Non-compliance with Environmental Laws and Regulations¹

Variables 2023 2024 2025
Total number of penalties¹ 94 144 45
Total monetary amount of significant fines (US$) 3.000.476,03  5.870.296,44  4.517.656,10
Cases brought through arbitration proceedings 0 0 0
Cases related to waste management SASB 150a.9² 12 10 2
In 2025, we revised the scope of this indicator to include regulatory and mining processes. In previous years, only environmental measures were taken into account. With this update, we have adjusted the historical data to ensure consistency and avoid compromising the historical analysis of the indicator. GRI 2-4

¹ The main administrative penalties received in 2025 relate to operations or units that are no longer under Nexa’s management, as the assets were acquired by other companies in the past. Violation notices were also issued regarding the former Morro Agudo unit, sold by Nexa in 2024 to Grupo Casa Verde Holdings. Of these sanctions, 2 are related to water. SASB EM-MM-140a.2

² The report complies with the criterion for environmental incidents. In doing so, controls that exceeded or did not meet the criteria of local standards or legislation have been taken into account.