GRI-data

In most cases, the scope of the reported environmental indicators is limited to the relevant R&D and production sites in Beerse, Geel and Olen. The footprint of these sites for each of the reported indicators amounts to more than 95% of our total footprint in Belgium, however.

Water consumption ⁽¹⁾

Origin	2010 (m³)	2011 (m³)	2012 (m³)	2013 (m³)
Beerse 1
Tap water	612.564	614.316	692.187	562.852
Rain water ⁽²⁾	24.378	6.275	9.972	18.718
Ground water ⁽³⁾	12.892	46.576	50.047	50.632
Sub-total	649.834	667.167	752.206	632.202
Geel
Tap water	371.296	367.327	370.411	346.490
Ground water ⁽³⁾	10.274	2.131	6.225	3.371
Sub-total	381.570	369.458	376.636	349.861
Olen
Tap water	7.883	7.142	6.810	6.692
Mechelen
Tap water	2.517	0	0	0
Total water consumption	1.041.804	1.043.767	1.135.652	988.755
HF2015 Objective: -10% (basis 2010)		0,2%	9,0%	-5,1%

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Scope: J&J WWEHS MAARS sites (R&D en productie sites).
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Only the proportion of rainwater that is collected and reused as process water is indicated.
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Although soil remediation work is in progress in Beerse and Geel, the groundwater that is pumped up is not taken into account here, except for the proportion that is considered for use as process water. The Geel site has a license for extracting ground water, the volumes of which are specified.

Water reuse ⁽¹⁾

Origin	2010 (m³)	2011 (m³)	2012 (m³)	2013 (m³)
Beerse 1
Rain water	24.378	6.275	9.972	18.718
Ground water (soil remediation)	12.892	46.576	50.047	50.632
recycled WWTP effluent	71.371	20.056	13.894	0
recycled effluent for electrolyt production	3	437	260	132
Sub-total	108.644	73.344	74.173	69.482
Geel
Process water ⁽⁴⁾	0	2.000	25.000	18.000
Sub-total	0	2.000	25.000	18.000
TOTAL	108.644	75.344	99.173	87.482
% of the total water consumption	10,4%	7,2%	8,7%	8,8%

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These volumes have been estimated to the best of our ability.

Water emissions, flow and refuse load ⁽¹⁾

Site	Own water purification?	Destination of effluent	2010 (m³)	2011 (m³)	2012 (m³)	2013 (m³)
Beerse 1	Yes, 2-step purification	Surface water - Oude Dijkloop	957.106	956.066	1.031.065	866.129
Olen ⁽⁵⁾	No	Industrial Wastewater Treatment Stelen	3.660	2.881	2.945	3.306
Geel	Yes, 3-step purification	Industrial Wastewater Treatment Stelen	507.289	477.566	500.128	473.431
TOTAL ⁽⁶⁾			1.468.055	1.436.513	1.534.138	1.342.866

Beerse 1 ⁽⁷⁾

Parameter	2010 (kg)	2011 (kg)	2012 (kg)	2013 (kg)
BOD (Biochemical Oxygen Demand) ⁽⁸⁾	2.026	773	5.593	1.195
COD (Chemical Oxygen Demand) ⁽⁹⁾	30.704	35.183	52.753	23.377
ZS ⁽¹⁰⁾	12.756	15.928	21.254	6.712
Ntotal ⁽¹¹⁾	1.887	1.920	3.518	2.988
Ptotal ⁽¹²⁾	923	1.224	1.486	875
Zn ⁽¹³⁾	88	47	82	119
Cl ⁽¹⁴⁾	237.455	249.954	217.967	239.918

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The difference in the water consumption is due to the polluted industrial waste water that is selectively collected and treated in the water purification plant of the Geel site, as well as the water that evaporates in cooling towers.
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The difference to the total water consumption is caused by the ongoing soil remediation projects at the Beerse and Geel sites, the rainwater that enters the water treatment plant, the water in the products we produce and the water that evaporates in cooling towers.
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Given the fact that Beerse I is the only site where the waste water is discharged directly to surface waters (Oude Dijkloop), only the discharged loads of this site are indicated. The destination of the waste water from Olen and Geel is the waste water treatment station (RWZI) in Stelen.
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BZV: biological oxygen consumption.
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CZV: chemical oxygen consumption.
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ZS: volatile substances.
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Ntotal: total nitrogen.
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Ptotal: total phosphorous.
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Zn: zinc.
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Cl: chlorides.

Energy consumption ⁽¹⁵⁾

	Unit	2010	2011	2012	2013
Beerse 1
Natural gas	MWh	161.617	145.662	146.557	143.835
	GJ	525.385	473.518	476.427	467.579
Light fuel oil ⁽¹⁶⁾	liter	52.700	75.000	58.729	604.156
	GJ	1.913	2.722	2.131	21.712
Electricity	MWh	84.859	88.388	88.633	85.354
	GJ	305.492	318.197	319.079	307.274
Nitrogen	liter	2.735.384	2.869.986	2.753.036	2.715.328
Totaal warmte- of stoomproductie	GJ (ovw)			478.560	454.000
Totaal energieverbruik				954.987	796.565
Directe CO₂-emissie ⁽¹⁷⁾ ⁽¹⁸⁾	Tons	29.467	26.631	26.750	27.840
Indirecte CO₂-emissie ⁽¹⁸⁾ ⁽¹⁹⁾ ⁽²⁰⁾	Tons	18.490	19.259	19.313	18.598
Totaal energieverbruik	GJ	832.790	794.437	797.638	796.565
Total CO₂ emission ⁽¹⁸⁾ ⁽²¹⁾	Tons	48	46	46	46.438
Geel
Natural gas	MWh	64.921	54.997	56.562	54.102
	GJ	211.045	178.784	183.872	175.875
Light fuel oil	liter	15.900	21.200	30.500	42.908
	GJ	577	769	1.107	1.542
Electricity	MWh	40.755	40.978	41.192	40.901
	GJ	146.718	147.521	148.291	147.243
Nitrogen	Nm³	6.310.533	6.589.499	6.970.894	7.047.099
Direct CO₂ emission ⁽¹⁷⁾ ⁽¹⁸⁾	Tons	11.822	10.036	10.264	9.981
Indirecte CO₂-emissie ⁽¹⁸⁾ ⁽¹⁹⁾ ⁽²⁰⁾	Tons	8.880	8.929	8.975	8.912
Totaal energieverbruik	GJ	358.340	327.074	333.270	324.659
Total CO₂ emission ⁽¹⁸⁾ ⁽²¹⁾	Tons	21	19	19	18.893
Olen
Natural gas	MWh	2.718	2.343	2.256	2.319
	GJ	8.836	7.617	7.334	7.539
Electricity	MWh	2.733	2.701	2.561	2.393
	GJ	9.839	9.724	9.220	8.615
Direct CO₂ emission ⁽¹⁷⁾ ⁽¹⁸⁾	Tons	523	451	434	423
Indirecte CO₂-emissie ⁽¹⁸⁾ ⁽¹⁹⁾ ⁽²⁰⁾	Tons	596	589	558	521
Totaal energieverbruik	GJ	18.674	17.340	16.553	16.154
Total CO₂ emission ⁽¹⁸⁾ ⁽²¹⁾	Tons	1	1	992	944
Beerse 2
Natural gas	MWh	1.142	923	842	1.006
	GJ	3.712	3.000	2.737	3.270
Electricity	MWh	5.838	5.684	5.441	5.327
	GJ	21.017	20.462	19.588	19.177
Direct CO₂ emission ⁽¹⁷⁾ ⁽¹⁸⁾	Tons	220	178	162	183
Indirecte CO₂-emissie ⁽¹⁸⁾ ⁽¹⁹⁾ ⁽²⁰⁾	Tons	1.272	1.239	1.186	1.161
Totaal energieverbruik	GJ	24.729	23.463	22.325	22.448
Total CO₂ emission ⁽¹⁸⁾ ⁽²¹⁾	Tons	1	1	1	1.344
Mechelen ⁽²²⁾
Natural gas	MWh	2.465	0	0	0
	GJ	8.013	0	0	0
Electricity	MWh	4.476	0	0	0
	GJ	16.114	0	0	0
Direct CO₂ emission ⁽¹⁷⁾ ⁽¹⁸⁾	Tons	449	0	0	0
Indirecte CO₂-emissie ⁽¹⁸⁾ ⁽¹⁹⁾ ⁽²⁰⁾	Tons	975	0	0	0
Totaal energieverbruik	GJ	24.127	0	0	0
Total CO₂ emission ⁽¹⁸⁾ ⁽²¹⁾	Tons	1.706	0	0	0
TOTAL
Totaal energieverbruik	GJ	1.258.660	1.162.314	1.169.786	1.159.826
Direct CO₂ emission ⁽¹⁷⁾ ⁽¹⁸⁾	Tons	42	37.296	37.611	38.427
Indirecte CO₂-emissie ⁽¹⁸⁾ ⁽¹⁹⁾ ⁽²⁰⁾	Tons	30.213	30.015	30.032	29.192
Total CO₂ emission ⁽¹⁸⁾ ⁽²¹⁾	Tons	72.695	67.311	67.642	67.619
HF2015 Objective 2020 (-20% basis 2010)	%		-7,4%	-7,0%	0,5%

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Scope: Beerse 1, Beerse 2, Geel, Olen and Mechelen.
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In 2013, the stock of light heating oil was used.
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Direct CO2 emission, related to the consumption of natural gas and light fuel oil.
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CO2: carbon dioxide.
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Indirect CO2 emission, related to the electricity consumption.
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The CO₂ emission for all years has changed because of adapted emission factors, according to the latest climate assessment report of IPCC ‘Climate Change 2013, The Physical Science Basis’
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Total CO2 emission, direct and indirect.
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The activities in Mechelen were moved to Beerse; the figures represent an average of the period 2003-2009.

Air emissions⁽¹⁾

Type	2010 (kg)	2011 (kg)	2012 (kg)	2013 (kg)
Beerse 1/Olen
VOS ⁽²³⁾	9.622	6.733	5.629	3.083
NOx ⁽²⁴⁾	26.075	16.127	13.528	15.505
Geel
VOS ⁽²³⁾ ⁽²⁵⁾	4.354	5.930	17.026	21.249
NOx ⁽²⁴⁾	9.770	6.589	6.729	7.357
Total
VOS ⁽²³⁾ ⁽²⁵⁾	13.976	12.663	22.655	24.332
NOx ⁽²⁴⁾ ⁽²⁶⁾	35.845	22.716	20.257	22.862

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VOS: volatile organic substances (conducted emissions).
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NOx: nitrogen oxides (conducted emissions).
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Sedert 2012, zijn we in staat om de geleide emissie van de alifatische alcoholen kwantitatief te bepalen. Dit verklaart de stijging van de hoeveelheid VOS.
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The Beerse and Geel sites take part in the 'NOx Environmental Agreement' of essenscia vlaanderen (the Flemish Federation of the Chemical Industry and Life Sciences). We invested in both energy efficiency and in the installation of ‘low-NOx’ burners on our boilers. This explains the drop in the conducted NOx emissions.

Cooling gas emissions⁽¹⁾

Site	Unit	2010	2011	2012	2013
Beerse 1/Olen
Total HCFC emission ⁽²⁷⁾ ⁽²⁸⁾	kg	2,41	2,91	5,18	29,6
Total HFC emission ⁽²⁷⁾ ⁽²⁹⁾	kg	183,02	1.027,20	342,57	97,85
Total ODP ⁽³⁰⁾	R11-eq	0,12	0,15	0,26	1,18
Total GWP ⁽³¹⁾	kg CO₂ eq ⁽¹⁸⁾	287.826	1.526.655	598.159,00	249.544,8
Geel
Total HCFC emission ⁽²⁷⁾ ⁽²⁸⁾	kg	1,23	0,00	10,33	10,4
Total HFC emission ⁽²⁷⁾ ⁽²⁹⁾	kg	101,70	0,00	95,64	200,47
Total ODP ⁽³⁰⁾	R11-eq	0,06	0,00	0,52	0,42
Total GWP ⁽³¹⁾	kg CO₂ eq ⁽¹⁸⁾	216.508	0,00	157.057,00	374.947,34
Total
Total HCFC emission ⁽²⁷⁾ ⁽²⁸⁾	kg	3,64	2,91	15,51	40,00
Total HFC emission ⁽²⁷⁾ ⁽²⁹⁾	kg	284,72	1.027,20	438,21	298,32
Total ODP ⁽³⁰⁾	R11-eq	0,18	0,15	0,78	1,60
Total GWP ⁽³¹⁾	kg CO₂ eq ⁽¹⁸⁾	504.334	1.526.655	755.217,00	624.492,14

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Cooling gas emissions are calculated on the basis of the augmented quantities during the maintenance of the installations.
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HCFC: chlorodifluoromethane.
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HFC: hydrofluorocarbons.
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ODP: Ozone Depletion Potential, expressed in CFC-11 equivalents.
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GWP: Global Warming Potential, expressed in kg CO2 equivalents.

Waste⁽¹⁾

Type	2010 (kg)	2011 (kg)	2012 (kg)	2013 (kg)
Beerse/Olen
Total Hazardous Waste ⁽³²⁾	1.981.813	2.320.944	1.825.331	2.190.327
Total Non-Hazardous Waste	3.275.770	3.852.590	5.428.814	7.076.010
Total Waste	5.257.583	6.173.534	7.254.145	9.266.337
Of which not reused or recycled ⁽³³⁾	2.922.843	3.312.614	4.585.242	4.511.864
Healthy Future 2015 Objective (-10%, basis 2010)		13,30%	56,90%	54,37%
Geel
Total Hazardous Waste	13.980.200	15.453.000	15.106.000	16.396.000
Total Non-Hazardous Waste	3.327.500	3.008.000	3.177.000	3.416.000
Total Waste	17.307.700	18.461.000	18.283.000	19.812.000
Of which not reused or recycled ⁽³³⁾	11.387.800	11.183.000	10.424.000	11.686.000
Healthy Future 2015 Objective (-10%, basis 2010)		-1,80%	-8,50%	2,62%
Mechelen
Total Hazardous Waste ⁽³²⁾	19.496	-	-	-
Total Non-Hazardous Waste	12.300	-	-	-
Total Waste	31.796	-	-	-
Of which not reused or recycled ⁽³³⁾	25.306	-	-	-
Healthy Future 2015 Objective (-10%, basis 2010)		-100,00%	-100,00%	-100,00%
Total
Total Hazardous Waste ⁽³²⁾	15.981.509	17.773.944	16.931.331	18.586.327
Total Non-Hazardous Waste	6.615.570	6.860.590	8.605.814	10.492.010
Total Waste	22.597.079	24.634.534	25.537.145	29.078.337
Of which not reused or recycled ⁽³³⁾	14.335.949	14.495.614	15.009.242	16.197.864
Healthy Future 2015 Objective (-10%, basis 2010)		1,10%	4,70%	12,99%

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Including biological and radioactive waste.
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The sum of the waste with destination landfill, physicochemical treatment and incineration with energy recovery.

Cross-border transport of waste ⁽¹⁾ ⁽³⁴⁾

1013/2006 criteria	Destination	2010 (kg)	2011 (kg)	2012 (kg)	2013 (kg)
Green Waste List ⁽³⁵⁾	Great Britain	1.737	1.737	1.546	1.089
Green Waste List ⁽³⁵⁾	The Netherlands	0	1.610	0	0
Orange Waste List ⁽³⁵⁾	France	0	0	155.480	269.170
Orange Waste List ⁽³⁶⁾	Great Britain	310.480	695.940	744.220	812.960
Orange Waste List ⁽³⁶⁾	Germany	43.000	0	75.240	132.940
Orange Waste List ⁽³⁶⁾	The Netherlands	0	20.000	0	15.490
Total Green Waste List ⁽³⁵⁾		1.737	3.347	1.546	1.089
% of the total non-hazardous waste		0,03%	0,05%	0,02%	0,01%
Total Orange Waste List ⁽³⁶⁾		353.480	715.940	974.940	1.230.560
% of the total hazardous waste		2,21%	4,03%	5,76%	6,62%
Total cross-boundary waste transport		355.217	719.287	976.486	1.231.649
% of the total waste		1,57%	2,92%	3,82%	4,24%

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Cross-border transport of waste and % of the total waste, by Member State (Commission Regulation (EU) 1013/2006).
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List of waste products that should be accompanied by specific information as referred to in Article 18 of the Regulation, see Annex III of the Regulation.
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List of waste products to which the procedure of prior written notification and permission applies, see Annex IV of the Regulation.

Monetary value of significant fines ⁽¹⁾

	2010	2011	2012	2013
Number of significant environment-related fines ⁽³⁷⁾	0	0	0	0
Monetary value of significant environment-related fines ⁽³⁷⁾	0	0	0	0
Number of non-monetary sanctions for non-compliance with environmental legislation	0	0	0	0

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Significant penalties: fines > 50,000 USD cf. J&J Worldwide Environmental, Health and Safety Standards.

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