Audited by PwC

Environmental, social, and knowledge data


Note				2008	2007

		ENVIRONMENT
		Consumption of resources
	36	Water	1,000 m³	5,693	5,364
	37	Internally generated energy	1,000 GJ	920	856
		Externally generated energy	1,000 GJ	3,089	2,838
		Energy, total	1,000 GJ	4,009	3,694
		Raw materials	1,000 tons	414	350
		Packaging	1,000 tons	13	13

		Wastewater
	38	Volume	1,000 m³	3,922	3,894
		Dry matter	Tons	283	370
		BOD5	Tons	700	473
		COD	Tons	2,377	2,046
		Nitrogen	Tons	160	161
		Phosphorus	Tons	40	45

		Biomass
		Volume, NovoGro^®	1,000 m³	311	274
		Volume, NovoGro^® 30	1,000 m³	150	131
		Volume, compost	1,000 m³	68	51
		Nitrogen	Tons	2,453	1,878
		Phosphorus	Tons	750	700

		Waste
		Non-hazardous waste	Tons	8,477	9,112
		Hazardous waste	Tons	1,492	1,201
	39	Waste, total	Tons	9,969	10,314
		Percentage of total waste recycled	%	45.0	43.4

		Emissions to air
		Ozone-depleting substances, HCFCs	Kg	1,725	1,059
	40	CO₂	1,000 tons	522	486
		SO₂	Tons	1,350	1,274
		NO_x	Tons	1,152	1,075

		Environmental impact potentials
	41	Global warming	1,000 tons CO₂-eqv.	524	488
	42	Ozone layer depletion	Kg CFC₁₁-eqv.	77	42
		Acidification	Tons SO₂-eqv.	2,157	2,024

		Environmental compliance, etc.
		Breaches of regulatory limits, groundwater	No.	22	21
		Breaches of regulatory limits, other	No.	19	17
		Unintended releases of GMOs	No.	0	0
		Significant spills	No.	0	0
		Neighbor complaints	No.	38	31

		Animals for testing
		Enzyme Business	No.	923	1,482
		Other business areas	No.	2,020	4,093


Note				2008	2007

		SOCIAL
		Employee statistics
	43	Employees, total	No.	5,146	4,933
43,	44	Women	%	35.6	35.3
		Men	%	64.4	64.7
	45	Rate of employee turnover	%	11.3	9.0
		Average age	Years	39.7	39.4
		Seniority	Years	8.7	8.7
	46	Rate of absence	%	2.2	2.2
		Expatriates	No.	65	65

		Training costs
		Average spent per employee	DKK	6,469	5,887
		Costs as percentage of total employee costs	%	1.5	1.4

		HEALTH AND SAFETY
		Occupational accidents and diseases
		Fatalities	No.	0	0
	47	Accidents with absence	No.	39	36
		Of which life-threatening accidents	No.	0	1
		Of which accidents requiring professional first aid	No.	33	31
48,	49	Occupational diseases	No.	18	13
		Frequency of occupational accidents	Per million working hours	4.9	4.8
		Frequency of occupational accidents requiring professional first aid	Per million working hours	4.1	3.9
		Frequency of occupational diseases	Per million working hours	2.2	1.7

		KNOWLEDGE
		Processes and technology
		New products	No.	8	10
		Active patent families	No.	1,033	1,019