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Corporate

  2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
Facilities with ISO 14001 and/or OHSAS 18001-based management systems 20 26 27 30 31
Generation capacity with ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001-based management systems (%) 69 92 92 94 95
Management system audits1 20 26 26 26 30
Compliance audits 8 10 11 14 16
           
ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE
Air emissions2
Sulphur dioxide (tonnes) 128,000 110,600 72,800 57,500 59,500
Sulphur dioxide emission intensity (kg/MWh) 3.12 2.78 1.71 1.26 1.26
Nitrogen oxide (tonnes) 66,800 65,500 67,400 68,000 66,400
Nitrogen oxide emission intensity (kg/MWh) 1.64 1.64 1.59 1.50 1.40
Particulate matter (tonnes) 5,600 7,000 7,400 6,200 6,300
Particulate matter emission intensity (kg/MWh) 0.14 0.18 0.17 0.14 0.13
Mercury (kilograms) 520 550 770 670 610
Mercury emission intensity (mg/MWh) 12.66 13.81 18.10 14.73 12.87
           
Greenhouse gas emissions3
Carbon dioxide (CO2E tonnes) 37,710,100 37,393,700 40,230,700 41,476,200 42,173,200
Methane (CO2E tonnes)4 174,800 168,200 197,000 192,700 191,000
Nitrous oxide (CO2E tonnes) 212,100 219,100 264,400 253,200 249,000
CFC-11 (CO2E tonnes) 0 1,040 0 0 0
Sulphur hexafluoride (CO2E tonnes) 0 0 194 0 0
Gross emissions (CO2E tonnes) 38,096,800 37,782,000 40,692,300 41,922,100 42,613,200
Emission reductions (CO2E tonnes)5 6,865,400 6,650,600 6,945,800 0 0
Net emissions (CO2E tonnes)5 31,231,700 31,138,300 33,753,900 41,922,100 42,613,200
Gross emission intensity (kg CO2E/MWh) 928 949 957 922 899
Net emission intensity (kg CO2E/MWh)5 760 782 793 922 899
           
Land and materials management
Land used in mining activities (hectares) 18,170 17,880 18,610 16,920 17,100
Land used by plants, offices and equipment (hectares)6 4,140 4,150 2,490 3,040 3,090
Non-hazardous waste disposed (tonnes)7 1,610 2,570 4,050 2,700 1,440
Hazardous waste disposed (tonnes)8 0 20 286 7,927 638
Paper used (tonnes) 116 90 47 38 88
Paper recycled (tonnes)9 148 146 92 67 65
           
Water10
Total water intake (million m3) 574 595 732 603 571
Total water discharge (million m3) 484 509 630 504 478
Water consumption (million m3)11 90 86 102 99 92
Water consumption intensity (m3/MWh) 2.19 2.16 2.41 2.18 1.95
           
Regulatory performance 31
Stack regulatory contraventions 13 11 8 0 0
General air regulatory contraventions 15 5 3 4 14
Spills to land regulatory contraventions 5 5 6 7 13
Spills to water regulatory contraventions 6 15 12 6 11
Other regulatory contraventions12 17 12 8 9 8
Administrative regulatory contraventions 0 0 0 3 4
Environmental enforcement actions13 5 5 7 8 10
           
PRODUCTION
Coal generation net capacity (MW) 4,629 4,674 4,674 4,589 4,488
Natural gas generation net capacity (MW) 898 1,054 1,836 2,307 2,307
Hydro generation net capacity (MW) 801 801 801 801 801
Wind generation net capacity (MW) 0 0 44 82 150
Total net capacity (MW) 6,328 6,529 7,311 7,697 7,596
Coal net generation (MWh) 33,481,000 32,627,000 34,207,000 34,691,000 34,467,000
Natural gas net generation (MWh) 6,098,000 5,933,000 6,753,000 9,128,000 11,018,000
Hydro net generation (MWh) 1,492,000 1,267,000 1,464,000 1,471,000 1,614,000
Wind net generation (MWh) 0 0 117,000 190,000 305,000
Total net generation (MWh) 41,071,000 39,827,000 42,541,000 45,480,000 47,404,000
           
FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
Earnings before regulatory decisions, income tax and non-controlling interest ($ millions) 279.80 214.60 189.90 234.2 160.6
Cash flow from operating activities ($ millions)14 188.70 715.60 437.70 756.5 613.4
Net earnings per share ($/share) 1.66 1.27 1.12 1.26 0.88
Income tax expense ($ millions) 128.50 89.90 9.40 64.60 50.10
Performance stock option shares (share options)15 600,000 400,000 200,000 200,000 200,000
Performance stock option shares (weighted average exercise price) 21.87 22.31 22.44 22.44 22.44
Employee future benefits ($ millions)16 423.5 403.4 353.3 351.9 352
Investment in wind generation ($ millions)17 68.50 10.00 82.00 0 0
Investment in distributed generation ($ millions) - 7.90 10.30 0.5 0.3
Investment in research and technology ($ millions) 3.50 1.20 0.50 0.68 0.20
Capital expenditures on environmental monitoring and pollution abatement ($ millions)18 n/r 74.1 69.2 3.4 1.3
Operations and maintenance expenditures on environmental monitoring and pollution abatement ($ millions)19 n/r 7.2 18.2 38.9 44.1
           
SOCIAL PERFORMANCE
Health and safety
Health and safety enforcement actions20 1 1 43 18 5
Full-time equivalent employees21 2,343 2,550 2,373 2,546 2,517
EH&S full-time equivalent employees22 61 54 34 44 38
Injuries to employees 55 49 42 39 43
Employee injuries requiring absence from work 16 14 11 12 11
Employee recordable injury frequency rate (injuries/200,000 hours)23 2.30 1.84 1.60 1.47 1.69
Employee disabling injury frequency rate (injuries/200,000 hours)24 0.67 0.53 0.42 0.45 0.43
Injuries to contractors25 n/r n/r 37 18 45
Contractor injuries requiring absence from work25 n/r n/r 12 1 9
Contractor recordable injury frequency rate (injuries/200,000 hours)25 n/r n/r 2.00 0.93 4.50
Contractor disabling injury frequency rate (injuries/200,000 hours)25 n/r n/r 0.65 0.05 0.90
Short-term disability rate (days/1,000 employees)26 729 936 478 895 1,144
Long-term disability rate (cases/1,000 employees)27 1.28 2.35 2.72 1.03 2.07
Reportable vehicle incidents28 24 17 13 15 1
Health and safety training per employee (hours/employee) 7 10 6 6 8
Environmental training per employee (hours/employee) 1 1 <1 <1 <1
           
Community relations
Community investments ($ millions)29 5.3 5.0 5.2 5.0 3.4
Community investments per employee ($/employee) 2,280 1,960 1,910 1,720 1,160
Company-initiated volunteer hours per employee30 4.6 4.1 2.8 2.2 2.9

Please see discussion and notes section for explanation.

* n/r= not reported