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Environmental Scorecard

2012–2013 ENVIRONMENTAL SCORECARD ¹
Environmental Issues Monitored		Unit	2008- 2009	2011 - 2012	2012 - 2013	Benchmark	1-year Variance	5-year Variance
Ecological Footprint	Buildings	Surface area occupied (sq. ft.)	4,368,447	4,323,049	4,013,441	N/A	-309,608	-355,006
	Cooling systems (estimated capacity)	Refrigeration capacity (Tons)	18,500	18,821	17,744	N/A	-1,077	-756
	Generators (estimated capacity)	Kilowatt-hours (kWh)	22,964	21,575	21,683	N/A	+108	-1,281
	Storage tanks	Number	261	262	250	N/A	-11	-12
	Storage tanks	Capacity (L)	613,873	613,223	553,876	N/A	-59,347	-59,997
Consumption	Energy	kWh equivalent/ sq. ft	32.38	33.9	32.2	36.53	-0.18	-1.7
Consumption	Water	Litres / sq. ft.	61.9	79.2	78.6	89	-0.6	+16.7
Emissions	Air emissions	Total kg of CO₂ equivalent	56,874,264	53,276,050	47,272,681	N/A	-6,003,369	-9,601,583
	Air emissions	Kg of CO₂ equivalent / sq. ft.	5.41	5.73	5.26	9.13	-0.47	-0.15
	Travel emissions*	Total CO₂ emissions in kg / employee**	N/A	N/A	708.7	Not available	N/A	N/A
	Travel emissions*	kg CO₂ / rental vehicle	N/A	94.79	107.24	Not available	12.45	N/A
	Non-hazardous waste	Diversion rate (%)	61.6	69.6	66***	90	-3.6	+4.4
	Hazardous waste	Quantity (mT)	59.3	137.02	277.9****	N/A	+140.88	+218.6

* New data for 2012-2013

** Value normalized against number of permanent full time employees as of March 31 2013 (8,265)

*** Reduction of the diversion rate is due to an increase of waste quantities at the Montreal site. We expect that this is a one-time increase, and not a trend that will continue in future years.

**** Data does not include e-waste and scrap metal collected by the Transmission Division

See the Impact and reporting section for more information about our ongoing efforts to address each of these environmental issues.

^{^[1]} This table is representative of the data available as of June 28, 2013. ^{^[1]}

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