668
| Companies | Answer Year |
|---|---|
BHP Billiton
Australia |
13.5M
tonnes
2019
|
Vedanta Resources plc
United Kingdom |
12.4M
tonnes
2019
|
Expreso Brasilia SA
Colombia |
2.46M
tonnes
2017
|
Gazprom
Russia |
1.97M
tonnes
2018
|
BASF SE
Germany |
870,000
tonnes
2016
|
Holcim
Switzerland |
600,000
tonnes
2017
|
Royal Dutch Shell plc
United Kingdom |
592,000
tonnes
2018
|
Bayer AG
Germany |
541,000
tonnes
2015
|
Chevron Corporation
California (United States) |
500,000
tonnes
2015
|
Compensar
Colombia |
455,463
tonnes
2018
|
Statoil
Norway |
438,000
tonnes
2016
|
Samsung
Korea, Republic of |
396,690
tonnes
2018
|
Asia Pacific Resources International Limited
Singapore |
351,648
tonnes
2018
|
OMV Petrom
Romania |
338,731
tonnes
2015
|
Solvay
Belgium |
216,073
tonnes
2014
|
Ferrovial
Spain |
214,356
tonnes
2015
|
Johnson Controls International
Wisconsin (United States) |
205,182
tonnes
2014
|
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited
Israel |
168,352
tonnes
2016
|
Outokumpu
Finland |
163,555
tonnes
2018
|
Borusan
Turkey |
156,317.1
tonnes
2017
|
This metric is based on the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) G4 Guidelines. It covers one of the requirements of Indicator G4-EN23 - 'Total weight of waste by type and disposal method'. The indicator asks for additional information, not included in this metric. G4-EN23 asks for the total weight of hazardous and non-hazardous waste, by the following disposal methods:
- Reuse
- Recycling
- Composting
- Recovery, including energy recovery
- Incineration (mass burn)
- Deep well injection
- Landfill
- On-site storage
- Other (to be specified by the organization)
In addition, the indicator asks to report how the waste disposal method has been determined.
Data on waste generation figures over several years indicates the level of progress the organization has made toward waste reduction efforts. It also indicates potential improvements in process efficiency and productivity. From a financial perspective, the reduction of waste contributes directly to lower costs for materials, processing, and disposal.
Information about the disposal destination reveals the extent to which an organization has managed the balance between disposal options and uneven environmental impacts. For example, land filling and recycling create very different types of environmental impacts and residual effects. Most waste minimization strategies emphasize prioritizing options for reuse, recycling, and then recovery over other disposal options.
This metric is asking for the total amount of hazardous waste generated by the company in metric tonnes:
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To calculate total weight of hazardous waste created by the organization’s operations - G4-EN23-a:
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