Liberty Tire Recycling | 2023 Environmental, Social and Governance Report 18 OUR COMPANY ESG GOALS Site-Level Sustainability Leadership Sustainability is at the heart of everything we do at Liberty and is the shared responsibility of every member of our team. That philosophy drove our 2023 Individual Site Goal program in which each site was asked to develop and implement programming to address four categories of goals: a volunteer effort, an energy initiative, a recycling program, and the completion of AED/CPR/First Aid training. Spotlight on a Liberty Hero William (BJ) Kirby, General Manager – Concord, NC The importance of AED/CPR/First Aid training was brought home to the Liberty family in a very personal way in 2022 when one of our general managers suffered a serious cardiac episode. General Manager BJ Kirby was at home one evening when he began feeling sick and experiencing shoulder and arm pain, followed by jaw pain. He knew something was not right and asked his wife to call 911. He was having a heart attack. Paramedics and hospital staff eventually had to use an AED device 33 times to keep him alive. Thankfully, Kirby survived and is now a volunteer with the American Heart Association to raise awareness of the importance of AED/ CPR/First Aid training. Access to an AED device and proper training can be a critical bridge to help save lives in a medical emergency while waiting for paramedics to arrive. Kirby helped to inspire our goal of conducting AED/CPR & First Aid training at all of our sites. As a result of his experience and advocacy, we have conducted training at more than 45 facilities in 2023 with more than 300 of our team members earning their certification. These individual projects have resulted in long-lasting improvements at Liberty. Sites have implemented on-going recycling programs, teams are more prepared to handle emergency health and injury situations, and efficiency practices are being shared across the company. We will specifically highlight some of the exceptional energy efficiency programs and numerous volunteer events later in the report. 82% of sites completed an energy efficiency initiative 80% of sites completed a volunteer effort 90% of sites completed a recycling program 86% of sites completed AED/CPR/ First Aid training
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