Sustainability Report 2007

In terms of environmental performance, impacts include continuous improvement energy efficiency, factory emissions, waste generation and handling hazardous materials in manufacturing and other processes as well as designing products that provide added value for the environment.

Our efforts in the social context of sustainability are focused primarily on employee welfare and supply chain compliance in accordance with the Workplace Code of Conduct and corporate governance-related issues. The Group also endeavors to improve quality of life through its products and ensure that they are safe to use and manufacture.

Our metrics reports 2007 performance data in the form of tables and graphs. Electrolux collates environmental and social performance data on an annual basis over the calendar year (from January 1 through December 31). Additional economic data is available in the 2007 Annual Report.

To compensate for the changing structure and to enable comparisons over time, data from previous years has been revised to reflect the current structure of the Electrolux Group. Manufacturing data is global, covering 98% of our majority-owned production facilities worldwide. The product performance indicators green range, fleet average and life-cycle impact and costs refer to household appliances sold on the European market. Data is incorporated from manufacturing facilities in which Electrolux has more than 50% ownership. The occupational health & safety metrics included in the report relate to 44,500 employees.