Environmental, social and knowledge data
| Note | 2007 | 2006 | ||||
| ENVIRONMENT | ||||||
| Consumption of resources | ||||||
| 36 | Water | 1,000 m3 | 5,364 | 4,893 | ||
| 37 | Internally generated energy | 1,000 GJ | 856 | 846 | ||
| Externally generated energy | 1,000 GJ | 2,838 | 2,476 | |||
| Energy, total | 1,000 GJ | 3,694 | 3,322 | |||
| Raw materials | 1,000 tons | 350 | 323 | |||
| Packaging | 1,000 tons | 13 | 12 | |||
| Wastewater | ||||||
| 38 | Volume | 1,000 m3 | 3,894 | 3,564 | ||
| Dry matter | Tons | 370 | 315 | |||
| BOD5 | Tons | 473 | 748 | |||
| COD | Tons | 2,046 | 1,756 | |||
| Nitrogen | Tons | 161 | 166 | |||
| Phosphorus | Tons | 45.1 | 36 | |||
| Biomass | ||||||
| Volume, NovoGro® | 1,000 m3 | 274 | 280 | |||
| Volume, NovoGro® 30 | 1,000 m3 | 131 | 116 | |||
| Volume, compost | 1,000 m3 | 51 | 45 | |||
| Nitrogen | Tons | 1,878 | 1,598 | |||
| Phosphorus | Tons | 700 | 609 | |||
| Waste | ||||||
| Non-hazardous waste | Tons | 9,112 | 7,662 | |||
| Hazardous waste | Tons | 1,201 | 975 | |||
| 39 | Waste, total | Tons | 10,314 | 8,637 | ||
| Percentage of total waste recycled | % | 43.4 | 42.1 | |||
| Emissions to air | ||||||
| Ozone-depleting substances, HCFCs | Kg | 1,059 | 1,310 | |||
| 40 | CO2 | 1,000 tons | 486 | 406 | ||
| SO2 | Tons | 1,274 | 1,120 | |||
| NOx | Tons | 1,075 | 945 | |||
| Environmental impact potentials | ||||||
| 41 | Global warming | 1,000 tons CO2-eqv. | 488 | 408 | ||
| 42 | Ozone layer depletion | Kg CFC11-eqv. | 42 | 52 | ||
| Acidification | Tons SO2-eqv. | 2,024 | 1,781 | |||
| Environmental compliance, etc. | ||||||
| Breaches of regulatory limits, groundwater | No. | 21 | 22 | |||
| Breaches of regulatory limits, other | No. | 17 | 8 | |||
| Unintended releases of GMOs | No. | 0 | 0 | |||
| Significant spills | No. | 0 | 0 | |||
| Neighbor complaints | No. | 31 | 14 | |||
| Animals for testing | ||||||
| Enzyme related | No. | 1,482 | 1,621 | |||
| Other Business areas | No. | 4,093 | 2,718 | |||
| Note | 2007 | 2006 | ||||
| SOCIAL | ||||||
| Employee statistics | ||||||
| 43 | Employees, total | No. | 4,933 | 4,544 | ||
| 43, | 44 | Women | % | 35.3 | 35.8 | |
| Men | % | 64.7 | 64.2 | |||
| 45 | Rate of employee turnover | % | 9.0 | 8.0 | ||
| Average age | Years | 39.4 | 39.8 | |||
| Seniority | Years | 8.7 | 8.9 | |||
| 46 | Rate of absence | % | 2.2 | 2.3 | ||
| Expatriates | No. | 65 | 58 | |||
| Training costs | ||||||
| Average spent per employee | DKK | 5,887 | 6,721 | |||
| Costs as percentage of total employee costs | % | 1.4 | 1.6 | |||
| HEALTH AND SAFETY | ||||||
| Occupational accidents and diseases | ||||||
| Fatalities | No. | 0 | 0 | |||
| 47 | Accidents with absence | No. | 36 | 27 | ||
| Of which are life-threatening accidents | No. | 1 | 0 | |||
| Of which accidents requiring professional first aid | No. | 31 | 21 | |||
| 48 | Occupational diseases | No. | 13 | 11 | ||
| Frequency of occupational accidents | Per million working hours | 4.8 | 3.7 | |||
| Frequency of occupational accidents requiring professional first aid | Per million working hours | 3.9 | 2.9 | |||
| Frequency of occupational diseases | Per million working hours | 1.7 | 1.5 | |||
| KNOWLEDGE | ||||||
| Processes and technology | ||||||
| New products | No. | 10 | 8 | |||
| Active patent families | No. | 1,019 | 974 | |||
