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Most material key performance indicators

Resource Efficiency

  • Unit
  • 2017
  • 2018
  • 2019
  • 2020
  • 2021
Unit 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Energy intensity GJ/t product sales 17* 17* 17* 16.3* 16.2*
Water intensity m3/t product sales 2.7* 2.6* 2.6* 2.5* 2.6*
Material-loss intensity t/t product sales 0.078* 0.070* 0.070* 0.065* 0.066*
Flaring reduction since 2010 ¹ Percent 43* 43* 48* 56* 51*
CO2 utilization Million tons 3.5* 4.0* 3.6*3 3.7* 3.6*
Absolute waste reduction since 2010 Percent 29.8% 11.9%

Climate Change

  • Unit
  • 2017
  • 2018
  • 2019
  • 2020
  • 2021
Unit 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Greenhouse-gas emission intensity tCO2e/Mt product sales 1.23* 1.22* 1.17* 1.14* 1.2*
Renewable energy (new) GW Will be reported in 2022

ADDITIONAL ESG METRICS Ethics + Integrity

  • Unit
  • 2017
  • 2018
  • 2019
  • 2020
  • 2021
Unit 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Compliance concerns raised Number 114* 152* 157* 90* 99*
Incidents closed Number 97* 119* 135* 69* 89*
Violations found (addressed) Number 58* 42* 41* 30* 41*
Training completion 2 Percent 99* 99* 99* 99* 99*

Innovation and sustainability solutions

  • Unit
  • 2017
  • 2018
  • 2019
  • 2020
  • 2021
Unit 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Total patent portfolio Number 11,534 11,738 12,540 9,946 10,090
Sustainability solutions Cumulative number 82 82 88 93 93

Environment, Health, Safety and Security

  • Unit
  • 2017
  • 2018
  • 2019
  • 2020
  • 2021
Unit 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
EHSS rate 4 Incidents/200,000 hours worked 0.50* 0.43* 0.57* 0.42* 0.34*
Total Recordable Incident Rate Incidents/200,000 hours worked 0.12* 0.14* 0.14* 0.10* 0.11*
Occupational Illness Rate Illnesses/200,000 hours worked 0.014* 0.003* 0.008* 0.003* 0.002*
Fatalities Number 1* 0* 0* 3* 0*
API 754 PSE Tier 1 Incidents 7 7 25 10* 15*
API 754 PSE Tier 2 Incidents 13 6
Security incidents Class A + Class B + Class C (SHEM-10) 3 1 1 1 1
Security incident rate Incidents/200,000 hours worked 0.008 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001*
Hazardous substances released Metric tons (MT) 14.3* 2.8*

Human Capital Development

  • Unit
  • 2017
  • 2018
  • 2019
  • 2020
  • 2021
Unit 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Women in the workplace Percent of workforce 7.2 7.3 7.5 7.4 7.4
Learning programs Participants 24,944 22,222 15,388 15,462 9,632

Social Impacts

  • Unit
  • 2017
  • 2018
  • 2019
  • 2020
  • 2021
Unit 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Community giving Million US$ 57.5 36.7 15.6 39.6 33.6

Supply Chain

  • Unit
  • 2017
  • 2018
  • 2019
  • 2020
  • 2021
Unit 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Safety and Quality Assessment System – Liquids Percent of suppliers 100 100 100 100 81
Safety and Quality Assessment System – Solids Percent of suppliers 93 91 93 98 85

(*) Assured by KPMG.
(#) Adjusted for comparison purposes.
(1) Flaring reduction calculations are based on reduction of greenhouse-gas emissions.
(2) 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. Note this is a severity-weighted rating.
(3) 2019 CO2-Utilization numbers were recalculated and adjusted for comparison purposes.
(4) This is severity weighted rating.

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