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Total materials
use other than water, by type. |
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With the exception
of fuel and water use Borax does not currently track total
material use. |
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Percentage
of materials used that are wastes processed or unprocessed)
from sources external to the reporting organization. |
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Borax does
not currently use any waste materials from external sources,
but has programs in place to re-use oil from haul trucks,
effluent from processes, etc. |
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Greenhouse
gas emissions. (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6). Report separate
subtotals for each gas in tonnes and in tonnes of CO2 equivalent
for the following:
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direct emissions from sources owned or controlled by the
reporting entity
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indirect emissions from imported electricity heat or steam.
See WRI-WBCSD Greenhouse Gas Protocol.
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Percentage
of the weight of products sold that is reclaimable at the
end of the products’ useful life and percentage that
is actually reclaimed. |
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In most cases,
borates are not reclaimable at the end of their useful life. |
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Incidents
of and fines for non-compliance with all applicable international
declarations / conventions / treaties, and national, sub-national,
regional, and local regulations associated with environmental
issues. |
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Energy consumption
footprint (i.e., annualized lifetime energy requirements)
of major products. |
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Currently
not reported on due to the upstream nature of borates. Borates
are an industrial mineral used in production processes and
are not end use products unto themselves. |
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Annual withdrawals
of ground and surface water as a percent of annual renewable
quantity of water available from the sources. |
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Currently
not reported on by Borax. |
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Amount of
impermeable surface as a percentage of land purchased or
leased. |
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Currently
not reported on by Borax. |
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Other relevant
indirect greenhouse gas emissions. (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs,
PFCs, SF6). Refers to emissions that are a consequence of
the activities of the reporting entity, but occur from sources
owned or controlled by another entity. Report in tonnes of
gas and tonnes of CO2 equivalent. See WRI-WBCSD
Greenhouse Gas Protocol. |
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Currently
not reported on by Borax. However, some of this data (such
as 3rd party transport) is collected by our parent company,
Rio Tinto, and reported Here. |
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All production,
transport, import, or export of any waste deemed “hazardous” under
the terms of the Basel Convention Annex I, II, III, and VIII. |
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Performance
of suppliers relative to environmental components of programs
and procedures described in response to Governance Structure
and Management Systems section (Section 3.16). |
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Currently
not reported on by Borax. |
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Although we
are not yet reporting actual data on this indicator we are
currently evaluating the results of studies we have conducted
on the environmental impacts of shipping our products. |
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Total environmental
expenditures by type. |
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Currently
not reported on by Borax. However, links to information provided
by our parent company, Rio Tinto, can be found Here. |
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