2020 Sustainability Report | 2019 Performance

People indicators

People indicators

This section includes indicators and GRI Standard disclosures.

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Data not available or not required.

NA

Not applicable.

Operator

Employees working in production operations.

Non-exempt

Employees who hold positions normally requiring higher education and who are eligible for overtime compensation.

Exempt

Employees who hold positions normally requiring graduate or post-graduate education and who are not eligible for overtime compensation.

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Headcount evolution by region(1) I 102-8 I

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

(1)

Includes direct and indirect workers.

Americas

839

741

743

744

761

Female

190

185

190

183

192

Male

649

556

553

561

569

Asia Pacific

17,320

17,518

18,820

18,828

18,398

Female

7,182

7,472

7,947

7,848

7,484

Male

10,138

10,046

10,873

10,980

10,914

Europe

20,327

20,497

21,266

21,464

21,633

Female

4,925

4,950

5,188

5,296

5,320

Male

15,402

15,547

16,078

16,168

16,313

Mediterranean

4,697

4,724

4,638

4,917

4,762

Female

2,563

2,614

2,491

2,741

2,667

Male

2,134

2,110

2,147

2,176

2,095

Total

43,183

43,480

45,467

45,953

45,554

Female

14,860

15,221

15,816

16,068

15,663

Male

28,323

28,259

29,651

29,885

29,891

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Employees by gender and by category I 405-1 I

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

Number of operators

15,794

Female (%)

56%

56%

55%

55%

56%

Male (%)

44%

44%

45%

45%

44%

Number of non-exempts

10,024

Female (%)

23%

23%

23%

22%

22%

Male (%)

77%

77%

77%

78%

78%

Number of exempts

19,736

Female (%)

22%

22%

22%

23%

23%

Male (%)

78%

78%

78%

77%

77%

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External hires in manufacturing (%)

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

Jobs filled externally vs overall jobs filled

96

97

97

98

96

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Hires by job type I 401-1 I

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

Operator

6,906

7,904

10,769

11,379

6,687

Female

3,073

3,463

3,984

3,938

2,114

Male

3,833

4,441

6,785

7,441

4,573

Non-exempt

2,297

2,192

2,503

2,760

3,033

Female

525

437

515

557

635

Male

1,772

1,755

1,988

2,203

2,398

Exempt

1,397

1,328

1,797

2,385

2,603

Female

374

388

445

733

713

Male

1,023

940

1,352

1,652

1,890

Total

10,600

11,424

15,069

16,524

12,323

Female

3,972

4,288

4,944

5,228

3,462

Male

6,628

7,136

10,125

11,296

8,861

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Newcomers induction program (%)

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

Newcomers who participated in a formal induction session (e.g. newcomers seminar) during their first year of employment

78

85

78

72

71

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Workforce by employment type (% of workers) I 102-8 I

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

Full-time contract

97

97

97

97

97

Female

93

94

94

94

94

Male

99

99

99

99

99

Part-time contract

3

3

3

3

3

Female

7

6

6

6

6

Male

1

1

1

1

1

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Workforce by employment contract (% of workers) I 102-8 I

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

(1)

Includes direct and indirect workers.

Permanent contract

96

96

95

95

97

Female

96

95

94

94

96

Male

97

97

96

96

98

Temporary contract(1)

4

4

5

5

3

Female

4

5

6

6

4

Male

3

3

4

4

2

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Workforce by employment contract by region (% of workers) I 102-8 I

2017

2018

2019

(1)

Includes direct and indirect workers.

Permanent contract

Americas

99.2

99.6

99.3

Asia Pacific

99.6

98.8

99.4

Europe

93.8

94.7

97.1

Mediterranean

84.7

82.2

89.2

Temporary contract(1)

Americas

0.8

0.4

0.7

Asia Pacific

0.4

1.2

0.6

Europe

6.2

5.3

2.9

Mediterranean

15.3

17.8

10.8

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Workforce by employment relation (% of workers) I 102-8 I

2017

2018

2019

(1)

Workers employed directly by ST.

(2)

Workers employed by a third-party, such as interim agencies.

Direct relation(1)

98

97

99

Indirect relation(2)

2

3

1

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Remuneration (%)

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

Employees below the ST minimum salary scale in their job grade (exempt)

14

17

14

14

13

Employees with individual salary increase

81

75

86

84

83

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Benefits, bonus & unvested stock awards I 201-1 I

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

Eligible (exempt >JG 11) employees receiving unvested stock awards (%)

26%

27 %

29%

29%

30%

Number of employees rewarded

4,730

4,750

5,050

5,140

5,590

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Number of nationalities in the headcount by region(1) I 405-1 I

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

(1)

Expatriates and assignees are counted in host country.

Americas

19

21

20

21

21

Asia Pacific

38

35

34

35

34

Europe

76

80

83

87

87

Mediterranean

25

32

40

47

50

Total

-

-

97

105

105

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Number of nationalities in Corporate staff I 405-1 I

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

Different nationalities represented in the Corporate staff

8

6

6

6

6

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Employees by gender and by region (%) I 405-1 I

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

Americas

Male

77

75

74

75

75

Female

23

25

26

25

25

Asia Pacific

Male

59

57

58

58

59

Female

41

43

42

42

41

Europe

Male

76

76

76

75

75

Female

24

24

24

25

25

Mediterranean

Male

45

45

46

44

44

Female

55

55

54

56

56

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Average(1) overall turnover rate(2) by age group (%) I 401-1 I

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

(1)

Turnover rate calculated on average headcount in activity throughout the year.

(2)

Resignations, retirements and dismissals.

Under 30 years old

54

62

60

56

49

30-50 years old

6

7

8

9

9

Over 50 years old

6

6

9

6

6

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Average(1) turnover rate (%) I 401-1 I

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

(1)

Turnover rate calculated on average headcount in activity throughout the year.

(2)

Resignations.

(3)

Resignations, retirements and dismissals.

Average voluntary turnover rate(2)

14.2

16.8

18.5

18.3

16.1

Average overall turnover rate(3)

16.5

19.2

20.5

20.1

17.7

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Average(1) overall turnover rate(2) by gender, by category and by region in 2019 (%) I 401-1 I

Operator

Non-exempt

Exempt

Female

Male

Female

Male

Female

Male

(1)

Turnover rate calculated on average headcount in activity throughout the year.

(2)

Resignations, retirements and dismissals.

(3)

The Company has no manufacturing sites in these regions.

Americas(3)

NA

NA

13.4

8.8

5.9

5.7

Asia-Pacific

21.9

112.3

21.2

35.5

7.1

8.1

Europe

3.4

2.4

3.8

2.9

3.0

4.0

Mediterranean

9.7

23.3

4.9

9.7

23.7

19.2

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Average employee age by category

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

Operator

34

34

34

34

35

Non-exempt

38

38

38

39

39

Exempt

42

43

44

44

44

Average employee age (years)

38

39

39

39

40

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Employees by category and by age group in 2019 (%) I 405-1 I

Under 30 years old

30-50 years old

Over 50 years old

Operator

38

52

10

Non-exempt

26

60

14

Exempt

10

63

27

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Promotion ratio female/male by category and by region in 2019 (%) I 405-1 I SDG 5.5

Operator

Non-exempt

Exempt

Female

Male

Female

Male

Female

Male

(1)

The Company has no manufacturing sites in these regions.

Americas(1)

NA

NA

7

0

12

11

Asia-Pacific

6

11

13

8

13

12

Europe

7

4

9

6

13

12

Mediterranean

11

5

29

18

18

17

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Disabled employees (%) I 405-1 I SDG 10.2

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

Disabled people employed as % of total workforce

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.6

1.8

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Career development (%)

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

Employees with a promotion in the year

10

8

9

11

10

Employees with a job function change in the year

4

4

3

2

2

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Employee yearly Individual Performance Management (%) I 404-3 I

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

Operator

71

77

75

81

84

Female

76

73

70

72

77

Male

68

82

82

92

94

Non-exempt

83

84

81

91

90

Female

80

81

80

89

87

Male

84

85

82

92

92

Exempt

93

94

93

97

95

Female

91

92

91

96

95

Male

93

94

94

97

96

Total

90

86

90

89

90

Female

87

79

88

80

82

Male

91

89

91

95

95

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Employees with a formal individual development plan(1) (%) I 404-3 I

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

(1)

Operators are managed through a different process.

Non-exempt

41

38

31

39

47

Female

44

40

35

44

51

Male

40

37

29

36

45

Exempt

55

53

50

57

64

Female

56

55

52

60

66

Male

54

52

49

56

63

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ST population recognized through the technical ladder(1) (%)

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

(1)

The specified path starts from job grade 14.

Asia Pacific

1.2

3.0

3.3

3.7

3.5

Europe & Mediterranean

4.1

6.4

6.8

6.7

6.7

Worldwide

3.0

5.2

5.8

5.8

5.7

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Internal mobility for exempt positions (%)

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

Jobs filled internally

29

33

33

25

20

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Average number of training hours per year(1) I 404-1 I SDG 4.3

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

(1)

Based on the total headcount including turnover. Includes training on equipment and outside training.

Operator

65

66

66

60

65

Female

57

60

56

56

62

Male

75

73

75

64

68

Non-exempt

35

34

38

40

46

Female

27

30

29

30

40

Male

37

36

40

42

47

Exempt

22

27

28

30

33

Female

24

29

31

32

37

Male

22

26

27

29

32

Total

42

46

48

47

50

Female

45

50

48

48

53

Male

41

44

48

46

47

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Employees enrolled in ST supported external education programs (%)

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

Operator

0.9

1.1

0.8

0.6

1.1

Non-exempt

1.6

1.2

2.2

1.9

2.1

Exempt

1.5

1.6

1.8

1.9

3.6

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Formal recognition and suggestion scheme

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

(1)

Can include more than one recognition per employee over the year.

Number of people recognized(1)

15,899

17,952

17,110

18,879

20,837

Accepted suggestions which were implemented (%)

60%

58%

54%

52%

30%

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Unplanned absenteeism (%) I 403-2 I

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

Unplanned absenteeism

2.95

3.14

2.59

2.92

2.77

% by region

Americas

0.00

0.11

0.17

0.24

0.03

Asia-Pacific

2.96

3.04

1.99

2.82

2.83

Europe

3.53

3.16

2.90

2.84

2.89

Mediterranean

1.30

3.91

3.91

3.99

2.45

% by gender

Female

2.74

2.75

3.40

3.54

3.19

Male

3.34

3.87

2.14

2.57

2.54

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Collective bargaining I 102-41 I

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

Number of collective agreements signed in the year

39

52

49

55

30

People covered by collective bargaining agreements (%)

75%

75%

74%

74%

78%

People covered by representatives (%)

72%

71%

71%

71%

71%

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Fair wages (%) SDG 10.2

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

Employees paid above 105% of the legal or conventional minimum wage

2:24

19:12

4:48

19:12

4:48

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Working time and overtime hours

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

Employees with regular worktime less than 48 hours per week (%)

87%

86%

84%

85%

85%

Average weekly overtime (hours per employee)

3.8

3.7

5.0

5.2

4.3

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Average weekly working time, including overtime, in selected countries(1) (hours)

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

(1)

For non-exempts and operators.

(2)

French standard legal working time is 35 hours, but ST has a collective agreement for 38.5 hours.

China

ST standard working time

40

40

40

40

40

Overtime

5.5

6.3

8.2

9.0

8.9

France

ST standard working time(2)

38.5

38.5

38.5

38.5

38.5

Overtime

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.1

Italy

ST standard working time

40

40

40

40

40

Overtime

0.3

0.3

0.4

0.4

0.3

Malaysia

ST standard working time

48

48

48

48

48

Overtime

11.5

11.4

12.0

12.2

12.2

Malta

ST standard working time

40

40

40

40

40

Overtime

6.4

6.5

8.2

8.1

6.9

Morocco

ST standard working time

44

44

44

44

44

Overtime

0.3

0.2

0.4

0.6

1.7

Singapore

ST standard working time

44

44

44

44

44

Overtime

4.8

1.9

7.2

8.3

4.7

The Philippines

ST standard working time

48

48

48

48

48

Overtime

6.3

5.1

7.9

7.0

0.9

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ST sites subject to regular human rights SAQ & audits (RBA) I 412-1 I SDG 8.8

Country

Major site(1)

% Workforce

Self-assessment

Audit

(1)

Sites with >700 employees and all manufacturing sites.

(2)

Design centers. Other sites are manufacturing.

High risk

China

Shenzhen

10.0%

Malaysia

Muar

9.1%

Singapore

Ang Mo Kio

10.3%

The Philippines

Calamba

5.8%

Medium risk

Malta

Kirkop

4.0%

Morocco

Bouskoura

6.1%

Low risk

France

Crolles

8.6%

Grenoble(2)

3.9%

Rousset

5.5%

Tours

2.6%

India

Greater Noida(2)

1.8%

Italy

Agrate

10.3%

Castelletto(2)

2.3%

Catania

9.6%

Marcianise

0.5%

Percentage coverage of total workforce

90%

90%

82%

Number of sites subject to regular human rights SAQ and audits

15

11

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RBA audit results for ST operations SDG 8.7

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

(1)

17-year-old workers working overtime in Shenzhen site (China).

Number of audits

7

4

4

7

8

Labor, Ethics and Management Systems

Priority non-conformances

Child labor avoidance (young workers)

0

1(1)

0

0

0

Major non-conformances

Working hours

2

2

1

4

1

Wages and benefits

0

1

2

1

0

Freely chosen employment

0

0

1

1

2

Non-discrimination

0

0

0

0

1

Freedom of association

1

0

0

0

0

Supplier responsibility

0

1

0

1

1

Training

0

0

0

1

0

Audits and assessments

0

0

0

1

1

Total of major/
priority non-conformances

3

5

4

9

6

Average major/
priority NC/audit

0.4

1.3

1.0

1.3

0.8

Environment, Health and Safety

Major non-conformances

Hazardous substances

0

0

2

2

0

Industrial hygiene

0

0

0

0

1

Occupational injury and illness

0

0

0

3

1

Emergency preparedness

1

0

1

3

2

Storm water management

0

1

1

0

0

Occupational safety

0

0

0

3

1

Energy consumption and GHG emissions

0

0

0

1

1

Total of major non-conformances

1

1

4

12

6

Average major NC/audit

0.1

0.3

1.0

1.7

0.8

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Employees with healthcare coverage provided by ST(1) (%) SDG 3.8

2018

2019

(1)

In addition to national healthcare schemes.

Work-related health issues

78

79

Personal health issues

89

89

Direct family member’s health issues

72

68

Recordable cases rate benchmarks(1) I 403-2 I

Recordable cases rate benchmarks (bar chart)
(1) Including injuries only. 2018 benchmark data not available at time of publishing.
(2) Bureau of Labor Statistics (United States Department of Labor).

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Recordable case rate(1) by gender and by region I 403-2 I SDG 8.8

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

(1)

Work-related injuries per 100 employees per year as defined by OSHA-US regulation.

Gender

Female

0.15

0.23

0.23

0.18

0.21

Male

0.18

0.14

0.10

0.16

0.13

Region

Americas

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Asia Pacific

0.12

0.14

0.16

0.11

0.11

Europe & Mediterranean

0.21

0.18

0.14

0.23

0.21

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Recordable case rate(1) – on-site industrial/domestic(2) I 403-2 I

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

(1)

Work-related injuries per 100 employees per year as defined by OSHA-US regulation.

(2)

Industrial recordable cases are directly linked with industrial activity. Domestic recordable cases are on-site cases such as fall or slip on stairs or struck by or against door/chair/building and structures etc.

Recordable case industrial rate

0.12

0.11

0.07

0.13

0.09

Recordable case domestic rate

0.05

0.06

0.08

0.04

0.07

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Recordable cases by type of event, accident or exposure (%) I 403-2 I

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

Fall or slip

31

37

48

30

45

Struck by or against

30

38

27

35

32

Overexertion

6

4

4

3

1

Caught in, under or between

7

5

8

10

7

Contact with chemicals

9

8

2

4

1

Bodily reaction from slip or motion

7

4

2

9

6

Others

10

4

9

9

8

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Severity rate(1) by gender and by region I 403-2 I

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

(1)

Number of days lost per 100 employees per year as defined by OSHA-US regulation.

Gender

Female

3.3

4.2

2.4

2.1

3.3

Male

2.8

2.1

1.9

1.6

2.0

Region

Americas

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Asia Pacific

0.7

0.9

0.9

0.4

0.7

Europe & Mediterranean

4.8

4.1

3.1

3.1

4.1

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Occupational diseases rate(1) by gender and by region I 403-2 I

2016

2017

2018

2019

(1)

Work-related illnesses per 100 employees per year as defined by OSHA-US regulation.

Occupational diseases rate

0.05

0.01

0.02

0.01

Gender

Female

0.10

0.03

0.06

0.03

Male

0.02

0.00

0.00

0.00

Region

Americas

0.12

0.13

0.00

0.00

Asia Pacific

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Europe & Mediterranean

0.09

0.03

0.04

0.02

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Occupational diseases severity rate(1) by gender and by region I 403-2 I

2016

2017

2018

2019

(1)

Number of days lost per 100 employees per year as defined by OSHA-US regulation.

Occupational diseases severity rate

2.94

1.05

1.25

0.93

Gender

Female

4.42

2.70

3.60

2.70

Male

2.13

0.00

0.00

0.00

Region

Americas

0.84

0.65

0.00

0.00

Asia Pacific

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Europe & Mediterranean

5.70

2.00

2.40

1.78

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Lost Workday incidence rate – subcontractors I 403-2 I

2015

2016

2017(1)

2018

2019

(1)

Up until end 2016, we covered only independent subcontractors working on-site for more than 3 months. From 2017 onwards, we cover all independent subcontractors.

Lost workdays per 100 subcontractor employees

6.8

6.6

5.1

5.2

4.1

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Lost Workday incidence rate(1) – subcontractors by region I 403-2 I

2015

2016

2017(2)

2018

2019

(1)

Number of days lost per 100 employees per year as defined by OSHA-US regulation.

(2)

Up until end 2016, we covered only independent subcontractors working on-site for more than 3 months. From 2017 onwards, we cover all independent subcontractors.

Americas

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Asia Pacific

1.90

0.90

5.98

1.62

0.00

Europe & Mediterranean

10.40

9.60

4.50

7.55

6.85

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Lost Workday – subcontractors by gender (%) I 403-2 I

2015

2016

2017(1)

2018

2019

(1)

Up until end 2016, we covered only independent subcontractors working on-site for more than 3 months. From 2017 onwards, we cover all independent subcontractors.

Female

54

29

13

26

26

Male

46

71

87

74

74

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Lost Workday Case(1) incidence rate – subcontractors by region I 403-2 I

2015

2016

2017(2)

2018

2019

(1)

Number of cases with days lost per 100 employees per year as defined by OSHA-US regulation.

(2)

Up until end 2016, we covered only independent subcontractors working on-site for more than 3 months. From 2017 onwards, we cover all independent subcontractors.

Americas

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Asia Pacific

0.09

0.26

0.17

0.14

0.00

Europe & Mediterranean

0.64

0.40

0.30

0.40

0.44

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Lost Workday Cases – subcontractors by gender (%) I 403-2 I

2015

2016

2017(1)

2018

2019

(1)

Up until end 2016, we covered only independent subcontractors working on-site for more than 3 months. From 2017 onwards, we cover all independent subcontractors.

Female

30

25

24

14

30

Male

70

75

76

86

70

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Injuries costs and savings (US$m)

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

(1)

Around US$98m savings in 16 years.

Injuries costs

1.8

1.9

1.4

1.4

1.9

Results without action

8.2

8.4

8.9

9.2

8.8

Savings(1)

6.4

6.5

7.4

7.8

6.9

Fines and total number of non-monetary sanctions in 2019

STS Shenzhen (China) fined RMB50K (~US$7,000) for a delay in reporting the relocation of their fire pump room to the correct authority.

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Number of fatalities

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

(1)

One subcontractor was fatally injured following the accidental explosion of a portable cryogenic liquid nitrogen container at our Muar site (Malaysia).

(2)

One ST employee died from medical complications after coming into contact with a chemical (tetramethylammonium hydroxide) in Ang Mo Kio site (Singapore). In 2018, the Singapore Ministry of Manpower Investigation concluded that the accident was work-related.

(3)

One subcontractor victim of a fatal accident in an electrical area at our Bouskoura site (Morocco).

Employees

0

0

1(2)

0

0

Subcontractors

1(1)

0

1(3)

0

0

Total

1

0

2

0

0