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Environmental Performance

These charts provide a simple means to assess Bunge's environmental performance in 2009. They were generated using select indicators based on the Global Reporting Initiative's (GRI) G3 Reporting Framework. The data reported here cover our industrial operations and are approximate and unaudited.

Emissions

SELECT GLOBAL EMISSIONS DATA
CO2 in millions of metric tons
Select Global Emissions chart

Notes on Emissions Data
Calculations were generated primarily through the use of energy and emissions factors developed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Reported data are approximate and unaudited.

Scope 1:  Emissions from direct energy consumption at Bunge facilities, not including energy derived from biomass.
Scope 2:  Indirect emissions related to electricity purchased by Bunge facilities.
Biomass:  Bunge generated approximately 13 million gigajoules of energy from biomass, including seed hulls, sugarcane bagasse, plantation-raised and legally cleared wood, and other sources.

Energy

Direct Energy Consumption by Source
in gigajoules
Direct Energy Consumption by Source chart
Total approximate energy consumption: 43 million gigajoules

Water*

Total Water Withdrawal by Region
in cubic meters
Total Water Withdrawal by Region chart
Total approximate water withdrawal: 115 million cubic meters

*Of Bunge's freshwater withdrawals, approximately 26 million cubic meters are used in closed-circuit cooling systems at two plants in Argentina and the U.S. This water is returned to its source with no evaporative loss and only minimal change in temperature.

Wastes*

NON-HAZARDOUS WASTES

Non-Hazardous Waste by Disposal Method
in metrics tons
Non-Hazardous Waste by Disposal Method chart
Approximate listed non-hazardous wastes: 2.7 million metric tons

Note: The aggregate of all other disposal methods (Fertilizer, Landfarming, Physic-Chemical,
Incineration without Energy Recovery, Recovery and Uncontrolled Landfill) totals less than 1 percent.


Hazardous wastes

Hazardous Waste by Disposal Method
in metrics tons
Hazardous Waste by Disposal Method
Approximate listed hazardous wastes: 22,000 metric tons

*These charts do not include approximately 70 million metric tons of waste from our fertilizer business related to phosphate mining, including waste rock, process waste (tailings) and on-site storage. These wastes were handled properly in accordance with environmental laws and best practices.

Discussion of Results

Overall

Bunge's environmental performance data focuses on energy and water-intensive facilities. Grain elevators, which are generally less resource-intensive, and certain other facility-types currently are not included.

Due to improvements in measurement and the inclusion of our Asian operations, the environmental performance data reported for 2009 are not directly comparable to the same data published in the previous edition of Bunge Citizenship, which reflects 2007 performance. Additional explanation of the 2009 data and variances with earlier reported data are included below.

Fertilizer

In May 2010, Bunge completed the sale of our Brazilian fertilizer nutrients assets, which included phosphate mines and chemical processing facilities. The data presented above is based on data from 2009 and therefore includes the results of these operations. Going forward, Bunge's results will not reflect the environmental footprint of these assets. The table below shows the contribution of these operations to Bunge's reported environmental performance.

Performance Indicator 2009 Global Totals Nutrients Assets % of Total
Direct Energy Consumption 43 million gigajoules 9%
Water Withdrawal 115 million cubic meters 29%
Non-Hazardous Waste 2.7 million metric tons 89%
Hazardous Waste 22,000 metric tons 30%

Sugar & Bioenergy

Bunge established a large-scale sugar and bioenergy business in 2010 with the acquisition of five sugar mills in Brazil and the inauguration or expansion of operations at other previously owned mills. Bunge's current environmental reporting, which covers 2009, does not include data from our Sugar & Bioenergy operations. This information will be included in the 2011 Bunge Citizenship update.

EMISSIONS

When compared to 2007 levels, Bunge experienced a reduction in Scope 1 emissions and an increase in Scope 2 emissions. Energy generated from biomass increased by more than 30 percent during the period of 2009.

Water

Total water withdrawals for 2009 show a reduction of 28 percent when compared with 2007. Much of this change reflects improvements in measurement and reporting. Flow meters were installed at our industrial facilities in Rondonopolis, Brazil; Puerto General San Martin, Tancacha and Ramallo, Argentina; Bruck, Austria; Gdansk, Poland, and Mannheim, Germany. Bunge's fertilizer operations included reused water in its 2007 total water withdrawal calculation. This has been corrected in our current reporting. Since the publication of the 2008 edition of Bunge Citizenship, the company's industrial footprint has also evolved, with the opening of facilities and the closure of operations in several locations.

Wastes

Non-hazardous wastes showed a significant increase over 2007 primarily due to changes in measurement and, to a lesser extent, the opening of new industrial facilities, including new oilseed processing plants in Voronezh, Russia, and Buzău, Romania.


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