Sustainability

KEY ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
Singapore Australia
2017 2016 2017 2016
Enviromental Performance (1)
Energy use (GJ) 1,404,843 1,379,633 1,702,440 1,657,262
Carbon footprint (tonnes CO2 equivalent) 173,811 174,112 418,269 420,827
Water use (cubic metres) 814,447 756,398 82,111 (2) 70,254 (2)
Hazardous and non-hazardous waste (tonnes) 4,613 4,223 1,853 1,503
Social Performance: People
Employee turnover (%) 16.4 14.5 15.4 10.7
Employee turnover by gender (%)
– Male 17.0 14.7 14.3 9.1
– Female 15.4 14.3 17.6 14.1
Average training hours per employee 30.4 32.5 30.9 31.7
Employee health and safety (3)
– Workplace injury incidence rate 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3
– Workplace injury frequency rate 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.8
– Workplace injury severity rate 3.3 5.9 8.7 12.9
Social Performance: Community
Community investment ($ million) (4) S$8.3 S$26.7 (5) A$8.2 A$8.7
Total volunteering hours 17,140 15,981 16,420 16,194
Notes:
(1) Please refer to the Singtel Group and Optus sustainability reports for the reporting scope of environmental indicators.
(2) Water use for Optus Sydney Campus only.
(3) Workplace safety and health metrics based on the International Labour Organization (ILO) definitions.
(4) Community investment has been verified by The London Benchmarking Group (LBG).
(5) Includes a partial allocation of a one-time donation of S$20 million to National Gallery Singapore.

For more details and audited statistics, refer to our Sustainability Report at: singtel.com/sr2017.