Leadership About Vision How We Operate What We Create How We Collaborate Looking Ahead Data Index Collective action to reach water positive in 2030 IN 2022, OUR WATER RESTORATION PROJECTS RETURNED 621 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER TO 2022 water data (in cubic meters) HIGH AND MEDIUM WATER STRESSED REGIONS. 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Water 1,609,000 2,367,000 3,430,000 3,726,000 5,042,564 4,893,023 Minimizing water use, being Withdrawal transparent with our water data, Water 838,000 1,279,000 1,971,000 2,202,000 2,568,849 2,638,188 and restoring water in high water- Consumption stressed regions are key pillars of Water - 132,000 145,000 2,250,000 2,335,672 2,351,562 our water stewardship program. Restoration We are committed to becoming water positive by 2030, when we the source water consumed Since 2017, we have funded or will restore more water to the in our operations and are supported more than 25 water environment than we consume for verified by independent third- restoration projects in eight our global operations. To achieve party experts, applying industry watersheds where we operate. this goal, Meta will restore 200% standard methodologies. Working Once all projects are online and of the water we consume in with local organizations and fully implemented, they will high water-stressed areas, and utilities, we invest in water restore 1.9 billion gallons of water 100% of the water we consume restoration projects in water- annually. In 2022, the operational in medium water-stressed areas. stressed regions that also provide restoration projects returned 621 Our water restoration projects co-benefits such as supporting million gallons (2,351,562 cubic in water-stressed regions always local water supply or restoring meters) of water to high and have a hydrological connection to local habitats and wildlife. medium water stressed regions. 2023 Meta Sustainability Report 38