Water
Water Usage
Water is a valuable natural resource that we can help to conserve
through efficient use and recycling. GSK operates in several regions
of the world that are classified as "water stressed" - Africa, Asia
and the Middle East. Many countries in water-stressed areas have
legislation that closely regulates and monitors the use of surface
and ground waters. Sites in these regions are particularly concerned
with water use and conservation and sites in other regions have
taken on water conservation projects proactively and strategically
to be better prepared for possible stricter regulation of water
use. Water is used in manufacturing processes, sanitation services
and for general site uses and is received from municipal sources
or extracted from wells, boreholes and other sources.
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Water used for GSK operations continues
to come primarily from municipal sources (55%) and wells
and boreholes (42%), consistent with 2002. In 2003,
GSK used 23.5 million cubic meters of water. This 5.2%
decrease from 2002 is due to water conservation and
reuse programmes and improved reporting. Since 2001,
sites have provided more details on their water consumption
sources and have started to report amounts of water
incorporated into products, water consumed from recycled
sources and water obtained from other sources.
The 23.5 million cubic meters of water used by GlaxoSmithKline
worldwide in 2003 is equivalent to the amount of water
used in one year by approximately 92,000 UK households. |
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In 2001 we set a target to reduce water consumption by 10% on a per unit sales basis by the end of 2005 and we have exceeded that target in 2003.
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History of data changes
In 2002, we reported use of 25.4
million cubic meters of water but due to improved reporting, the
2002 figure has been revised to 24.8 million cubic meters.
Water
Consumption by Business |
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