Message from the CEO

GRI 102-14
2020 was a particularly challenging year. The pandemic of the new coronavirus required the company and its employees to make more efforts so that MRS operation could be maintained, while measures such as strict health protocols ensured safety for the teams to perform their activities. We fulfill our role as a company classified as an essential service, maintaining operations at a fast pace and delivering a high quality logistics service to customers and partners, without neglecting the health of our employees and, consequently, of the members of the communities where we are inserted.
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Highlights

159,8 milhões

de toneladas transportadas

R$ 3,6 bilhões de receita liquida

+ de R$ 11

milhões investidos no combate à Covid-19

Reforço

na estratégia e ações de ESG

20% dos

resíduos sólidos destinados para reciclagem

Índice de satisfação

dos colaboradores atingiu 87,6%

7 lives

realizadas sobre saúde fisíca mental e financeira

Doação de 17 mil cestas básicas em MG, RJ e SP

Doação de 1,5 mil testes de Covid-19

Inovação:

94 ideías implementadas

19 mil

vagões e 770 locomotivas para transporte de carga

Aderência

às práticas de governança do CBGC subiu para 46%

Definidas

metas ESG atreladas à remuneração variàvel aos executivos

1.600 km de malha ferroviária e 80 terminais íntermodais administrados

Aumento de

16.7% no numero de PcDs

12.1%

de mulheres no quadro funcional (meta chegar a 30%)

Presença de 11.7%

de negros na organização

Publicação

do 1º inventário de emissões GHG Protocolo

70%

de energia consumida de fontes renováveis

Aliada do movimento LGBTIQ+

Mais de 220 mil horas de treinamento em 2020

32%

mais pessoas imunizadas contra gripe

40 novas

rotas ferroviárias para transporte de Carga Geral

85.7%

de satisfação dos clientes

159.8 million

tons transported

Net Revenues R$ 3.6 billion

Over R$ 11 million

invested to combat the virus

ESG:

reinforcement of its strategy and actions

20% of

solid waste to recycling

Employee Satisfaction

index reached 87.6%

7 lives

about physical, mental and financial health were performed

17 thousand basic food basket donated in MG, RJ and SP

1.5 thousand Covid-19test donated

Mangement

of 1,600 km km railway network and 80 intermodal terminals

19 thousand

wagons and 770 locomotives to tranport cargo

Innovation:

94 ideas implemented

ESG’s goals

is linked to executives’s variable remuneration

Increase 46% the adherence to governance practices from Brazilian Code of Corporate Governance

Increase

of 16.7% in number of PcDs

12.1%

women presence of functional staff (the goal is to reach 30%)

11.7%

presence afro-descendants in the organization

First emissions

inventory using GHG protocol published

70% energy

consumption from renewable source

Ally of the LGBTIQ+ movement

More than 220 thousand in training in 2020

32% more people

immunized against flu

40 new rail

routes for the transportation of General Cargo

85.7% of

customer satisfaction

Sustainability Rails

Barra Mansa

Polymer sprinkler using water from the reuse of treated effluent. The equipment sprays water together with a special compound known as a polymer, which acts as a load protector, preventing moving trains from generating and spreading dust from mining’ cargo. In this process, the unit stops throwing effluent into the environment and to use the natural resource captured from the well.

Barra do Pirai

Waste management happens in more than 70 units of the Company. In Barra do Piraí, the waste generated by the maintenance workshops undergoes an analysis of the possibility of reuse, either own or by third parties. Of the total waste generated by maintenance activities, more than 19% was sent for recycling/reuse by third party and ~42% was sent to co-processing/treatment.

Três Rios

MRS promotes numerous actions with a social focus involving city halls, social institutions and residents’ associations through donations and partnerships. In 2020, 58 initiatives were carried out in 31 municipalities in the states of RJ, MG and SP, which enabled the creation of new leisure areas, squares and community gardens, application of grass, installation of lighting points on public roads, and many others initiatives.

Juiz de fora

Impacts generated in Permanent Preservation Areas along the railway network have their own compensation program, the Compensatory Planting “Caminhos Verdes”. In 2020, ~13 thousand native seedlings were planted in the Municipal Natural Park of Lajinha, in Juiz de Fora, corresponding to an area of ​​7.8 hectares of planting

Jeceaba

Initiatives to reduce water consumption by MRS include the capture and use of rainwater to wash locomotives in the workshop and the reuse of treated effluent from the ETEI at the P1-07 workshop complex.

Belo Horizonte

Technicians from the Locomotive Workshop at the Horto Florestal complex in Belo Horizonte were trained, in partnership with FIEMG, to repair respirators used in the treatment of Covid-19. 200 respirators were recovered by MRS employees, an important initiative with the objective of social support.

Congonhas

The company developed an emergency social collaboration program in response to the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic. 17 thousand basic food basket and 17 thousand hygiene kits were donated to 39 municipalities in MG, RJ and SP. In Congonhas, the action had an important partnership between the government and social institutions, the deliveries were monitored by the MRS team.

Pinheiral

Railway safety action with truck drivers, at Parque Maira, through the Letter to the Driver program, which aims to sensitize adult drivers through railway safety messages designed and written by school children in the municipality.

Suzano

R$6.6 million were invested in a series of initiatives aimed at railway safety. The fence of the railway line was expanded by approximately 2.2 km in several cities along the network. In Suzano/SP, 1 kilometer of safe path was built, which indicates the correct place where pedestrians can move in an area close to the railway’s right-of-way.

Santo André

Social, cultural and sporting projects are sponsored by MRS through federal incentive laws and carried out in the communities along the railroad, respecting the Company’s guidelines and applicable legal requirements. In 2020, the total transfer of resources reached the amount of R$7.8 million, covering 22 projects and 18 Municipal Councils for the Rights of the Elderly and Children and Adolescents.

Pederneiras

Actions related to environmental impacts with the work has being carried out by MRS, at the Multimodal Terminal. The vegetation suppression was monitored by a technical team.

Relevant Topics

Environmental

Preserving the environment and its natural resources and safeguarding the company’s sustainability is a conduct already consolidated at MRS. The company’s Operating License for the railroad network was renewed by IBAMA for eight years, a result of the commitment to conduct its activities based on a set of values that reflect high ethical standards, ensuring compliance with laws, applicable rules and other legal requirements, in order to preserve the environment and ensure a standard of excellence in the quality of its processes.

Emissions
Fuels
Climate Change
Water
Biodiversity

Social

For MRS, Social Responsibility translates into the commitment to carry out its activities in with ethics and transparency. Thus, it seeks to contribute to the sustainable development of society, to remain in compliance with applicable laws and to be consistent with international standards. MRS policies, programs and actions aimed at external stakeholders (with emphasis on the communities located around the railroad) reinforce the Company’s responsibility linket to the impacts of its presence.

Human Rights
Communities
Health and safety
Training and development
Customers
Diversity

Governance

The governance structure of MRS comprises the Board of Directors and the Statutory Executive Office, which is supported by non-statutory officers. Although there are no statutory committees, MRS has financial, strategic, and sustainability committees, focused in assisting the Board of Directors in the resolutions related to these areas. As provided for in the bylaws, the company has an internal audit body (General Internal Audit and Risk Management), which reports directly to the Chairman of the Board of Directors. The company has no Audit Committee in place.

Risk Management
Ethics and integrity
Governance
Sustainability Management
Innovation and technology