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GRI ref. |
Indicator description |
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Environmental |
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2010 |
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EN1 |
Materials |
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Phthalates (tons) |
47 |
31 |
16 | ||||||
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Brominated flame retardants (tons) |
~0 |
~0 |
3.1 | ||||||
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Lead in submarine cables (tons) |
5,725 |
3,632 |
3,600 | ||||||
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Organic lead in polymers (tons) |
1.3 |
52 |
24 | ||||||
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Lead in other products (tons), e.g. backup batteries and counterweights in robots |
227 |
265 |
313 | ||||||
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Cadmium in industrial batteries (tons) |
1.6 |
1.7 |
2.2 | ||||||
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Cadmium in rechargeable batteries (tons) |
10 |
5.9 |
4.7 | ||||||
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Cadmium in lead alloy (tons) |
4.3 |
2.7 |
2.5 | ||||||
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Cadmium in other uses (tons) |
0.02 |
0.18 |
0.05 | ||||||
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Mercury in products (tons) |
0.030 |
0.038 |
0.011 | ||||||
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SF6 insulation gas (inflow to ABB facilities) (tons) |
1,052 |
968 |
962 | ||||||
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SF6 insulation gas (outflow to customers) (tons) |
1,040 |
959 |
951 | ||||||
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No. of transformers with PCB oil in ABB facilities |
2 |
3 |
6 | ||||||
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No. of capacitors with PCB oil in ABB facilities |
0 |
0 |
0 | ||||||
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Mercury in instruments in ABB facilities (tons) |
0.263 |
0.422 |
0.803 | ||||||
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EN3 |
Direct energy consumption (Gigawatt-hours – GWh) |
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Oil (11.63 MWh/ton) |
92 |
114 |
87 | ||||||
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Coal (7.56 MWh/ton) |
0 |
0 |
0 | ||||||
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Gas |
417 |
427 |
415 | ||||||
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Total direct energy used |
509 |
542 |
502 | ||||||
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EN4 |
Indirect energy consumption (Gigawatt-hours – GWh) |
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District heat consumption |
195 |
223 |
259 | ||||||
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District heat: Losses at utilities |
29 |
33 |
39 | ||||||
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Electricity consumption |
1,447 |
1,335 |
1,321 | ||||||
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Electricity: Losses at utilities |
1,999 |
1,844 |
1,824 | ||||||
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Total indirect energy used |
3,670 |
3,436 |
3,442 | ||||||
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Megawatt-hours (MWh) per employee |
16.9 |
18.0 |
17.9 | ||||||
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EN8 |
Water withdrawal (kilotons) |
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Purchased from water companies |
3,400 |
3,300 |
3,300 | ||||||
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Groundwater extracted by ABB |
3,200 |
2,700 |
2,900 | ||||||
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Surface water extracted by ABB |
2,600 |
2,900 |
2,700 | ||||||
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Total water withdrawal |
9,200 |
8,900 |
8,900 | ||||||
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EN16 |
Greenhouse gas emissions (kilotons CO2 equivalent) |
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Scope 1 |
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Energy |
109 |
117 |
107 | ||||||
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SF6 (in CO2 equivalents) |
263 |
247 |
263 | ||||||
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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 |
43 |
49 |
57 | ||||||
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District heat: Losses at utilities |
7 |
8 |
9 | ||||||
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Electricity consumption |
309 |
293 |
290 | ||||||
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Electricity: Losses at utilities |
427 |
405 |
400 | ||||||
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Scope 3 |
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Air travel |
185 |
160 |
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EN19 |
Emissions of volatile organic compounds (tons) |
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Volatile organic compounds (VOC) |
810 |
786 |
782 | ||||||
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Chlorinated volatile organic compounds (VOC-Cl) |
13 |
11 |
5 | ||||||
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EN20 |
Emissions of NOX and SOX (tons SO2 and NO2) |
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SOX from burning coal |
0 |
0 |
0 | ||||||
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SOX from burning oil |
68 |
84 |
64 | ||||||
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NOX from burning coal |
0 |
0 |
0 | ||||||
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NOX from burning oil |
51 |
63 |
48 | ||||||
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NOX from burning gas |
90 |
92 |
90 | ||||||
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EN21 |
Discharge of process water (percentage of ABB plants) |
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Discharge to public sewer |
N/A2 |
84 |
72 | ||||||
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Discharge to recipient without treatment |
N/A2 |
3 |
9 | ||||||
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Discharge to own treatment plant |
N/A2 |
13 |
20 | ||||||
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EN22 |
Waste (kilotons) |
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Scrap metal recycled |
97 |
135 |
71 | ||||||
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Other waste recycled |
39 |
44 |
46 | ||||||
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General waste sent for disposal |
45 |
38 |
29 | ||||||
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Hazardous waste |
9 |
9 |
6 | ||||||
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EN23 |
Significant spills |
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Total number of spills |
9 |
7 |
12 | ||||||
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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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2011 |
2010 |
2009 | ||||||
LA1 |
Employment |
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Total workforce by region (ABB employees); 2011 data including Baldor |
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Europe |
60,300 |
58,800 |
60,600 | ||||||
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The Americas |
25,900 |
17,700 |
17,100 | ||||||
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Asia |
37,400 |
30,900 |
29,900 | ||||||
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Middle East and Africa |
10,000 |
9,100 |
8,500 | ||||||
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Total |
133,600 |
116,500 |
116,100 | ||||||
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Total numbers of part-time employees included above |
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Europe |
2,924 |
5% |
3,133 |
5% |
2,984 | ||||
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The Americas |
108 |
1% |
143 |
1% |
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Asia |
106 |
<1% |
183 |
1% |
268 | ||||
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Middle East and Africa |
1 |
<1% |
4 |
<1% |
112 | ||||
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Total |
3,139 |
3% |
3,463 |
3% |
3,456 | ||||
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LA2 |
Employee turnover |
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Turnover of all employees, including part-time |
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Europe |
5,712 |
10% |
6,351 |
11% |
10% | ||||
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The Americas |
2,823 |
15% |
2,567 |
16% |
23% | ||||
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Asia |
4,615 |
13% |
4,346 |
14% |
11% | ||||
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Middle East and Africa |
854 |
14% |
463 |
8% |
5% | ||||
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Total turnover for whole Group |
14,004 |
12% |
13,727 |
12% |
12% | ||||
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Turnover of all female employees, including part-time |
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Europe |
1,364 |
2% |
1,407 |
2% |
1,439 | ||||
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The Americas |
531 |
3% |
631 |
4% |
635 | ||||
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Asia |
1,086 |
3% |
1,060 |
4% |
520 | ||||
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Middle East and Africa |
184 |
3% |
51 |
<1% |
19 | ||||
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Total turnover for whole Group |
3,165 |
3% |
3,149 |
3% |
2,613 | ||||
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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 |
0 |
1 |
1 | ||||||
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Incident rate |
0 |
0.01 |
0.01 | ||||||
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Employee work-related serious injuries |
22 |
15 |
27 | ||||||
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Incident rate |
0.18 |
0.13 |
0.23 | ||||||
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Employee commuting/business travel fatalities |
0 |
2 |
1 | ||||||
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Incident rate |
0 |
0.02 |
0.01 | ||||||
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Employee commuting/business travel serious injuries |
3 |
5 |
0 | ||||||
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Incident rate |
0.02 |
0.04 |
0 | ||||||
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Contractor work-related fatalities |
0 |
2 |
3 | ||||||
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Contractor work-related serious injuries |
16 |
16 |
11 | ||||||
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Contractor business travel fatalities |
0 |
0 |
0 | ||||||
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Members of the public fatalities |
0 |
0 |
0 | ||||||
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Employee working days lost due to industrial incidents |
9,478 |
8,362 |
7,633 | ||||||
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Employee occupational health diseases (number of cases) |
7 |
13 |
47 | ||||||
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Employee total recordable incident rate |
13.17 |
13.48 |
14.32 | ||||||
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HR4 |
Non–discrimination |
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Total number of incidents of discrimination |
5 |
6 |
0 | ||||||
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Total number of incidents of harassment |
32 |
18 |
0 | ||||||
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SO6 |
Public policy |
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Financial and in-kind political contributions |
$500 |
$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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Brazil |
25 |
26 |
28 | ||||||
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China |
34 |
40 |
24 | ||||||
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Czech Republic |
11 |
10 |
13 | ||||||
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Finland |
13 |
13 |
24 | ||||||
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Germany |
16 |
16 |
15 | ||||||
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India |
5 |
4 |
3 | ||||||
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Italy |
17 |
17 |
10 | ||||||
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Sweden |
12 |
10 |
10 | ||||||
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Switzerland |
17 |
20 |
20 | ||||||
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USA |
25 |
25 |
25 | ||||||
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LA13 |
Diversity and equal opportunity |
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Women in senior management (percentage) |
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Brazil |
7% |
7% |
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China |
25% |
25% |
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Czech Republic |
18% |
19% |
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Finland |
15% |
17% |
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Germany |
7% |
4% |
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India |
2% |
2% |
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Italy |
7% |
7% |
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Sweden |
22% |
22% |
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Switzerland |
7% |
7% |
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US |
16% |
15% |
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