ABOUT TENNANT COMP ANY Breakthrough cleaning solutions Highquality products Innovative technologies Expert ser vices T ennant Company is a world leader in designing manufacturing and marketing cleaning solutions to create a cleaner safer healthier world W ith headquarters in Minneapolis Minnesota USA T ennant Company delivers innovative cleaning solutions to customers through direct sales and ser vice operations in Belgium France Germany The Netherlands Spain the United Kingdom USA Australia Brazil China and Japan T ennant products are also available through a vast distribution network in more than 80 countries T ennant Company makes machines used to maintain indoor and outdoor sur faces coatings for repairing protecting and adding beauty to foors and aftermarket parts ser vice maintenance and fnancing T ennant is also a recognized leader in developing innovative cleaning technologies The Orbio 5000Sc solution for example uses Orbio Split Stream technology to provide effcient cleaning in applications on and off the foor It can reduce the expense effort and environmental footprint associated with conventional dailyuse cleaning chemicals Products designed by T ennant Company are marketed under the T ennant Nobles Green Machines Orbio and Alfa brands R EPORT A PPROACH T ennant Company s 2012 Corporate Sustainability Report is our fourth annual report summarizing our priorities programs and progress in the realm of corporate stewardship Stewardship is a fundamental value at T ennant Company and sustainability is a core component of that value Ever y year we pursue new opportunities to reduce our corporate environmental footprint and improve the communities in which we live work and play The theme of this year s report is Protecting Future Generations by Challenging the Status Quo W e offer our readers profles of people products operations and community in an effort to convey our overall approach and strategy to sustainability A complete summar y of our Global Reporting Initiative disclosures and per formance indicators is available online at www tennantcocom 7