Moderate materiality aspects - 2017 Annual Integrated Report

GRI disclosures
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	Units	Trends	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013
Research and Innovation
Research and innovation staff	Headcount		2,100	2,340	2,390	1,950	1,948
Intellectual Property agreements and cooperation agreements	Number		1,660	1,300	1,530	1,608	1,381
First Patent Filings	Number		284	240	256	259	232
New sales ratios	%		18	15	18	21	22

Generated Economic Value
Sales	€ million		10,891	10,045	–	–	–
Interests on lending and short term deposits	€ million		15	13	–	–	–
Earnings from associates and JV accounted for using MEQ	€ million		44	85	–	–	–
Income from non consolidated investments	€ million		5	11	–	–	–
Result from discontinued operations	€ million		241	82	–	–	–

Distribution of Generated Economic Value
Operating costs	€ million		6,532	5,732	–	–	–
Employee Wages & Benefits	€ million		2,275	2,238	–	–	–
Current taxes	€ million		191	190	–	–	–
Payment to providers of funds	€ million		723	707	–	–	–
Community contribution	%		0	0	–	–	–

Economic Value Retained	€ million		1,474	1,369	–	–	–

Health and environmental impacts of our products
Percentage of turnover generated with product having an Life Cycle Assessment (cradle-to-gate)	%		92	88	94	88	77

Transport safety
Accident during transport and distribution	Number		27	28	33	–	–

Recruitment, development and retention
Total Headcount	Headcount		24,459	27,030	26,350	25,909	27,145
Percentage of women	%		23	23	22	22	20
Percentage of permanent staff	%		91	91	86	96	89
Total hirings	Headcount		1,661	1,450	2,555	2,317	1,892
Total leaves	Headcount		2,542	2,688	2,845	2,342	1,932
Total voluntary leaves	Headcount		973	948	626	672	636
Average of hours of training per employee	Hours		32.9	33.7	38.8	32	–

Animal testing
Number of vertebrates	Number		3,353	11,242	7,434	–	–
Number of studies	Number		60	69	49	–	–

Supply chain management
Suppliers	Number		39,400	45,000	43,425	46,000	–
Critical suppliers	Number		810	1,080	1,080	689	–

Materials
Mineral products	1,000 Metric Tons		2,520	3,000	13,600	4,910	4,247
Biosourced products (agro-forestry and animal-based)	1,000 Metric Tons		190	240	400	426	403
Natural gas	1,000 Metric Tons		810	1,410	1,500	1,862	1,573
Petrochemicals	1,000 Metric Tons		770	1,340	1,400	2,625	2,638
Other raw materials	1,000 Metric Tons		480	530	250	382	295
Total raw material purchased	1,000 Metric Tons		4,770	6,520	17,150	10,205	9,156

1.3. Moderate materiality aspects