Reporting data is an important part of our commitment to continuous improvement.

We've provided data in four key areas:

• financial and operating performance
• employee relations
• health and safety
• environmental performance

Below is a summary of our key corporate responsibility indicators. A more detailed analysis for select data is available in Excel format by following the links provided in the table, or by downloading the master Excel data sheet.

Download detailed performance data worksheets  (Excel, 274 KB)

Performance Data Summary Table

	Financial and Operating Performance Indicator 2008 2007 2006 Metric GRI Link Operating earnings ($ millions) 3,857 2,528 2,010 $ millions   Operating return on capital employed (%) 22.6 18.4 15.0 %   Total upstream production from continuing operations before royalties 418,000 418,400 345,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day   Refined petroleum products sales 52,400 53,300 53,000 cubic metres per day   Canadian federal and provincial taxes 467 951 936 $ millions EC1 Property and other taxes 75 72 66 $ millions EC1 Foreign taxes 2,162 846 1,247 $ millions EC1 Royalties — Canada 1,405 897 572 $ millions EC1 Royalties — United States 56 31 28 $ millions EC1 Royalties — North Sea  0  0  0 $ millions EC1 Royalties — North Africa/Near East (NANE) 668 123       Royalties — North Latin America (NLA) 5 10       Dividends 320 255 201 $ millions EC1 Share buybacks 0 16.0 19.8 million shares EC1 Total employee payroll 892.0 758.0 676.5 $ millions EC1 Our People Corporate Donations (Cash and in kind contributions) 13.7 14.9 20.2 $ millions   Community Partnerships Social Performance Indicator 2008 2007 2006 Metric GRI Link Number of employees (at year end) 6,088 5,603 5,156 # LA1 Our People New hires by year 951 862 665 # LA2 Retention and Attraction Voluntary turnover rate 4.0 4.3 5 % LA2 Retention and Attraction Percentage of employees covered by collective bargaining agreements 20 20 22 % LA4 Engaging Employees Percentage of employee workforce self-declared aboriginal 1.30 1.19 1.0 % LA13 Diversity and Respect Percentage of employee workforce self-declared as belonging to a minority 11.0 10.46 9.6 % LA13 Diversity and Respect Percentage of employee workforce self-declared as disabled 1.60 1.78 2.1 % LA13 Diversity and Respect Health and Safety Performance Indicator 2008 2007 2006 Metric GRI Link Total recordable injury frequency (TRIF) 0.73 0.87 0.85 The total recordable frequency is calculated from the number of injuries, or disabling injuries for every 100 workers on site over a year LA7 Zero-Harm Total disabling injury frequency (TDIF) 0.09 0.14 0.22 LA7 Zero-Harm Total employee recordable injury frequency 0.29 0.35 0.45 LA7 Zero-Harm Total contractor injury frequency 0.90 1.16 1.09 LA7 Zero-Harm Fatalities 1 2 0 LA7 Zero-Harm Environmental Performance Indicator 2008 2007 2006 Metric GRI Link Major incidents of non-compliance 0 0 0 # EN16 Environment Environmental exceedances 43 21 24 #     Spills greater than 1 m3 101 105 100 # EN23 Spills Performance Total spills 868 864 705 # EN23 Spills Performance Total volume of spills 1,225 3,349 4,343 cubic metres EN23 Spills Performance Environmental costs - upstream 210 182 174 $ millions, operating expense and capital EN30 Environmental costs - Downstream 202 98 327 EN30 Emissions Indicator 2008 2007 2006 Metric GRI Link CO2 equivalent emissions 6,048 7,027 6,922 kilotonnes EN16 Performance Reporting Production carbon intensity - upstream 0.152 0.152 0.186 tonnes CO2 equivalent emissions/boe in m3   Performance Reporting Production carbon intensity - Downstream 0.219 0.234 0.264   Performance Reporting Sulphur Dioxide 14.2 12.8 15.9 kilotonnes EN20 Air Emissions Oxides of Nitrogen 17.3 17.2 16.0 kilotonnes EN20 Air Emissions Total Particulate Matter 0.7 1.0 0.8 kilotonnes EN20 Air Emissions Carbon Monoxide 9.5 8.8 8.5 kilotonnes EN20 Air Emissions Volatile Organic Compounds 12.4 12.9 7.7 kilotonnes EN20 Air Emissions