Data Collection
A sustainability database called SEED (social, economic, and environmental data) is the basis for the auditing and goal setting of Sulzer’s sustainability efforts. Sulzer uses SEED to collect, validate, and report internally and externally on the corporation's sustainability data. The data set, which contains key indicators for environmental, health, safety, quality, and social issues, is continually improved and updated to help Sulzer appropriately assess its performance as well as to meet the needs of external stakeholders and reporting criteria.

Two Types of Assessed Indicators
Two types of sites are included in the data collection:

• (Regular) SEED sites: these sites annually report on a complete set of indicators, as far as applicable. These sites exceed a specific threshold of employees and sales and perform a certain type of activity.
• SEED light sites do not yet exceed the set employee threshold but are expected to exceed it within the next few years. These sites already report on a reduced set of indicators. SEED light data have been assessed since 2004.

For some indicators, the data of SEED light sites have been included in the data on pp. 19–22 (for details on the SEED and SEED light indictors see www.sulzer.com/sustainability).

Extent of Data Collection
Year: The data are valid for the calendar year mentioned.
Sites: All main production sites have been assessed. Unless stated otherwise, the data shown in tables and charts represent only the sites assessed. The assessed sites conduct production, research, and development as well as marketing and sales activities. Most of the sites also provide services.
Activities: The collected data cover on-site activities of the locations. Resource consumption or emissions due to outsourced activities, off-site transport of goods, staff commutes, or business travel is not included. Activities of field-service-only sites and sales offices are not included either. Specific data on management functions of the divisions or the corporation are not generally included.
Energy: The energy consumption is the quantity used at the sites; this figure has not been converted to primary energy consumption.

Specific Remarks on Data
Employees: Data cover only Sulzer employees; people who work on a Sulzer site but are employed by someone else are not included, even if they work there on a permanent basis. However, the number of employees working according to the management standards may include external workers if their activities are covered accordingly.
Emissions: Data cover direct emissions from the use of chemicals (e.g., VOCs) or fossil energy sources.
Net value added: Net value added is defined as the operating income (EBITDA) plus personnel costs.
Net value added/sales: These key figures may include activities of external sales offices and field service units belonging to sites as well as product transfers between sites. Financial key figures might therefore be overestimated.
Outsourced activities: Data changes caused by outsourcing are collected and mentioned in the report.

Data Quality Some data of previous years have been reconsidered and updated in order to improve the data quality. The data of previous years shown in this report have been adjusted.

As a result of Sulzer’s growth and its focus on activities with a high net value added, the number of employees as well as the net value added have increased steadily over the last four years. The increase in the number of employees assessed in 2002 essentially mirrors the increase in the number of sites assessed, whereas the decrease in 2003 shows the reduction of workplaces at the assessed sites. The values including SEED light sites primarily reflect the increased number of SEED light sites.

Sites Assessed
Data in this summary cover the following sites, which represent approximately 85% of employees and 90% of sales.

The table above shows the sites assessed since 2001. Newly included: Eldim B.V., Lomm (since 2002), Sulzer Elbar Polska Sp.z.o.o., Lublin (since 2002), Sulzer Pompes France SASU, Mantes-la-Ville (since 2004), Sulzer Pumps Houston Inc, Houston, TX (since 2005),
Sulzer Euroflamm Germany GmbH (since 2005), Sulzer Metaplas GmbH Bergisch Gladbach (since 2005), Sulzer Metco (Canada) Inc. (since 2005), Sulzer Metco Coatings GmbH (since 2005), Sulzer Metco WOKA GmbH (since 2005), PT. Sulzer Hickham Indonesia (since 2005), Sulzer Repco BV (since 2005), Sulzer Euroflamm (US) Inc. (since 2006), Neomet Limited (since 2006), Sulzer Metco Coatings GmbH (since 2006), Sulzer Metco Surface Technology (Shanghai) Co.Ltd. (since 2006), Sulzer Metco Coatings Ltd. (since 2006), Sulzer Metco Europe GmbH (since 2006), Sulzer Hungaerotech Kft. (since 2006), Sulzer Metco OSU GmbH (since 2006), Sulzer Metco (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. (since 2006), Sulzer Metco (US) Inc. (since 2006), Sulzer Enpro, Inc. (since 2006).

No longer included: Sulzer Chemtech (UK) Ltd, Leeds (until 2001), Sulzer Pumps Finland Oy, Salo (until 2002), Sulzer Metco (US) Inc., Hicksville (until 2002), Sulzer Chemtech Nederland B.V., Tiel (until 2003), Sulzer Hexis AG, Winterthur (until 2004), Sulzer Brasil S.A. (until 2005)

Indicators and Reporting Standards

Number of Employees/Net Value Added
In 2005, the increase in employees and net value added in SEED sites (see chart on p. 17) reflects the growth of business at Sulzer and the integration of SEED light sites.
The following gives an overview of the number of sites evaluated in this summary:

Since 2004, SEED light sites have been assessed; their data from 2005 are partially considered in this summary.

Percentage of Assessed Employees and Net Sales in the Sulzer Corporation (Above: SEED sites, below: including SEED light sites)

Sulzer reports according to the third revision of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) standard (www.globalreporting.org), the internationally acknowledged standard for sustainability reporting. Sulzer fulfils a number of GRI’s requirements and regularly reviews the inclusion of further GRI indicators in its reporting. Selection of the environmental and social indicators and of the key aspects in this sustainability summary was guided by the GRI standards and their relevance for the Sulzer business. Sulzer tracks data for several other environmental and social indicators. Economic indicators are not part of this summary and can be found in the Sulzer Annual Report (www.sulzer.com).

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