Summary of main performance indicators1

GRI ref.

Indicator description

 

 

 

Environmental

2011

2010

2009

EN1

Materials

 

 

 

1

Note that all data in this table, except LA1 for 2011, cover ABB facilities only.

2

In order to improve the quality and depth of reporting, we have changed the water reporting this year. This means that the discharge of process water data cannot be included in the table above, as the 2011 data are not comparable with 2010 and 2009. See chapter Environmental responsibility for reporting on water discharge.

 

Phthalates (tons)

47

31

16

 

Brominated flame retardants (tons)

~0

~0

3.1

 

Lead in submarine cables (tons)

5,725

3,632

3,600

 

Organic lead in polymers (tons)

1.3

52

24

 

Lead in other products (tons), e.g. backup batteries and counterweights in robots

227

265

313

 

Cadmium in industrial batteries (tons)

1.6

1.7

2.2

 

Cadmium in rechargeable batteries (tons)

10

5.9

4.7

 

Cadmium in lead alloy (tons)

4.3

2.7

2.5

 

Cadmium in other uses (tons)

0.02

0.18

0.05

 

Mercury in products (tons)

0.030

0.038

0.011

 

SF6 insulation gas (inflow to ABB facilities) (tons)

1,052

968

962

 

SF6 insulation gas (outflow to customers) (tons)

1,040

959

951

 

No. of transformers with PCB oil in ABB facilities

2

3

6

 

No. of capacitors with PCB oil in ABB facilities

0

0

0

 

Mercury in instruments in ABB facilities (tons)

0.263

0.422

0.803

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EN3

Direct energy consumption (Gigawatt-hours – GWh)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oil (11.63 MWh/ton)

92

114

87

 

Coal (7.56 MWh/ton)

0

0

0

 

Gas

417

427

415

 

Total direct energy used

509

542

502

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EN4

Indirect energy consumption (Gigawatt-hours – GWh)

 

 

 

 

 

 

District heat consumption

195

223

259

 

District heat: Losses at utilities

29

33

39

 

Electricity consumption

1,447

1,335

1,321

 

Electricity: Losses at utilities

1,999

1,844

1,824

 

Total indirect energy used

3,670

3,436

3,442

 

Megawatt-hours (MWh) per employee

16.9

18.0

17.9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EN8

Water withdrawal (kilotons)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purchased from water companies

3,400

3,300

3,300

 

Groundwater extracted by ABB

3,200

2,700

2,900

 

Surface water extracted by ABB

2,600

2,900

2,700

 

Total water withdrawal

9,200

8,900

8,900

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EN16

Greenhouse gas emissions (kilotons CO2 equivalent)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scope 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

Energy

109

117

107

 

SF6 (in CO2 equivalents)

263

247

263

 

CO2 from transport by own fleet

350

350

350

 

Scope 2

 

 

 

 

District heat consumption

43

49

57

 

District heat: Losses at utilities

7

8

9

 

Electricity consumption

309

293

290

 

Electricity: Losses at utilities

427

405

400

 

Scope 3

 

 

 

 

Air travel

185

160

N/A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EN19

Emissions of volatile organic compounds (tons)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Volatile organic compounds (VOC)

810

786

782

 

Chlorinated volatile organic compounds (VOC-Cl)

13

11

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EN20

Emissions of NOX and SOX (tons SO2 and NO2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

SOX from burning coal

0

0

0

 

SOX from burning oil

68

84

64

 

NOX from burning coal

0

0

0

 

NOX from burning oil

51

63

48

 

NOX from burning gas

90

92

90

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EN21

Discharge of process water (percentage of ABB plants)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Discharge to public sewer

N/A2

84

72

 

Discharge to recipient without treatment

N/A2

3

9

 

Discharge to own treatment plant

N/A2

13

20

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EN22

Waste (kilotons)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scrap metal recycled

97

135

71

 

Other waste recycled

39

44

46

 

General waste sent for disposal

45

38

29

 

Hazardous waste

9

9

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EN23

Significant spills

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total number of spills

9

7

12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EN27

Products and services

 

 

 

 

 

 

Percentage of reclaimable material in products

90

90

90

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Social

 

2011

2010

2009

LA1

Employment

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total workforce by region (ABB employees); 2011 data including Baldor

 

 

 

 

 

 

Europe

60,300

58,800

60,600

 

The Americas

25,900

17,700

17,100

 

Asia

37,400

30,900

29,900

 

Middle East and Africa

10,000

9,100

8,500

 

Total

133,600

116,500

116,100

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total numbers of part-time employees included above

 

 

 

 

 

 

Europe

2,924

5%

3,133

5%

2,984

 

The Americas

108

1%

143

1%

92

 

Asia

106

<1%

183

1%

268

 

Middle East and Africa

1

<1%

4

<1%

112

 

Total

3,139

3%

3,463

3%

3,456

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LA2

Employee turnover

 

 

 

Turnover of all employees, including part-time

 

 

 

 

 

 

Europe

5,712

10%

6,351

11%

10%

 

The Americas

2,823

15%

2,567

16%

23%

 

Asia

4,615

13%

4,346

14%

11%

 

Middle East and Africa

854

14%

463

8%

5%

 

Total turnover for whole Group

14,004

12%

13,727

12%

12%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Turnover of all female employees, including part-time

 

 

 

 

 

Europe

1,364

2%

1,407

2%

1,439

 

The Americas

531

3%

631

4%

635

 

Asia

1,086

3%

1,060

4%

520

 

Middle East and Africa

184

3%

51

<1%

19

 

Total turnover for whole Group

3,165

3%

3,149

3%

2,613

 

 

 

 

 

 

LA7

Occupational health and safety

 

 

 

 

Fatalities, injuries, lost days, diseases

 

 

 

 

 

Employee work-related fatalities

0

1

1

 

Incident rate

0

0.01

0.01

 

Employee work-related serious injuries

22

15

27

 

Incident rate

0.18

0.13

0.23

 

Employee commuting/business travel fatalities

0

2

1

 

Incident rate

0

0.02

0.01

 

Employee commuting/business travel serious injuries

3

5

0

 

Incident rate

0.02

0.04

0

 

Contractor work-related fatalities

0

2

3

 

Contractor work-related serious injuries

16

16

11

 

Contractor business travel fatalities

0

0

0

 

Members of the public fatalities

0

0

0

 

Employee working days lost due to industrial incidents

9,478

8,362

7,633

 

Employee occupational health diseases (number of cases)

7

13

47

 

Employee total recordable incident rate

13.17

13.48

14.32

 

 

 

 

 

HR4

Non–discrimination

 

 

 

 

Total number of incidents of discrimination

5

6

0

 

Total number of incidents of harassment

32

18

0

 

 

 

 

 

SO6

Public policy

 

 

 

 

Financial and in-kind political contributions

$500

$9,000

0

 

 

 

 

 

LA10

Training and education

 

 

 

 

Training per year per employee (average hours)

 

 

 

 

Brazil

25

26

28

 

China

34

40

24

 

Czech Republic

11

10

13

 

Finland

13

13

24

 

Germany

16

16

15

 

India

5

4

3

 

Italy

17

17

10

 

Sweden

12

10

10

 

Switzerland

17

20

20

 

USA

25

25

25

 

 

 

 

 

LA13

Diversity and equal opportunity

 

 

 

 

Women in senior management (percentage)

 

 

 

 

Brazil

7%

7%

 

China

25%

25%

 

Czech Republic

18%

19%

 

Finland

15%

17%

 

Germany

7%

4%

 

India

2%

2%

 

Italy

7%

7%

 

Sweden

22%

22%

 

Switzerland

7%

7%

 

US

16%

15%