Sustainability Report 2014 Lek d.d.

37 Environment 42 EMAS Core Indicator, TC KPI 21, GRI Indicator G4-EN8, G4-DMA 43 EMAS Core Indicator 44 GRI Indicator G4-EN8 45 Water permits No. 35536-20/2008, 35536- 45/2012-5 and 35536-65/2013-8 2.4.1 Water use efficiency In the pharmaceutical industry, water is an indispensable natural resource. Efficiency of its use is therefore one of our major concerns. In 2014, water consumption per kg of product at the Lendava site was again reduced, despite the fact that the quantitative realization of the Lendava Packa- ging Center was not taken into account in the quantitative realization at the site level. Due to an improved system for reusing waste water, the consumption of fresh water dropped by 22,534 m 3 per year. Water consumption per kg of product at the Lendava site: • 2011: 6.8 m 3 of water/kg of product • 2012: 5.8 m 3 of water/kg of product • 2013: 5.4 m 3 of water/kg of product • 2014: 5.3 m 3 of water/kg of product 2.4 Water At the level of Lek, a Sandoz company, the efficiency of water use was improved by 15%. At the Menge‰ site, water is used mainly for technological purposes. In 2014, only 5.4% of water was supplied from the public supply network, and the rest (94.6%) came from our own pumping station (groundwater). The table only provides the data on water use efficiency for polluted waters (cooling waters excluded). 2010 in 000 m 3 1,427 396 1,679 39 3,541 2011 in 000 m 3 1,333 415 1,502 34 3,284 2012 in 000 m 3 1,272 452 1,409 35 3,168 2013 in 000 m 3 1,316 477 1,452 39 3,284 2014 in 000 m 3 1,380 570 1,557 42 3,548 Year Unit Lendava Ljubljana Prevalje Menge‰ Lek (Total) Table 8: Water consumption in 000 m 3 42 2010 m 3 /t 962 198 548 31 246 2011 m 3 /t 833 214 500 22 227 2012 m 3 /t 745 216 496 29 236 2013 m 3 /t 772 218 570 31 246 2014 m 3 /t 650 196 532 24 208 Year Unit Lendava Ljubljana* Prevalje Menge‰ Lek (Total)* Table 9: Efficiency of water use per unit of product 43 * Changes to the previous years’ data were due to the improved method of acquiring data on production realization at the Ljubljana Steriles site. 2.4.2 Water supply sources 44 Water from our own wells is used for technological purposes at the Lendava and Menge‰ sites, for which we have obta- ined appropriate permits from the Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning. 45 We regularly monitor groundwater levels, with pressure sensors every hour on a continuous basis all year around, and report the results to the respective Ministry. At the Menge‰ site, the impact of the well on the level and direction of groundwater is also monitored simultaneously with this annual monitoring. Monitoring of groundwater levels clearly showed that the dy- namic groundwater supplies of Menge‰ko Polje are extensive. A longer time interval in monitoring the groundwater levels in the area of the Lek Menge‰ facility shows an upward trend in groundwater levels (in the last decade). In January and February there was 3.5-times more precipitation than the average for the last 40 years (in the same time interval) and 36% more precipitation than the total average.