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154 Qantas Annual Report 2009
Sustainability Statistics and Notes
SUSTAINABILITY STATISTICS DEFINITIONS
Aviation fatalities
ApersonisfatallyinjuredasaresultofbeinginQantasGroupaircraftor
having direct contact with any part of Qantas Group aircraft from 1 July to
30June,includingpartswhichhavebecomedetachedfromtheaircraft,
ordirectexposuretojetblastexceptwhentheinjuriesarefromnatural
causes,self-inictedorinictedbyotherpersons,orwhentheinjuriesare
tostowawayshidingoutsidetheareasnormallyavailabletothepassengers
andcrew.Forstatisticaluniformityonly,aninjuryresultingindeathwithin
30daysofthedateoftheaccidentisclassiedasafatalinjury(adapted
from Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) and International Civil
AviationOrganization(ICAO)denitionsforseriousinjuriesresultingfrom
aircraft events).
OHS Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate (LTIFR)
ThenumberofLostTimeInjuries(LTIs)permillionhoursworkedin
Australia and New Zealand from 1 July to 30 June, where an LTI is defined
asanyworkrelatedinjuryorillnessthatresultsinthelossofoneormore
fulldaysorshifts.LTIFRisusedbyQantasGroupbusinessunitsasameans
tocomparetheirownperformancebothinternallyandexternally.
OHS Serious Injury Frequency Rate (SIFR)
Thenumberofworkplaceinjuriesresultingintheaccumulationofseven
ormoretotaland/orsuitabledutiesdayslostpermillionhoursworkedin
Australiafrom1Julyto30June.Seriousinjuriesexcludesinjuriesincurred
byemployeeswhiletravellingforworkbutoutsideofworkhoursand
thoseincurredwhiletravellingtoandfromwork.Suitabledutiesdaysare
denedasdayswhenanemployeehasreturnedtotheworkplace
followinganinjurybuthasspecicrestrictionsorlimitationsaroundthe
worktheycanperformaspartofareturntoworkplan.Seriousinjuriesare
amajordriverofworkerscompensationcosts.
Occupational health and safety fatalities
The death of an employee or contractor occurring from 1 July to 30 June,
arisingfromanoccupationalinjuryordiseasesustainedorcontracted
whileworkingfortheQantasGroupinAustraliaandoverseas.Qantasonly
includes‘embeddedcontractors’initsdenition.Embeddedcontractors
arethosewhoworkexclusivelyfortheQantasGroupandperformwork
thatisconsideredtobecorebusinesse.g.contractorsprovidedbylabour
hire companies permanently to engineering or ramp services.
Full time equivalent employees
Thetotalnumberoffulltimeequivalent(FTE)employeesasat30June,
reportedintotalforeachbusinessunitoftheQantasGroupinAustralia
and overseas.
Thisiscalculatedusingstandardworkinghoursforfulltimeandpart-time
employeesandactualhoursworkedbythecasualandtemporaryworkforce.
12.Otherworkforcestatisticsarebasedonnumberofemployees.
13.Newstatisticfor2009usedtoindicatereadinessforexecutiveleadership.Itispartofseveralmetricsusedtomanagekeypositionstoensurestrengthin
successionplanningandtominimisebusinessdisruptioncosts.
14.Newstatisticfor2009.IncludesQantasandQantasLinkonly.
15.Fourthquarter2009consumptionisbasedonestimatesasfourthquarterinvoicesarenotavailableuntilafterthereleaseofthe2009AnnualReport.
16.2008restatedtoreectaccountsrecentlyidentiedbyQantasandthereceiptof2007/08fourthquarterinvoicesasthesewerenotreceiveduntilafter
thereleaseofthe2008AnnualReport.Fourthquarter2009consumptionisbasedonestimatesforthesamereason.Varianceincreaseof3.3percent.
17. Represents airport ground fuel consumed from Australian airport sites.
18.2008and2007restatedtoreectaccountsrecentlyidentiedbyQantasandthereceiptofadditionalinvoicesfromsuppliers.Varianceincreaseof26.9
per cent in 2008 and 30.8 per cent in 2007.
19.Previously,QantasusedanassumeddensityspecicationforJet-A1aviationfuelof0.78kgandastandardcarbondioxideemissionvalueof3.15kg
CO2per1kgofJet-A1aviationfuelburned.AllprioryeardatahasbeenrestatedusingtheAustralianGovernment’sDepartmentofClimateChange
methodology.EmissionsfactorsarefromNationalGreenhouseAccounts(NGA)Factorworkbook(June2009).Refertopage157forfurtherdetails.
20.2008restatedusingthemostuptodateNGAFactors(June2009).Previously2008NGAFactorswereapplied.
21.PrioryearcomparativesrestatedusingthemostuptodateNGAFactors(June2009).PreviouslytheNGAFactorsthatwererelevantatthetimewereapplied.
22. In 2009, 87 per cent of fuel spills were reported as category 3 spills (less than 100 litres); 13 per cent were reported as category 2 spills (greater than
100litresandbutlessthan1,000litres)andtherewerenoreportedcategory1spills(spillvolumegreaterthan1,000litres).
23.In2009,calculatedas1,791,091inboundvisitorsbroughttoAustraliabyQantasandJetstarbetweenJune2008andMay2009whichisthelatest
dataavailable(source:AustralianBureauofStatistics)multipliedbyaveragevisitorexpenditureof$3,254(source:TourismAustralia’sMarch2009
InternationalVisitorSurvey).ThisamountdoesnotincludethevalueofairfareandfreightchargesthataccruetoQantasfromoverseassourceswhich
alsorepresentexportrevenue.
24.In2009,calculatedas29,419,174domesticpassengerscarriedbytheQantasGroupbetweenJune2008andMay2009whichisthelatestdata
availableforallightswithinAustraliamultipliedbyaveragevisitorspendingof$633(source:TourismAustralia’sMarch2009NationalVisitorSurvey).
Thisamountincludesthevalueofrelatedairfares.Asitisnotpossibletodisaggregatethedata,thecalculationsshouldbeviewedasindicativeonlye.g.
theguremayincludesomeinternationalvisitorexpenditure(wheredomesticightsarepurchasedafterarrivalinAustralia)orunderstatethe
expenditureassociatedwithdomesticightswhichare‘roundtrip’.
25.In2009,calculatedas$14,552millionQantasGrouprevenuemultipliedbyQantasGroupeconomicmultiplierof2.1(ascalculatedbyAccess
Economics,April2008inareporttoQantas).ThemultiplierisderivedfromAustralianBureauofStatisticsinput-outputtablesoftheAustralian
economy.The2008comparativehasbeenrestatedtoreecttherevised2008QantasGrouprevenuegureof$15,627million.
26. KPMG have not reviewed prior year comparatives.