Sherritt employees have long been active participants in the communities where we operate� both during and outside of work hours� Sherritt’s Community Investment Standard further encourages and better organizes employee volunteerism through a variety of delivery options� The result has been a significant increase in both the amount of volunteer hours and the recording of hours already occurring on a regular basis� Sherritt’s Community Investment Standard will be updated in ����� In ����� the Moa Nickel Site recorded over ����� hours of employee volunteer time during work hours and over ����� hours of volunteer time during off hours� Employees at the Moa Nickel Site contributed to saving lives through the employee blood donation program� and gave back to the local community� for example� through maintenance of roads� clean�ups and community gardening� Read more about the volunteering program at the Moa Nickel Site here� https://www.international.gc.ca/world-monde/assets/pdfs/iap2-eng.pdf?_ga=2.71646931.119233790.1592152800-1665928600.1592152800 https://internationalwim.org/our-work/industry-change-agent/iwrmp-project/ In ����� the Fort Site continued to roll out the Spirit of Sherritt program� Fort employees donated ��� hours of company time to non�profit and charitable causes that were meaningful to them in the Greater Edmonton Area� As a result� Sherritt donated to causes supported by employees who volunteered their own time in charities supporting local food banks� children’s health� the arts and community children’s sports associations� To learn more about this and other employee�led initiatives� refer to this case study� Through an annual employee giving initiative at the Fort Site� employees elected to donate a portion of their pay to the United Way� supporting various local charities� As of ����� Sherritt’s employees had donated more than �������� over five years to the United Way� In celebration of the refinery’s three billion pounds of nickel� employees chose to donate ������� to the Fort Saskatchewan Food Gatherers Society� Additionally� Sherritt supported the Young Scientist Conference with a ������� donation to support the ����� ���� and ���� conferences� The Young Scientist Conference hosts over ��� students� allowing them the opportunity to participate in a variety of hands�on science activities� Sherritt’s head office for OGP is located in Calgary� Alberta� For over �� years� OGP has partnered with Alberta Children’s Hospital to host a golf tournament fundraiser� In ����� nearly ������� was raised� bringing the multi�year total to over ��������� This year� the funds raised were destined to purchase a �D scanner for prosthetics and orthotics� In addition� employees raised over ������� for Alberta’s annual Ride to Conquer Cancer� 2019 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 104 Employees from the Moa Nickel Site work together to support community development and advancement of surrounding communities.