20 S o c ia l l i ce n ce t o o p e ra t e Beside fullflling all legal r equir ements to operate our plants Omya r elies on what we call a social license to operate This means we ar e r espectful of local cultur es and community needs wher ever we operate acting in partnership with our stake holders like local communities and anyone that is af fected by our operations W e foster a contin uous dialogue to cr eate acceptance and become a trusted partner In practice this leads to multiple social pr ojects worldwide as shown by the below few examples W e t o u ch p e o p l e s l i v e s T h a t s w h y w e c a r e T h a t s w h y w e a r e s e r i o u s a b o u t w h a t w e d o Evrim Ur cum Head of Sustainability Eur ope PEOPLE Tu r k e y R e c y cl i n g a t E u r o p e a n M i n e r a l s D a y 20 1 7 i n K a r a b i g a p l a nt O ve r 50 0 p e op le f ro m s u r ro u n d in g v ill a g e s s c h o o l c h i l d r e n O m y a s t af f a n d l o c a l a u t h o r i t i e s pa r tic i pa t e d i n a r e c y c l i ng tr a i n i ng a nd p l a n t e d 1 0 0 a c a c i a tr e e s O m y a d o n a t e d si x re c yc lin g c o n t a in e r s t o l o c a l c o m mu ni t i e s