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Sustainability INDICATORS

SUMMARY OF SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS

2016 2015
OUR PEOPLE
Total number of employees 162,450 152,854
Employees by gender (Percentage)
Men 24% 24%
Women 76% 76%
Employees by activity (Percentage)
Logistics 5% 5%
Stores 87% 87%
Central Services 7% 7%
Manufacturing 1% 1%
Number of Nationalities 99 90
Average seniority of the staff (1)
Under 5 years 69% 45%
Between 5 and 10 years 18% 29%
Over 10 years 13% 26%
Type of contract (1)
Permanent 80% 73%
Temporary 20% 27%
Type of employment (1)
Full-time 39% 42%
Part-time 61% 58%
SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF THE SUPPLY CHAIN
Number of suppliers with purchase (2) 1,805 1,725
Number of A suppliers 694 724
Number of B suppliers 917 794
Number of C suppliers 83 116
Number of CAP suppliers 61 35
Number of PR suppliers 50 56
Number of rejected suppliers 76 65
Number of active suppliers 1,729 1,660
Number of active factories 6,959 6,298
Number of audits 10,883 10,977
Number of pre-assessment audits 2,302 2,703
Number of social audits 4,011 3,824
Number of special audits 1,794 1,584
Number of traceability audits 2,776 2,866
Number of External Audits 7,245 8,178
Number of Internal Audits 3,638 2,799

(1) The data for 2016 represent 82% of the Group's employees, while the data for 2015 represented only 30% of the workforce in Spain. Therefore, the data is not comparable.
(2) Supplier A: complies with the Code of Conduct
Supplier B: breaches a non-material aspect of the Code of Conduct.
Supplier C: breaches a sensitive aspect of the Code of Conduct.
Supplier subject to Corrective Action Plan (CAP): breaches the Code of Conduct triggering the immediate implementation of a Corrective Action Plan.
PR supplier: Undergoing an auditing process.

2016 2015
COMMITMENT TO THE EXCELLENCE OF OUR PRODUCTS
Number of chemicals on The List by Inditex (1) 19,736 15,036
Number of installations audited in the Ready to Manufacture Programme 1,702 311
Percentage of Improvement in the Factories in the Ready to Manufacture Programme 72% 89%
Picking Programme Inspections 51,619 48,716
Number of analyses performed on garments 619,854 803,336
Investment in innovation (euros) 2,000,000 1,550,000
RECYCLING AND EFFICIENT USE OF RESOURCES
Relative global energy consumption (MJ/garment) (2) 4.83 5.56
Renewable Energy Generation, Trigeneration and purchasing of renewable energy (kWh) (3) 563,434 223,900
CO2 emissions per garment released on the market (4) 405.83 548.38
Products recovered to be sent for recycling (t) (5) 16,847 16,479
IMPROVING COMMUNITY WELFARE
Investment in social programmes (euros) 40,042,744 35,126,623
Total number of direct beneficiaries 1,092,941 1,008,545
Total number of community organizations benefitting 367 361
Total number of social initiatives executed 519 456
Number of garments donated to social causes 2,083,980 1,098,708
Total number of hours dedicated by employees to social initiatives during working hours 64,327 49,967
Number of Social Advisory Board meetings 2 2
TRANSPARENCY AND GOOD GOVERNANCE
Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes Score 80/100 81/100
FTSE4Good score 4.6/5 4.3/5
Sustainability Team
Total number of people in the Sustainability Team 5,131 3,510
Internal team 135 113
External team 4,996 3,397

(1) The data correspond to the 3rd Edition of The List by Inditex that was set up in 2015.
(2) Includes the total energy consumption of our own installations among the total of garments put on the market by our stores, both our own and franchised.
(3) Certified renewable energy purchased in Spain is accounted for by calendar year instead of by fiscal year.
(4) Includes emissions scopes 1 and 2.
(5) Includes waste generated in headquarters, brand headquarters, all Inditex factories and logistic centres.

Awards received by the Inditex Group in 2016


Award Entity Score / Position
Dow Jones Sustainability Index 80/100
FTSE4Good 4.6/5
The Most Innovatives Companies 77
Global 2000 leading companies 310
MercoEmpresas 1
MercoTalento 1
MercoResponsabilidad y Gobierno Corporativo 4
The Gartner Supply Chain Top 25 6
Detox Caltwalk 1
Most Attractive Employers España 3
Top Green Companies in the world 205
Award Entity Score / Position
Best Global Brands 27
The World’s Most Valuable Brands 53
BrandZ Top 100. Most Valuable Global Brands
(Millward Brown)
35
Global 500 The World’s Most Valuable Brands 115