GENDER EQUITY IN MINING WORKS 11 Mosaics Gender Challenge Mosaic is the world s largest combined producer of potash and phosphates two vital nutrients crops needed to help farmers worldwide grow food The company has capacity to produce almost 10 million tonnes of potash each year which is 12 of the world s annual capacity and 40 of North American annual capacity The company operates three potash mines in Canada one in the United States with a new mine under construction in Saskatchewan Mosaic employs over 8000 people in six countries In 2016 the workforce was composed of 7078 men and 1263 women Mosaic joins GEM W orks In 2016 Mosaic implemented the GEM W orks training program and began evaluating its Saskatchewan operations to identify where changes could be made Spearheading the implementation of the program was Gender Champion Lisa Poissant V ice President Human Resources at Mosaic Lisa was supported by all levels of management MOSAIC POT ASH ESTERHAZY SASKA TCHEW AN CASE STUDY 3 Mosaic r ecognizes that women ar e under r epr esented acr oss the mining and metals industr y W omen make up appr oximately 15 of our companys total workfor ce In the face of challenging and persistent per ceptions that our sector is traditionally male Mosaic strives to impr ove the number of women we r ecr uit and r etain Mosaics 2016 state of the business r epor t A lot of companies talk about diversity and inclusion Its one thing to talk about it but another to employ practical tools to be ef fective in that r egar d What GEM W orks of fer ed was a practical tool to scan and identify oppor tunities to make a change rather than just talking about it Lisa Poissant