESG approach in our 2019 Sustainability Disclosure or by visiting mosaicco.com/our_responsibility.

Mosaic continues to positively contribute to the global food security challenge – especially in the communities where we operate. Earlier this summer Mosaic China held ten fertilizer donation events in the Jiangxi and Guangxi Provinces, donating 100 tonnes of MicroEssentials and K-Mag to more than 960 citrus farmers in the area. In addition to the fertilizer donation, Mosaic also delivered agronomy training on citrus crop nutrition to enhance crop performance and productivity. This campaign is a part of Agri-Goods Industry Targeted Poverty Alleviation Action initiated by Sino Agri-Goods Media and China Agri-Goods Circulation Institute. It is the second year Mosaic participated in this important project.

This week, hear from Director of Regulatory Affairs Jessica Theriault and EHS Manager Leonardo Bissacot as they talk about one of our environment targets: Reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 20% per tonne of product by 2025.

Learn more about Our Responsibility and focus areas. 

• For the 11th consecutive year, we have been named to 3BL Media’s 100 Best Corporate Citizens list for our disclosure and performance practices in areas such as employee relations, environment, climate change, and stakeholders and society.
• We were also recipients of the John T. Ryan Regional Safety Award at Esterhazy K1 and K2 sites in Saskatchewan for achieving the lowest reportable injury frequency rate for select mines in Western Canada.
• This year also marks our 7th consecutive year of being a signatory to the United Nations Global Compact, which means Mosaic is committed to operating in a way that upholds 10 universal principles in the areas of human rights, labor, environment and anti-corruption.

Recently, Mosaic announced 13 new sustainability targets. Mosaic has always taken a broad approach to sustainability, and we all have a significant impact on Mosaic’s commitments to people, environment, society and company. While the 2025 Sustainability Targets are new, the work our employees do every day to help Mosaic achieve them has always been engrained in what we do.

“We have a good set of indicators that indicate how we are leading, how we’re adapting to the changing world, how we’re managing risk, and how we’re improving. This diverse recognition is validation of our broad efforts to provide value to our stakeholders—employees, customers, shareholders and communities alike,” said Ben Pratt, Senior Vice President, Government and Public Affairs.

Learn more at http://www.mosaicco.com/our_responsibility.

IMC Canada’s K1 mine – a predecessor company of Mosaic, was the first successful shaft-sinking project in Saskatchewan. Where other attempts failed, the project used an innovative ground-freezing technology that would allow safe construction through a high-pressure water layer occurring on the layered-journey through time to the valuable potash ore bed.

For over a half century, K1 has provided the world with around 285 million tonnes of potash – and locally, grown the economy and community.

Prior to the development of the K1 mine, Esterhazy was a town of about 500 people. As the mine turned up production, the area began to boom, with people and businesses flocking to the area, together establishing a community built on potash. Esterhazy soon became a thriving community of over 3,000.

Since then, the Esterhazy area has continued to prosper from its rich potash reserves.

“Thousands of men and women have put on their hard hats and coveralls to ride the ‘cage’ down to mine potash at K1,” says Esterhazy General Manager, Dustin Maksymchuk. “Starting in July, production will begin to wind-down underground at K1, and many will follow the well-worn route a kilometer below for the last time.”

An approaching farewell

Over the next three months, Mosaic will progressively ramp-down production underground at K1.

On September 20, 1962, K1 was officially declared ‘open’. It’s expected that primary mining at K1 will end close to the same time, 58 years later.

“Esterhazy is in an aggressive ‘transition’ phase, shifting its underground operations at K1 and later K2, to our state-of-the-art K3 potash mine,” says Senior Vice President, North America – Bruce Bodine.

The move to mine new K3 ore remedies several challenges that can come with mature mines.

“Between K1, and its sister-mine, K2 – the footprint of the underground roadways and mining areas span nearly the size of Winnipeg, meaning it takes a long time for our people to get to their work and back each shift,” he adds.

Next door, the K2 mine (developed in 1967) continues to fight an inflow of water that first entered the mine in 1985. With plans to mitigate the risk from the brine inflow and demonstrate a commitment to Mosaic’s potash future, a decisive decision was made to sink the province’s first new mine shaft in 50 years.

“In 2009, we announced plans to build the K3 mega-project adjacent to K1 and K2.  In 2017, potash was struck. Much like on June 8, 1962, this milestone signified a new Esterhazy-era,” says Bodine.

K3 project on-track

Today, on surface, work is underway to complete the south K3 headframe to match the impressive north headframe completed in 2012.

To end primary mining at K1, the overland conveyance system – an enclosed belt to move ore, will connect K3 to the K1 mill where the new ore will be processed. The conveyor is expected to start delivering potash this summer as the ramp down of K1 begins.

Upon completion of K3, Mosaic’s Esterhazy site is expected to be the largest, most competitive underground potash mine in the world. The full transition is targeted to be complete in mid-2022.

“Our transition is really a work-of-art,” says Maksymchuk. “Tightly coordinated milestones across three sites, all managed by teams of talented individuals who are building on the rich potash legacy for the area. Between managing our workforce, preparing operations, completing the project milestones, decommissioning planning and integrating new technology – there’s a great deal to synchronize.” 

Shifting production from K1 to K3 signifies another major transition milestones and one more pivotal moment in Esterhazy’s storied potash past.

“We have a long and proud legacy here. For more than fifty years, we’ve managed to overcome great challenges and find success underground in Esterhazy. We’re ready for the next fifty and beyond,” adds Bodine.

Doing our part to support local needs in the areas where we live and work is something we are passionate about. We continually strive to make a positive impact on our communities around the world by contributing funds to organizations that can immediately improve the quality of lives during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Mosaic Company, The Mosaic Company Foundation and The Mosaic Institute in Brazil are making investments to help feed the hungry and provide critical supplies to farmers and neighbors.

In Florida, one of our 14 Goals for Food partners is Meals On Wheels of Tampa. This organization delivers hot, nutritious, low-sodium meals to the homes of senior and homebound adults. Most recipients live alone and are disabled, elderly or otherwise unable to prepare meals for themselves. Volunteers may also spend time with them because this is sometimes the only human contact they receive. Our donations during the COVID-19 pandemic are a continuation of our history of supporting Meals On Wheels of Tampa and their generous mission. Last year, we contributed $500,000 toward their new building so they can serve even more of Central Florida’s often forgotten population.

And one of the ways we’re giving back in Brazil is by helping at-risk families in communities near our operations access food and hygiene products during this crisis. We are purchasing 20,000 food baskets and 30,000 hygiene and personal care kits from local, small businesses to be donated to families in need. The baskets will include essential items like rice, beans, oil, sugar, salt, fruits and vegetable, and the kits will include sanitizers, cleaning products and more. The baskets and kits will be distributed by the Mosaic Brazil Volunteer Program and Governmental Social Protection Agencies over the next four weeks. Supporting local businesses and helping to feed and protect these families is critical to the future health of this area.

Our mission is to help the world grow the food it needs, so supporting food banks and other food-focused organizations and causes, based on local needs, helps us do just that. We’re proud to help, because we truly are in this together.

¹$4,500,000 BR
²$175,000 CAD
³$1,001,916 CY
⁴$7,595,700 IR

Mosaic has partnered with FTRC for 13 years, and the contract will extend through the end of 2024.

“With Mosaic’s continuing support, we’ve been able to significantly expand our capabilities and equipment for fertiliser formulation and evaluation,” said Professor Mike McLaughlin, Director of the Fertiliser Technology Research Centre and Professorial Research Fellow with the School of Agriculture, Food and Wine.

“Research over the next five years will be focused around developing fertilisers with enhanced spreading and handling qualities, and pairing fertilisers with plant traits, biostimulants and microbial technologies for enhanced agronomic efficiency and minimised environmental impacts,” Prof. McLaughlin said.

“Mosaic’s partnership with the University of Adelaide has brought immeasurable value to our company and the growers who depend on our products to increase yields,” said Walt Precourt, Senior Vice President – Strategy and Growth.

“Over the next five years,” Precourt said, “we expect to learn even more about improving the performance of crop nutrients while minimizing their impact on the environment.”

Visit the refreshed CropNutrition.com! 

United Way connects individuals to local organizations that help them achieve long-term stability in the areas of education, income and health. Mosaic and its legacy companies have partnered with United Way for many years because we believe it’s important to contribute to the overall health of the communities where we live and work.

Between employee pledges, employee-voted grants, the company-match and special events held at our U.S. facilities, we raised nearly $1 million which will be distributed to 20 United Way agencies.

Thank you to all employees who contributed and volunteered during our most recent campaign – your support helps United Way and their partner agencies continue creating positive, lasting change in our communities.

• Zero Hunger
• Clean Water and Sanitation 
• Decent Work and Economic Growth
• Responsible Consumption and Production
• Partnerships for the Goals

Global Compact Brazil reviewed members’ 2019 water initiatives that supported the Clean Water and Sanitation goal and selected the top 15 as finalists for potential recognition at an event called the CEO Water Mandate. Mosaic Fertilizantes snagged nominations in two of four categories for their work in creating a program called Water Call for Bids. This water program awarded donations to the community projects that best reduced water use or reinforced responsible habits.

The CEO Water Mandate event was held Dec. 11, and Mosaic Fertilizantes won in both categories.

“We are very happy to see that we have chosen the right path when defining our work platforms and joining the Global Compact. We are demonstrating that Mosaic Fertilizantes is aware of its responsibilities and opportunities of operating sustainably, also encouraging the communities that surround us,” said Vice President of Corporate Affairs and Sustainability Arthur Liacre.

Mosaic was honored with nine other Field to Market members for its involvement in the Rice Stewardship Partnership which promotes on-farm best practices that improve nutrient stewardship, conserve wildlife habitat, and help farmers stay productive and profitable.

“We are proud to be recognized with Field to Market’s 2019 Collaboration of the Year Award,” said Adam Herges, Sustainability Agronomist for Mosaic. “We have been involved in the Rice Stewardship Partnership Project since 2015. We are encouraged by the progress the partnership has generated – and optimistic of the future of sustainable rice farms.”

Field to Market’s 2019 Sustainability Leadership Awards – Mosaic was recognized along with representatives from USA Rice Federation, Ducks Unlimited, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Walmart.org, Nestlé Purina PetCare Company, RiceTec, BASF, Corteva Agriscience and Riceland Foods, Inc.

For more information on Mosaic’s Rice Stewardship Partnership, visit our State of the Business Report.