Environmental reporting

In 2006, environmental reporting covered all Total-operated sites at December 31, 2006:

• Upstream: All Exploration & Production and Gas & Power sites.
• Downstream: All refineries, and all Marketing sites (France,Europe, Overseas, Asia) and Specialties sites (lubricants, specialty fluids, other specialty fuels, LPG, bitumen and asphalt, jet fuel).
• Chemicals: (All Petrochemicals, Grande Paroisse, Hutchinson, Cray Valley, Bostik and Atotech sites).

A total of 734 Exploration & Production, Gas & Power, Refining, Petrochemicals and Grande Paroisse production sites, or 92%, responded to the reporting questionnaire. The statistics published in this report cover greenhouse gases, chronic and accidental emissions and releases to the air and water, the amount of water used from and released into the natural environment, waste, and certain data related to energy and site management systems.
The ISO 14001 certification target given in this section covers environmentally-sensitive sites that account for a significant share of emissions or disamenities in each business.

Safety reporting

Safety reporting covers all Total employees, as well as contractor employees with a specific volume of work who work at Group-operated sites or under contract to Total. Each site submits its reporting to the relevant business unit.
The data are then consolidated at the business level and, every month, at the Group level. In 2006, the Group safety reporting scope covered 429,305,000 hours worked, equivalent to around 250,000 people. A major internal audit has been undertaken to validate the process and verify the efficiency of the consolidation system.

Social reporting

Social reporting is based on two resources—the Global Workforce Analysis and the Worldwide Human Resources Survey.
The Global Workforce Analysis is conducted twice a year, on June 30 and December 31, in all fully consolidated companies owned 50% or more and included in the Annual Report. The survey covers worldwide workforces, hiring under permanent and fixed-term contracts, nationality, and employee hires and departures, to produce a breakdown of the workforce by gender, category (managers and non-managers), age and nationality.

The Worldwide Human Resources Survey

The Worldwide Human Resources Survey (WHRS) is an annual survey that comprises 87 indicators in addition to those used in the Global Workforce Analysis. The indicators are selected in cooperation with the businesses and cover major components of our human resources policy, such as mobility, career management, training, employee dialogue, Code of Conduct application, health, compensation, retirement and insurance. The survey covers a representative sample of 94 consolidated companies with 69,663 employees.
The statistics in this section are taken from the most recent survey, conducted in December 2006 and January 2007. A total of 89 companies accounting for 72% of the consolidated workforce and operating in 37 countries responded.

Management staff refers to any employee whose job level is the equivalent of 300 or more Hay points.
Managed scope: All subsidiaries in which one or more Group companies own a 50% stake, or 527 companies and 111,311 employees.
Consolidated scope: All companies fully consolidated as in the Registration Document, or 343 companies and 95,070 employees.