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 see this report as a management tool that will help us identify areas where we can improve performance to maximize our positive impacts on society, the environment and the economy.

We have included footnotes to provide clarity on definitions, boundary conditions, calculation methodologies and other explanations.

Indicator	Units	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Environment
Emissions
Greenhouse Gas	thousand tonnes CO2e	4,644	5,050	4,870	4,151	3,426
Greenhouse Gas Intensity1	tonnes CO2e / tonne of production	0.347	0.344	0.361	0.360	0.370
Other Air Emissions2	tonnes	4,886	5,810	5,851	5,797	5,500
Criteria Air Contaminants3	tonnes	13,877	21,067	13,860	12,891	12,199
Water Discharges
Total	tonnes	3,045	3,243	3,449	3,248	3,287
Hazardous Waste
Total	tonnes	16,189	4,719	8,204	7,040	4,798
Non-Hazardous Waste
Total	tonnes	327,389	23,203	111,939	57,050	13,963
Energy Use
Total	thousand terajoules	130,947	143,368	136,575	113,630	105,442
Intensity1	gigajoules / tonne of production	9.8	9.8	10.1	9.9	11.3
Water Use
Total	million m3	69.5	78.0	74.2	77.6	68.0
Environmental Events
Total	number	52	46	44	54	51
Fines and Penalties4
Total	$	10,519	216,208	297,887	206,841	1,119,928
Provisions for Contaminated Sites
Total	$ million	87.0	111.0	102.6	118.4	115.2
EH&S Audits
Total	number	85	86	231	290	212
1 Including figures from liquid fuels. 2 National Pollutant Release Inventory - NPRI (Canada) and Toxics Release Inventory - TRI (U.S.) air releases, excluding Criteria Air Contaminants. 3 Includes CO, NOx, SOx, VOCs and particulates reported under NPRI. The total does not include retail and terminal sites, but we estimate that more than 95 percent of Agrium's CAC emissions are accounted for. 4 Fines may not be levied in the same year in which the infraction occurred.

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Indicator	Units	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Social
Employees
Total	number	4,667	4,617	4,719	6,554	6,618
Health and Safety
Lost Time Injury Rate - Employees	cases/200,000 hours worked5	1.39	1.05	1.05	1.25	1.01
Lost Time Injury Rate - Contractors	cases/200,000 hours worked	0.95	0.25	0.72	0.00	0.40
Recordable Injury Rate - Employees	cases/200,000 hours worked	4.83	4.11	3.42	4.01	2.90
Recordable Injury Rate - Contractors	cases/200,000 hours worked	4.25	2.51	4.66	2.69	4.07
Fatalities	number	1	1	0	1	0
Non-Accident Ammonia Release Rate
Total	releases/1,000 railcar movements	1.32	0.98	0.78	0.48	0.59
Employee Voluntary Turnover6
Total	percent	4.0	3.0	6.0	6.0	6.6
Women in Senior Leadership Roles7
Senior Management8	percent	14	10	9	16	19
Officers	percent	15	15	15	13	13
Board of Directors	percent	8	18	18	23	27
5 This is a standard industry measure and is equivalent to 100 person work years. 6 Does not include Retail. 7 As of December 31. 8 Excludes Retail employees.

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Indicator	Units	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Economic
Financials
Net Sales	$ million	2,499	2,838	3,294	4,193	5,270
Retained Earnings	$ million	140	392	584	602	1,024
Distribution
Interest	$ million	80	69	49	63	70
Dividends	$ million	14	14	14	14	15
Goods and Services9	$ million	1,861	2,083	2,362	2,616	3,251
Taxes	$ million	61	143	185	149	137
Community Investments
Total	$ thousands	963	1,001	1,273	1,076	1,330
Percent of Pre-Tax Profits	percent	1.5	6.3	1.7	0.8	0.9
Political Donations
Total	C$	56,700	3,600	5,800	3,600	36,200
9 Includes purchases of goods, products for resale, raw materials, freight and other services.

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