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Corporate Responsibility · Our challenges · Minimizing our impact · Our data

Minimizing our environmental impact

At Repsol we are committing with the environment protection, for this reason we make every effort to minimize the impact our activities may have on the environment.

Our data

In general, we report 100% of the emissions to the environment that result from operations where Repsol has a majority holding and/or operating responsibility. We have a customized computer tool for recording, analyzing, monitoring, and consolidating environmental information, accessible to all of the company's facilities via our intranet, enabling us to upload and validate environmental indicators. We use a common methodology throughout all our lines of business, which is included in the company's Guide to Environmental Parameters and is based on internationally recognized documents and guidelines used in the sector.

  2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Atmospheric emissions(61) (metric tons)
SO2 102,003 89,872 72,167 63,042 56,613
NOx 95,823 89,785 89,099 90,124 79,069
NMVOC(62) 42,375 41,328 37,191 37,130 33,265
CO 25,726 23,442 21,839 21,638 21,316
Particulates 9,986 9,254 7,064 6,190 6,210
TOTAL 275,913 253,681 227,360 218,123 196,473
Water management (metric kilo tons)
Water withdrawn 125,167 118,815 115,266 115,805 116,220
Dumped 58,972 63,606 60,899 66,629 65,439
Reused 20,915 19,571 18,127 15,966 15,160
Produced 191,589 189,365 177,902 185,059 183,406
Injected 196,413 193,580 181,762 190,022 187,713
Discharges(63) (metric tons)
Hydrocarbons 170 187 207 165 167
Suspended solids 1,621 1,756 1,652 1,465 1,658
COD 9,839 6,087 5,540 5,903 11,314
Waste management (metric tons)
Hazardous waste(64) 498,236 381,813 218,738 403,882 507,776
Non-hazardous waste 202,833 188,068 152,937 195,774 161,311
Spills(65)
Number of hydrocarbon spills greater than one barrel which affect the environment 1,228 1,207 1,328 1,618 1,670
Hydrocarbon spilled which affects the environment (tons) 919 3,173 994 923 1,391
Environmental investment and expenses (€ million)
Environmental investments(66) 195 263 246 137 622
Environmental expenses (67) 126 145 146 138 147
Environmental fines/sanctions(68) (€ million)
Environmental fines/sanctions 0.3 0 0
(61) Data on emissions from mobile sources is limited to transport-related emissions.
(62) Data on fugitive and vented gas emissions is limited to that obtained from direct measurements or mass balance methods
(63) The 2009 and 2010 data have been modified due to improvement in the calculation methodology for exploration and production operations in Trinidad and Tobago
(64) Hazardous waste treated, including that resulting from processing contaminated soil.
(65) We report spills greater than one barrel which affect the environment, including those arising from events external to the company , which in 2011 came to 58 spills, with a total spillage of 664 tons.
(66) Includes investments to improve the environmental quality of products.
(67) The expenses deriving from the allowances necessary to cover CO2 emissions are not included
(68) Arising from litigation or administrative proceedings finalized and settled in the year, with an amount equal to or greater than materiality thresholds set in the individual litigation letters of Group companies. For further details on the 2011 data, see the Annual Report of the Annual Consolidated Accounts, Note 34 "Liabilities, contingencies and commitments" and note 35 "Information on the environment".