Health, safety, and environmental protection are company values and key business objectives. Accordingly, we pledge to protect the environment and the health of all our employees, the users of our products, and the communities in which we operate. We will strive to understand and responsibly manage the occupational health, safety, and environmental implications of all our business activities. Avantage is committed to the involvement and empowerment of our workforce in the continuous improvement of our health, safety, and environmental performance. Our policy objectives are:

• Meet or exceed applicable environmental, health, and safety laws and regulations and other requirements
• Continually improve our performance-based HSE management systems
• Ensure that our business practices and services are aligned with our HSE policies and goals
• Minimize the environmental impact of our operations by conserving natural resources, eliminating waste, reusing and recycling materials, and responsibly managing energy use
• Motivate and prepare all employees to take personal accountability for protecting the environment and creating a safe and healthy workplace, and
• Be a leader in deploying and promoting innovative, cost-effective environmental, health and safety programs and procedures.
• We will periodically review and improve this policy, make changes as necessary, communicate it to all employees, and make it available to the public.