Performance data

To ensure that the data provided in our performance data table is relevant, we selected indicators based on guidance provided by the International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association and cross-referenced against the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) G3 Guidelines.

In December 2010, our involvement in a three-year, industry-wide effort concluded with the publication of an updated guide, the IPIECA, API, OGP: Oil and Gas Industry Guidance on Voluntary Sustainability Reporting. We plan to report in accordance with the updated Guidance beginning in reporting year 2011.

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2007 2008 2009 2010 INT* Where reported
Safety, Health, and the Workplace
Fatalities—employees
0 0 4 0 Safety and health management
Fatalities—contractors
8 5 4 3 Safety and health management
1,2Lost-time incident rate—employees (per 200,000 work hours)
.031 .053 .042 .043 Safety and health management
1Lost-time incident rate—contractors (per 200,000 work hours)
.065 .049 .040 .031 Safety and health management
1,2Lost-time incident rate—total workforce (per 200,000 work hours)
.048 .051 .040 .036 Safety and health management
1,2Total recordable incident rate—employees (per 200,000 work hours)
.33 .37 .31 .23 Safety and health management
1Total recordable incident rate—contractors (per 200,000 work hours)
.43 .49 .39 .34 Safety and health management
1,2Total recordable incident rate—total workforce (per 200,000 work hours)
.38 .43 .35 .29 Safety and health management
3Number of regular employees at year end, thousands
81 80 81 84   Employment policies and practices
Percent of workforce—non-U.S.
63 63 63 60   Employment policies and practices
Percent women—global workforce (excluding company-operated retail stores)
25 25 26 26 Employment policies and practices
Percent management and professional new hires—women
38 39 38 40 Employment policies and practices
Percent management and professional new hires—non-U.S.
71 69 63 70   Employment policies and practices
Corporate Governance
Corporate political contributions—U.S. state campaigns and national 527s, millions of dollars
0.27 0.45 0.49 1.1   Political involvement
Environmental Performance*
Marine vessel spills (owned and long-term leased), number of hydrocarbon spills > 1 barrel
0 0 0 0 Spill prevention
2Other spills (not from marine vessels), number of oil, chemical, and drilling fluid spills > 1 barrel
253 211 242 210 Spill prevention
Hydrocarbons spilled (oil spilled), thousands of barrels
7 20 17 8 Spill prevention
Other spills, thousands of barrels
1 0 1 40 Spill prevention
Controlled hydrocarbon discharges to water, thousands of metric tons
1.7 1.8 1.4 1.3 Spill prevention
Sulfur dioxide (SO2) emitted, millions of metric tons
.21 .19 .16 .14 Air emissions from operations
Nitrogen oxides (NOx) emitted, millions of metric tons
.16 .15 .13 .12 Air emissions from operations
2Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted, millions of metric tons
.31 .25 .22 .22 Air emissions from operations
2VOCs emitted, metric tons per 100 metric tons of throughput or production
Upstream
.084 .069 .068 .073 Air emissions from operations
Refining
.015 .012 .011 .012 Air emissions from operations
Chemical
.039 .043 .036 .036 Air emissions from operations
Total hazardous waste disposed from operations, millions of metric tons
.1 .4 .8 1.3 Waste management
Environmental expenditures, billions of dollars
3.8 5.2 5.1 4.5   A sustainable approach to environmental protection
Managing Climate Change Risks*
2Greenhouse gas emissions, absolute (direct equity, CO2-equivalent emissions), millions of metric tons
139 130 128 132 ExxonMobil's actions to reduce emissions from our operations
2Greenhouse gas emissions, normalized (direct equity, CO2-equivalent emissions, excluding cogeneration and Hong Kong power), metric tons per 100 metric tons of throughput or production
Upstream
19.8 18.7 18.1 18.5 ExxonMobil's actions to reduce emissions from our operations
Downstream
17.4 17.0 16.7 16.6 ExxonMobil's actions to reduce emissions from our operations
Chemical
42.0 39.8 40.2 38.2 ExxonMobil's actions to reduce emissions from our operations
Energy intensity, normalized versus Global Energy Management System (GEMS) base year (2000)—refining
93.2 93.4 92.6 91.4 Energy efficiency improvements
Energy intensity, normalized versus GEMS base year (2001)—chemical steam cracking
90.6 91.3 90.3 89.3 Energy efficiency improvements
Cogeneration capacity in which we have interest, gigawatts
4.5 4.6 4.9 4.9 Cogeneration
2Hydrocarbon flaring (worldwide activities), millions of metric tons
8.0 5.7 4.4 3.6 Flaring
Economic Development
Number of employee participants in corporate and technical training (thousands)
35 48 52 61   Training and development
Total corporate and technical training expenditures, millions of dollars
61 69 71 77   Training and development
U.S. spending with minority- and women-owned businesses, millions of dollars
583 603 863 812 Supplier development
4Community investments, millions of dollars
206.6 225.2 235.0 237.1 Worldwide community investments
United States
124.1 144.6 143.0 154.8   Worldwide community investments
Rest of world
82.5 80.6 92.0 82.3   Worldwide community investments
5Number of Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI)-participating countries
6 8 8 7   Transparency
Community Engagement and Human Rights
6Number of countries in which affiliates received dedicated human rights awareness training
N/A 7 8 1 Providing human rights training
6Percent of private security contracts with enhanced language
N/A 50+ 60 75 Addressing security concerns

Interpretation: An interpretation indication (INT) is provided where we consider the performance trend to be generally desirable ( ), undesirable ( ), or mixed ( ) by ExxonMobil. No interpretation is provided if not applicable.

1Incidents include injuries and illnesses. Safety data is based on information available at the time of publication.

2Historical data were updated to reflect improved information, including data collected through the newly introduced Environmental Data Management System.

3Regular employees are defined as active executive, management, professional, technical, and wage employees who work full-time or part-time for ExxonMobil and are covered by ExxonMobil's benefit plans and programs. Number includes XTO Energy Inc. employees following the June 2010 all-stock transaction with ExxonMobil.

4Total contributions include ExxonMobil corporate and XTO donations and employee and retiree giving through ExxonMobil's matching gift, disaster relief, and employee giving programs.

5In countries where ExxonMobil has an upstream business presence.

6Data first reported in 2008. Human rights and security training has been completed in 16 countries over the past three years.

*Some uncertainty exists in environmental data depending on measurement methods. Data represents best available information at the time of publication.