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**Political and lobbying contributions. We engage in public policy that affects our company. Our advocacy includes educating and lobbying elected and appointed officials at all levels of government and focuses on a wide variety of issues that affect our enterprise. In some cases, we build these relationships directly between our Government Relations team and our leadership and officials. At other times, we leverage state and federal trade associations to create these connections.** **We also support groups that facilitate conversations among government officials on policy. ScottsMiracle-Gro is a member of the Council of State Governments, National Council of State Legislatures (Agriculture Work Group), State and Agriculture Rural Leaders (SARL) and National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (nASdA).** **ScottsMiracle-Gro also operates The Scotts Stewardship Political Action Committee (SPAC). The Scotts SPAC was created in 2001 and is supported by our associates and members of our Board of Directors. To learn more about the donations of the Scotts SPAC, please visit the Federal [Elections Committee website at www.fec.gov.](https://www.fec.gov/)** **Under certain conditions and in accordance with applicable laws, ScottsMiracle-Gro will donate corporate dollars to support candidates from either political party who support our freedom to operate and share our views on important business issues.** **In addition to these activities, our company also works with groups to educate policymakers and the public on issues that are of importance to our company. This support includes providing consistent, sustaining support to a 501(c)(4), The Good Growth Alliance, to advance policy and educational efforts related to a variety of issues that impact society, our business and our customers and consumers.

Political and lobbying contributions. We engage in public policy that affects our company. Our advocacy includes educating and lobbying elected and appointed officials at all levels of government and focuses on a wide variety of issues that affect our company. In some cases, we build these relationships directly between our Government Relations team and our leadership and officials. At other times, we leverage state and federal trade associations to create these connections. We also support groups that facilitate conversations among government officials on policy. We are a member of the Council of State Governments (CSG), State and Agriculture Rural Leaders (SARL) and National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA). ScottsMiracle-Gro also operates The ScottsMiracle-Gro Stewardship Political Action Committee (SPAC). The ScottsMiracle-Gro SPAC was created in 2001 and is supported by our associates and members of our Board of Directors. To learn more about the donations of the ScottsMiracle-Gro SPAC, please visit the Federal Elections Committee website at www.fec.gov. Under certain conditions and in accordance with applicable laws, ScottsMiracle-Gro will donate corporate dollars to support candidates from either political party who support our freedom to operate and share our views on important business issues. In addition to these activities, our company also works with groups to educate policymakers and the public on issues that are of importance to our company. This support includes providing consistent, sustained support to a 501(c)(4), The Good Growth Alliance, to advance policy and educational efforts related to a variety of issues that impact society, our business and our customers and consumers.

We disclose our positions on various related issues on our website and within our Corporate Responsibility Report. To ensure that all our direct and indirect activities that influence policy are consistent with our climate change strategy, we participate in trade association meetings to discuss our mutual ESG goals and strategies. We engage directly with a number of trade associations on a variety of ESG issues. We also publicly disclose our Environmental Protection Policy and our Environmental, Health & Safety Policy on our website. Our ESG strategy, including climate-related commitments, is being integrated into our business plans and led by a cross-functional ESG team.

###### Political and Lobbying Contributions. We engage in public policy that affects our company. Our advocacy includes educating and lobbying elected and appointed officials at all levels of government and focuses on a wide variety of issues that affect our enterprise. In some cases, we build these relationships directly between our Government Relations team and our leadership and officials. At other times, we leverage state and federal trade associations to create these connections. We also support groups that facilitate conversations among government officials on policy. ScottsMiracle-Gro is a member of the Council of State Governments, the National Council of State Legislatures (Agriculture Work Group), State and Agriculture Rural Leaders (SARL) and the National Association of State Agriculture Directors (NASDA). We are also a supporting member of political organizations that support key officials in their election campaigns. These organizations include the Republican Governors Association, the Democratic Governors Association, the Senate Leadership Fund and the Congressional Leadership Fund. Under certain conditions and when state laws permit the donation, ScottsMiracle-Gro will donate corporate dollars to support candidates, without regard to their political party, who support our freedom to operate and share our views on important business issues. ScottsMiracle-Gro also operates The Scotts Stewardship Political Action Committee (SPAC). The SPAC was created in 2001 and is supported by our associates and members of the Scotts Board of Directors. To learn more about the donations of the SPAC, please visit the Federal Elections Committee website at www.fec.gov. In addition, ScottsMiracle-Gro also works with groups to educate policymakers and the public on issues that are of importance to our company. This support includes providing consistent, sustaining support to a 501(c)4, The Good Growth Alliance, to advance policy and educational efforts related to a variety of issues that impact society, our business and our customers and consumers.

Describe the process(es) your organization has in place to ensure that your engagement activities are consistent with your overall climate change strategy[…]We disclose our positions on various related issues on our website and within our Corporate Responsibility Report. To ensure that all our activities that influence policy are consistent with our climate change strategy, we participate in trade association meetings to discuss our mutual ESG goals and strategies. We engage directly with a number of trade associations on a variety of ESG issues. We also publicly disclose our Environmental Protection Policy and our Environmental, Health & Safety Policy on our website. Our ESG strategy, including climate-related commitments, is being integrated into our business plans and led by a cross-functional ESG team.

Does your organization have a public commitment or position statement to conduct your engagement activities in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement?[…]No, and we do not plan to have one in the next two years