Water and Effluents 2018

Interactions with water as a shared resource

1. A description of how the organization interacts with water, including how and where water is withdrawn, consumed, and discharged, and the water-related impacts caused or contributed to, or directly linked to the organization’s activities, products or services by a business relationship (e.g., impacts caused by runoff).
2. A description of the approach used to identify water-related impacts, including the scope of assessments, their timeframe, and any tools or methodologies used.
3. A description of how water-related impacts are addressed, including how the organization works with stakeholders to steward water as a shared resource, and how it engages with suppliers or customers with significant water-related impacts.
4. An explanation of the process for setting any water-related goals and targets that are part of the organization’s management approach, and how they relate to public policy and the local context of each area with water stress.

Management of water discharge-related impacts

1. A description of any minimum standards set for the quality of effluent discharge, and how these minimum standards were determined, including:
   1. how standards for facilities operating in locations with no local discharge requirements were determined;
   2. any internally developed water quality standards or guidelines;
   3. any sector-specific standards considered;
   4. whether the profile of the receiving waterbody was considered.

Water withdrawal

1. Total water withdrawal from all areas in megaliters, and a breakdown of this total by the following sources, if applicable:
   1. Surface water;
   2. Groundwater;
   3. Seawater;
   4. Produced water;
   5. Third-party water.
2. Total water withdrawal from all areas with water stress in megaliters, and a breakdown of this total by the following sources, if applicable:
   1. Surface water;
   2. Groundwater;
   3. Seawater;
   4. Produced water;
   5. Third-party water, and a breakdown of this total by the withdrawal sources listed in i-iv.
3. A breakdown of total water withdrawal from each of the sources listed in Disclosures 303-3-a and 303-3-b in megaliters by the following categories:
   1. Freshwater (≤1,000 mg/L Total Dissolved Solids);
   2. Other water (>1,000 mg/L Total Dissolved Solids).
4. Any contextual information necessary to understand how the data have been compiled, such as any standards, methodologies, and assumptions used.

Water discharge

1. Total water discharge to all areas in megaliters, and a breakdown of this total by the following types of destination, if applicable:
   1. Surface water;
   2. Groundwater;
   3. Seawater;
   4. Third-party water, and the volume of this total sent for use to other organizations, if applicable.
2. A breakdown of total water discharge to all areas in megaliters by the following categories:
   1. Freshwater (≤1,000 mg/L Total Dissolved Solids);
   2. Other water (>1,000 mg/L Total Dissolved Solids).
3. Total water discharge to all areas with water stress in megaliters, and a breakdown of this total by the following categories:
   1. Freshwater (≤1,000 mg/L Total Dissolved Solids);
   2. Other water (>1,000 mg/L Total Dissolved Solids).
4. Priority substances of concern for which discharges are treated, including:
   1. how priority substances of concern were defined, and any international standard, authoritative list, or criteria used;
   2. the approach for setting discharge limits for priority substances of concern;
   3. number of incidents of non-compliance with discharge limits.
5. Any contextual information necessary to understand how the data have been compiled, such as any standards, methodologies, and assumptions used.

Water consumption

1. Total water consumption from all areas in megaliters.
2. Total water consumption from all areas with water stress in megaliters.
3. Change in water storage in megaliters, if water storage has been identified as having a significant water-related impact.
4. Any contextual information necessary to understand how the data have been compiled, such as any standards, methodologies, and assumptions used, including whether the information is calculated, estimated, modeled, or sourced from direct measurements, and the approach taken for this, such as the use of any sector-specific factors.