Occupational safety

We are responsible for ensuring that our staff is always safe. The principle of prioritising safety is the cornerstone of our operations and corporate culture. We focus on creating a sustainable safety culture among our employees and reducing occupational risks.

The key element of the occupational safety management system is Global Ports Safety Standards, which are mandatory for all the Holding’s assets. The Standards were approved by Order No. 78-UK dated 25 October 2023 “On the Enactment of the Regulations on the Occupational Safety Management System” and aim to pursue a zero-harm strategy and completely eliminate any risk factors.

Our safety management system is designed to ensure that all safety standards are met and to enable accident-free operations by:

Creating and enforcing safety standards that are consistent with industry best practices for occupational health and safety Conducting safety audits that aim to prevent injuries and incidents Conducting health and safety and fire safety briefings and providing up-to-date information to our employees and contractors Implementing a programme of daily safety audits at each terminal Implementing regular pre-shift health and safety briefings for line management and employees Providing health, fire, and safety training Providing specialised training programmes on hazardous cargo handling Monitoring employee health and wellbeing to improve employee health and reduce work-related illnesses

Occupational Health and Safety Management:

Monthly performance reports are presented to the Board of Directors, which conducts systematic reviews of safety performance and discusses the necessary changes with management Safety performance is analysed and improvement work is planned at monthly meetings with the CEO Managers at all levels at the terminals conduct safety audits and monitor on-site safety performance Safety indicators

Safety is the Company’s top priority. Global Ports focuses on the health and wellbeing of its employees, contractors, customers, and suppliers. We strictly adhere to the schedule of safety audits conducted by business unit managers and annual safety compliance reviews. We also recognise the importance of considering the views and suggestions of our employees through regular meetings. The Company continues to improve the functionality of the GP Alarm mobile application for employees.

The LTIFR injury rate for 2023 was 1.48¹. This result shows that we need to increase our efforts to reduce the number of accidents and their severity. The result was worse than in 2022, when the indicator was 0.85. There are several key reasons for the increase in LTIFR, and significant efforts are required to address each of them. Our assets in the Northwest now handle a lot of non-containerised cargo, i.e., a fundamentally different cargo base that is unfamiliar to employees of specialised container terminals. This has led to several incidents where risks were not fully studied and mitigated. New assets are joining the Holding — the Moby Dik and Yanino terminals were fully consolidated in late 2022. At these terminals, our safety standards and standard safety activities, such as risk assessments, safety audits, the use of the GP Alarm app, and safety culture seminars, are not properly developed. As for the terminal in the Far East, it is still operating at a high rate of utilisation, almost at capacity, which puts an additional strain on employees.

LTIFR

Work on the safety culture is ongoing: workshops and training have become routine. We have significantly increased the scope of health and safety training. In 2023, we trained 2,600 employees, some on multiple topics². Almost all training is face-to-face, which is crucial, since such training often includes demonstrations and practical aspects. Online training is only used when a face-to-face format is impossible. The Company allocated RUB 3.7 million across all its assets in 2023 for training activities in occupational health and safety, as well as fire and industrial safety.

In 2024, we plan to increase the scope and quality of training and development programmes for employees, including managers. The executive development programme will be continued, with plans to provide training for all managers at the Holding as part of the Safety Leadership programme.

¹ The figure is calculated for assets that were consolidated in IFRS reporting as of 31 December 2023. The 2021-2022 figures are recalculated for the new scope.

² One employee may attend more than one training.