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2010-2012 Energy consumption for Gildan owned facilities

  2012 2011 2010
ABSOLUTE DIRECT ENERGY (GJ) 3,083,307 2,857,210 2,915,966
ABSOLUTE INDIRECT ENERGY (GJ) 1,311,387 1,241,018 982,331
ABSOLUTE TOTAL ENERGY (GJ) 4,394,694 4,098,228 3,898,296
TOTAL ENERGY INTENSITY (GJ/KG) 0.02434 0.02217 0.02473
% INTENSITY VARIATION FROM 2010 BASELINE -2% -10%  
% RENEWABLE ENERGY 36% 25% 15%

Gildan’s 2010 baseline year numbers have been normalized according to an adjusted baseline including Gildan’s mergers, acquisitions and divestitures since 2010. For more details on the methodology used for baseline adjustment, please refer to our reporting section.

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2010-2012 Greenhouse gas emissions for Gildan owned facilities

  2012 2011 2010
ABSOLUTE DIRECT GHG EMISSIONS (Scope 1) (tCO2eq) 158,595 178,959 210,327
ABSOLUTE INDIRECT GHG EMISSIONS (Scope 2) (tCO2eq) 175,924 161,800 128,315
TOTAL ABSOLUTE GHG EMISSIONS (Scope 1 and 2) (tCO2eq) 334,519 340,759 338,641
TOTAL GHG EMISSIONS INTENSITY
(Scope 1 and 2) (tCO2eq/kg)
0.00185 0.00184 0.00215
% INTENSITY VARIATION FROM 2010 BASELINE -14% -14%  

Gildan’s 2010 baseline year numbers have been normalized according to an adjusted baseline including Gildan’s mergers, acquisitions and divestitures since 2010. For more details on the methodology used for baseline adjustment, please refer to our reporting section.

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2010-2012 Inorganic air emissions (in tons) for Gildan owned facilities

  2012 2011 2010
NITROGEN OXIDE (NOx) 273.7 374.9 411.0
SULFUR DIOXIDE (SO2) 665.7 905.2 1,107.9
TOTAL INORGANIC AIR EMISSIONS 939.4 1,280.2 1,519.0

Results from our manufacturing facility in Bangladesh (acquired in 2010) and GoldToeMoretz owned facilities (acquired in 2011) were not included in data prior to 2012.

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2010-2012 Total refrigerants inventories (in tons) for Gildan owned facilities

  2012 2011 2010
CFC INVENTORIES 0 0 0.01
HCFC INVENTORIES 3.09 3.02 3.08
HFC INVENTORIES 8.47 1.14 0.54
TOTAL REFRIGERANT INVENTORIES 11.56 4.16 3.62
TOTAL ODS 3.09 3.02

3.09

Results from our manufacturing facility in Bangladesh (acquired in 2010) and GoldToeMoretz owned facilities (acquired in 2011) were not included in data prior to 2012.

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2010-2012 Water Consumption for Gildan owned facilities

   2012 2011  2010
ABSOLUTE WATER (M3) 13,214,401 12,231,694 11,776,763

WATER INTENSITY (M3/KG)

 0.07320

0.06616

 0.07472

 WATER INTENSITY VARIATION FROM 2010 BASELINE

 -2%

 -11%

 

Gildan’s 2010 baseline year numbers have been normalized according to an adjusted baseline including Gildan’s mergers, acquisitions and divestitures since 2010. For more details on the methodology used for baseline adjustment, please refer to our reporting section.

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2010-2012 Waste for Gildan owned facilities

  2012  2011 2010
HAZARDOUS WASTE (TONS) 256 208 190
NON-HAZARDOUS WASTE (TONS) 40,283 39,637 36,841
TOTAL ABSOLUTE WASTE (TONS) 40,539 39,844 37,030
TOTAL WASTE INTENSITY (KG/KG) 0.22456 0.21553 0.23495
VARIATION WASTE INTENSITY FROM 2010 BASELINE -4% -8%  
LANDFILL WASTE PERCENTAGE 11.9% 11.7% 12.0%
LANDFILL DEFERRAL IMPROVEMENT FROM 2010 BASELINE -1.01% -2.64%  

Gildan’s 2010 baseline year numbers have been normalized according to an adjusted baseline including Gildan’s mergers, acquisitions and divestitures since 2010. For more details on the methodology used for baseline adjustment, please refer to our reporting section.

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