SASB table

SASB requirement

SASB requirement – detail

ABB answer 2022

Energy Management
  1. Total Energy Consumed (Gigajoules)
  2. Percentage Grid Electricity (%)
  3. Percentage Renewable (%)
  1. 5,101,131 GJ; Summary of GRI indicators – 302-1
  2. 63%; Summary of GRI indicators – 302-1
  3. 52%; Summary of GRI indicators – 302-1

Hazardous Waste Management
  1. Amount of hazardous waste generated, percentage recycled (Metric tons, %)
  2. Number and aggregate quantity of reportable spills, quantity recovered (number, kilograms)
  1. 7,294 metric tons; 57%; Summary of GRI indicators – 306-4
  2. 2 spills, a total of 107 liters of diesel and oil, not recovered; Summary of GRI indicators – 306-3

Product Safety
  1. Number of recalls issued, total units recalled (number)
  2. Total amount of monetary losses as a result of legal proceedings associated with product safety
  1. As of 2022, this number is not available on an aggregated level at ABB.
  2. Not applicable. Due to NDA agreements with third parties, we are unable to disclose monetary values resulting from legal proceedings with these third parties.

Product Lifecycle Management
  1. Percentage of products by revenue that contain IEC 62474 declarable substances (% by revenue)
  2. Percentage of eligible products by revenue, that meet Energy Star® Criteria (% by revenue)
  3. Revenue from renewable energy-related and energy-efficiency-related products (reporting currency)
  1. As of 2022, we are unable to respond to this question. Please refer to the section Materials.
  2. Only applicable to North America products. All ABB products are included in point c.
  3. Using the EU taxonomy as reference: In 2022 and for the first fiscal year, ABB reached a 10% Taxonomy-aligned revenue under the Climate Change Mitigation environmental objective that covers partially this requirement. For further details please refer to ABB's EU Taxonomy report.

Material sourcing
  1. Description of the management risks associated with the use of critical materials (discussion & analysis)
  1. Please refer to the section Responsible sourcing and Materials.

Business ethics

Description of policies and practices for prevention of:

  1. corruption and bribery and anti-competitive behavior (discussion & analysis)
  2. Total amount of monetary losses as a result of legal proceedings associated with bribery or corruption (reporting currency)
  3. Total amount of monetary losses as a result of legal proceedings associated with anti-competitive behavior regulations (reporting currency)
  1. Please refer to the section in the ABB Sustainability Report 2022, Integrity & Transparency;
    - to the section in the ABB Integrated Report 2022, Performance, Integrity & Transparency;
    - to the ABB Code of Conduct;
    - to the ABB Supplier Code of Conduct;
    - and to The Global ABB Integrity Program (December 2022).
  2. Approximately $325 million USD for Kusile settlements.
  3. We are unable to disclose monetary values resulting from legal proceedings associated with anti-competitive behavior regulations.

Activity Metrics
  1. Number of units produced (production should be disclosed as number of units produced by product category, where relevant product categories include energy generation, energy delivery, and lighting and indoor climate control electronics.)
  2. Number of employees
  1. Please refer to the ABB Financial Report 2022, in section "Analysis of results of operations".
  2. 106,850 (reflected in headcount)1

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For the purpose of consistency, the number of employees is reflected in headcount in the Sustainability Report 2022.