Environmental Our Scorecard

We made significant gains in 2020 across several of our goal categories, including reducing our emissions and waste to landfill.

20% Scopes 1 & 2 emissions reduction in the last four years

Since 2019, we reduced enough Scope 3 emissions to power 1M homes for one year.1

2020 Renewable Energy: 113,895 gigajoules

Total Energy
(gigajoules)

GHG Emissions

Scopes 1 & 2 Location-Based3
(metric tons of CO2eq)

Scope 3 Category 11–Use of Sold Products
(metric tons of CO2eq in millions)

Waste Management
  2017 2018 2019 2020
# of Plants Achieved Zero Waste to Landfill (ZWtL)5,6 — 8 8 25
% Waste to Recycling >95% >96% >96% 96%
% Waste to Landfill <4% <3.5% <3.5% 3.1%
% Waste to Incineration 0.62% 0.26% 0.32% 0.20%
% Waste to Incineration with Energy Recovery 0.18% 0.23% 0.20% 0.70%
Waste Generation
  2017 2018 2019 2020
Total Waste (metric tons) 387,352 363,271 362,083 313,294
Total Non-Hazardous Waste (metric tons) 382,021 356,169 355,135 307,553
Total Hazardous Waste (metric tons) 5,332 6,186 6,948 5,741
Total Weight of Non-Hazardous Waste Diverted from Disposal6 (recycled, reused, reduced, etc.) 366,402 342,984 342,422 297,077
Total Weight of Hazardous Waste Diverted from Disposal6 (recycled, reused, reduced, etc.) 3,481 4,659 5,867 5,079
Total Weight of Non-Hazardous Waste Disposed6 15,618 13,185 12,713 10,476
Total Weight of Hazardous Waste Disposed6 1,851 1,527 1,081 662
Total Waste to Landfill 15,633 13,503 12,554 10,144
Water Consumption
Water (megaliters) 2017 2018 2019 2020
Municipal water 3,551.37 3,567.3 3,289.88 2,553.95
Groundwater 2,059.71 1,496.68 1,330.69 1,267.40
Recycled water 164.38 164.72 176.49 175.03
Surface water 280.24 222.19 187.27 224.14
Rainwater 22.33 22.46 33.99 28.86
Water Discharge Destination
Destination (megaliters) 2017 2018 2019 2020
Wastewater on-site chemical physical treatment 1,003.78 999.86 1,034.09 946.59
Wastewater on-site biological treatment 290.93 291.32 306.54 272.04
Wastewater off-site treatment 1,844.71 1,888.07 1,710.73 1,330.48
Wastewater surface water 496.86 500.64 605.42 587.26
Wastewater evaporation 97.78 131.00 135.90 102.04
Normalized Environmental KPIs
  2017 2018 2019 2020
GHG Emissions Intensity Scope 1 & 2 (metric tons of CO2eq/product) 0.0139 0.0139 0.0122 0.0124
GHG Emissions Intensity Scope 3 (metric tons of CO2eq/product) 1.21 1.19 1.18 1.15
Energy Intensity (megajoules/product) 144.7 145.4 137.8 133.4
Water Intensity (m3/product) 0.1016 0.0958 0.0854 0.0755
Waste Intensity (kg/product) 6.65 6.55 6.53 5.85
Waste to Landfill Intensity (kg/product) 0.2685 0.2436 0.2229 0.1894

Environmental Certifications

Sites ISO 14001 Certified
(%)

Sites ISO 50001 Certified
(%)

1 Source: EPA https://www.epa.gov/energy/greenhouse-gas-equivalencies-calculator

2 Due to COVID-19, global production decreased in 2020 which may contribute to some of the reduction in energy consumption.

3 We began calculating Scope 2 Market-Based Emissions in 2020 and will continue to report this metric in the future. See more in the GRI.

4 2020 emissions values have been assured by a third party. See the limited assurance report.

5 Starting in 2020, the zero waste to landfill metric will be calculated according to the UL 2799 standard criteria of Gold and Platinum levels. The number is a self-declaration based on internal analysis and it is not validated by a third party.

6 Reporting for first time in 2020.

7 The percentage of plants certified in ISO 14001 and ISO 50001 decreased from last year
due to a re-baselining and using only manufacturing plants.

Total Energy
(gigajoules)
2017 8,426,585
2018 8,060,536
2019 7,851,315
20202 7,144,184
Scopes 1 & 2 Location-Based3
(metric tons of CO2eq)
Year Scope 1 Scope 2 Scope 1 & 2
2016 241,266 591,405 832,671
2017 195,274 613,682 808,956
2018 178,859 574,713 753,572
2019 182,097 502,314 684,411
20204 191,234 471,938 663,172
Scope 3 Category 11–Use of Sold Products
(metric tons of CO2eq in millions)
2016 72.3
2017 71.7
2018 66.2
2019 67.6
20204 61.4
Sites ISO 14001 Certified
(%)
2018 67%
2019 72%
20207 69%
Sites ISO 50001 Certified
(%)
2018 9%
2019 19%
20207 14%