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GRI ref. |
Indicator description |
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Environmental |
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EN1 |
Materials |
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Phthalates (tons) |
31 |
16 |
25 | ||
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Brominated flame retardants (tons) |
0 |
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3.1 |
2.3 | |
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Lead in submarine cables (tons) |
3,632 |
3,600 |
6,596 | ||
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Organic lead in polymers (tons) |
52 |
24 |
36 | ||
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Lead in other products (tons), e.g. backup batteries and counterweights in robots |
265 |
313 |
354 | ||
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Cadmium in industrial batteries (tons) |
1.7 |
2.2 |
2.0 | ||
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Cadmium in rechargeable batteries (tons) |
5.9 |
4.7 |
6.4 | ||
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Cadmium in lead alloy (tons) |
2.7 |
2.5 |
5.3 | ||
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Cadmium in other uses (tons) |
0.18 |
0.05 |
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Mercury in products (tons) |
0.038 |
0.011 |
0.015 | ||
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SF6 insulation gas (inflow to ABB facilities) (tons) |
968 |
962 |
987 | ||
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SF6 insulation gas (outflow to customers) (tons) |
959 |
951 |
969 | ||
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No. of transformers with PCB oil in ABB facilities |
3 |
6 |
7 | ||
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No. of capacitors with PCB oil in ABB facilities |
0 |
0 |
9 | ||
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Mercury in instruments in ABB facilities (tons) |
0.422 |
0.803 |
0.895 | ||
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EN3 |
Direct energy consumption |
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Oil (11.63 MWh/ton) |
114 |
87 |
104 | ||
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Coal (7.56 MWh/ton) |
0 |
0 |
0 | ||
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Gas |
427 |
415 |
416 | ||
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Total direct energy used |
542 |
502 |
520 | ||
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EN4 |
Indirect energy consumption |
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District heat consumption |
223 |
259 |
250 | ||
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District heat: Losses at utilities |
33 |
39 |
37 | ||
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Electricity consumption |
1,335 |
1,321 |
1,323 | ||
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Electricity: Losses at utilities |
1,844 |
1,824 |
1,627 | ||
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Total indirect energy used |
3,436 |
3,442 |
3,237 | ||
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Megawatt-hours (MWh) per employee |
18.0 |
17.9 |
17.5 | ||
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EN8 |
Water withdrawal (kilotons) |
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Purchased from water companies |
3,300 |
3,300 |
3,100 | ||
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Groundwater extracted by ABB |
2,700 |
2,900 |
2,700 | ||
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Surface water extracted by ABB |
2,900 |
2,700 |
2,800 | ||
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Total water withdrawal |
8,900 |
8,900 |
8,600 | ||
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EN16 |
Greenhouse gas emissions |
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Scope 1 |
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Energy |
117 |
107 |
112 | ||
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SF6 (in CO2 equivalents) |
247 |
263 |
406 | ||
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CO2 from transport by own fleet |
350 |
350 |
350 | ||
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Scope 2 |
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District heat consumption |
49 |
57 |
55 | ||
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District heat: Losses at utilities |
8 |
9 |
8 | ||
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Electricity consumption |
293 |
290 |
287 | ||
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Electricity: Losses at utilities |
405 |
400 |
397 | ||
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EN19 |
Emissions of volatile organic compounds (tons) |
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Volatile organic compounds (VOC) |
786 |
782 |
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Chlorinated volatile organic compounds (VOC-Cl) |
11 |
5 |
6 | ||
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EN20 |
Emissions of NOx and SOX |
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SOX from burning coal |
0 |
0 |
0 | ||
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SOX from burning oil |
84 |
64 |
76 | ||
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NOX from burning coal |
0 |
0 |
0 | ||
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NOX from burning oil |
63 |
48 |
57 | ||
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NOX from burning gas |
92 |
90 |
90 | ||
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EN21 |
Discharge of process water |
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Discharge to public sewer |
84 |
72 |
62 | ||
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Discharge to recipient without treatment |
3 |
9 |
13 | ||
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Discharge to own treatment plant |
13 |
20 |
25 | ||
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EN22 |
Waste (kilotons) |
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Scrap metal recycled |
135 |
71 |
92 | ||
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Other waste recycled |
44 |
46 |
47 | ||
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General waste sent for disposal |
38 |
29 |
35 | ||
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Hazardous waste |
9 |
6 |
7 | ||
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EN23 |
Significant spills |
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Total number of spills |
7 |
12 |
4 | ||
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EN27 |
Products and services |
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Percentage of reclaimable material in products |
90 |
90 |
90 | ||
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Social |
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LA1 |
Employment |
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Total workforce by region (ABB employees) |
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Europe |
58,800 |
60,600 |
62,100 | ||
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The Americas |
17,700 |
17,100 |
20,000 | ||
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Asia |
30,900 |
29,900 |
29,100 | ||
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Middle East and Africa |
9,100 |
8,500 |
8,200 | ||
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Total |
116,500 |
116,100 |
119,400 | ||
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Total numbers of part-time employees included above |
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Europe |
3,133 |
5% |
2,984 |
5% |
3,392 |
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The Americas |
143 |
1% |
92 |
1% |
73 |
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Asia |
183 |
1% |
268 |
1% |
138 |
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Middle East and Africa |
4 |
<1% |
112 |
2% |
124 |
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Total |
3,463 |
3% |
3,456 |
3% |
3.827 |
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LA2 |
Employee turnover |
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Turnover of all employees, including part-time |
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Europe |
6,351 |
11% |
5,985 |
10% |
10% |
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The Americas |
2,567 |
16% |
3,826 |
23% |
19% |
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Asia |
4,346 |
14% |
2,943 |
11% |
11% |
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Middle East and Africa |
463 |
8% |
271 |
5% |
11% |
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Total turnover for whole Group |
13,727 |
12% |
13,025 |
12% |
11% |
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Turnover of all female employees, including |
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Europe |
1,407 |
2% |
1,439 |
2% |
1,307 |
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The Americas |
631 |
4% |
635 |
4% |
450 |
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Asia |
1,060 |
4% |
520 |
2% |
532 |
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Middle East and Africa |
51 |
<1% |
19 |
<1% |
128 |
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Total turnover for whole Group |
3,149 |
3% |
2,613 |
2% |
2,417 |
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LA7 |
Occupational health and safety |
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Fatalities, injuries, lost days, diseases |
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Employee work–related fatalities |
1 |
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Incident rate |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.03 | ||
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Employee work–related serious injuries |
15 |
27 |
37 | ||
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Incident rate |
0.13 |
0.23 |
0.32 | ||
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Employee commuting/business travel fatalities |
2 |
1 |
2 | ||
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Incident rate |
0.02 |
0.01 |
0.02 | ||
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Employee commuting/business travel serious injuries |
5 |
0 |
3 | ||
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Incident rate |
0.04 |
0 |
0.03 | ||
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Contractor work–related fatalities |
2 |
3 |
4 | ||
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Contractor work–related serious injuries |
16 |
11 |
16 | ||
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Contractor business travel fatalities |
0 |
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Members of the public fatalities |
0 |
0 |
1 | ||
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Employee working days lost due to industrial incidents |
8,362 |
7,633 |
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Employee occupational health diseases |
13 |
47 |
102 | ||
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Employee total recordable incident rate |
13.48 |
14.32 |
18.93 | ||
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HR4 |
Non–discrimination |
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Total number of incidents of discrimination |
6 |
0 |
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Total number of incidents of harassment |
18 |
0 |
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SO6 |
Public policy |
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Financial and in-kind political contributions |
$9,000 |
0 |
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LA10 |
Training and education |
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Training per year per employee (average hours) |
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China |
40 |
24 |
20 | ||
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Germany |
16 |
15 |
16 | ||
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Sweden |
10 |
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17 | ||
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India |
4 |
3 |
28 | ||
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United States |
25 |
25 |
25 | ||
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Switzerland |
20 |
20 |
17 | ||
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Finland |
13 |
24 |
24 | ||
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Italy |
17 |
10 |
10 | ||
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Brazil |
26 |
28 |
31 | ||
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Czech Republic |
10 |
13 |
22 | ||
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LA13 |
Diversity and equal opportunity |
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Women in senior management (percentage) |
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China |
25% |
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Germany |
4% |
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Sweden |
22% |
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India |
2% |
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United States |
15% |
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Switzerland |
7% |
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Finland |
17% |
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Italy |
7% |
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Brazil |
7% |
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Czech Republic |
19% |
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