Agrium Inc. PRINT VERSION  
 

performance summary

 

Agrium is committed to measuring and reporting our sustainability performance in a transparent manner. Transparency not only holds us accountable to our stakeholders, it also motivates us to improve our performance.

We have left a blank in the table when reliable data for performance indicators are not available, when the indicator was not tracked or when calculation methodologies for different years vary considerably. We have included footnotes to provide clarity on definitions, boundary conditions and other explanations.


 

Indicator Units
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Environment1
Emissions
GHG housand tonnes CO2e
5,131
4,770
4,644
5,049
4,869
GHG Intensity tonnes CO2e/
tonne of production
0.491
0.340
0.347
0.344
0.361
Air Emissions
NPRI and TRI Emissions2 tonnes
5,435
5,659
5,060
5,583
5,851
Criteria Air Contaminants3 tonnes
-
7,169
8,600
9,480
7,998
Hazardous Waste tonnes
-
-
16,189
4,720
8,205
Non-hazardous Waste tonnes
-
-
327,389
23,203
111,938
Discharges to Water tonnes
83
46
294
297
103
Energy Use
Total terajoules
139,323
136,996
130,849
143,269
136,491
Intensity gigajoules/tonne of production
13.3
9.8
9.8
9.8
10.1
Other
Environmental Events number
61
50
52
46
44
Non-accident Release Rate releases/1,000 railcar movements
-
2.20
1.32
0.98
0.78
Water Use million m³ withdrawn
-
-
69.5
78.0
74.2
Fines and Penalties $
-
-
10,519
216,208
297,887
Provisions for Contaminated Sites $ million
90
79
87
145
109
EH&S Audits number
84
88
85
86
231
  1. Except for environmental events; fines and penalties; non-accident ammonia release rate; provisions for contaminated sites; and EH&S audits, the environmental performance data do not include our Retail and Profertil Operations.
  2. Excludes Criteria Air Contaminants.
  3. Includes CO, NOx, SOx, VOCs and particulates reported under NPRI.
Indicator Units
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Social
Employees total number
4,988
4,829
4,667
4,617
4,719
Wholesale number
2,230
2,104
1,985
1,928
1,952
Retail number
2,495
2,458
2,432
2,434
2,510
Corporate number
263
267
250
255
257
Safety
Recordable injury rate
- employees
cases/200,000 hours worked4
4.88
4.54
4.26
3.71
3.00
Recordable injury rate
- contractors
cases/200,000 hours worked
-
4.78
4.25
2.51
4.66
Fatalities
(employees and contractors)
number
3
0
1
1
0
Employee Attraction and Retention
Wages and Benefits5 $ million
290.7
279.4
319.5
336.9
358.4
Employee Voluntary Turnover6 percent
-
-
-
3.0
6.0
Employee Learning and
Development
$ million
-
-
3.70
3.90
2.26
Women in Senior Leadership Roles7
Senior Management percent
-
-
14
10
9
Officers percent
-
-
15
15
15
Board of Directors percent
-
-
8
18
18
  1. This is a standard industry measure and is equivalent to 100 person work years.
  2. Includes North America Retail, Wholesale and Corporate permanent full-time and permanent part-time. Excludes South America employees.
  3. Includes North America Wholesale and Corporate employees. Excludes Retail employees due to the highly seasonal nature of the business.
  4. As of December 31. Excludes Retail employees.
Indicator Units
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Economic
Financials
Net Sales $ million
2,063
2,083
2,499
2,838
3,294
Net Earnings (loss) $ million
(57)
(11)
(37)
266
283
Retained Earnings $ million
245
191
140
392
584
Total Assets $ million
2,404
2,197
2,278
2,661
2,785
Return on Average Invested Capital percent
0
3
1
20
19
Distributions
Interest $ million
91
85
80
69
49
Dividends Paid $ million
13
14
14
14
14
Goods and Services Purchased8 $ million
-
-
1,861
2,083
2,362
Taxes
Canada9 CAD$ million
58.5
32.7
28.9
47.1
72.310
United States11 (refund) $ million
(3.3)
(2.4)
29.4
99.9
99.312
South America13 $ million
-
-
1
2
18.3
Community Investment and Political Donations
Community Investment14 $
679,577
845,389
963,554
901,246
1,173,225
Community Investment14
Percent of Pre-tax Profits
percent 5-year rolling average
0.5
1.3
6.0
1.2
0.8
Political Donations15 CAD$
-
49,000
56,700
3,600
5,800
  1. Includes purchases of goods, raw materials and freight, and other services.
  2. Includes corporate income, property, sales and production taxes.
  3. Income and capital tax. Based on the 2005 year-end provision calculation.
  4. Includes corporate income, excise, property taxes and sales taxes paid to government. Excludes sales tax paid to vendors.
  5. Income tax. Based on the 2005 year-end provision calculation and 2005 extension payment calculation.
  6. Includes 50 percent share of Profertil S.A. income tax and Retail property and miscellaneous tax.
  7. Excludes South America Wholesale and Retail.
  8. Agrium makes political contributions in support of the democratic process in Canada.