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Sustainable Environment Environmental Stewardship and Policies Environmental stewardship has been engrained at Davey since our founding. We manage the impact of our operations and apply technical expertise to plant health care to conserve the landscape for generations to come. We promote specific environmental policies in order to achieve sustainable environmental goals: Business Directives: Integrate environmental considerations into all business decisions, including strategic planning of new and existing products, services, waste and business opportunities. Health, Safety & Risk Reduction: Design or modify our landscape services to minimize their environmental impact by reducing the amount of materials used, following prudent best management practices and/or using reduced risk materials. Open Communication with Stakeholders: Be open and responsive to public concerns through thoughtful listening and meaningful action. Assume a leadership role in promoting partnerships between the industry, government and environmental communities. Resource Conservation and Pollution Prevention: Prolong the useful life of all products used in our offices and field services through reuse, recycling and recovery; continuously improve the efficiencies of our current and future services to better conserve energy and natural resources; incorporate and utilize the best available technology throughout our operations and field services. Sustainable Paper Use Policy: We are heavily reliant on paper in our everyday business, but recognize that paper use and its production have environmental impacts. We are committed to implementing and monitoring paper efficiency and procurement strategies. Pesticide Stewardship Policy: The safe use of pesticides or alternatives is a requisite tool in landscape management. We developed the following objectives to clearly define the safe use of pesticides: All pesticide management practices and/or material will be thoroughly researched and subject to ongoing technical and operational evaluation to ensure that any material or practices are the most responsible and most effective solution (best management practices) to the pest management problems for our employees, the public and the environment. Since the early 1980s, Davey has created and followed practices like plant health care that are designed to reduce the need for traditional pesticide applications through monitoring and proactive cultural practices. As such, Davey will continue to research the use of alternatives to traditional pesticides as well as other pest management practices. Continue to develop, implement and enforce operational policies and procedures to ensure the safe storage, handling, transportation, application and disposal of all pesticides, including the use of closed, loading systems and returnable, recyclable or refillable containers whenever possible. Continue to develop, implement and disseminate educational information regarding Davey pesticide programs and procedures for employees, clients and the public. Design and develop programs to aggressively monitor progress. Compliance: Work closely with our employees and clients to ensure that our services are environmentally responsible and lawfully compliant, and continuously strive to improve our services. 10

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