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Performance summary

We provide comparative performance data from the past five years in the areas of greatest importance to our business and stakeholders, including key performance data for 2018.

REPORT SECTION INDICATOR UNIT 2016 2017 2018
ETHICS + INTEGRITY Compliance concerns raised1 Number 94* 114* 152*
Incidents closed1 Number 94* 97* 147*
Violations found (addressed)1 Number 52* 58* 55*
Training completion1 Percent 99* 99* 99*
INNOVATION AND SUSTAINABILITY SOLUTIONS Total patent portfolio Number 12,191 11,534 11,738
Sustainability solutions Cumulative number 78 82 82
RESOURCE AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY Greenhouse-gas emission intensity tCO2eq/t product sales 1.24* 1.23* 1.22*
Energy intensity GJ/t product sales 17* 17* 17*
Water intensity m3/t product sales 2.6* 2.7* 2.62*
Material loss intensity t/t product sales 0.072* 0.078* 0.070*
Flaring reduction compared to 20102 Percent 55* 43* 43*
CO2 utilization Million t 3.6* 3.5* 4.0*
HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT Women in the workplace Percent of workforce 7.7 7.2 7.3
Learning programs Participants 31,062 24,944 22,222
SOCIAL IMPACTS AND COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS Community giving Million US$ 46.4 57.5 36.7
SUPPLY CHAIN Safety and Quality Assessment System liquids Percent of suppliers 100 100 100
SQAS solids Percent of suppliers 69 93 91
Suppliers registered through Global Procurement Due Diligence Program Number 7,000 9,274
Suppliers with additional GPDDP requirements Number 1,100 1,483
Suppliers audited according to GPDDP Number 9 19
ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH, SAFETY, AND SECURITY EHSS rate3 Incidents/200,000 hours worked 0.63* 0.50* 0.43*
Total Recordable Incident Rate Incidents/200,000 hours worked 0.14* 0.12* 0.14*
Fatalities Number 14* 1* 0*
Process Safety Total Incident Rate Incidents/200,000 hours worked 0.02* 0.01* 0.011*
Hazardous substances released Metric tons (t) 61* 105* 89*

*Assured by KPMG

1 Compliance data are reported for the 23,500 employees of Saudi Basic Industries Corporation and its wholly-owned affiliates, but not for employees of SABIC’s non-wholly owned manufacturing joint ventures (or affiliates) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

2 Flaring reduction calculations are based on reduction of greenhouse-gas emissions.

3 Note this is a severity-weighted rating.

Below is an overview of the total debt portfolio as of 31 December 2019:

Items (SAR *000)
  • Original Loan Amount
  • Beginning Balance
  • Additions during the year
  • Repayments during the year
  • Non-cash *
  • Ending Balance
  • Period of the loans (years)
Original Loan Amount Beginning Balance Additions during the year Repayments during the year Non-cash * Ending Balance Period of the loans (years)
Long Term and Financial Lease 49,845,828 35,461,703 10,517,682 15,073,886 6,902,093 37,807,593 2-15
Short Term 7,500,000 1,167,589 179,408 0 - 1,346,996 1
Bonds 10,590,094 10,663,950 0 0 -52,983 10,580,968 5-7
Total 67,935,922 47,263,242 10,697,090 -15,073,886 6,849,111 49,735,557

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