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Earth Day: Doing Our Part for People and the Planet

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Oriana Raabe, Ph.D., Vice President of Sustainability
Oriana Raabe, Ph.D., Vice President of Sustainability

04/22/2026

Earth Day: Doing Our Part for People and the Planet

At ˿Ƶ we recognize that water touches every aspect of our lives,froma morning cup of coffeetoour work, and our world.It’sour purpose at ˿Ƶ to help make water, life’s most essential resource, better for people and the planet through smart, sustainable water solutions. On this, and every day, we recognizethat clean,available waterand energy arefoundational elements of a healthy planet and supportresilient, sustainable business.

Today,I’mpleased to highlightthe progress ˿Ƶ has madewithits Sustainability Strategic Targets, as announced in our recent2025 Sustainability Report,whichare helping to create a better, more sustainable planet.

Water Stewardship
Our Water Stewardship target aims to restore 100% of the water volume withdrawn by ˿Ƶ manufacturing sites in high-water-stress areas annually.

In 2025, we met our annual Sustainability Strategic Target focused on water stewardship by restoring 100% of water withdrawal by manufacturing sites in high-water-stress areas, representing approximately31 million gallonsof water restored tohigh-water-stressareas.1In addition to achieving our annual water stewardship target, we advanced our own operational efforts by:

  • Reducing water withdrawal by 34.4% from our 2019 baseline in 2025 and 4.9% compared to 2024

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction
Our Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction target aims to reduce Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 60% by 2030 from our 2019 baseline.

In 2025, we achieved continued progress toward our Sustainability Strategic Target focused on GHG emissions reduction by reducing our Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions by 54.0% from our 2019 baseline. In addition to making progress on our GHG emissions reduction target, we furthered our strategy by:

  • Continuing to assess our Scope 3 GHG emissions and planned enhancements to our data strategy
  • Completing a climate gap assessment as we work toward a company-wide climate transition plan

Product Design for SustainabilityOur Product Design for Sustainability target aims to complete the sustainability scorecard for 100% of new products.

In 2025, we achieved our Sustainability Strategic Target, focused on sustainable product design, by assessing 100% of new products2with our product sustainability scorecard.3In addition to achieving our annual product sustainability target, we advanced our strategy by:

  • Enhancing our sustainability scorecard to better incorporate circular design impact as part of new product design concepts
  • Hosting our second annual Sustainability Innovation Challenge

Thank you to ourcustomers,employees,andshareholdersfor helping ˿Ƶ achieve this progress! As we recognize and celebrate Earth Day today,I’mproud of the workwe’redoing to create a more sustainable planetthat’sbuilt for the future.

PENTAIR RECOGNIZED INTHE 2026CORPORATE KNIGHTS EUROPE 50 LIST

˿Ƶ’s sustainability commitments and actions have been recognized by being included in the list4, an annual ranking of the 50 most sustainable large-capitalization companies headquartered in Europe. Learn more .

1"High-water-stress areas” are defined as areas that have an Overall Water Risk score of 3 or higher in the World Resource Institute’s Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas tool. Water planned to be restored into the same or other high-water-stress areas as ˿Ƶ withdrawal.
2Physical products only.
3Theproduct sustainability scorecard analyzed five impacts from a product's lifecycle - water use, energy use, GHG emissions, resource use efficiency, and material health - and incorporated an assessment of these impacts as part ofnewproduct design.
4Corporate Knights Inc.is an independent media and research company. Its media division publishes the award-winning sustainable-economymagazineCorporate Knights, circulated in The Globe and Mail, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal. Its research division produces sustainability rankings, researchreportsand financial product ratings based on corporate sustainability performance. Learn more at corporateknights.com.

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