Summary of main performance indicators

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Environmental

 

2013

 

2012

 

2011

(1)

Note that data in this table for 2012 and earlier, except LA1 for 2012, do not include Thomas & Betts. Data for 2011 do not include Baldor.

(2)

2013 data for air travel do not include Thomas & Betts.

(3)

2013 data for air travel are calculated using the emission factors published by UK Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA in its “2012 Guidelines to DEFRA/DECC’s GHG Conversion Factors for Company Reporting”. Data from 2012 and 2011 were calculated emissions factors provided by DEFRA in its 2009 Guidelines. Use of the 2012 factors gives a slightly lower total. For comparison, ABB’s air travel emissions for 2012 calculated using the 2012 emission factors = 165 kton CO2 equivalent.

EN1

Materials

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Phthalates (tons)

 

21

 

28

 

47

 

Brominated flame retardants (tons)

 

2.9

 

~0

 

~0

 

Lead in submarine cables (tons)

 

7,236

 

5,633

 

5,725

 

Organic lead in polymers (tons)

 

0.6

 

0.9

 

1.3

 

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

 

2,601

 

363

 

227

 

Cadmium in industrial batteries (tons)

 

4.4

 

5.6

 

1.6

 

Cadmium in rechargeable batteries (tons)

 

67.6

 

6.3

 

10

 

Cadmium in lead alloy and other uses (tons)

 

5.7

 

4.5

 

4.3

 

Mercury in products (tons)

 

0.012

 

0.011

 

0.030

 

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

 

1,438

 

1,139

 

1,052

 

SF6 insulation gas (outflow to customers) (tons)

 

1,425

 

1,118

 

1,040

 

No. of transformers with PCB oil in ABB facilities

 

1

 

1

 

2

 

No. of capacitors with PCB oil in ABB facilities

 

60

 

32

 

0

 

Mercury in instruments in ABB facilities (tons)

 

0.371

 

0.203

 

0.263

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EN3

Direct energy consumption (Gigawatt-hours – GWh)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oil (11.63 MWh/ton)

 

94

 

93

 

92

 

Coal (7.56 MWh/ton)

 

4

 

0

 

0

 

Gas

 

754

 

556

 

417

 

Total direct energy used

 

852

 

649

 

509

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EN4

Indirect energy consumption (Gigawatt-hours – GWh)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

District heat consumption

 

251

 

219

 

195

 

District heat: Losses at utilities

 

38

 

33

 

29

 

Electricity consumption

 

1,705

 

1,599

 

1,447

 

Electricity: Losses at utilities

 

2,355

 

2,208

 

1,999

 

Total indirect energy used

 

4,349

 

4,058

 

3,670

 

Megawatt-hours (MWh) per employee

 

19.0

 

18.1

 

16.9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EN8

Water withdrawal (kilotons)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purchased from water companies

 

4,400

 

3,900

 

3,400

 

Groundwater extracted by ABB

 

3,200

 

3,000

 

3,200

 

Surface water extracted by ABB

 

2,700

 

2,800

 

2,600

 

Total water withdrawal

 

10,300

 

9,700

 

9,200

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EN16

Greenhouse gas emissions (kilotons CO2 equivalent)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scope 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Energy

 

179

 

137

 

109

 

SF6 (in CO2 equivalents)

 

280

 

332

 

263

 

Scope 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

District heat consumption

 

55

 

48

 

43

 

District heat: Losses at utilities

 

8

 

7

 

7

 

Electricity consumption

 

357

 

337

 

309

 

Electricity: Losses at utilities

 

493

 

465

 

427

 

Scope 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Air travel(2)(3)

 

152

 

171

 

185

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EN19

Emissions of volatile organic compounds (tons)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Volatile organic compounds (VOC)

 

1,210

 

1,355

 

810

 

Chlorinated volatile organic compounds (VOC-Cl)

 

20

 

12

 

13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EN20

Emissions of NOX and SOX (tons SO2 and NO2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SOX from burning coal

 

3

 

0

 

0

 

SOX from burning oil

 

69

 

69

 

68

 

NOX from burning coal

 

2

 

0

 

0

 

NOX from burning oil

 

52

 

52

 

51

 

NOX from burning gas

 

163

 

120

 

90

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EN22

Waste (kilotons)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scrap metal recycled

 

185

 

150

 

97

 

Other waste recycled

 

52

 

41

 

39

 

General waste sent for disposal

 

50

 

43

 

45

 

Hazardous waste

 

14

 

12

 

9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EN23

Significant spills

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total number of significant spills

 

20

 

11

 

9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Social

 

2013

 

2012

 

2011

LA1

Employment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total workforce by region (ABB employees)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Europe

 

65,000

 

64,000

 

60,300

 

The Americas

 

34,400

 

34,400

 

25,900

 

Asia

 

39,400

 

38,300

 

37,400

 

Middle East and Africa

 

8,900

 

9,400

 

10,000

 

Total

 

147,700

 

146,100

 

133,600

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total numbers of part-time employees included above

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Europe

2,832

4%

2,835

5%

2,924

5%

 

The Americas

330

1%

169

1%

108

<1%

 

Asia

1,311

4%

1,391

4%

106

<1%

 

Middle East and Africa

186

3%

4

<1%

1

<1%

 

Total

4,659

3%

4,399

3%

3,139

3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LA2

Employee turnover

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Turnover of all employees, including part-time

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Europe

5,387

9%

5,083

8%

5,712

10%

 

The Americas

4,760

14%

3,689

14%

2,823

15%

 

Asia

4,681

13%

4,149

12%

4,615

13%

 

Middle East and Africa

853

14%

911

15%

854

14%

 

Total turnover for whole Group

15,681

11%

13,832

11%

14,004

12%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Turnover of all female employees, including part-time

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Europe

1,217

2%

1,218

2%

1,364

2

 

The Americas

1,026

3%

676

3%

531

3%

 

Asia

1,261

3%

1,023

3%

1,086

3%

 

Middle East and Africa

97

2%

70

1%

184

3%

 

Total turnover for whole Group

3,601

3%

2,987

2%

3,165

3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LA7

Occupational health and safety

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fatalities, injuries, lost days, diseases

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Employee work-related fatalities

 

0

 

1

 

0

 

Incident rate

 

0

 

0.01

 

0

 

Employee work-related serious injuries

 

40

 

22

 

22

 

Incident rate

 

0.27

 

0.16

 

0.18

 

Employee commuting/business travel fatalities

 

0

 

1

 

0

 

Incident rate

 

0

 

0.01

 

0

 

Employee commuting/business travel serious injuries

 

4

 

0

 

3

 

Incident rate

 

0

 

0

 

0.02

 

Contractor work-related fatalities

 

7

 

2

 

0

 

Contractor work-related serious injuries

 

29

 

20

 

16

 

Contractor business travel fatalities

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

Members of the public fatalities

 

1

 

0

 

0

 

Employee working days lost due to industrial incidents

 

10,591

 

10,345

 

9,478

 

Employee occupational health diseases (number of cases)

 

10

 

10

 

7

 

Employee total recordable incident rate

 

10.94

 

13.04

 

13.17

 

Employee lost time incident rate

 

4.70

 

4.80

 

5.70

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HR4

Non-discrimination

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total number of incidents of discrimination

 

1

 

2

 

5

 

Total number of incidents of harassment

 

10

 

13

 

32

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SO6

Public policy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financial and in-kind political contributions

 

0

 

$30,000

 

$500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LA10

Training and education

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Training per year per employee (average hours)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brazil

 

25

 

27

 

25

 

Canada

 

18

 

22

 

21

 

China

 

27

 

31

 

34

 

Finland

 

18

 

14

 

13

 

Germany

 

16

 

16

 

16

 

India

 

12

 

18

 

5

 

Italy

 

19

 

16

 

17

 

Sweden

 

12

 

12

 

12

 

Switzerland

 

20

 

19

 

17

 

USA

 

28

 

24

 

25

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LA13

Diversity and equal opportunity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Women in senior management (percentage)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brazil

 

15%

 

16%

 

7%

 

Canada

 

15%

 

15%

 

17%

 

China

 

28%

 

27%

 

25%

 

Finland

 

17%

 

16%

 

15%

 

Germany

 

7%

 

7%

 

7%

 

India

 

2%

 

2%

 

2%

 

Italy

 

8%

 

7%

 

7%

 

Sweden

 

25%

 

24%

 

22%

 

Switzerland

 

8%

 

7%

 

7%

 

USA

 

15%

 

15%

 

16%