Environmental performance data

	2011a	2010	2009
Phthalates – softener for PVC	47	31	16
PBB and PBDE – flame retardants in plastics	~0	~0	3.1
Lead in submarine cables	5,725	3,632	3,600
Organic lead in polymers	1.3	52	24
Lead in other products, e.g. backup batteries and counterweights in robots	227	265	313
Cadmium in industrial batteries delivered to customers	1.6	1.7	2.2
Cadmium in rechargeable batteries	10	5.9	4.7
Cadmium in lead alloy	4.3	2.7	2.5
Cadmium in other uses	0.02	0.18	0.05
Mercury in products delivered to customers	0.030	0.038	0.011
SF6 insulation gas (inflow to ABB)	1,052	968	962
SF6 insulation gas (outflow from ABB)	1,040	959	951

^aABB operations only, not including Baldor facilities

	2011+Baldora	2011b	2010	2009
Purchased from water companies	3,400	3,400c	3,300c	3,300c
Groundwater extracted by ABBd	N/A	3,200	2,700	2,900
Surface water extracted by ABBd	N/A	2,600	2,900	2,700
Total water withdrawal	9,200	9,200	8,900	8,900
Water saved through recycling and reuse (kilotons)	N/A		3,000	800

^aABB and Baldor facilities included
^bABB operations only, not including Baldor facilities
^cThe figure is based on reported data from 87 percent of employees (85 percent in 2011) and an assumed water consumption of 10 tons/year/employee for the remaining 13 percent of employees (15 percent in 2011).
^dEstimated (rounded) figures

	2011a	2010	2009
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC)	810	786	782
Chlorinated Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC-Cl)	13	11	5

^aABB operations only, not including Baldor facilities

The major constituents of VOCs and VOC-Cls are xylene, thinner and perchloroethylene. Increases in 2011 were due to increased business volume involving certain processes.

	2011a	2010	2009
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

^aABB operations only, not including Baldor facilities

These figures are for fossil fuels consumed in ABB premises for heating and process purposes.

	2011+Baldora	2011b	2010	2008
Scrap material sent for recycling	161	97	135c	71
Other waste sent for recycling	42	39	44	46
General waste sent for disposal	47e	45e	38d	29d
Hazardous waste	11	9	9	6
Total waste	262e	190e	227e	153

^aABB and Baldor facilities included
^bABB operations only, not including Baldor facilities
^c51 kilotons are scrap metals from several locations in South Africa that have now been consolidated to one site.
^dThe figure is based on reported data from 87 percent of employees and an assumed waste output of 0.33 tons/year/employee for the remaining 13 percent of employees.
^eThe figure is based on reported data from 85 percent of employees and an assumed waste output of 0.33 tons/year/employee for the remaining 15 percent of employees. All Baldor employees covered by the relevant reporting.

	2011	2010	2009
Oil spills	5	4	3
Chemical spills	0	0	0
Emissions to air	4	0	1
Others	0	3	0

Incidents were analyzed and adequate decontamination procedures were implemented to prevent any permanent contamination of soil and water due to these spills. Corrective actions, such as improved control systems, have been taken to reduce the risk of future spills. One incident related to an oil spill remains under consideration to determine the appropriate system improvements to prevent a recurrence.

During 2011, a $74,000 penalty was imposed on a US facility for a failure to report a complete Form R in a timely manner to the US EPA and the State of Virginia, a violation of Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know (EPCRA) Section 313. The issue occurred during 2009 and the case is now settled. An ABB plant in Italy was fined approximately $4,000 during 2011 for exceeding a water discharge parameter.

For 2011, ABB's expenditure on environmental management throughout its global sustainability affairs network was as follows:

Expenditure on environmental management	$ thousands
Group level	11,200
Country level	5,200
Site level	3,850
Total	20,250

ABB limits the accounting of sustainability to the costs of implementing and maintaining environmental management systems to ISO 14001, health and safety management systems to OHSAS 18001, and running the sustainability network, including personnel costs and the cost of developing sustainability tools, education and training.

This does not include costs related to improvement projects. For example, the decision to invest in a new manufacturing process is the result of integrating many decisions in addition to environmental considerations.