2021 SUSTAINABILITY PROGRESS REPORT | Cummins Inc. 35 BUILDING MORE PROSPEROUS COMMUNITIES In 2021, Cummins continued to strengthen its long-standing commitment to improving the communities where the company does business and where its employees live and work. Cummins employees and leaders engage in their communities by identifying opportunities that they have a unique ability to address using their knowledge and skills. This work takes many forms, ranging fr om the company’s global strategic program to build technical vocational skills that can lead to well-paying jobs, to Cummins’ global initiative to accelerate gender equality for women and girls. While the pandemic has impacted employee in-person volunteerism, the company has continued its work to strengthen communities. In 2020, Cummins launched a strategic initiative, Cummins Advocating for Racial Equity ( page 40 ), to address systemic racism and injustice in the United States through economic empowerment, criminal justice reform, police reform and social justice. In 2021, the company announced Cummins Water Works, a new strategic environmental program to address the global water crisis in Cummins communities around the world. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT // Cummins employees work on an environmental project, one of three global priority areas for the company.