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FORM 6-K
 
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER
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Report on Form 6-K dated July 6, 2012
 
 
Commission File Number: 1-13546
 


STMicroelectronics N.V.
(Name of Registrant)

WTC Schiphol Airport
 Schiphol Boulevard 265
1118 BH Schiphol Airport
The Netherlands

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 


 
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Enclosure: The 2011 Sustainability Report of STMicroelectronics N.V.
 


 
 
 
 

Sustainability

Report 2011


 
 
 
 

 
 
 

Reader's Guide

Report scope and profile

This is a report to ST's stakeholders of how responsibly we have performed as a
company in the calendar year 2011. It covers all STMicroelectronics' activities
and sites, unless otherwise stated. You can find details of ST's structure and
countries of operation in the chart on page 1. For other information you can
access reports from previous years at www.st.com/sustainability

Change in scope and materiality

In 2011, following an extensive materiality exercise launched in 2010 and
finalized in 2011, ST has refreshed its Sustainability strategy to link it to
its business priorities, take into account its stakeholders' interests and
expectations and better address its most material issues. ST has come out with
22 top sustainability issues that will determine our way forward and
contribution to Sustainable Development at worldwide level. This is why from
this year, we have decided to review the format of this annual Sustainability
report to align it with this new strategy and to report ST's performance
adequately.

In 2011, based on this exercise we precisely defined for each top issue, not
only company objectives but also the relevant roles and responsibilities to
ensure effective deployment of this strategy. In order to conduct this strategy
review exercise, we closely worked with top management 'contributors' to define
qualitative and quantitative sustainability objectives for each identified
domain and we have reviewed all objectives with ST's Vice Presidents in order to
get their validation.

This new sustainability strategy has been officially validated by ST's President
and CEO, Carlo Bozotti.

On top of this exercise:

o we took into account spontaneous feedback (email, web requests);

o we have conducted high-level benchmarking;

o we have kept track of, and tried to anticipate, the rules and regulations
being put in place at worldwide level.

Please note that you will find ST's detailed Disclosure on Management Approach
for each section on the web. See more on
www.st.com/stonline/company/sd/index.htm

Accessibility

This Sustainability report presents STMicroelectronics' Sustainability
performance, describing our company strategy and illustrating it with concrete
examples to highlight our performance and to share the challenges we may face at
ST's group-wide level but also while implementing sustainability into our daily
activities.

The report is published in English and it is accessible on the web in PDF format
at www.st.com/sustainability along with past reports. Printed copies are also
available on request.

Assurance

In 2011 as we were in a transition year while officially launching ST's new
Sustainability strategy, our priority was to ensure the relevancy and robustness
of the defined objectives.

Based on the launch of this new strategy, we are currently reviewing all company
indicators  in  order  to ensure the highest levels of accuracy and relevancy in
order  to  more accurately describe ST's performance and follow it over the next
years.

This exercise requires us to review hundreds of indicators in all fields, to
identify the ones to be kept, the ones to be improved and the ones to be
discontinued.

This is why for the year 2011 we have decided not to conduct an official process
of review and validation of data reporting. Even during this transition year, we
have tried to ensure continuity and published indicators where possible.

Instead, we have taken the decision to launch the evaluations of three of our
major sites versus the ISO 26000 standard guide customized to align with ST's
new sustainability strategy and reflect the situation at its launch of it.

We opted for the Det Norske Veritas methodology that allowed us go beyond normal
evaluation based evidence checking. Here we decided to launch evaluations based
on employees' perception of ST's sustainability engagement and effective
deployment. These evaluations were conducted at three of our major manufacturing
sites through employees' interviews (with the participation of around 50
employees overall).

We will communicate more deeply on these evaluations in next years' report.

This  process  is described by DNV with an official statement on page 68 of this
report.

The Global Compact We Support

Adherence to GRI and the UN Global Compact

This report is prepared and presented in accordance with the 2006 Global
Reporting

(GRI) G3 Guidelines.

We have self-declared an A application level which has been confirmed by GRI. If
G3 indicators are not applicable or relevant to us we explain why in the text or
in the indicator index available online.

ST has been a signatory of the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) since 2000,
which commits it to fulfilling the ten principles of the UNGC. This report
describes actions we have taken to implement these principles, and serves as our
Communication on Progress.

On  page  67,  there  is an index that references GRI indicators, Global Compact
Principles and ISO 26000 core subjects that can be found in this report.

Indicators and use of symbols

In previous years, we used symbols to disclose a complete and accurate picture
of our performance and identified a number of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
that were published on a dedicated page.

For 2011, following what has been described in the Assurance section above, we
have decided not to present the level of achievement of ST's objectives on top
sustainability issues as we were in a transition period, officially launching
these objectives in the company and starting to follow our performance versus
these objectives.

From next year, we will communicate the level of achievement for each defined
objective.

Give us your feedback

We are committed to improving both our sustainability performance and the ways
we communicate with our stakeholders. We encourage contributions and debate from
all stakeholders and welcome feedback on the content and presentation of this
report - as well as suggestions for next year. In order to get your feedback, we
have developed an online form, available at
http://www.st.com/stonline/company/sd/contact.htm. Please do not hesitate to use
this for any comments.

You can also contact us directly at sustainable.development@st.com or contact:
Corporate Sustainable Development Group
STMicroelectronics International N.V.
Corporate Headquarters
39, Chemin du Champ-des-Filles - C.P. 21
CH-1228 Geneva - Plan-Les-Ouates
Switzerland


 
 
 
 

 
 
 

ST at a glance

Lake Oswego
Longmont
Coppell
Santa Clara
La Jolla
Scottsdale
Coppel
Toronto Albany, NY
Edinburgh
Bristol
Rennes
Madrid Castelletto
Agrate
Palermo
Azarno
Greater Noida
Bangalore
Ang Mo Kio
Shanghai
Kirkop
Catania
Rousset
Crolles
Shenzhen
Longgang
Calamba
Muar
Fishkill
Tours
Rabat
Bouskoura
Marlow
Zaventem
Paris
Istanbul
Prague
Geneva
Tel Aviv
Piscataway
Lancaster
Grenoble

o A global semiconductor leader
o The largest European semiconductor company
o 2011 revenues of US$ 9.73bn(1)
o Approx. 50,000 employees worldwide(1)
o Listed on New York Stock Exchange, Euronext Paris and Borsa Italiana, Milano
o 12 manufacturing sites
o Partners of our Customers Worldwide with 78 sales offices in 36 countries
o An Unwavering Commitment to R&D

- 7 main technology R&D centers
- 39 design centers
- 20,000 patents(1)
- 12,000 people in technology,
design, product and system R&D


Design Centers

Technology R&D Centers

Front-end Manufacturing sites

Back-end Manufacturing sites
Headquarters


Focus 2011*
Zoom on ST Bouskoura (Morocco)...

2,537 Headcount:
employees
(ST + temporary employees)

Profile:

Men (31%) / Women (69%)
Average age : 40 years
Split by job category:
engineers (4%), technicians
(31%), operators (65%)
Domains of expertise :
electronics, chemists, physicists,
mechanics, packaging operators,
and many others

Main activities:
assembly, testing and finishing

Manufacturing area:
32,000 m(2), including
a 21,000 m(2) clean room

Production:
total installed capacity
of 12.9 million units per day

Site certifications:
EMAS, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001,
ISOTS 16949, Sony Green Partner

Capital investment over
recent years: US$ 249m
of investments since 1998


*  Each  year  we  focus  on a different site to present their profile and local
activity in a more detailed way.

Although reasonable efforts have been made to ensure the consistency of the
summary financial information for the year 2011 in this report with ST's
financial reporting, reliance should only be placed upon the complete financial
reporting contained in ST's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended
December 31, 2011, as filed with the SEC on March 5, 2012, which can be found at
www.st.com. Some of the statements contained in this report that are not
historical facts are statements of future expectations and other forward-
looking statements (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of
1933 or Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each as amended)
based on management's current views and assumptions and involve known and
unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results, performance or
events to differ materially from those in such statements. Certain such
forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking
terminology such as 'believes', 'may', 'will', 'should', 'would be' or
'anticipates' or similar expressions or the negative thereof or other variations
thereof or comparable terminology, or by discussions of strategy, plans or
intentions. Some of the relevant risk factors are described in 'Item 3. Key
Information - Risk Factors' included in our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the
year ended December 31, 2011. We do not intend, and do not assume any
obligation, to update any information or forward-looking statements set forth in
this report to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.


 
 
 
 

 
 
 

Content
2011
This report has been prepared by:
Director of publication: Alain Denielle
Editors in chief: Melanie Salagnat, Charlotte Yvard
Editorial team: Estelle Hainry
Editorial Services: Malcolm Guy (Reassurance Network)
Graphic designer: Rafale Com
Photographers: : Dominique Guillaudin, Stephanie Joubert
Printer: ProCo-Print
Special thanks to: Monica Bianchi, Kate Cacciatore,
Alisia Grenville, Philippe Quinio, Olivier Leenhardt,
Philippe Levavasseur, David Uhlar, Jean-Maurice Ramirez,
Francois Suquet, Damien Tisserand
Thanks to: Wanrafidah Akadir, Nigel Atkins, Mario Arlati,
Alessandra Asiaghi, Mouna Backatoui, Xavier Baraton,
Marc Bastianelli, Ingwild Baudry, Luciano Benini, Celine Berthier,
Elizabeth Beronio, Bernard Boulet, Claude Boumendil, Carol Brighton,
Philippe Brun, Gianmarco Camillo, Denis Cazala, Patrice Chastagner,
Jean-Marc Chery, HC Chew, Laurent Cheyroux, Paolo Crema,
Leah Cruz, Nelly Dimey, Edwin Dobson, Antonio Dragotto,
Pascal Droulez, Paolo Epigrafi, Aline Franconnet, Vittorio Gambolati,
Louis Gatt,Peter Gebler, Julia Genovini, Vincent Gerard, Fabio Gualandris,
Bianca Guarino, Gerhard Hauptmann, Tjerk Hooghiemstra,
Pierre Jacquemier, Jun Koizumi, Otto Kosgalwies, Eva Kulhankova,
Giulia Mancini, Setsuko Maniwa, Philippe Marc, Jean-Marc Marcant,
Herve Marcoz, Laurence Maricot, Gerard Matheron, Maurizio Micale,
Guy Monier, Marco Monti, Florence Morel, Pietro Palella,
Cedric Labartino, Philippe Lambinet, Jessica Leong, Claudia Levo,
Veronique Livache, Guido Lomazzi, Adeline Oliva, Philippe Pellegrin,
Luc Petit, Veronique Portalis, Mariagrazia Prestini, Delphine Rabaste,
Raimondo Rannisi, Harold Rolle, Mauro Rossi, Delphine Segura,
Tait Sorensen, P. Sreenivas, Diana Lisa Terenghi, Stacia Vigne,
Antonio Villaflor, Aurelie Villard, Irmgard Wennink, Robert Wygnaneck
We also would like to thank everyone who kindly
agreed to be quoted in this report and to provide
testimony of their collaboration with ST.
Copyright STMicroelectronics – June 2012
All rights reserved.
The STMicroelectronics corporate logo is a registered trademark of the
STMicroelectronics group of companies.
All other names are the property of the respective owners.
All commissioned photography
Copyright STMicroelectronics
Photo credits: Shutterstock, Fotolia, Thinkstock

Company 4
Materiality and Sustainability Strategy 5
Governance 6
Financial and Extra-financial Performance 8
Our People 10
Recruitment, Learning & Development 12
Employee Engagement 14
Global Diversity & Equal Opportunities 16
Employee Safety 18
Employee Health and Well-being 20
Labor Rights & Social Issues 22
Our Products 24
Customer Satisfaction 26
Conflict-free Minerals 28
Eco-design 30
Responsible Products 32
Intellectual Property & Innovation 34
The Environment 36
Water Management 38
Energy Management 40
Transport & Logistics 42
Waste Management 44
Management of Chemicals 46
GHG Emissions from Operations 48
The Community 50
Local Sustainability Impacts 52
Public Affairs & Industry Networking 54
Partnerships in R&D & Education 56
Management of Sustainability in Supply Chain 58
Bribery & Corruption 60
ST Sustainability Awards 62
Additional Indicators and GRI Statement 64
Indicators Index 67
Evaluating our Practices Against ISO 26000 68


 
 
 
 

 
 
 

Foreword by
Carlo Bozotti,
President and Chief Executive Officer

In a year characterized by volatile economic, social and market environments,
compounded by the unfortunate natural disasters in Japan and Thailand,
sustainability continued to be a priority at ST. Indeed, our resilience and
ability to overcome the difficult and unpredictable conditions resulted, in
part, from the foundation we've built through our long-standing dedication to
Sustainable Excellence and, in particular, our strong focus on People and
Innovation. We truly believe that sustainability delivers a great return and
makes a vital contribution to our performance. At ST, we have always recognized
that our people are the foundation of our company. During 2011 we continued to
make excellent progress in the field of Environment, Health and Safety (EHS). In
fact, recordable cases and severity rates have declined by 69% and 84%
respectively since 2002, further consolidating our position among the industry
leaders. In addition, the Company Health Plan continued to expand towards our
aim that 100% of employees will have benefitted from it by the end of 2013: in
2011 a total of 86,500 exams and tests were performed at all our sites, covering
83% of our employees.

In addition to health and safety, we enhanced key programs to further strengthen
our ST management culture, develop future leaders, and identify and reward the
innovation and creativity that keeps us at the forefront of our industry in
technologies and products.

These products, especially "Responsible Products(1)", are at the heart of our
business. To sharpen our focus in 2011, we started our internal STAR initiative,
classifying all new products into relevant environmental and social categories
such as energy saving and healthcare. The resulting "STAR" rating enables us to
identify and track more effectively those products that contribute to a more
sustainable world. We also aim to have 100% of our new devices eco-designed by
2015. We have made significant progress in developing in-house eco-design tools
well-suited to the complexity of our products. To this end, three working groups
are now focused on the integration of environmental parameters in technology and
product design, greener material selection and greener packaging.

With its keen awareness of environmental and ethical issues, ST has long paid
special attention to managing chemicals and minerals. In 2011, through our
participation in the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition and Global
e-Sustainability Initiative, we reinforced our efforts to ensure that no
conflict minerals enter our supply chain by deploying the newly created Due
Diligence Tool for 100% of our material suppliers and Front-end and Back-end
subcontractors. This topic now represents almost half of our customers' social
and ethical requirements and, because of our proactive approach, we've
maintained very strong customer satisfaction levels in this area.

In the wider environmental field, we continued to progress on many fronts. For
example, in 2011, we recycled more than 40% of water used, and one of our sites
in Italy received an Outstanding Achievement Award from the Sustainable
Electronics Manufacturing Working Group. Moreover, more than 90% of waste
generated at our facilities was recycled and reused, while less than 3% was sent
to landfill.

In addition to these environmental efforts, we also strengthened our broader
community involvement. We continued efforts to bridge the digital divide through
our ST Foundation with our Digital Unify program. By the end of 2011, ST
volunteers had trained over 148,000 people throughout the world since the
program's inception. We also enlarged the scope of our educational activities by
joining the Global Enterprise Project, a new three-year initiative led by the
European Round Table of Industrialists (ERT) which gives young people the
opportunity to develop greater understanding about doing business globally while
acquiring the skills required to succeed in today's knowledge-based economy.

Since our company's creation in 1987, the semiconductor industry has undergone
significant changes. In fact, due to its evergrowing pervasiveness, electronics
today is more and more an important answer to people's growing awareness of, and
need for, richer experiences and social improvement. The semiconductor industry
is increasingly driven by the way people live and what they expect technology to
bring to their lives, both in enhancing the quality of the way they work, learn,
interact and relax and in helping to address major societal challenges in energy
saving, healthcare and security. In other words, the pursuit of what we at ST
call "life. augmented". In our 25th year of operation, we are especially proud
of the contributions our innovative solutions make to all of these areas and we
continue in our determination to lead by example in the pursuit of enriching
sustainable business.

Carlo Bozotti

President and CEO

This report has been prepared following the GRI G3 Guidelines. It represents a
balanced and reasonable presentation of our organization's economic,
environmental and social performance.

It also demonstrates our commitment to the UN Global Compact, to which we have
been a signatory since 2000.


 
 
 
 

 
 
 

Company

Materiality and
Sustainability Strategy

In 2011, following an extensive materiality exercise launched in 2010 and
finalized in 2011, ST has refreshed its Sustainability strategy to link it with
business priorities, take into account stakeholders' interests and expectations
and to focus on managing our most material issues. This exercise has identified
22 top sustainability issues that are related to our industry sector and that
reflect our own sustainability performance.

This Sustainability strategy will determine our way forward and our contribution
to worldwide Sustainable Development over the next three years.

In 2011, we worked closely with senior management and executives on each top
sustainability issue to define:

o the global context i.e. trends and regulation etc., behind each issue

o identified risks and opportunities

o qualitative and quantitative sustainability objectives

o roles and responsibilities of owners and contributors for each top issue

For each identified area, we validated all objectives with ST's Vice Presidents.
The strategy was then officially approved by ST's President and CEO, Carlo
Bozotti.

Interview with
Tjerk
Hooghiemstra,
Executive Vice
President, Chief
Administrative
Officer

2011 has been a challenging year from an economic point of view, did this impact
on your commitments towards sustainability?

The commitment of ST to sustainability is deeply rooted in our ways of working.
We have recognized the value of sustainability since the early years of the
existence of the company and have remained committed during multiple business
cycles which are characteristic for our industry. So it is clear that the
economic challenges do not affect our commitment.

According to you, what are ST's main strengths in terms of sustainability?

Our Decalogue is the compass for our ongoing progress towards ever higher levels
of performance on the way we sustainably run our business and despite a
challenging 2011 year, we have made solid progress as this report describes.
With the launch of new products which have been specifically developed to
support the environment through for instance lower energy consumption in cars,
we take our commitment to sustainability to a totally new level. Indeed
semiconductor technology has a crucial role to play in global sustainability
challenges. Considering global warming, if state-of-the-art semiconductor
technologies and electronics topologies were universally adopted, the world
could reduce energy consumption in traditional applications by around 27%! For
example, in 2011, we have extended our Power MOSFET Family to bring energysaving
advantages to solar, telecom and consumer applications and also developed new
software tools for STM32 microcontrollers to simplify design and speed up
development of energy-saving intelligent motor drives for applications such as
white goods, air conditioners, industrial automation, power tools and fitness
equipment.

With these new products, sustainability becomes the very objective of our
offering to the market. This excites many people in ST and I am also very proud
of it. It's a true proof point of life.augmented, our new brand promise.

Do you think sustainability can be seen as a competitive advantage for ST? Yes,
certainly. I am convinced that for all stakeholder groups: employees (and
potential ones), customers, investors, analysts, suppliers, academic community,
etc., it is clear that the long-standing commitment of ST to all aspects of
sustainability are true and deep-rooted values of the company. We were one of
the first multinational companies embracing sustainability and thus are the
pioneers in this field.

And what are the next challenges to maintain this competitive advantage? As with
all aspects of competitiveness, it is a matter of comparative performance versus
other companies. By now, most international companies have launched and deployed
comprehensive sustainability programs. I believe this competition is healthy. It
keeps everybody on their toes and pulls us all up which can only be good for
society and our planet at large!


 
 
 
 

 
 
 

Interview with
Alain Denielle,
Corporate
Sustainable
Development Group
Vice President

2011 has been an eventful year in terms of sustainability, what were your
highlights?

The main event is certainly the launch of our refreshed Sustainability strategy
that has involved more than 30 experts throughout the company to define SMART(1)
objectives and appropriate levels of deployment. We have taken this opportunity
to reinforce the governance of our sustainability management with the
description of clear roles and responsibilities for key strategic players to
confirm we reach our targets. We put particular emphasis on the role of our
Sustainable Excellence Coordinators to confirm that their management is fully
supportive of their mission and will dedicate enough time and resources to their
sustainability activities. We now have a robust Sustainable Excellence community
with coordinators at local, regional and organizational levels. We will also
maintain our expert network that provides guidance and advice, follows results,
helps overcome challenges, reviews objectives etc.

We also made good progress in our commitment to the Electronic Industry
Citizenship Coalition program. As part of our strategy, we have proactively
defined a comprehensive internal and third party audit road map for our Asian
and Backend manufacturing sites. After one year, we have already seen concrete
positive outcomes from this program, as detailed in the Labor Rights and Social
Issues pages of this report. Our objective is also to capitalize on our strong
expertise in management systems for quality, environment, health and safety
domains and to strengthen our social and ethics management. We are doing the
same across other domains like chemicals, greenhouse gases emissions and energy
management. I am pleased that ST is moving ahead on this with ongoing deployment
of several standards; ISO 51000, ISO 16464 and IECQ08000 HSPM.

Where do you think ST still has potential for improvement?

Actually in 2011 ST has not been included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index
(DJSI), for the first time after 12 continuous years of inclusion. This news has
really been a warning to ST. We did not expect that we would fall out of the
DJSI, one of the main Socially Responsible Investment indices. However, I do
believe that it is important to accept such challenges from the external world
to question ourselves and react accordingly. So we turned this event into a
great opportunity to strongly reaffirm our commitment to sustainability. A
multi-disciplinary task force has been formed to address our main areas for
improvement: risk & crisis management, innovation management, product
stewardship, water related risks, climate strategy, human capital development
and corporate citizenship & philanthropy.

With the support of ST's top management, we have launched several projects and
initiatives that will be deployed in 2012 to make progress on these identified
domains. On Product Stewardship we will keep on deploying our eco-design road
map and new Responsible Product program not only to further progress on
environmental aspects but also to build a major competitive advantage for ST.

I am also convinced that we need to maintain our efforts and a key commitment in
other domains where we have positive results. A good example here is safety;
despite our strong and long-term expertise, we need to keep on investing,
conducting audits and engaging ST managers to maintain our excellence because we
cannot make any compromises on this subject.

And how are you ensuring that these commitments match our stakeholders'
expectations?

Indeed, I feel it is vital to be able to collect our stakeholders' feedback, and
engage with them. It was also identified as one path for improvement in ST and
we have initiated several actions to address this. Our 2011 Sustainability
report in its new format is one example with several contributions from
stakeholders who provide their views on our engagement and results.

I do want that we, Corporate Sustainable Development group, and other
organizations in ST, become more in touch with our stakeholders through
participation in multi-stakeholder events because it is essential to sound out
sustainability trends and be able to project ST into the future. In 2012, we
will also launch formal stakeholder engagement processes at corporate and local
levels, and use this feedback to adjust our sustainability objectives and
programs.

On top of this, we are of course continually in contact with our main
stakeholders. For example, we are increasingly partnering with our customers and
suppliers on subjects not directly related to mainstream business such as
conflict minerals, product lifecycle assessment, labor rights etc.

And most importantly, we have taken the opportunity of our refreshed
sustainability strategy deployment to evaluate our employees' perception of ST's
engagement towards sustainability, using the ISO 26000 guidelines(2). The
results of this analysis will help us better respond to the expectations of this
primary stakeholder group.

And what about your expectations for ST in terms of sustainability?

ST has a real and long-term commitment to sustainability. It is really part of
our DNA and we owe this strong engagement to several formal networks of experts
that ensure sites' involvement in this sustainability journey but most
importantly to all our employees. So my expectation is that ST continues to be,
and to be recognized as, a worldwide leader in sustainability.

1 / Specific , Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Timely
2 / For more information, see page 68


 
 
 
 

 
 
 

Company

Governance

STMicroelectronics is registered in the Netherlands and subject to the Dutch
Corporate Governance Code. We are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE),
Euronext Paris and the Borsa Italiana in Milan. Our policies and practices are
designed not only to meet all our statutory requirements but also to incorporate
international best practices. The company was formed in 1987 as a result of a
decision by Thomson-CSF (now Thales) and STET (now Telecom Italia S.p.a) to
combine their semiconductor businesses and enter into a shareholder
agreement(1).

Our Corporate
Governance Structure

In accordance with Dutch law, our management is entrusted to the Managing Board
under the supervision of our Supervisory Board. Carlo Bozotti is currently the
sole member of our Managing Board with the function of President and Chief
Executive Officer. In 2011, the Supervisory Board was chaired by an independent,
nonexecutive chairperson, Didier Lombard. Prior to May 3, 2011, the Chairman of
the Supervisory Board was Antonino Turicchi, who had previously served on the ST
Supervisory Board as a member. Members of our Managing Board and Supervisory
Board are appointed and dismissed by our shareholders. I 4.1 I 4.2 I

On March 30, 2011, the French Fonds Strategique d'Investissement (FSI) acquired
Areva's indirect interest in STMicroelectronics N.V., representing 10.9% of
STMicroelectronics N.V.'s share capital, and signed a deed of adherence to the
shareholders' agreement relating to ST Holding N.V.

Our corporate governance policies and practices are outlined in our Corporate
Governance Charter. This is available on our website, along with our Supervisory
Board Charter, in the Corporate Governance section at http://investors.st.com.
Full details about the composition of the Committees, individual remuneration
and meeting frequency of our Supervisory Board are provided in the report of our
Supervisory Board on pages 85 and 99 of our Annual Report, which can be
downloaded at http://investors.st.com.

Sustainability is managed within ST as a fully integrated element of our
governance and operations. As such, it is not a separate agenda item for either
the Supervisory Board or Managing Board. Instead, specific aspects of
sustainability are addressed where required. No specific social, environmental
or ethical topics were formally raised by ST's shareholders during 2011. I 4.4 I

Supervisory Board

Our Supervisory Board advises our Managing Board and is responsible for
supervising the policies pursued by our Managing Board and the general course of
our affairs and business. Our Supervisory Board has adopted criteria to assess
the independence of its members in accordance with corporate governance listing
standards of the New York Stock Exchange and is responsible for managing
potential or reported conflicts of interest between the company and its Board
members. I 4.6 I

Our Supervisory Board is carefully selected based upon the combined experience
and expertise of its members. The number and identity of our Supervisory Board
members are approved at ST's General Shareholders' Meeting, based on a majority
vote. Our Supervisory Board is assisted by a Secretariat whose responsibilities
include ensuring the continuing education and training of Supervisory Board
members. I 4.4 I 4.10 I

1/ Details of the agreement and major shareholders can be found on page 106 of
ST's Annual Report (Form-20F).


 
 
 
 

 
 
 

The Supervisory Board has determined the following independence criteria for its
members, based on the evaluations by an ad-hoc committee: Supervisory Board
members must not have any material relationship with STMicroelectronics N.V., or
any of our consolidated subsidiaries, or our management. A <<material
relationship>> can include commercial, industrial, banking, consulting, legal,
accounting, charitable or familial relationships, among others, but does not
include a relationship with direct or indirect shareholders.

Certain of our Supervisory Board members, as disclosed in their biographies in
our various communication documents, have existing relationships or past
relationships with FSI, CEA and the Italian Ministry of the Economy and Finance,
who are currently parties to the ST Holding Shareholders' Agreement as well as
with ST Holding or ST Holding II, our major shareholder or with other parties
that are among our suppliers, customers or technology partners.

The Supervisory Board met 14 times in 2011. It is advised by four Non-Executive
Committees, comprising members of our Supervisory Board and attended, when
deemed necessary by the Committees, by members of the management team and/ or by
our auditors, PWC, and outside legal counsel.

Executive Officers

Our executive officers support our Managing Board in its management of the
company, without prejudice to our Managing Board's ultimate responsibility. As
of March 2012, our organizational chart is as follows:

Zoom on Internal Audit

As of December 2010, the Head of Internal Audit has reported directly to the
(non-executive) Chairman of the Audit Committee. The Head of Internal Audit
attends all Audit Committee meetings and has direct interactions with the
Chairman of the Audit Committee throughout the year. In addition, the Head of
Internal Audit attends quarterly meetings of the executive management.

The current functional reporting line and the practices now in place ensure the
Head of Internal Audit the appropriate level of organizational independence and
unrestricted access to executive management and the Board.

This reporting approach is in line with standards defined by leading
international organizations e.g. The Institute of Internal Auditors.

Corporate Strategic Committee
Compliance
Alisia Grenville
Strategy
Philippe Lambinet
Externa l
Communications
Claudia Levo
Administration
Tjerk Hooghiemstra
Human Resources
Patrice Chastagner
Legal
Pierre Ollivier
President & CEO
Carlo Bozotti
CORPORATE STAFF FUNCTIONS
Imaging- Bi CMOS ASIC
& Silicon Photonics Group
Eric Aussedat
Digital Convergence
Group
Gian Luca Bertino
Digital Sector
Philippe Lambinet
SALES & MARKETING
EMEA
(Geo & Major Accounts)
Paul Grimme
Greater China &
South Asi a
Francois Guibert
Japan & Korea
Marco Cassis
America s
(Geo & Major Accounts)
Bob Krysiak
Didier Lamouche
C OO*
Corporate Projects **
Carlo Ferro
Control
Lorenzo Grandi
Chairman 3Sun
Advanced Systems Technology
and Special Projects
Andrea Cuomo
Finance
Mario Arlati
Operational role in ST suspended during
assignment as CEO of ST-Ericsson
*
COO of ST-Ericsson
**
Analog, MEM S
& Sensors Group
Benedetto Vigna
Microcontroller,
Memory &
Secure MCU Group
Claude Dardanne
Industrial &
Power Discretes Group
Carmelo Papa
Automotive
Product Group
Marco Monti
Industrial &
Multisegment Sector
Carmelo Papa
Infrastructures &
Services
Otto Kosgalwies
Treasury
Giuseppe Notarnicola
Front-End Manufacturing
& Process R&D
Digital Sector
Joel Hartmann
Front-End Manufacturing
& Technology R&D
Digital Sector
Manufacturing &
Technology R&D
Jean-Marc Chery
Jean-Marc Chery
Design Enablemen t
& Services
Philippe Magarshack
IMS & APG
Orio Bellezza
Packaging & T est
Manufactur ing
Georges Auguste
Product Quality
Excellence
Fabio Gualandris
New Ventur es
Loic Lietar
MANUFACTURING & PRODUCT GROUPS
TECHNOLOGY R&D
Purchasing
& Outsourcing
Jerome Roux
Information
Technology
Stephane Delivre
Front-End Manufacturing
& Technology R&D


 
 
 
 

 
 
 

Company

As a company committed to good governance, we hold regular corporate meetings.
These meetings, which involve the participation of several of our executive
officers include:

o Corporate Operations Review, which meets once per month to review monthly
results and short-term forecasts and involves the following executive
officers/groups: CEO; CFO; CAO; CTO; Infrastructures and Services; Product
Quality Excellence; Manufacturing (Front-end and Backend); Regions; Product
Groups. As of March 1, 2012, Didier Lamouche (Chief Operating Officer) and Carlo
Ferro (Executive Vice President) do not participate according to their current
assignments at ST-Ericsson.

o Corporate Staff Meetings are held every quarter to review the current business
to plan and forecast for the next quarter and beyond. The Corporate Staff
Meeting includes all Executive Officers.

o Corporate Strategic Committee which meets six times per year, sets corporate
policy, coordinates strategies of our various functions and drives major
cross-functional programs. The Corporate Strategic Committee meetings are
attended by the CEO, and the following executive officers: Mario Arlati, Orio
Bellezza, Jean Marc Chery, Paul Grimme, Tjerk Hooghiemstra, Otto Kosgalwies,
Philippe Lambinet and Carmelo Papa.

New Nomination
at Board Level

The nomination of Martine Verluyten to the company's Supervisory Board, means
that, for the first time in the history of the company, the Board has a female
member. Martine Verluyten's accredited financial background will be of great
benefit as she is poised to replace the Chairman of the Audit Committee, Tom de
Waard. The company looks forward to having her on board, which was confirmed at
the Annual General Meeting of shareholders on May 30, 2012, in Amsterdam.

ST-Ericsson

The success of the ST-Ericsson joint venture is an important element in order
for ST to achieve its leadership in the multimedia convergence market. To
strengthen our support of STEricsson, from December 1, 2011, Didier Lamouche,
has been nominated President and Chief Executive Officer of ST-Ericsson. Carlo
Ferro, Chief Financial Officer of ST, has been temporarily assigned to
ST-Ericsson as its Chief Operating Officer from February 20, 2012, working
closely with Didier Lamouche and the ST-Ericsson team to achieve excellence in
execution, leadership and sustainable profitability.


Financial and Extra-financial Performance

ST's financial performance

In 2011, the semiconductor industry was characterized by a solid first half,
while there was a significant slowdown in the later part of the year; as a
result the total market grew only marginally in 2011 after the rebound
registered in 2010.

This same year, our wholly owned businesses delivered a solid performance
throughout the year. They delivered revenues of US$ 8.2bn and an operating
margin of above 11.4%.

In 2010, the revenues for our wholly-owned businesses were US$ 8.1bn with an
operating margin of slightly above 13%. Moreover, we expected to see strong
growth during 2011 in two of our key strategic product areas and we are
particularly proud of our achievements there. Our MEMS sales nearly doubled to
over US$ 600m. Our automotive business reported record revenues, with sales up
18% during 2011, on top of sales growth of over 40% during 2010. In both areas,
revenue growth was also accompanied by a significant expansion of the operating
profitability of these product groups.

We also continued to maintain a strong financial position and sharp focus on
capital management. Exiting the year, our financial resources totaled US$ 2.3bn
and our net financial position was about US$ 1.17bn, as adjusted, excluding the
US$ 400m loan provided by our partner to fund ST-Ericsson SA. As anticipated, we
saw an improvement in the fourth quarter in inventory levels and inventory turns
and capital expenditures returned to much lower levels as planned.


 
 
 
 

 
 
 

2011 results
ST inclusion in the main sustainability indices
ASPI
(EU)
DJSI
(USA) (Germany)
Ethibel Sustainability Index
(Belgium)
ECPI
(Italy)
FTSE ECPI Index
(Italy)
FTSE4GOOD
(United-Kingdom)
TOTAL
DJSI World DJSI STOXX
DJSI
EURO
STOXX
ESI Excellence Europe
Ethical
Index
Emu
Ethical
Index
Euro
Ethical
Index
Global
FTSE ECPI
Italia SRI
Benchmark Index
FTSE ECPI
Italia SRI
Leaders
Index
FTSE-
4GOOD
Europe
Index
FTSE-
4GOOD
Global
Index
X X X X X X X X X 9
ST sales by market segment / EC1 / 2.7 %
Net revenues by location of order shipment* / EC1 / 2.7 %
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Automotive 14.4 13.8 12.2 14.0 17.2
Computer 12.4 12.0 12.9 13.0 13.7
Consumer 14.0 13.6 11.5 12.2 10.2
Distribution 18.2 18.3 15.8 20.9 22.7
Industrial & Others 7.5 9.0 7.7 8.1 9.3
Telecom 33.5 33.3 39.9 31.8 26.9
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
EMEA 33.4 30.7 28.4 25.0 23.9
Americas 13.4 13.6 11.9 12.9 13.8
Greater China 41.5 39.9 40.6 44.1 44.8
Japan 11.7 15.8 19.1 18.0 17.5
Dividends paid / EC1 US$m
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Dividends 269 240 158 212 327
All taxes of the year / EC1 US$m
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Tax expense for the year 64 49 (34) 183 205
ST key figures / EC1
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Net revenues / ST Sales
(US$m)
10,001 9,842 8,510 10,346 9,735
Gross profit (US$m) 3,536 3,560 2,626 4,015 3,574
Gross profit as a percentage of
sales (%)
35.40 36.20 30.90 38.80 36.70
Net earnings (US$m) (477) (786) (1,131) 830 650
Earnings per share (US$m) (0.53) (0.88) (1.29) 0.92 0.72
Market share versus TAM (Total
Available Market) 3.91 3.96 3.76 3.47 3.2

Operating income and cash flow / EC1 US$m
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Operating income (545) (198) (1,023) 476 46
Net operating cash flow 840 648* 227** 972** (278)**

* Excluding payments for mergers & acquisitions (Genesis and NXP) which totalled
US$1,694m ** Excluding net proceeds received in business combination which
totalled US$1,137m (Ericsson Mobile Platform) in 2009, net payment for business
acquisitions which totalled US$11m in 2010 and US$10m in 2011.

Dividends paid / EC1 US$m
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Dividends 269 240 158 212 327

Net revenues by location of order shipment* / EC1 / 2.7 %
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Automotive 14.4 13.8 12.2 14.0 17.2
Computer 12.4 12.0 12.9 13.0 13.7
Consumer 14.0 13.6 11.5 12.2 10.2
Distribution 18.2 18.3 15.8 20.9 22.7
Industrial & Others 7.5 9.0 7.7 8.1 9.3
Telecom 33.5 33.3 39.9 31.8 26.9
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
EMEA 33.4 30.7 28.4 25.0 23.9
Americas 13.4 13.6 11.9 12.9 13.8
Greater China 41.5 39.9 40.6 44.1 44.8
Japan 11.7 15.8 19.1 18.0 17.5

(*) Net revenues by location of order shipment are classified by location of
customer invoiced. For example, products ordered by U.S.-based companies to be
invoiced to Greater China- South Asia affiliates are classified as Greater
China-South Asia revenues. Furthermore, the comparison among the different
periods may be affected by shifts in order shipment from one location to
another, as requested by our customers.


ST's extra-financial performance

ST pursues a strategy of open disclosure of its sustainability management, risks
and performance. Our annual Sustainability Report is our major means of
reporting the company's sustainability achievements and challenges to our
stakeholders, including the investment and Socially Responsible Investment (SRI)
communities. We also respond directly to requests from rating agencies and
extra-financial analysts.

In 2011, ST was included in nine of the major sustainability indexes (See table)
but fell out of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices, World and STOXX (Europe).
In response to this, we have closely analyzed our performance and have
identified opportunities to further strengthen a number of key sustainability
areas. Many of these have already been identified in our new Sustainability
strategy where we have defined some precise objectives. The format of this
annual Sustainability Report is aligned to this new strategy.

ST's Sustainability Mission is "to be recognized as world leader in innovation
for sustainable development through excellence in our people, our products, the
environment and the community." In order to remain a world leader we need to
proactively focus on our most material issues, listen and respond to our
stakeholders' expectations and so it is important that we respond to the
evolving requirements of the external world.

We have maintained a strong position in the remaining sustainability indices and
were included in the Global 100 Most Sustainable Companies in the World (ranked
83/100 in 2011). ST was also classified as B Prime by the OEKOM rating agency
which places us amongst the world's best companies in the sector.

2011 results
ST inclusion in the main sustainability indices
ASPI
(EU)
DJSI
(USA) (Germany)
Ethibel Sustainability Index
(Belgium)
ECPI
(Italy)
FTSE ECPI Index
(Italy)
FTSE4GOOD
(United-Kingdom)
TOTAL
DJSI World DJSI STOXX
DJSI
EURO
STOXX
ESI Excellence Europe
Ethical
Index
Emu
Ethical
Index
Euro
Ethical
Index
Global
FTSE ECPI
Italia SRI
Benchmark Index
FTSE ECPI
Italia SRI
Leaders
Index
FTSE-
4GOOD
Europe
Index
FTSE-
4GOOD
Global
Index
X X X X X X X X X 9
More performance indicators are available on pages 64 to 66


 
 
 
 

 
 
 

Our People


 
 
 
 

 
 
 

Our People

Recruitment, Learning
& Development

Many specific skill-sets are needed to support ST's strategic objectives and
technical requirements. ST carefully anticipates skill requirements and plans
the matching of skills with the needs of the business. We provide our employees
with opportunities to experience life-long learning through professional
development and career evolution.

Why are recruitment, learning
and development key for ST?

High technology companies operate in very competitive environments at the
leading-edge of innovation. The ability to attract, develop and retain talents
is a key success factor and so one objective of ST People Development and
Learning Organizations is to ensure the company's skills profiles are
anticipated and fulfilled. This is achieved through sophisticated recruitment,
integration and personal development. Another objective is to support the
company in increasing its profitability and productivity through programs and
initiatives that enhance people performance.

Meeting both employee
and company needs

ST is constantly strengthening aspects of its People management in order to
achieve its long-term vision; attracting and integrating new talent into the
business, developing and engaging employees, building competitive advantage and
attaining high performance:

o ST has recently launched a new brand that, under "life.augmented" reinforces
its positioning as an innovative company that is committed and contributes to
enhanced social and environmental capital.

o To further improve employee performance, annual appraisals assess individual
objectives, professional competencies and behaviors and also how the employee
fulfills the accountabilities of the job. They provide the opportunity for
employees and managers to discuss career direction and develop corresponding
personal development plans.

o In complement, the people review process is deployed to exempts population in
order to assess employee potential, identify talent pools and key resources and
then define their professional development plans (new skills, potential career
direction, internal mobility, succession ) in respect to the future organization
needs. This is a key component of our strategic staffing program and has a
strong influence on the company's mid- and long-term success.

o To facilitate personal development, ST has developed programs that are
dedicated to specific populations and needs. These include ST leadership model
for managers (See page 15), development boosters for high performers in phase of
career growth, coaching, mentoring, 360(degree) assessments and tutoring for
experts. Expertise management has been a key focus in 2011. We have built a
strong technical career path and created local, regional and corporate Technical
Advisory Committees to identify, recognize and assist experts who have the key
skills and experience necessary to meet ST's business needs.

ST's Learning Organization supports these programs by addressing the needs of:

o Organizations and sites, to achieve annual objectives and deploy their
strategy;

o Managers and employees, to improve their competences and performance, and to
develop their long-term employability.

ST's approach to learning has been reinforced to more automatically assess these
needs and then turn them into appropriate learning offer and deployment.
Learning is a key tool to enhance individual and organizational performance, so
a key corporate objective is to ensure that every year, more than 50% of
employees have developed and engaged in a development plan. It is also important
that we measure the success and impact of these people development and learning
programs on quality, employees and company performance.


 
 
 
 

 
 
 

Focus on ST Japan and Korea's deployment of Sales and Marketing Learning Program

From 2009, ST deployed FutureReady, a comprehensive learning program, to enhance
the way we sell and market our products. ST Japan and Korea (J&K) Region has
been exemplary in the deployment of this program, considering learning as a
sales and marketing process with:

o Managers and employees as Customers who define their needs in terms of skills

o Training courses as Products that respond to the above needs

o Corporate Learning organization as Marketers who designs the products

o Human Resources (HR) as Sales who compile the customers' needs for the
marketers and promote the products to the customers.

ST J&K began with an address by the region's Executive Vice President, Marco
Cassis, who personally explained the importance of the program to employees and
asked them to participate. Subsequent to this launch, local HR played a key
role, interacting with managers to assess their needs and to define a
FutureReady three-year roadmap.

Since the launch, HR have remained in contact with the managers and employees
involved in the program and also with Corporate Learning in order to collect
feedback, fine tune the program and review the implementation roadmap. ST J&K
Region is therefore benefiting from a learning plan that is always consistent
with the needs of the company, its managers and its employees. Corporate
Learning ensures that company expectations and needs are taken into account when
building and updating these learning programs.

Employees' feedback on the effectiveness of the FutureReady course is obtained
after each learning session. Then the overall impact of the course is later
assessed through managers' feedback. Employees' development needs are further
defined during Annual Employee Performance Appraisals. See page 12.

This feedback provides the opportunity to check the roadmap in terms of the
employee population covered and the type of deployment modes used. This
continuous improvement virtuous cycle is the best way to make learning a key
performance tool and is in line with ST's Corporate Learning approach.

1/ Employees who hold positions normally requiring graduate or post-graduate
education and who are not eligible for overtime compensation

"With eight years of molding maintenance experience, I was nominated to be a
tutor and attended the Technical Tutoring training to acquire a new set of
skills to transfer my expertise to others. I'm convinced that the Tutoring
Program will help us to transfer expertise more quickly, systematically and
efficiently. The advantage for ST is to have a larger pool of experts to rely
on. As for me, I was glad to be entrusted with the responsibility to share my
expertise."

Chao XIANG

Engineer, Molding Process and Engineering,
Shenzhen (China)

"I have been a member of the Technical Staff community for three years. This has
represented a great opportunity for me, offering the possibility to put my
experience and know-how into practice within the company. To be part of highly
skilled community is helping me continue to improve my know-how; for example I
represented the company at Micro Machine Summit in Taiwan and, following Total
Quality and Corporate Social Responsibility I'm carrying out an educational
program on Robotics in Italian high schools." Adriano Basile PhD Application
Engineer, specialist in Human System Interaction, Robotics and Healthcare,
Catania (Italy)

2011 results
Internal mobility %
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Jobs for exempt* filled internally 61 78 84 48 41 41.5
Employees having a formal individual development plan / LA12 %
2009 2010 2011
For exempts* 51.5 69.4 44.5
For others 19.0
More performance indicators are available on pages 64 to 66

ST wants to set up a competitive and attractive internal market to provide
employees with internal perspective, thus engaging and retaining them; and
manager with broader opportunities for recruiting people with ST adequate
experience and competences. In order to reach our objective, ST Internal
Mobility policy and related practices will be reviewed in 2012.

In 2011, we have upgraded our ePA process, including our way to collect
information on development plans and their associated standards. With its new
Leadership Model, ST is raising managers' awareness on the importance of people
development through specific communication and training.

* It refers to employees who hold positions normally requiring graduate or
post-graduate education and who are not eligible for overtime compensation.

ST objectives

o Increase the percentage of open positions for exempts(1) filled by internal
candidates by 5% per year (compared with a 2010 baseline), with a long
term-target of 60%

o Ensure that more than 50% of employees have a development plan, linked to
their annual performance

o Increase employee retention - percentage of employees with more than two years
service

o Further align ST's learning with its business strategy to contribute to
company transformation, employee productivity and being an 'employer of choice'


 
 
 
 

 
 
 

Our People

Employee Engagement

ST is committed to employee engagement to help them understand ST's strategy and
future direction as a business, how they can contribute to the company's
success, and to motivate them to make this contribution.

Why is employee engagement
key for ST?

The semiconductor industry faces several
employment challenges(1):

o it requires highly qualified
and experienced employees;
o high pace of innovation;
o it is a cyclical business;
o there is a significant employee turnover
in some Asian countries.

Engaged employees can help overcome these challenges. According to research,
"employees who are committed perform 20% better and are 87% less likely to leave
the organization(2)".

ST's aim is to actively engage with all its employees to help them develop their
potential. Since its inception, ST has been monitoring employees' morale through
regular opinion and engagement surveys. The feedback provides a unique insight
that enables constant improvement of the working environment and management
effectiveness.

Continued commitment to
increasing employee engagement

In a recent communication, ST Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative
Officer, Tjerk Hooghiemstra, remarked that "Employee engagement is everybody's
business". For employees it is about helping and supporting your colleagues,
being a good team player and being proud of their work. For managers, engagement
means being constantly supportive to their team and encouraging professional
growth.

For the past four years, ST has been using an employee engagement model that
evaluates four aspects:

o Discretionary Effort: employees' willingness to exceed expectations or their
objectives; o Intent to Stay: employees' commitment to further their career with
ST; o Emotional Commitment: the extent to which employees value, enjoy and
believe in their jobs, colleagues, managers, and organizations; o Rational
Commitment: the extent to which employees feel that their managers, teams,
departments or the company itself provide financial, developmental or
professional rewards.

In 2011, 86% of our employees participated in the survey; ST's overall
engagement scores decreased by 1%, but still outperformed the benchmark, an
aggregate of companies with similar industry profiles and geographies, which
declined by 5% during the same period.

In a very difficult economic climate, two key areas where ST improved are
manager performance and the link between employees' daily jobs and ST's
strategy. Our managers were better evaluated for their leadership skills and
their ability to manage their teams and people performance; they were able to
describe how individual employee objectives are tied to the company priorities
and they were supported in their action by increasingly dynamic and relevant
internal communications.

As a consequence, the Discretionary Effort score improved by 2% compared to last
year. The number of employees willing to deliver the highest levels of
discretionary effort has progressively increased from 3.8% in 2008, to 6.6% in
2010 and to 10.8% in 2011.

In 2011, all organizations prepared and communicated action plans. Human
Resources professionals at every level of the organization facilitated the
process, providing managers with the necessary support to communicate results
and implement initiatives. In 2012, the company will maintain its progress in
this direction, incorporating two new areas: career development and customer
focus.

1/ A change of pace for the semiconductor industry,
PwC (November 2009)
2/ Driving Performance and Retention through Employee
Engagement, Corporate Leadership Council (2004)
ST objectives
o Annually increase the percentage
of employees who demonstrate
the highest level of discretionary
effort
o Company-wide action planning in
response to engagement surveys
to address key issues
o Increase ST employee engagement
relative to the benchmark


 
 
 
 

 
 
 

ST's leadership model unites
leaders under a common
leadership 'banner'

A new program launched
by People Development
& Learning in 2011

To support managers in their role, in 2011 ST developed a leadership model that
describes the qualities needed at ST to be recognized as a leader with the
ability to provide solutions to increasingly complex challenges, to develop a
sense of belonging and to stimulate engagement amongst their team members.

This model is also beneficial for the company because it unites leaders across
ST around a common managerial language and culture, creating the basis for
better organizational performance.

ST's leadership model is founded on 15 behavioral competencies, arranged into
five dimensions, each defined through three drivers. This model has become part
of our performance appraisal system to support leadership development in
relation with a complete set of tools such as a dedicated leadership course
roadmap as well as a specific 360(degree) assessment.

Articulate and communicate a compelling vision
o Develop a vision that fits with the company direction;
o Enthuse people by making them feel part of the vision;
o Plan for both the long- as well as the short-term.
Align actions to ST's strategy and deliver results
o Act as an ambassador for ST's values and goals;
o Implement solid processes for deployment and execution;
o Demonstrate personal responsibility and commitment to deliver results.
Foster a climate of entrepreneurship
o Foster thoughtful risk-taking;
o Empower people and ensure accountability;
o Promote excellence, agility and a can-do spirit to win.
Drive innovation with a forward-sensing mindset
o Anticipate markets and technological opportunities;
o Encourage a positive, open-minded and challenging attitude;
o Focus to gain speed.
Care for people growth and engagement
o Build engaged and diverse teams;
o Assess people accurately and take action accordingly;
o Advance professional depth.

2011 results
Employees survey - engagement rate
2008 2009 2010 2011
Overall participation rate (%) 80 N/A 86 86
Rational Commitment Index 0.16 N/A 0.20 0.20
Emotional Commitment Index 0.35 N/A 0.40 0.39
Discretionary Effort Index 0.43 N/A 0.44 0.45
Intent to Stay Index 0.34 N/A 0.32 0.30

"I knew about the latest survey results in the quarterly Management
Communication Meeting and in a talk with my boss. One action launched after the
previous survey that comes to my mind is the "Programma 2%", a campaign that
encourages workers to make suggestions to reduce waste and increase quality.
This campaign is a way to hear the opinions of the workers who are the ones that
deal on-site with production problems. I think another action that contributes
to employee engagement, is the recognition of employees' suggestions during our
Management Communication Meetings, in the presence of the entire site
organization."

Mario Ronchi
Manufacturing Technician, Agrate (Italy)

"The overall results of the 2011 Engagement Survey were shared during the
Production Control Quarterly Forum. My manager and the HR manager then organized
a sharing session, dedicated to the presentation of my team results. This
session was also the opportunity for us to ask questions and get clarification.
In response to these last two years' surveys, I feel that there has been more
effort to communicate with the people at our site. After the 2010 survey, within
my department, one-on-one sessions were initiated by my manager to provide
dedicated time to address important work-related issues."

Calvin Goh Chin Boon
Section Manager, Production Control
and Industrial Engineering, Ang Mo Kio
(Singapore)


 
 
 
 

 
 
 

Our People

Global Diversity
& Equal Opportunities

ST is committed to ensuring equal opportunities and appropriate representation
at all levels of the organization, including dimensions such as gender, age,
race, disability and nationality.

Why is ST committed to global diversity and equal opportunity?

Companies are increasingly witnessing the added-value of diversity in many ways:

o "People with disabilities are productive, reliable employees who bring
benefits to the workplace"(1)

o "Senior employees have key technical competences and offer long-term
experience to young employees and to the company at large."(2)

"Greater diversity in organizations, including more women, leads to higher
performing teams and better business results" stated Carlo Bozotti, ST's Chief
Executive Officer, for the European Round Table's Advancement of women in
business initiative (as Chairman of the ERT Societal Changes Working Group). At
ST, we are convinced that diversity is a competitive advantage allowing us to
provide innovative responses to global issues through multi-angled approach
(cultural, gender, generation, etc.).

Across our sites we have developed
many programs to benefit more from our
large cultural diversity.

With our new sustainability strategy, we made commitments in three areas;
gender, seniority and disability. Furthermore, ST Principles for Sustainable
Excellence, our top-level reference for guiding our behavior and
decision-making, state our commitment to a culture free of discrimination;
ensuring respect for human rights and fair treatment in recruitment,
remuneration, career development and promotion.

A progressive approach
to diversity

Because countries' legislation and cultural norms can vary, ST mainly provides
general guidelines that enable ST's sites to respond according to their local
context. Our manufacturing sites in France and Italy have demonstrated a
proactive and solid approach over many years, utilizing dedicated committees
and/or departments to address these issues.

Gender equality

Very recently, ST's CEO, Carlo Bozotti, made a public commitment to increase the
percentage of women in leadership positions (JG 17 and above) to 15% by 2015. In
2012, several corporate HR processes will be reviewed to boost the development
of high potential women. The initiative will be cascaded to sites for local
implementation. To maintain this initiative in the longerterm, many ST sites
already partner with schools to promote technical jobs to young women,
encouraging more girls to enroll in engineering schools and universities. ST's
objective is now to ensure that, at all locations, the female hiring ratio is
equivalent to the graduate gender ratio in partner schools and universities.

Many sites already exceed legal requirements regarding maternity and paternity
programs. In the Czech Republic for instance, our ST site offers fathers the
same rights as mothers, i.e. eight weeks of parental leave on 80% of salary,
along with part-time and home office working where possible. Italian sites have
also developed many initiatives in this area, such as a Maternity at Work
manual, adoption guide, tutoring for mothers who want to remain informed during
their maternity leave, coaching after return from maternity leave etc.

Seniority

It is important for ST to ensure that key competencies and expertise are not
lost when people leave the company. ST considers that it is essential to
maintain senior people's employability, taking into account their expectations
in terms of career evolution, competency development and possible adjustment in
their role. It is ST's aim for all sites to define a seniority plan, adapted to
their local contexts that responds to these commitments.

Disability

We have observed various existing situations at our ST sites on this subject,
mainly because of differences in legislation. Our objective is to share best
practices, ensure sites offer fair employment to disabled people and
progressively increase the percentage of disabled people employed by ST. Our
French and Italian sites have the most advanced programs in this area which
include partnerships with recruitment agencies to hire disabled people, programs
to train disabled people in technical jobs, quantitative employment objectives
etc.

ST objectives
o Ensure that the hiring ratio of women to men is equivalent to
the gender ratio of graduated students in partner schools and universities o
Increase the proportion of women in leadership positions worldwide from 9.8% to
15% by 2015
o Ensure that all sites have a seniority plan to maintain
employability in the second part of people's careers o Ensure that all ST sites
have disability plans to keep increasing the percentage of disabled employees in
ST


 
 
 
 

 
 
 

Focus on ST France's
progress towards gender
equality

In 2006, ST France signed its first collective agreement on gender equality,
making commitments in terms of recruitment, remuneration, maternity and adoption
leave, training and development(3).

In 2011, two task forces worked on remuneration and career inequality to analyze
ST France's situation and address any inequalities. The task force on
remuneration analyzed the salary at each job grade, correlating it with the
annual performance appraisal score, seniority in ST and seniority in the job
grade. A global average has been calculated for each of these variables to
define a reference profile. Each case was then compared against this profile. At
the end of 2011, 120 cases have been corrected and specific actions established
to avoid any further unfair discrepancies. These include new rules to define
objectives for part-time employees and to set a fair pay rise for women on
maternity leave.

The second task force was launched at the end of 2011 to identify potential
career inequities and to analyze their underlying causes. At the end of the
year, the conclusions showed that on a job grade scale from 9 to 18 and above,
both men's and women's average job grade is 14 but there are many more women at
14 and below. Several potential causes were researched such as the choice of
career path (expert, project management, people management), the proportion of
women working part-time, the influence of maternity, and the female labor market
over the past 20 years.

Based on this analysis, three main causes were identified:

o structural causes: considering seniority, the current percentage of women in
job grades 15 to 18 is equivalent to the female recruitment rates from 10 to 20
years ago;
o societal causes: very few men are working part-time compared to
women and very few men take parental leave, even if French legislation allows
them to;
o choice of career path: during their annual performance appraisal,
women mostly choose expert or project management career paths, while ST has more
needs of senior positions from managerial career paths.
However several positive
aspects have been highlighted: in France, the percentage of women in executive
positions has doubled in the past 20 years and more women are moving from
non-executive to executive positions through internal mobility. This task force
will be maintained in 2012 to propose appropriate action plans.

1/ Disability in the Workplace: Company Practices, ILO (2010)
2/ Senior Employment : companies are becoming aware of
the advantages?, Novethic (2008)
3/ For more information, see ST Sustainability report 2010,
page 24

Dr. Romina Bartolo,
Executive Director
of Maltese National
Commission for the
Promotion of Equality
(NCPE)

"In several surveys around the world, organizations that promote gender equality
in their practices have shown a marked competitive advantage over businesses in
their sector. This has been attributed to several factors such as accessing the
most creative and skilled individuals, more innovative approach based on the
different skills and experience of both genders, or reduced costs due to higher
retention of employees. One should praise ST Malta for their initiatives in
enhancing their workplace thanks to family friendly environment, where employees
with caring responsibilities can benefit from telework, reduced and flexible
hours."

For more information, read the report Gender equality,
economic growth and employment, Asa Lofstrom
(http://ec.europa.eu/social/BlobServlet?docId=3988&langId=en)
More performance indicators are available on pages 64 to 66

2011 results
Women in management / LA13 %
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Women in senior management
(JG17 and above)
6.60 7.04 7.89 8.02 8.90 9.91 9.86
Women in executive management
(JG19 and above)
4.10 5.65 5.92 6.78 7.60 9.71 10.03
Women in middle management
(JG 15 and 16)
- - - - - - 22.87
Gender split by category in 2011 / LA13 %

(*) It refers to employees who hold positions normally requiring graduate or
post-graduate education and who are not eligible for overtime compensation.

Disabled employees / LA13
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Disabled people employed as %
of total workforce
0.48 0.62 0.61 0.89 0.95 1.01 1.05
Budget spent on disability programs (US$k) - - - - 3,489 2,321 3,567
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
7,81
4,53
26,11
38,5
29,45
15,49
16,62
61,5
7,82
4,45
25,9
38,2
28,83
15,49
17,51
61,81
8,66
4,73
23
36,4
31,44
16,51
15,67
63,6

(*) It refers to employees who hold positions normally requiring
graduate or post-graduate education and who are not
2009 2010 2011
Female Male Female Male Female Male
Operators
Others
Exempts*
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
7.81
4.53
26.11
38.45
29.45
15.49
16.62
61.55
7.82
4.45
25.90
38.17
28.83
15.49
17.51
61.83
8.66
4.73
23.00
36.38
31.44
16.51
15.67
63.62

(*) It refers to employees who hold positions normally requiring graduate or
post-graduate education and who are not eligible for overtime compensation. 2009
2010 2011

Operators
Others
Exempts*
B
(female sign)
B
(female sign)
B
(female sign)

The NCPE, with the support of the European Social Fund is identifying and
awarding organizations that demonstrate commitment toward gender equality.


 
 
 
 

 
 
 

Our People

Employee
Safety

ST is committed to ensuring the health, safety and well-being of its employees,
including achievement of work-life balance, safe working conditions, the
mitigation of risk and danger and access to healthcare.

Why is safety key for ST?

Three factors are mainly responsible for the ever-increasing focus of companies
on their health and safety performance:

o stronger international guidance and national policies(1);

o escalating direct and indirect costs of work-related accidents and illnesses;

o increased scrutiny from external stakeholders e.g. customers' requirements,
investment and financial questionnaires, attention from the press etc.

ST cares about its employees and wants to ensure they are protected, so safety
has been a key part of its culture for over ten years, with a firm commitment to
strive for zero accidents in the workplace. Today, ST's 22 sites (including all
its manufacturing sites and its largest non-manufacturing sites) are certified
to OHSAS 18001 and 100% of our sites are engaged in the reporting of safety
performance. ST is now adopting a more granular approach, adapting its programs
to local context, focusing on specific groups, such as contractors, and
empowering employees and managers through training and awareness.

Maintaining our focus on safety Safety management is robust companywide, both at
corporate and local levels with decreases of 69% in recordable cases and 84% in
severity rates since 2002. These results have also resulted in savings estimated
at US$ 43m since 2002.

As anticipated, the 2011 results were similar to 2010 because once a certain
level of performance has been reached, further reductions become increasingly
difficult to sustain. After ten years of annual 10% reductions, the annual
reduction target has been reduced to 5% this year.

To continue striving for zero accidents, ST is focusing on two main initiatives:
continuously raising employees' and managers' awareness; and the deployment of
programs adapted to sites' specific requirements.

In 2011, ST provided 167,000 hours of EHS training and awareness to employees,
exceeding its 2011 corporate target with an average of 3.8 hours per employee.
All ST manufacturing sites have also completed a selfassessment through a
dedicated tool that helps identify opportunities for improvement in sites' EHS
management systems. 15 topics, such as leadership, communications and promotion,
human resources and risk monitoring were evaluated allowing sites to obtain a
detailed analysis of their performance in order to help them define and develop
tailored programs.

See Crolles Sustainable Safety approach on page19.

In addition to this self-evaluation, the Corporate Safety organization conducts
manufacturing site visits to review the implementation of company rules and
procedures. In 2011, six visits were conducted and a further eight are planned
for 2012. These inspections provide an opportunity for cross-fertilization
through external benchmarking and the sharing of good practices between sites.
Some sites are also involved in national or local initiatives where they share
their successes and challenges, and benefit from other companies' experiences.
Extending a strong safety culture to wider audiences is important and ST is
contributing to this by involving its on-site contractors in its safety
programs. Since 2007, ST has successfully tracked contractors' lost work day
case rate and is pleased to observe that it is continuously reducing.

Despite its ongoing strong performance, ST will continue to strive for
improvement, taking into account the feedback from external stakeholders such as
the International Labour Organization(1), that are helping companies to raise
international standards. We are also mindful of the potential risks to safety
arising from the current economic crisis and want to reassure all stakeholders
that no compromises have been or will be made regarding ST's commitment.

1/ XIX World Congress on Safety and Health at Work - ILO introduction report :
Global Trends and Challenges on Occupational Safety and Health, September 2011

ST objectives

o Continuously reduce work-related injuries, illnesses rate (recordable case
rate) and severity rate by 5% per year

o Ensure that, by 2012, ST employees have an average of four hours of training
and awareness per year on environment, health and safety (EHS)


 
 
 
 

 
 
 

Focus on ST Crolles for
a Sustainable Safety

In 2010, ST Crolles (France) initiated a new approach to safety, aiming at
modifying safety-related behaviors. They realized that past safety programs
brought positive results but that these were not always sustained, also that 90%
of the causes of accidents were more the result of human and organizational
factors than technical reasons.

To ensure permanent low levels of recordable cases, ST Crolles has vested
managers of operational teams with clearly defined safety responsibilities:
conducting safety visits twice a month to observe safe and unsafe behaviors;
developing safety dialog with their teams; and piloting detailed analysis of
accidents. 320 managers have been trained on safety fundamentals and on how to
implement these new aspects of their responsibilities, with a focus on safety
visits.

During these visits, the manager observes one person, who has been informed
beforehand. Following this observation, they analyze together the positive and
negative behaviors that have been seen and jointly develop corrective actions.
This is an ideal opportunity for the manager to: discuss the findings with the
team, recognize positive aspects and raise awareness of any unsafe acts or
dangerous conditions that have been observed. It also provides a catalyst for
adjustments in safety standards and policies.

The site safety department also organized a communication campaign to raise
every employee's awareness throughout the year with a four-week focus on one
safety theme e.g. behaviors and habits, housekeeping, movement and posture, work
at height, safety reflex, shared vigilance, etc. A 'conclusion' safety card is
then sent to each employee's home.

In 2011, more than 1,600 safety visits were completed. At one manufacturing
plant that adopted this new approach particularly thoroughly, the rate of all
accidents decreased by 39%. The 2012 objective for the two ST Crolles plants is
to halve the accident rate, compared to 2010.

The benefits of the Sustainable Safety approach are manifold: reinforcing a
positive safety culture; demonstrating managers' safety excellence, commitment
and leadership; increasing employees' motivation and team spirit; reducing the
number of accidents through the analysis and correction of unsafe behaviors; and
saving costs for the company (equivalent to (euro) 360,000 in 2011). In addition
to this, many managers and operators have noticed positive impacts that go
beyond this, with improvements in quality, maintenance, productivity or
manufacturing processes.

Sherlyn Lactao
Warehouse Shift Leader, Global Logistics and
Warehousing Organization, Calamba (Philippines)

"At our site, we have the Hazard Hunting program that is about awareness. It
results in a non-audit findings workplace. It seems to be the step-by-step
closure to simple issues that we encountered in our daily lives. Because of
this, we now maintain and sustain safety in our workplace.

We have also applied what we've learned here in our company to our home to
ensure safety of everybody. One good example is the proper segregation and
labeling on even simple chemicals, this is significant to us".

2011 results
0
0,1
0,2
0,3
0,4
0,5
2002
-10% trend commitment (EHS Decalogue)
then -5% starting 2010
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
0,6
0,7
0,8
0,9
1,0
0.93
0.78
0.74
0.51
0.59
0.49
0.39
0.35
0.29
0.29
0
5
10
15
15.7
11.0
8.0
8.8
8.8
6.7
5.5
4.6
2.6
2.9
-10% trend commitment (EHS Decalogue)
then -5% starting 2010
Injuries / illness cost
Result without action
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Recordable Cases rate / LA7 / 9.1
0
1
2
3
4
5
2002
Result without action
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
6
7
8
9
10
6,4
4,7
3,8
4,3
5,0
4,3
3,4
2,9
1,7
1,8
Injuries / illness cost
Injuries // LilAln7 /e STsHsS 6c o s t / ULAS$7m US$m
0
0,1
0,2
0,3
0,4
0,5
2002
-10% trend commitment (EHS Decalogue)
then -5% starting 2010
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
0,6
0,7
0,8
0,9
1,0
0.93
0.78
0.74
0.51
0.59
0.49
0.39
0.35
0.29
0.29
0
5
10
15
15.7
11.0
8.0
8.8
8.8
6.7
5.5
4.6
2.6
2.9
-10% trend commitment (EHS Decalogue)
then -5% starting 2010
Injuries / illness cost
Result without action
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Severity rate / LA7 / 9.3
More performance indicators are available on pages 64 to 66


 
 
 
 

 
 
 

Our People

Employee Health
and Well-being

ST is committed to ensure the health, safety and well-being of its employees,
including work-life balance, working conditions, mitigation of risk and danger
to employees and subcontractors, employee access to healthcare.

Why is ST committed to enhance employees' health and wellbeing? Attention to
working conditions has been extended over recent years to encompass not only
physical risks but also employees' health and well-being. New legislation,
notably on smoking and stress, combined with studies conducted by governments
(European Working Conditions survey for instance(1)) has also prompted increased
attention from extrafinancial analysts and the media.

For ST, employees' health is very important, both within and beyond the
workplace. It is therefore part of our Corporate Health Policy to provide
voluntary health promotion programs designed to enhance employees' well-being.
ST's Health Plan sets an ambitious target to provide the same level of medical
care to all ST employees, wherever they are located.

A global framework for local
actions

In terms of health and well-being, legislation and cultural aspects differ
significantly from one country to another. ST's approach is to provide guidance
at corporate level, enabling countries and sites to design programs that are
well-adapted to their local needs and requirements.

Since 2006 ST has operated a companywide Health Plan with a dedicated group
budget to support sites' programs. The company objective is for all ST employees
to receive at least one medical check-up every 18 months. These check-ups are
conducted either on-site with external professionals or externally where the
site has partnered with qualified health centers. In addition to this, sites are
offering a variety of other medical tests and examinations, depending on their
employees' needs and preferences, such as blood analysis, mammography, chest
X-rays or colorectal cancer tests. For employees working on some specific
maintenance operations in manufacturing areas, biomonitoring tests are also
provided to measure potential exposure to hazardous substances.

In 2011, 86,500 medical examinations were performed, including more than 35,000
check-ups covering 83% of employees.

Through this Health Plan, ST also tracks six health and well-being indicators:
physical inactivity, smoking, blood pressure, cholesterol, overweight and
obesity. Based on these results, sites are conducting specific awareness
campaigns. For instance, ST Ang Mo Kio (Singapore) is organizing Lunch Talks, at
least once per month on diverse subjects such as 'chiropractic and ergonomics',
'stress management' and 'allergies and sinusitis'. Another example at ST Agrate
(Italy) is a nutrition campaign at the site canteen to help employees eat a
balanced diet. This was developed in partnership with local health institutions.
Across all sites, the main subjects addressed are sports exercise and smoking,
with programs helping smokers to quit. To support employees in balancing their
work and personal lives, some sites are also providing concierge services such
as; nursery, banking, cleaning or shipping and postal facilities. Several of our
major sites also have sport facilities, allowing employees to easily practice
sport during lunch time or after their working days.

In 2011, ST Agrate (Italy) was the first major site to test a 'mobile work'
program, which offers certain groups of employees the opportunity to carry out
elements of their work at home. The scheme is voluntary and requires the
agreement of line management. The program was piloted by 28 employees in 2011
with positive results. Some of the benefits that were fed back included improved
focus and time management, reduced distractions, greater efficiency, elimination
of commuting and associated stress. In 2012, ST Italy Human Resources will
involve national unions to reach a common understanding before officially
launching the mobile work program to all Italian sites. These initiatives to
promote employee well-being illustrate ST's dedication to share best practices
and offer increased site-based support.

ST objectives

o Ensure all employees have benefited from the Health Plan by the end of 2013

o Promote employees' health and well-being through local initiatives and
campaigns on the following aspects: sport practices, tobacco, overweight &
obesity, blood pressure, cholesterol

o Expand and promote the well-being services offered to employees at ST sites to
facilitate day-to-day life


 
 
 
 

 
 
 

2011 results

Kind of exam Exam 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Total
Medical examination Total 62,500 36,022 50,295 69,180 70,480 288,477
Check up with a physician 23,700 14,057 20,687 32,472 35,689 126,605
Blood analyses 17,000 9,287 12,287 17,344 15,954 71,872
Chest X rays 8,500 3,788 7,205 9,763 8,881 38,137
Colorectal cancer immuno-occult testing 1,400 754 851 523 966 4,494
ECG / EKG 6,300 5,019 5,257 5,728 5,497 27,801
Mammography 1,700 1,160 1,138 1,080 1,094 6,172
Pap smear tests 2,800 1,487 2,084 1,691 1,586 9,648
Prostate cancer screening PSA 1,100 470 786 579 813 3,748
Screening test Total 0 9,028 11,923 10,978 13,097 45,026
Immunizations Total 1,041 3,121 4,347 3,505 3,019 15,033
Total services provided 63,541 48,171 66,565 83,663 86,596 348,536
coeur

France and Italy address
stress at work

Stress is increasingly a global phenomenon affecting a growing number of people
across the world in all aspects of modern life, including at work, mainly
because of fast-paced context(2). ST's French and Italian sites have initiated
campaigns with external independent partners to evaluate employees' levels of
stress, identify the nature and intensity of stress factors and develop a map of
stress by gender, age, organization and job role through anonymous
questionnaires and interviews. Thereafter the objective is to define appropriate
individual and collective initiatives to prevent and address this important
health issue.

In France, stress evaluation is done during medical visits which offer employees
an opportunity to better understand how to measure and detect stress and to
speak about their problems with an external professional. In 2012, French sites
will launch quarterly psychosocial risk committees to work on collective
solutions and address the most important cases.

ST Italy has asked a Milan University Department that specializes in
workplace-related illness to propose solutions for managing conflicting
situations at work, and supporting affected managers and employees. An expert
from the University is available to analyze situations with several participants
such as HR, doctors and managers. They can then intervene either as an advisor
or mediator to develop and offer solutions.

Focus on health plan
in the US

ST US sites participate in the company
Health Plan but do not disclose any
information about their activities because
of the US Federal Health Care Laws
that prohibit the sharing of medical
information with employers.

As part of this Health Plan, US sites offer a full complement of employer
health, dental, life, vision and disability programs and also cover full
preventative care such as routine physical and dental checkups.

This medical program extends beyond physical health to emotional health and
provides services such as the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) in which
employees can access outside services to help better manage their work-life
balance. This includes support on several issues like marriage, family and
relationship issues, stress and anxiety, depression, grief and loss, etc.

This service also provides assistance for: childcare and elderly care
assistance, financial and legal services, identity theft recovery assistance and
daily living support.

The US Medical Program incorporates a
proactive disease management program
that offers services such as annual flu
vaccinations.

Some sites propose additional services to employees such as fitness rooms and
yoga or other sport classes, which enable employees to practice activities
during lunch or break time.

1/ www.eurofound.europa.eu/surveys/ewcs/index.htm 2/ ILO, The cost of
violence/stress at work and the benefits of a violence/stress-free working
environment report

Health and employee
wellness services at ST

Calamba ST Calamba (Philippines) has developed 'Comprehensive Health and
Employees' Wellness Services' (CHEWS) with the objective to change employees'
mindset about health and to encourage them to adopt a preventive approach under
the slogan "CHEWS to be fit, because wellness is a choice!". By the end of 2011,
the sick leave rate has been reduced by 49%. The program is based around three
service pillars: Patient Care, Occupational Health, Employee Wellness.

It offers several services, including:

Wellness Helpline

This helpline allows employees to ask specific medical questions to healthcare
professionals in cases of illness.

ST Health Index

This index is composed of eight indicators such as smoking, body mass index or
triglycerides, with three levels of risks: bad, borderline, good. After their
annual medical examination, employees receive their health scorecard with
recommendations on how to improve their lowest-scoring indicators.

Happy Hearts Club

This club is open to all employees who aim to improve the health of their heart.
A wellness guidebook was created and distributed to the members to monitor their
blood pressure and body mass index. It has been extended to family members who
become the employee's 'home partner' in the use of the guidebook to monitor
their health condition outside work.

Pregnancy information

'Mama Conferences' are held quarterly and a mini-library for mothers has been
set-up. A study was conducted on the health conditions of pregnant employees and
policies were written in order to ensure a safe and healthy workplace.


 
 
 
 

 
 
 

Our People

Labor Rights
& Social Issues

As a signatory of the UN Global Compact and a full member of the EICC, ST is
committed to respect its workers' rights and continuously improve labor
conditions in its operations.

Linking policy to practice

Over recent years, a number of key international standards and guidelines
covering labor rights and social issues, have been released. The electronic
industry has experienced increased attention from civil society organizations,
investors and media on these issues. At ST, these trends have resulted in a
significant increase in our customer requirements on related topics, which have
more than doubled over the last five years.

ST is committed to ensure it aligns with key international standards and
guidance, including the UN Global Compact, the UN Guiding Principles on Business
and Human Rights, the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and ISO
26000. ST sites at all locations must meet national labor and social regulations
and go beyond legislation by adhering to the provisions of the Electronic
Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC) Code of Conduct and ST's own Principles
for Sustainable Excellence.

ST's internal program focuses on the practical activities that will ensure we
meet this goal of all ST operations, respecting; the basic rights of workers to
freedom of association and collective bargaining, the elimination of all forms
of forced and compulsory labor, the effective abolition of child labor, fair
wages, fair treatment, fair working and living conditions, and the elimination
of discrimination.

Continuing implementation of the
EICC Approach

Since 2007, when ST formally adopted the Electronic Industry Citizenship
Coalition Code of Conduct as applicable to its own operations, the company has
been driving a continuous improvement process with two main axes:

o Identify our major risks relating to labor rights and working conditions in
our operations and activities; and

o Strengthen formal labor management systems for our operations within a clear
framework of policies and procedures.

In response to international trends and our customer requirements, including a
100% increase in requests for audits (from six in 2010 to 12 in 2011), in 2011
we focused on meeting and exceeding the requirements of the new EICC Membership
Compliance Program. All ST sites successfully completed the EICC Self-Assessment
Questionnaire (SAQ) and all results were transferred to the new EICC-ON
electronic platform. Even though our sites maintained their 'low risk' SAQ
status, we chose to audit all ST sites in Asia and other developing countries
every two years on a rolling basis to reflect the expectations of our customers
and other stakeholders with regard to perceived higher risk in these countries.
Our Shenzhen site in China had already undergone an EICC third party 'Validated
Audit' (VAP) in April 2010, so in 2011, further EICC VAPs were conducted at ST
Muar (Malaysia) and ST Calamba (Philippines). VAPs are planned for 2012 at ST
Shenzhen (China), ST Longgang (China), ST Ang Mo Kio (Singapore) and ST
Bouskoura (Morocco). The results of EICC audits have been summarized in the
graphs shown opposite. In addition, non-EICC customer audits were held in 2011
at ST Ang Mo Kio (Singapore) and ST Shenzhen (China).

With an average of four major nonconformances and four minor nonconformances per
audit, we have been able to identify and follow relevant paths for improvement
through both local corrective action plans and corporatelevel action plans aimed
at reinforcing our company-wide management systems (See focus on page 23). The
top three major non-conformances from a combination of VAPs and customer audits
were on freely chosen employment, food, sanitation and housing, and working
hours. For information on our management of labor rights and social issues in
our supply chain, see pages 58-59

ST objectives

o Ensure 100% of ST manufacturing sites update their EICC Self- Assessment
Questionnaire (SAQ) on an annual basis

o Ensure 100% of ST Asian and Back-end sites are audited every two years versus
the EICC Code of Conduct and that the other sites are proactively engaged in the
EICC approach

o Ensure that all ST organizations have a continuous improvement plan versus
ST's Human Resources Policy to reinforce their management of social issues


 
 
 
 

 
 
 

Addressing labor rights and social issues outside developing countries

In the second half of 2011, measures were undertaken at ST's sites in Italy and
in France to minimize the impact of the economic crisis on employees.

In Italy, in order to cope with a reduced loading of our production facilities
in the last quarter, negotiations were held with unions representing ST
employees to find solutions that would avoid or minimize 'cassa integrazione'
(shortterm unemployment subsidized by the government), which has an impact on
the income of affected employees. At ST Agrate (Italy), unions agreed to the
measure of 'forced' use of remaining days of vacation. At ST Catania (Italy),
unions opted for the measure of 'cassa integrazione' (with related reduced
income) to maintain ST employees' right to their remaining days of vacation.

In France, a 'chomage partiel' (short-term unemployment) scheme was agreed with
the government to increase the legal compensated salary from 60% to 75% for
employees during periods in which production ceased due to the economic crisis.
As part of this agreement, ST France offered employees the possibility to
participate in training courses for their professional development during the
period of site closures, thus benefiting also from an additional salary
compensation. This activity was highly successful with 2,300 trainees and 47,000
training hours recorded, accompanied by excellent feedback on the quality of the
training and a satisfaction score of 90%. All French sites (Crolles, EWS
Grenoble, Rousset and Tours) adopted this program in the second half of 2011.

0
1
2
3
4
5
Working hours
Wages and benefits
Freely chosen employment
Machine safeguarding
Occupational Safety
Non-discrimination
Emergency preparedness
Industrial hygiene
Food, sanitation and housing
Risk assessment and risk management
Hazardous substances
Legal and costumer requierements
Corrective action process
6
7
VAP
EICC
Major non-conformances
Minor non-conformances
Priority non-conformances
2011 results
EICC audit results
More performance indicators are available on pages 64 to 66

Focus on updates to policies and procedures

In 2011, ST launched the process to update its Human Resources Policy, including
human rights, as a first step in the process of aligning with the new UN Guiding
Principles on Human Rights and Business. Our audit activities described opposite
have also contributed significantly to the decision to update this policy. The
new HR Policy will be more detailed and specific on those labor rights and
social issues that are most relevant to the company and its employees. The
policy will be finalized in 2012 and a cycle of stakeholder engagement will be
launched to further evaluate the policy's alignment with the UN Guiding
Principles.

As a specific result of the audit activities in 2010-2011, ST created a new
procedure or 'specification' on dormitories to address the nonconformances that
were identified in several ST sites in Asia. The new ST Dormitory Specification
is based on the most stringent requirements of our customers, on the EICC
standard and on best practice within ST sites. The process to develop the
specification was extensive, involving interviews of the Human Resources and
Safety managers involved in the management of dormitories and the review and
comments of HR departments at the concerned sites. The specification will be
formalized in early 2012.


Ladislas Smia
SRI Analyst, Natixis AM

"Natixis AM offers socially responsible investment (SRI) funds that focus on
companies we believe adequately address their sustainability challenges. Our
internal research team assesses Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance
(ESG) issues in order to identify sustainable business models for these funds.
"Labour right and social issues" is part of our analysis. An interesting trend
we see on this matter is increased transparency by companies, even on
controversial issues such as working conditions in countries with weak labour
standards. We consider that ST has a high level of disclosure and an advanced
approach to mitigate these risks on its most sensitive sites and at its
suppliers: audit policy, specific work on dormitories ... However, for ST as for
other industrial companies with manufacturing sites or suppliers in "high risk"
countries, there is still room for improvements (audits, trainings, negotiations
.... ) in order to avoid major non-compliance, especially regarding working
hours, wages and housing."


 
 
 
 

 
 
 

Our Products


 
 
 
 

 
 
 

Our Products

Customer
Satisfaction

ST is committed to ensuring its products meet customer expectations in all
respects, including service, timely delivery and appropriate management of
quality.

What are ST's strengths and weaknesses in terms of customer satisfaction?

ST regularly evaluates customer satisfaction through different means such as
score cards, customer meetings and ST site audits. We have identified five areas
of excellence that contribute to customer satisfaction; technology (innovation,
technical support, etc.), business (competitiveness, change management, etc.),
supply chain (delivery performance, flexibility, etc.), quality (robust
products, preventing quality issues, etc.) and sustainability (vision &
strategy, stakeholder engagement, etc). In 2011, ST launched a customer
perception survey, collecting more than 1,300 responses that were fed into our
continuous improvement initiatives. Responses indicated that 84% of our clients
were satisfied to work with ST, our main strengths being business relations and
our product offering. We identified two main improvement opportunities: our
supply chain delivery performance and the quality of our products and processes.
Customers have remarked on the improvements we have made to date in terms of
quality, but we know that continual improvement must be sustained.

Everyone involved in enhancing
customer satisfaction

"Quality is not negotiable"
CEO, Carlo Bozotti

In 2011, ST reviewed its quality strategy and formed a cross-functional quality
organization consisting of quality groups that are able to network more
effectively across the company. The groups have a single common mission "to
provide ST's customers with the highest level of quality excellence in our
industry". Fabio Gualandris, Executive Vice President, Product Quality
Excellence, said that "the major change in this new structure is that it is very
operational, closely linked to the day-by-day activities of ST and our
customers."

ST's new quality strategy engages everyone at ST in continuous improvement,
aiming towards flawless implementation of business processes, zero failures and
zero excursions(1). 2012 will be the year of execution but several programs have
already been launched during 2011 which have provided promising results.
Excursions were one of ST's main focus areas in 2011, reinforcing both proactive
and reactive interventions. We initially analyzed details of previous excursions
and categorized root causes, identifying commonalities and solutions that would
create the longterm eradication of excursions. A senior cross-functional team
was then formed to implement effective, systematic and permanent solutions, and
to become the main point of contact when an excursion occurs. By the end of
2011, the number of excursions had already been reduced by 70%.

During 2011, ST faced several unpredictable events that had the potential to
impact our customer service; the nuclear disaster in Japan, flooding in Thailand
and Morocco, and typhoons in Hong-Kong. Due to the quality of our business
continuity plan, we were able to avoid any interruption in our customer services
despite these unpredictable global events. In several situations we also
successfully deployed our emergency logistics services to our customers and
suppliers.

To build resilience to the cyclical nature of our business, ST has worked with
Front-end subcontractors to increase flexibility and maintain levels of response
to customer demand, including strategic partnerships with selected companies.

Another key objective that has been closely monitored by ST top management in
2011 was the reduction of cycle time at our Frontend sites. Due to the high
complexity of this manufacturing phase, Front-end processes account for between
50% and 85% of the total cycle time. In response to customers' needs, Cycletime
Champions led dedicated working groups to deliver a reduction of 25% by the end
of the year. ST is committed to a further 15% reduction in 2012.

1/ A sudden and unexpected event generating abnormally high customer-related
failure

ST objectives

o Maintain performance improvements for Just in Time on Committed Date and Just
in Time on Requested Date (see graph)

o Reduce customer complaints per million units by 5% by Q4 2012 compared with a
2011 baseline


 
 
 
 

 
 
 

ST quality strategy

In February 2011, Fabio Gualandris joined ST as Executive Vice President of the
Product Quality Excellence organization. Within one year, he has introduced and
put into execution a new company quality strategy and roadmap to strengthen ST
leadership in this domain and help us provide our customers with the highest
level of quality excellence in the industry. We have three strategic objectives
for reaching these goals:

o We must achieve the lowest levels of defective parts per million for each
industrial domain with the ultimate goal of zero failures.

o We must prevent any impact to our customers due to excursions through
zero-excursion management.

o We must flawlessly execute business processes to prevent problems and
continually improve the way we work. The ST quality strategy is built on seven
fundamental pillars with global targets and a roadmap for execution.

Pillars ST goals

Customers

Delight our customers by providing best-in-class quality support, communication
and management of customer requirements.

People

Engage employees in the pursuit of quality excellence by ensuring people are
empowered, connected, competent and dedicated to quality.

Change management

Guarantee product quality excellence to our customers for any product, for any
process, in any factory through full visibility and traceability of all changes
and robust risk-assessment and mitigation processes.

Manufacturing &
supply chain

Achieve zero excursions for our customers through a proactive approach and
active containment and correction of excursions.

Product & technology
Development

Achieve built-in quality through integrated prevention at every step of product
and technology development.

Business processes,
tools & indicators

Provide the quality framework for the company business model through a
metricsdriven approach and integrated quality management.

Economics

Consider quality as an investment by using an economics approach that measures
the value of quality to our bottom line.

Guido Bovensmann
Supply Chain
Management
Automotive (SCMA),
Customer and Supplier
Process Harmonization,
Continental


"The ultimate goal of the SCMA is to make Continental the most reliable partner
for our customers through optimal fulfillment of their supply demands. For that,
we need highly flexible partners with leading-edge supply chain processes.

For a central logistics function working with ST, like our SCMA, it is highly
appreciated to have one competent contact who is involved in several logistics
programs, e.g. Logistics Improvement Program (LIP). Besides this, ST offers many
proactive solutions like its worldwide- model or the running of IT
modifications.

ST is always on board at an early stage with a high level of engagement to
support us in our goal to drive continuous improvement and to react even more
rapidly to sudden market changes, which have increased frequently over the past
few years. Thanks to open and honest communication, many issues are resolved
successfully."

Christelle Turcek
Supplier Quality
Management Plant
Toulouse, Continental

"In the challenging semiconductor market, quality is playing a key role within
the business context. Conti's expectation is to avoid or limit any potential
customer impact due to quality issues. A preventive strategy and fast response
are the two main characteristics Conti is expecting from its suppliers.
Standardization of reliability qualifications, manufacturing processes and
continuous quality improvement plans are the basis for preventive processes
while rapid and precise communication via comprehensive 8D methodology ensures a
fast response.

What we particularly appreciate with ST is the opportunity to set a common
quality strategy. Thanks to ST's product portfolio, strong technical know-how
and worldwide support, we are able to develop and deploy new solutions that meet
high-quality market demand.

Several joint Conti/ST quality programs are in place with clear objectives and
targets. We work well with ST thanks to communication flows established both at
regional level, via ST's local quality contacts and at management level.
Although the main drivers are located within the Quality Department, deployment
and execution involves the whole of ST."


2011 results
On-time delivery to customer request
On-time delivery to ST commitment
80
70
60
90
100
110
120
130
Delivery date in line with customer request
(Baseline 100 - December 31, 2007)
Delivery date in line with ST commitment
(Baseline 100 - December 31, 2007)
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 (Target)
80
70
60
90
100
110
120
130
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 (Target)
80
70
60
90
100
110
120
130
Delivery date in line with customer request
(Baseline 100 - December 31, 2007)
Delivery date in line with ST commitment
(Baseline 100 - December 31, 2007)
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 (Target)
80
70
60
90
100
110
120
130
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 (Target)
More performance indicators are available on pages 64 to 66


 
 
 
 

 
 
 

Our Products

Conflict-free
Minerals

ST is committed to ensuring compliance with legislation and alignment with
customer requirements relating to conflict minerals, avoiding procurement of 3TG
metals (tantalum, tin, tungsten and gold) that are directly or indirectly
associated with serious human rights violations or environmental damage in the
Democratic Republic of Congo and its neighboring countries.

Why is the conflict minerals issue
key for ST?

In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and neighboring countries, tantalum,
tin, tungsten and gold (collectively called 3TG) are often produced by artisans
and small-scale miners. The mines and their associated trading routes are
frequently controlled by illegal local military forces(1) . Mining revenues are
a major source of funding for armed groups who are responsible for violence and
other serious human rights abuses in the region, as well as environmental issues
such as deforestation(2).

On July 21, 2010, the US President signed into law the Dodd-Frank Act, drafted
by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which requires manufacturers of
electronics devices to undertake due diligence on their 3TG supply chains, to
publicly disclose their conflict minerals policy and to enforce conflict-free
measures in their procurement processes.

The electronic industry is one of the most impacted by this issue because of the
need for 3TG metals in electronic components(3). ST products contain many
metals, including 3TG. Since 2007, ST has led actions to prevent conflict
minerals entering its supply chain and has significantly increased its efforts
over recent years to obtain a more complete and reliable map of our minerals
supply chain, tracing it back to the mine of origin.

An industry-wide approach ST began to address the conflict minerals issue in
2007 by requiring its tantalum suppliers to confirm they were not providing
metals from conflict areas. Since then we have participated in the Electronic
Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC) and Global e-Sustainability Initiative
(GeSI) programs and are now requiring all our suppliers and subcontractors to
provide evidence that they are not sourcing 3TG metals that contribute to the
funding of armed groups.

Since 2008, EICC-GeSI has been working jointly to develop a common approach for
a conflict-free mineral supply chain within the electronic industry. In 2010,
EICC-GeSI launched its Conflict-Free Smelter (CFS) Program, in conformance with
the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from
Conflict- Affected and High-Risk Areas. The program consists of the independent
validation of the effectiveness of supply chain due diligence programs and
processes through third party audits of smelters and refiners. Through this
program, EICC-GeSI also provides guidance to smelters to support in-region
sourcing schemes that enable legitimate and safe trade from DRC.

In July 2011, EICC-GeSI issued a Due Diligence reporting template, in line with
the US Securities and Exchange Commission requirements, to create a single
reporting format that will enable electronics companies to consolidate the
analysis and reporting of data throughout the sector's supply chain and beyond.
As a result, ST was able to improve the visibility of its minerals supply chain
in 2011 by deploying the Due Diligence template to all its materials suppliers,
replacing the previously-used manual tracking process. We have also required our
subcontractors to deploy the template for their own downstream suppliers.

Completing this template is now mandatory for our suppliers and subcontractors
and is part of their annual evaluation, the maximum appraisal score being given
when they provide full traceability back to the mine of origin. Around 170
templates have so far been collected and aggregated. Due to the complexity of
our supply chain, a single feedback can contain information originating from as
many as eight separate tiers of the supply chain.

With this complete view of our supply chain, we are now able to validate every
smelter's name and identity against the EICC-GeSI list. Carrying out a
reasonable level of inquiry that delivers accurate information is complex due to
the number of companies involved. The ultimate objective is to engage all
smelters in the CFS program and we contribute to this goal by encouraging our
smelters to participate, contacting them both directly and through our firsttier
suppliers. By the end of 2011, the CFS program had focused on tantalum smelters
with 11 smelters certified.


 
 
 
 

 
 
 

ST identified six tantalum smelters in its materials supply chain, and four have
already passed the CFS certification. Like ST, many of our customers are also
listed on the New York Stock Exchange and therefore fall within the Dodd
Franck-Act. As a consequence, customer requirements received by ST relating to
conflict minerals quadrupled in 2011. This topic now represents almost half of
our customers' social and ethical requirements. There was also increased
customer focus on our supply chain coverage and data reliability. Our customer
satisfaction levels in this area have been very good, and we have benefited from
working closely with some customers to conduct more in-depth analyses.

ST remains well-informed on conflict minerals through its membership of the EICC
and participation in its working groups. In September 2011, we attended the
GeSI-EICC workshop in Brussels and participated in a dialogue that included
stakeholders from civil society, companies at every level of the supply chain
and government institutions. These meetings are vital to maintain a global
perspective of the issue; they also offer opportunities to share experience,
create connections with the different participants and continue collective
industry progress. Through our membership in the EICC, we are also supporting
the ITRI(4) 's Tin Supply Chain Initiative (iTSCi), aimed at developing the
responsible supply of tin from DRC and adjoining countries.

1/ USGS 2009 Minerals Yearbook - The Mineral Industry of
Congo
2/ Conflict Minerals and the EICC-GeSI approach, May 2011
3/ United Nations report on the Democratic Republic of the
Congo, December 2011
4/ International Tin Research Institute

ST objectives
o Define and deploy systems and processes to provide trustworthy
evidence that our products are conflict-free. In 2012 we will:
- maintain the EICC-GeSI Due Diligence Tool update for 100% of our material
  suppliers, Front-end and Back-end subcontractors
- engage all the smelters identified in our supply chain to join the
  EICC-GeSI Conflict-Free Smelter Program

Jan-Willem Scheijgrond
Senior Director Environment, Health & Safety,
Philips Corporate Sustainability Office

"Philips is concerned about the situation in Eastern Congo, and believes that an
industrywide approach is crucial to effectively address the conflict minerals
issue. We need our suppliers' cooperation to avoid that minerals that directly
or indirectly finance the Congolese conflict enter our supply chain. Philips
welcomes the increasingly open and collaborative stance of ST concerning supply
chain investigations and transparency. We encourage ST to continue this
important effort and take the next steps in engaging all identified smelters in
the EICC-GeSI Conflict Free Smelter program."


2011 results
Conflict Minerals
2011
Number of materials suppliers and subcontractors involved in the EICC-GeSI Due
Diligence survey 171
Number of suppliers and subcontractors that are associated
with at least one 3TG metal (involved suppliers) 84
% (number) of involved suppliers and subcontractors that have completed
the EICC-GeSI Due Diligence survey
100%
(84)
Number of smelters identified in ST's raw materials supply chain 61
Number of smelters identified in ST subcontractors' supply chains 111
% of ST Tantalum suppliers that use conflict-free smelters 66%

Mineral sourcing in ST's supply chain
Adapted from EICC-GeSI Extractive Work Group

Mines
Suppliers Product components
negociants
ST
Manufacturing
lines
Consumers
Electronic
products
traders
Smelters Refineries
Comptoirs
Customers
Final products
Mineral supply
Mineral trading
Metal supply
Electronic supply
Electronic products
Purchasing


 
 
 
 

 
 
 

Our Products

Eco-design

ST is committed to designing its products systematically, taking into
consideration the environmental impact of the device during its whole life
cycle, including raw materials, transportation, manufacturing, usage, end of
life.

Why is eco-design key for ST?

As the development of electronic goods continues to increase, it is imperative
to understand the increasingly stringent environment, health and safety product
requirements along with opportunities for sustainable production and
consumption.

Since 1993 and the first stages of its environmental strategy, ST has been fully
committed to reducing any negative effects of its activities and its products on
humans and the planet as a whole. Innovation is a key element in eco-design and
ST is implementing an eco-design strategy based on a life-cycle approach that
will better-inform customers of the environmental footprint of its products.

ST's approach to Life Cycle Assessment and eco-design

In 2010, ST published the fourth version of its EHS Decalogue with a target to
achieve eco-design of 100% of its new products by 2015. Life Cycle Assessment
(LCA) is a way of highlighting opportunities for ecological improvements in
product design. Since 2008, ST has developed a bespoke methodology and carried
out LCA on a range of products in accordance with ISO 14040 and ISO 14044. In
2011, we continued to make good progresses on our path to successfully integrate
this approach within the company.

Performing full LCA on a semiconductor device is a lengthy process due to the
complexity of processes, materials and final applications. Based on complete LCA
studies performed through the years at ST, we have developed a simplified LCA
methodology that provides a clear product footprint within a shorter timeframe,
enabling us to assess the main environmental impacts of 100% of ST's
internally-manufactured products.

Our eco-design roadmap outlines key milestones to reach our 2015 objective. We
launched three working groups on the integration of environmental parameters in
technology and product design. As a result, three eco-design tools, using LCA,
are being developed to integrate environmental criteria into each stage of chip
design. The first output is a circuit design tool developed by ST Castelletto
Research and Development (Italy) that compares design options for electrical
circuitry and highlights greener options. ST Front-end technology (developed in
Rousset - France) and Back-end package tools (developed in Grenoble - France)
will enable designers to identify the main contributions to impacts, minimize
the environmental impacts of both technologies and packages and compare the
evolutions between product generations. ST Crolles (France) has been able to map
the 45 nanometer technology through an in-depth study of chemical flows and is
currently working on a model to eco-design the next generation of technologies.

A responsible product(1) working group is looking into a communication plan
dedicated to eco-designed products, including the creation of eco-profiles and
labels.

We are also working on removing polluting and hazardous substances from our
products via our ECOPACK(R) program which was launched in 2000, based on ST's
hazardous substances list. From 2012, our systems will track products eligible
for ECOPACK(R) 3 and align packing materials with ECOPACK(R) levels.

1/ For more information, see responsible products pages 32-33

ST objectives
o Ensure 100% of new ST products
are eco-designed by 2015 through
deployment of :
- eco-design strategy
- new eco-design tools
- product eco-labeling
o ECOPACK(R)2 :
- 90% of new packages
implemented in ECOPACK(R)2 by the
end of 2012
- 80% of products in ECOPACK(R)2
in financial value by the end of 2012

o Start tracking products eligible for Ecopack (R)3 (halogen-free and no RoHS
exemption) in 2012

o Start alignment of ST packing materials to Ecopack (R) levels 2 and 3 in 2012


 
 
 
 

 
 
 

Focus on ST's partnerships
with academic institutions

ST is convinced that its strategic research partnerships are contributing to its
overall performance through the blending of different experiences and visions.
This combines day-to-day industry practice, performance targets and theoretical
studies with a long-term vision that is built through collaboration across
several industries. Due to its very technical and innovative nature, eco-design
in particular benefits from such partnerships, which inject the competencies and
experiences needed to develop LCA and other complex technical aspects of
eco-design.

Since 2009, the Research and Development departments of ST Rousset and Crolles
(France) are working with two PhD students from Grenoble University. This is in
partnership with the Grenoble laboratory G-SCOP specialized in design issues in
industrial engineering. Through their meticulous work, they developed our
eco-design methodology and strategy for products and processes. The Crolles
thesis is attached to the Nano 2012 Program, a strategic approach to increase
semiconductor innovation, including environmental aspects. Following on from
this success, several engineering students from the Politecnico di Milano
(Italy) are also engaged in LCA. In 2011, two of them have worked to validate
the methodology in improving the overall data quality and have also helped to
develop the eco-design tools. Furthermore, ST Tours (France) is working with the
University of Tours and Orleans, the National Center for Scientific Research
(CNRS) and the Atomic and Alternative Energy Commissionership (CEA) for several
years through a Scientific Interest Group called CERTeM Plus (Microelectronic
technology research and study center) to develop new ecodesign technologies.

Through this collaborative approach, ST aims to build long-term partnerships and
contribute to research at a global level.

Giovanni Dotelli
Associate Professor
of Materials Science,
Politecnico di Milano
(Italy)

"The need to re-think products to reduce their environmental burden is spreading
very rapidly, fuelled by an increase in environmental statements that assess the
"greenness" of almost everything. Life Cycle Analysis is one of the most robust
ways to answer stakeholders' requests for more comprehensive environmental
evaluations of products and materials.

Thanks to its collaboration with ST, the Politecnico di Milano has broadened its
experience in the specific field of semiconductor manufacturing and its
associated cutting edge technologies. ST has also offered unique internship
opportunities for Politecnico students who have been able to undertake thesis
projects in collaboration with highly qualified ST personnel."

Bodo Eilken
DA5 representative
Infineon Technologies
AG (Germany)

"The Die Attach 5 (DA5) Consortium was formed in 2009 by several semiconductor
industry leaders: Bosch (semiconductor division), Freescale, Infineon
Technologies AG, NXP and ST. The objective of the Consortium is to identify
sustainable, enduring, standardized, reliable and dependable lead-free solders
for attaching die to packages during manufacturing. The DA5 consortium aims to
reduce the qualification time needed by its customers and provide lead-free and
environmentally-friendly alternatives through:

o joint development among semiconductor manufacturers to develop lead-free die
attach technology

o joint work programs between DA5 members and their material suppliers

o encouraging suppliers to develop and offer innovative solutions

The collaboration combines the technical expertise and experience of the five
leading semiconductor companies with their main material suppliers to
demonstrate to the European Commission and the consulting Oko Institute that the
industry is committed to an early solution."



2011 results
ECOPACK(R) program / EN26 MEMS technology evolution
% of ECOPACK(R) products
in kunits*
2009 2010 2011
Non ECOPACK(R) 2.4 1.8 1.3
ECOPACK(R)1

Compliant with the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directive and
'lead free**' 58.1 43.5 28.9 ECOPACK(R)2

ECOPACK(R)1 + free of brominated, chlorinated and antimony-oxide flame
retardants 39.5 54.7 70.0

(*) In 2011, we reviewed our methodology used to calculate the annual percentage
of ECOPACK(R) products considering now the annual billing in volume, and no more
the number of products proposed in our catalogue.

(**) With adapted reliability for soldering at higher temperature, as some
exemptions are necessary mainly for the automotive market with regard to RoHS
regulation

Between two generations of Micro-Electromechanical Systems (MEMS) devices from
2010 and 2011, ST has reduced the area of the device corresponding to a CO2
equivalent decrease of about 40% 0 10 20 30 40 50 2010 2011 60 70 80 90 100 100
59

Between two generations of Micro-Electromechanical Systems (MEMS) devices from
2010 and 2011, ST has reduced the area of the device corresponding to a CO2
equivalent decrease of about 40%. MEMS Technology evolution COeq (%)

More performance indicators are available on pages 64 to 66


 
 
 
 

 
 
 

Our Products

Responsible
Products

Advances in semiconductor technology offer exciting opportunities to address
global sustainability issues with innovative products that respond to
environmental and safety challenges, as well as the ageing population and more
affordable and accessible healthcare.

What are 'responsible products'?

We use the term 'responsible products' to refer to the design, development, sale
and marketing of ST products that:

o Reduce energy consumption and enable customer applications to reduce their
energy consumption and/or are intended to provide new environmental solutions
(e.g. smart grid, start/stop systems, converters to manage solar cells and wind
turbines, etc.);

o Are intended to provide new social solutions and improve end-user quality of
life (e.g. all health-related products, safety applications, environmental and
social solutions for developing countries etc.).

In ST, we have known for years that we have numerous products that fit this
description but we didn't previously have a clear system to identify and
classify them. Prompted by investors' questions relating to the percentage of
products with energy-saving characteristics and their associated revenues, our
aim on this subject is to translate the real societal value of these products
into facts and figures that clearly demonstrate the contribution of our products
to key societal challenges.

ST's STAR Responsible Products
Program

The STAR program is just one element of ST's overall approach to product
stewardship, which includes compliance with legislation (e.g. ST's Ecopack (R)
label) and eco-design strategies to reduce the environmental impact of the
technology used in production, measured in terms of the product's environmental
footprint across the whole of its life cycle. See more on pages 28-29.

Launched in 2011, the STAR program set out to chart new territory in ST,
exploring the boundaries of eco-design and pushing them further in some
respects. The goal of the program, within the context of ST's new Sustainability
strategy and the key issue of 'Responsible Products', is to classify all new
products into relevant environmental and social categories and give a 1, 2 or 3
STAR rating according to the level of innovation of the product in question.

A task force was formed including representatives from all ST Product Groups to
define the approach and formalize it in relevant company processes (such as the
Product Development Process) and IT systems.

The focus in 2011 was to clarify the conceptual premise of the approach within
the context of existing programs. What characterizes the STAR program, as the
task force defined it, is its attempt to classify responsible characteristics of
the product (the ST chip) in use in ST's customers' final applications. The rule
the task force used to define the categories is: if the design functionalities
of the chip enable an application or result that is evidently 'responsible'
(i.e. bringing clear social or environmental benefits) then it is eligible for a
STAR rating.

In 2012, the task force will perform an initial classification of all eligible
new products for the year 2012 and fine-tune the classification criteria and
rules for assigning a STAR rating. They will then be able to formalize their
2012 target for the percentage of new products that have a STAR rating and
review the associated percentage of sales for those products each quarter. 2012
will be our baseline and will enable us to measure any increase in
demand/revenues for this category of product.

The ultimate goal is value creation for ST and benefits for society at large in
line with our Sustainability strategy and ST's overall strategy of
(life.augmented). In parallel, a focus on the formal communication processes and
activities that accompany the STAR program will ensure that customers, investors
and employees (and stakeholders in general) understand the value created and
benefit from it accordingly.

ST objectives

o In 2012, track the percentage of 'responsible products' in ST's overall
Product Portfolio and associated revenues (following STAR environmental and
social criteria) for the year

o Prepare a complete communications plan for responsible products in 2012


 
 
 
 

 
 
 

Focus on STAR responsible product categories

The task force working on STAR Responsible Products created two macro categories
for the classification of products with clear social and environmental benefits:
energysaving products and social products, which includes those products with
environmental benefits not related to energy-saving. For each of these two macro
categories there is a star rating from 1 to 3. The STAR rating for social
products focuses on the innovation of an ST chip enabling a final application
(that is owned by an ST customer) versus the offering of the market. For
energy-saving products, the STAR rating combines an evaluation of ST technology
versus the market offering and versus the previous generation of the product in
question.

Social Products
Health, Medical & Fitness

Examples of products that fall into this category:

o the Nanopump, which is a breakthrough concept that allows a tiny pump to be
mounted on a disposable skin patch to provide continuous insulin infusion for
diabetes treatment, using our microfluidic MEMS (Micro-Electro- Mechanical
System) technology;

o a "smart" contact lens that uses a tiny embedded strain gauge to monitor the
curvature of the eye over a period, typically 24 hours, providing valuable
disease management data that is not currently obtainable using conventional
ophthalmic equipment. This solution enables better management of glaucoma
patients via earlier diagnosis and treatment that is optimally tailored to the
individual patient.

Energy Saving Products

ST chips contribute to energy savings in two fundamental ways, which are often
connected: 1) the ST chip itself saves energy compared to the previous
generation and 2) the design functionalities of the ST chip enable a significant
energy saving within the final application (owned by the ST customer). In some
cases, it is the energy saving of the ST chip itself that permits an energy
saving in the final application. Our data-gathering sets out to capture the
energy-saving characteristics of both categories so that we will be able to
measure the growth in demand for these products and associated revenues
separately, but as part of the same bigger picture. Energy saving products
include products for smart grids which comprise interconnected equipment such as
appliances, energy meters and infrastructure monitors. These products are
conceived to reduce peak loads, improve network stability, encourage lower
consumption and better manage a wider variety of renewable energy sources such
as wind and solar. Our power conversion devices - another category of energy
saving products - deliver a dramatic reduction of energy consumption in homes
and other buildings, enabling appliances that are less power hungry or lighting
systems that exploit the most up-to-date technologies to deliver optimum
lighting conditions with the lowest possible energy (e.g. chips for driving
highefficiency LED for lighting applications, which save as much as 40%,
compared to older technologies).

Raimondo Rannisi
Sustainable Excellence Manager, IMS Systems
Lab & Technical Marketing,
Catania (Italy)

"Responsible products are an integral element of our approach to sustainable
development: they are advanced devices with a high degree of innovation which
may have a positive impact on the environment and on people's lives."


Responsible products category and STAR classification criteria |EN6|EN26|

Social Products Associated STAR rating

o Health/Medical/Fitness
Embedded in applications
dedicated to physical well-being

o Safety/Security:
Contributes to transportation/
car safety or safety in general;
or to personal security

o Social (general):
Products supporting ageing
population, disabilities; to
improve quality of life in
developing countries etc.

1 STAR: incremental changes
to a solution already on the
market

2 STARS: not just improve an
existing solution, add to it in
new ways

3 STARS: solves a problem
for which there is not yet a
solution on the market
Energy Saving Products Associated STAR rating

o Energy saving
of the ST chip itself

o Energy saving
of the application thanks
to the ST chip

1 STAR: incremental improvement
versus previous generation (at
least in line with standard market
offering)

2 STARS: significant improvement
versus previous generation (above
standard market offering)

3 STARS: dramatic improvement vs
previous generation OR providing a
solution for energy saving that does
not yet exist on the market


 
 
 
 

 
 
 

Our Products

Intellectual Property
& Innovation

It is acknowledged that innovation in micro-electronics has the potential to
offer people better, longer and more enjoyable lives through technology
development in important areas such as energy efficiency, healthcare and the
management of scarce resources.

Innovation's contribution
to business and society

The semiconductor industry is a key enabler for the electronics industry which
creates growth in information technologies plus a wide range of manufacturing
and service industries. It provides improved solutions for existing applications
and also enables new applications and markets to develop. A significant
proportion of the goods and services that will be available in the market in 10
years time have not yet been developed or even conceived, but microelectronics
is bound to be a key enabling technology underlying most of them. Major progress
is anticipated in fields such as communications, healthcare, energy
conservation, digital content and entertainment, transportation and security.
Digital multimedia convergence, sensing and power management are segments of
microelectronics that are likely to have the deepest impact on the future of our
society.

Multimedia convergence and Sense & Power applications are central to ST's
vision, which drives product and technology development. Examples include
advanced audio/video processing, multi-core architectures, low power technology,
radio frequency, micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) and 3D integration.

As the complexity of our products grows and their economic lifespan shortens, it
becomes essential for ST to continuously assess how best to allocate its
resources across ever increasing demands for research and development. The
potential benefits of tapping into the rapidly emerging market for semiconductor
technology, intellectual property or ready-made circuitry needs to be carefully
balanced against the risks e.g. dependency and product differentiation
capability. Conversely, business opportunities may arise from the licensing of
certain intellectual property or knowhow to partners or 3rd parties.

Innovation is the critical link that converts our portfolio of IP and
inventions, into products and ultimately into business opportunities.

This process is underpinned by rigorous IP portfolio management, which protects
ST's interests.

ST's approach to innovation

ST's approach to innovation focuses on three key areas:

o R&D investment: we devote an average of over 20% of our net revenues to R&D.
In an industry where the speed of bringing new technology to market is critical,
it is important that ST maintains momentum. An advanced System On Chip (SOC)
such as an application processor or a multimedia consumer device can typically
contain over 1 billion transistors and millions of lines of embedded software.
The aggregate effort needed to bring such products to market is the equivalent
of hundreds of man-years. A similar scale of input is required to develop a
stateof- the-art technology platform for smart power devices or MEMS.

o Intellectual Property sourcing and research alliances: to complement internal
R&D, ST also sources technology, IPs and IP blocks from strategic partners,
customers and third parties. This process starts with toplevel technology
intelligence and the identification of future business needs. We then evaluate
the most efficient way to acquire the IP. One model involves the acquisition of
IP through licensing transactions with a worldwide network of partners.

Alternatively, it may result from product development with key customers,
technology development with other semiconductor manufacturers and alliances on
Electronic Design Automation tool development with major suppliers. Alliances
are supported by research programs conducted with leading institutions which
contribute to several of Europe's advanced technology research programs such as
CATRENE (Cluster for Application and Technology Research in Europe on
NanoElectronics, a successor to MEDEA+), and industry initiatives such as ENIAC
(European Nano-electronics Initiative Advisory Council).

ST objectives

o Increase creativity:
Number of patents for fundamental
innovations filed per year

o Increase efficiency of product
development:
- Average age of development
projects
- Proportion of projects younger
than 1 year

o Increase R&D partnerships:
% of R&D spending incurred
via partnerships or external IP
sourcing


 
 
 
 

 
 
 

o Intellectual Property portfolio management: the thousands of patentable ideas
that result every year from the research activities above are carefully
protected against unauthorized third party use or infringement. ST's portfolio
represents approximately 17,000 patents* and pending patent applications. These
assets, in turn, are used to develop further partnerships and alliances, or
alternatively are incorporated into licensing programs.

o Intellectual Property training: ST uses intellectual property to protect and
support everything we do. All ST employees have responsibility to protect our
intangible assets, including their strategic and economic importance plus legal
aspects. This covers the tools and processes that ST's IP and Licensing
Department has put in place to help create a worldclass patent portfolio.

Employee IP training is delivered by the IP & Licensing Department in
cooperation with Corporate Learning.

The IP & Licensing Department also invites several key representatives of ST's
divisions for a full day of training, covering the major phases of ST's patent
life cycle.

Combining highly complex technology with the most innovative
multimedia features

In 2011, ST unveiled details of Orly, its forthcoming high-performance broadband
set-top box system-on-chip Integrated Circuit (IC) for extraordinary home
entertainment that will deliver market-leading energy efficiency, high
performance as well as bestin- class security features, along with support for a
wide variety of open-source environments.

The chip's superior processing power will support value-added services such as
state-of-the-art gaming, Over The Top (OTT) video playback via 3rd-parties over
the Internet, the new generation of application stores and secure
High-Definition streaming to tablets, smartphones, PCs and TVs throughout the
home.

This is the first ST IC in the 32/28 nanometer technology family and, with over
1 billion transistors, is among the most complex conceived to date. On
developing the chip, ST has responded to end users' demands for a
fully-connected home.

GreenNet: a smart Wireless Sensor Network

ST's Business Innovation Process has given birth to a highly innovative project
from Grenoble (France), named GreenNet. GreenNet is a network of wireless
sensors that can detect environmental parameters such as temperature, movement,
self-motion, presence of pollutants in the atmosphere etc. It is able to respond
to sensory information by enabling an embedded switch which acts on the
surrounding systems, e.g. by switching on a light, closing a gate, etc.
Miniaturization of the device results in a stamp-sized product. A photovoltaic
cell delivers energy to each network node, where it is stored in an embedded
battery, allowing continuous operation. The application has the potential for
use in a vast array of innovative applications and multiple domains, such as
industrial applications, home automation and personal assistance. It helps to
use energy more efficiently and will increase consumer safety though better
monitoring of the environment, e.g. monitoring of carbon monoxide.

The data from GreenNet can be transmitted to a mobile device such as a
smartphone or tablet to enable remote monitoring and control.

(*) this figure relates to ST core businesses (ie excluding STEricsson)

Jean-Marc Chery,
Executive Vice President, Chief Manufacturing
& Technology Officer

"Brilliant companies invent and protect their inventions, successful companies
innovate and leverage their own and their partners' inventions to create
products that make a difference ... "


2011 results
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
ST patents filed per year Innovation activity
2010 2011
Median Age of Immature Projects*, in months 17 14
% of Immature Projects* younger than 1 year,
in value
29% 43%
% of Projects* maturing withing Year, in value 29% 35%
% Open Innovation ** in R&D, in value 20% 21%

* immature project: product development project, defined in accordance
with IFRS criteria, measured in asset value, not yet at Maturity 30 at end of
the year

** open innovation: aggregate spending towards external R&D technology
licensing partners, in % of total R&D + licensing spending


 
 
 
 

 
 
 

The Environment


 
 
 
 

 
 
 

The Environment

Water
Management

ST is committed to reducing water use and ensuring high standards of effluent
and waste water treatment. We are also committed to identifying and managing
water-related risks and opportunities, including impacts on local communities.

Why is water management key
for ST?

Climate change is the major factor impacting world water resources, with direct
effects on ecosystems, people and businesses(1). 22% of the world's fresh water
is used for industry(1), making water management a priority issue for
responsible companies. The semiconductor industry has an obligation to respond
via:

o water governance and regulatory Compliance

o the development of innovative initiatives to diminish water dependency and
ensure business and supply chain continuity

o the mitigation of adverse impacts on water supply and communities

The sustainable management of this essential resource is of critical importance
for ST and its stakeholders. Our water footprint has been reduced by 73% since
1994 through continuous improvement programs undertaken at all our manufacturing
sites. ST is now taking a more comprehensive approach to water management,
covering both our world-wide sites and their related communities.

ST management of water

Water management at operations

The semiconductor industry requires water with a very high level of purity for
sensitive manufacturing processes, especially at our Front-end sites. ST
identified water conservation as a key issue for sustainable growth in the first
release of its Environment Health and Safety Decalogue in 1995 and developed a
strategy covering all stages of operations. Since then we have achieved our
yearly reduction target of 5% for water draw-down, in cubic meters per
production unit.

ST's conservation strategy is based on the 3R motto 'Reduce, Reuse, Recycle'.
Water conservation features in the design of our facilities, and manufacturing
processes are constantly upgraded to meet our more stringent water reduction
targets. Each site measures and assesses its patterns of water usage to know
which areas of the production process to focus on. We have developed innovative
measures to further save water, and operating procedures are consequently
reviewed to be aligned with the best equipment and processes. In 2011, ST
recycled 40.5% of its water, re-using it for different purposes such as
scrubbers, cooling towers or civil use such as lawn watering.

Waste water is treated in dedicated treatment plants, either located onsite or
developed in collaboration with local authorities to remove polluting substances
such as fluoride, which cannot be treated by municipal plants. Once it has
obtained a sufficient level of purity, and when any risk of pollution is
eliminated, it is discharged into the natural environment.

Assessing impacts on resources and Communities

ST is conscious that it has a significant impact on water resources. To oversee
the related risks and harmonize ST's practices, we have started to monitor this
aspect centrally and have implemented guidelines to review the quality,
availability and selection of the water sources we use.

To assess and map the water risks related to our operations, ST conducted a
pilot evaluation using the Global Water Tool of the World Business Council for
Sustainable Development. We firstly analyzed whether ST sites were located in
water-scarce areas, and how this might impact ST's activities and communities in
the future. In 2012, ST will perform a deep water risk assessment with Quantis
at all manufacturing sites and will evaluate its overall water footprint from
operations, supply-chain and the lifetime of product use.

ST has a historical engagement with its surrounding communities. Our sites have
always worked with local stakeholders to reduce water extraction and
consumption, and ensure a viable development of all actors of the areas. In
2011, ST Agrate received the Electronics Day Award for its responsible approach
to reducing the consumption of the deep water aquifer, thus minimizing its
impacts on communities in the Agrate basin(2).

1/ Source : Unesco World Water Assessment Program (WWAP)
2/ See article on Water management at ST Agrate, page 41 of
ST Sustainability report 2010

ST objectives

o Reduce water draw-down (cubic meters per production unit) by 5% per year

o Achieve an overall Company recycling rate of 45% by 2015

o Conduct a water risk and opportunity assessment for each manufacturing site by
2012


 
 
 
 

 
 
 

Focus on in-depth water analysis at ST Tours (France)

In March 2011, a new local regulation required ST Tours(3) to limit its water
consumption and to submit a report of the site water use by October 2011. Tours
decided to seize this opportunity to undertake an in-depth analysis to optimize
its water consumption.

With the help of a specialized consulting agency, and supported by French
governmental organizations, a group of ST experts from participating
manufacturing departments began the study in April. It evaluated the current
techniques used by the Tours site against the 33 technical guidelines of the EU
Commission, referred to as Best Available Techniques Reference. Daily flow-meter
readings across multiple areas provided a precise and complete inventory of ST
Tours' water consumption and helped identify areas for further improvement and
optimization.

Following on from this analysis, in November 2011 three working groups started
to optimize the water consumption of equipment during both active and stand-by
modes and also looked at ways of increasing the use of recycled water.

Initial results showed a significant decrease of 5m3 of ultra-pure water per
hour. These best practices will be shared with other ST sites and we hope some
will be recognized for their innovative aspects and adopted by the French
Ministry of Environment.

Hakim Taleb
Industrial Program Manager, Water Agency,
Brittany-Loire region (France)

"The Water Agency, part of the French Ministry of Environment, has adopted a
renewed and ambitious water management strategy, stipulating that two thirds of
water resources must regain a good environmental quality by 2015. Industries are
required to take all necessary preventive measures to reduce their water
withdrawal, consumption, and emissions. Optimum water management can be achieved
if all local participants (municipalities, companies, individuals) collaborate
and are part of the decision-making process. Teams at ST Tours are engaged and
committed to making environmental improvements, as demonstrated by the
innovative study they conducted in 2011 on the site water consumption and usage,
with the financial support of the Water Agency."

Focus on ST Kirkop (Malta)
water recycling program

In Malta, as is the case on many islands, water is a scarce natural resource. To
obtain freshwater, the country needs to desalinate increasingly more seawater to
sustain the rising demand, while quality of groundwater is worsening due to
intensive agricultural usage. This impacts water supply and results in an
elevated price. Fully aware of this issue, Maltese people form elaborate plans
to use water responsibly and not waste it.

ST Kirkop, as one of the largest industries of the country, treats the water
situation very seriously. Facing these geographical and economical issues, ST
Malta has developed an ambitious program to improve the efficiency of water
management, including both consumption and recycling. Two microfiltration
modules have been installed along with a kinetic plant to filter waste water
from wafer and package refining operations.

Water then undergoes further purification, with removal of metals and
neutralization of acidity, reverse osmosis to exclude impurities, and finally
ion-exchange to achieve deionized water quality for reuse in factory operations.

Since 1997, ST Kirkop has reduced its water consumption per production unit by
87% and attained a notable water recycling rate of 76%. The water conservation
program saves water equivalent to the domestic average use of 5,000 people,
around 1.3% of Malta's population.

3/ Order from the French Prefecture of Indre et Loire
of March 11, 2011

2011 results
For more information on our environmental results, please refer to page 66

Consumption of water
(per unit of production):
normalized values / EN8 / 2.2
Recycled and reused total water
/ EN10 / 2.2
Total water discharge / EN21

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Water discharge (1,000m3) 17,934
14,931 12,867 14,000 13,650 Treated in ST waste water treatment plant (%) 54 76
75 73 74 Treated in external waste water treatment plant* (%) 59 51 43 57 55
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Total water used (1,000m3) 29.567 27.791 25.622 27.736
29.113 Water recycling and re-usage rate (%) 26.51 34.53 36.20 37.29 40.53 0 10
20 30 40 50 Target m3 / production unit 60 70 80 90 100 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 100 91.0 81.7 80.0 77.5 64.0 53.1 59.4 47.0 2004 2005
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 40.9 36.1 34.0 31.3 29.5 27.3 39.0 26.7 27.3
Consumption of water (per unit of production): normalized values / EN8 / Dec .
2.2 m3/production unit


(*) For more information on our environmental results, please refer to p.x.
* Part of this water has already been treated in ST's waste water treatment
plant, meaning that 100% of water discharge is either treated internally,
externally, or both
More performance indicators are available on pages 64 to 66


 
 
 
 

 
 
 

The Environment

Energy
Management

ST is committed to reducing its energy consumption and carbon footprint from its
operations through energy efficiency and conservation programs along with the
purchase of CO2- free and renewable energies. To mitigate its business exposure
to climate change, ST carefully monitors and anticipates changes in the energy
market.

Why is energy management key
for ST?

In 2008, the EU adopted an integrated climate change policy including targets to
reduce energy consumption by 20%, and to supply 20% of energy demand from
renewable sources by 2020(1). Since the 1990s, ST has been working to mitigate
its indirect Greenhouse Gases (GHG) emissions under scope 2 of the GHG Protocol.
These initiatives have already halved our energy consumption per production
unit, and work is ongoing to make further improvements in manufacturing
efficiency. ST is now broadening its scope by adopting a full Total Cost of
Ownership (TCOO) approach in its facilities and energy purchasing processes,
which includes the procurement of renewable energy.

ST's approach to energy purchase, consumption and conservation

Sourcing strategy

ST's main source of energy is electricity with only relatively low quantities of
fuel and natural gas needed for air heating, abatement devices and general
facilities. ST both generates and purchases green electricity. Our global energy
sourcing department monitors and anticipates local regulations and the specific
energy needs at each of our sites. When purchasing energy, we consider proposals
that offer the optimum balance between cost and environmental impact. ST
encourages sites to adopt and install renewable energy sources wherever
possible; for example, ST Catania (Sicily) has installed 10,300 m2 of
photovoltaic panels. In 2011, ST wind farm located in the south of France has
contributed to 1.13% of our total energy requirements. To complement this
approach, we selected a new energy provider in France able to provide 25% of the
energy contract from renewable sources. We pursue our efforts to further
increase the percentage of green energy we purchase, also dependent on us being
able to negotiate a commercially acceptable price with other green energy
suppliers.

Also, to mitigate its business risks relating to energy and climate change and
to increase stability in a volatile market, ST pays particular attention to
market price volatility and CO2 emissions taxation regulations.

Consumption, conservation and energy-efficiency

ST's EHS Decalogue target is to achieve a cumulative reduction of energy
consumption of 5% per year (per unit of production). As a result of the economic
downturn and the decrease production output during the year, we have been unable
to meet this target in 2011. However, we have major programs in place to further
improve energy-efficiency in our processes, including some opportunities at our
non-manufacturing sites. For example, in 2011, ST Geneva headquarter
(Switzerland) added a requirement into its boiler maintenance contract to reduce
energy by a minimum of 10% per year. Results were above expectations, with a 19%
reduction in gas and a 6% reduction in electricity consumption, mainly due to
better matching of consumption with need. ST also developed a Total Cost of
Ownership (TCOO) approach for all Front-end and Back-end facilities, linked to
the Company's total costs across all projects and processes. All ST contracts
are now assessed on the total costs of acquisition, maintenance and energy
consumption over a ten-year period. ST Crolles (France) purchased two air
compressors in 2011 based on the TCOO approach. Energy cost represents eight
times the price of the equipment over a ten-year usage period. TCOO will save
around US$ 373k and 470 tons CO2 per compressor over ten years. ST also
continues to focus on energysaving in our manufacturing facilities and the
construction of energy-efficient buildings in order to meet our Decalogue
targets.

1/ European Commission, Climate action, Energy for a changing world

ST objectives

o Reduce energy consumption by 5% per unit of production per year
o Achieve an increase of 7% in the purchase of green energy by 2012
o Formally include criteria on energy efficiency and use of CO2 emission-free
and/or renewable energy in the selection of energy and facilities contracts
by 2012


 
 
 
 

 
 
 

Michel Curtil
Industrial sector Director, GDF-Suez (France)

"Europe advocates the move towards a low-carbon economy by 2050 with a decrease
of between 80% and 95% in CO2 emissions. GDF-Suez has developed sustainable
energy offers coming from guaranteed renewable sources aiming to answer both
GDF-Suez and its stakeholders' expectations.

In taking up the offer AlpEnergie25, ST France chose a sustainable approach to
reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. AlpEnergie25 provides energy generated from
dams we operate along the Rhone river. Thanks to the proposal from GDF-Suez, ST
demonstrates its engagement for a more responsible use of resources. One quarter
of its electricity consumption comes thus from renewable sources whose origin is
certified by the German organization, TUV SUD."

ST Agrate (Italy) certified to ISO 50001 The energy management Standard ISO
50001(2), details the requirements for establishing, implementing, maintaining
and improving an energy management system to increase energy efficiency, reduce
costs and improve energy performance. Since mid 1990s, ST Agrate has integrated
energy performance targets into its environmental management practices and made
strong efforts on energy consumption, conservation and management. In 2011, ST
Agrate was certified to ISO 50001, only the third company in Italy to achieve
certification. ISO 50001 certification helped ST to meet several energy
challenges through:

o the identification and management of electricity consumption; analyzing and
planning our electrical consumption enables us to secure the energy provisioning
with power suppliers

o the optimization of manufacturing equipment and the inclusion of energy
efficiency parameters in the procurement of new equipment

o the optimization of indirect CO2 emissions (Scope 2 and 3).

Agrate commissioned external ISO 50001 certification which included an
assessment of the site's energy management tools and systems. The site was
commended for their very high level of performance, while identifying two areas
of improvement; the need to improve the reliability of monitoring tools by
putting in place systems to measure the loss of Freon gas from chillers, and the
introduction of the latest electrical performance evaluation methodology in our
new buildings.

Thanks to ISO 50001, ST now has an additional instrument to improve energy
consumption and environmental performance. Catania (Italy) and Rousset (France)
sites will undertake the certification in 2012, and the Standard will be further
adopted by other ST sites in 2013.

2/ ISO 50001 replaced ISO 16001 from June 2011. ST Agrate was certified ISO
16001 in 2010


2011 results
For more information on our environmental results, please refer to page 66

Consumption of energy (per unit of production):
normalized values / EN4 / 2.1

0
10
20
30
40
50
Target
60
70
80
90
100
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
100
95.4
95.3
90.0
89.9
77.9
70.9
81.9
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
70.5
62.9
58.0
56.4
53.1
51.2
48.5
65.4
45.8
47.9
100
kWh/production unit

Electricity produced by ST-owned windfarm
/ EN3 / 3.3 GWh


2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Electricity 30.0 21.7 22.7 23.8 25.1
Tenders that incorporate criteria on energy
efficiency and the use of CO2 emission-free
and/or renewable energy %
2011
Call for tenders that include criteria on energy efficiency and use of CO2
emission-free and/or renewable energy
100
Retained offers with best environmental proposal 50

More performance indicators are available on pages 64 to 66


 
 
 
 

 
 
 

The Environment

Transport
& Logistics

ST is committed to managing the social, safety and environmental impacts
resulting from transportation and logistics for products, materials and
employees, considering overall efficiency and reduction of CO2 emissions.

Why are transport and logistics
key for ST?

Transport accounts for 23% of global energy-related CO2 emissions and trends
project an increase of nearly 50% by 2030(1). For global companies, the safe and
efficient transport of products and people is a priority. Energy supply and
price, natural or man-made events, pollution and congestion issues can all
destabilize transport flows, which, in turn, can have a major impact upon a
company's performance.

At ST, transport represents 7.4% of our total CO2 emissions and we have a range
of initiatives and programmes to minimize both our direct and indirect CO2
emissions, as covered by Scope 3 of the Kyoto Protocol. We have implemented
several company-wide programs to reduce our transport-related carbon footprint
while maintaining the operational requirements of our internal and external
stakeholders. We also offer a range of local initiatives to develop sustainable
transport options for our employees.

ST objectives
o Reduce the carbon footprint of ST product transportation by 15%
by 2014
o Ensure that all sites have a formalized mobility plan to promote
alternative and greener modes of transportation and evaluate the benefits

Our approach to products and people transportation

Product transportation and logistics

Product transportation incorporates the transportation of semi-finished and
finished goods between ST sites and to customers, and the transfer of equipment
during manufacturing processes. We optimize routes and regularly update these to
align with business strategy, economic fluctuations and customer demand. ST has
developed a comprehensive and accurate record of its CO2 emissions by using a
dedicated information sharing system defined with our logistics service
providers. In 2011, we reduced the distance for each kilogram of product
transported via the ST network by 11%.

The ST transportation network is fine-tuned by:

o minimizing product weight and volume during packing and shipping to ensure
that more products are shipped per cubic meter

o optimizing internal transport through efficient planning that considers
freight footprint efficiency and frequency alignment with internal customers'
needs

o ensuring that the selected mode of transport is the most appropriate for the
requested routing, in terms of cost, speed, quality and environmental impact

o monitoring for changes in customer demand patterns or delivery points and
engaging the sales organization in the optimization process

o introducing direct shipment routes and taking every opportunity to reduce the
number of kilometers for each kilogram of product travelled.

In 2010, ST launched a Lean Packing Program to redefine packing guidelines, set
new quality, safety and environmental criteria, and specified new rules for the
use and reuse of boxes. One benefit is that it has delivered improvements in
data reliability, enabling us to accurately monitor efficiency on a quarterly
basis. In 2011, we reduced the shipped volume by 3.3% compared to 2010. This
represents at least 30 containers.

In 2012, we will continue to restructure our routings and will switch the
transfer of internal equipment from air-freight to seafreight wherever the
decommissioning or installation lead times permit.

Employee commuting

At a local level, many of our sites deploy innovative employee mobility
programs, developing greener transport options and offering alternative
solutions to the use of individual cars. Green transport initiatives are
frequently promoted through specific campaigns and awareness-raising events.
Incentives are also offered to encourage employees to use public transport,
coaches or car-pooling networks. Furthermore, some sites are testing electrical
cars, motorcycles or bicycles. Some sites e.g. Grenoble (France), have gone
further than this to encourage the deployment of green transport plans by their
local catering, cleaning and security subcontractors.

1/ According to the International Energy Agency



 
 
 
 

 
 
 

Focus on ST Calamba
(Philippines) finished goods

Flexibility and adaptation are key attributes for ST to ensure that its
logistics models are adequate and aligned with business needs.

As a result of a 20% increase of outsourced Back-end operations in the
Philippines, ST Global Logistics & Warehousing Organization (GLWO) completed the
optimization of its logistics network. Taking advantage of existing ST
infrastructures and competences in Calamba, its central location in Asia, and
anticipating further site growth over the next five years, GLWO decided that
Calamba would be the best location for the additional inventory storage and
operational capacity required for the increased logistics and warehousing
activities.

Several ST business units and organizations worked together during a six month
period to find the best way to simplify shipping flow, utilize subcontractors'
skills and experience and understand the constraints on the overall supply
chain, in order to further improve efficiency while maintaining an effective
delivery service to our customers.

The newly created hub has enabled savings of over US$ 1.3m on freight costs and
a two-day reduction in cycle time as a result of freight routing optimization,
and a 55% reduction in CO2 emissions, equivalent to 1,400 tons of CO2 per year.

Focus on package
re-design

The 12 inch Front-Opening Shipping Box (FOSB) is the biggest outer box used by
ST to pack its devices. ST Global Logistics & Warehousing Organization (GLWO)
developed a Lean Packing Program to re-design and optimize its packing and
increase the efficiency of its use and transportation.

The 12 inch FOSB packing was identified as a key contributor of waste due to
material consumption, excessive freight costs and CO2 emissions. To find an
economic and environmentally friendly alternative, five models with different
sizes and materials were designed.

Tests were based on the following criteria: quality (drop tests results),
environment (less polluting material), and cost of transportation (volume).

The volume of the re-designed FOSB packing has been reduced by 35%, while its
robustness has been improved to avoid wafer breakage. This design is also
lighter and makes manual handling easier and safer.

Through this program, ST generated savings per year of US$ 450k in freight and
material costs, a reduction of 725 m3 in volume and 220 tons of CO2 emission
reduction.

Antonio Infosini Infrastructure Sector Director, Strategic Interventions and
Mobility, Provincia di Monza e Brianza (Italy)

"To reduce the traffic and environmental impact generated by people
transportation in the critical area of Milan and Monza e Brianza, we developed a
sustainable mobility plan called Moving Better. This project created a
collaborative network between municipalities and companies and as a result, more
than 120,000 people are using public transportation and the innovative
technologies, such as electric transportation.

More than 50% of ST Agrate employees have participated in answering a specific
questionnaire about commuting, which has enabled us to build a precise picture
of the local situation and define smart actions to improve local mobility."

2011 results
For more information on our environmental results, please refer to page 66
Air  2000km 88%
Air  2000km 10%
Road 1%
Ocean 1%
Packing density reduction
Carbon footprint of ST's products
per mode of transportation
2010 2011
Packing volume reduction
(compared with a baseline of 100 in 2010)
100 96.7
Carbon footprint of ST's product transportation*
2010 2011
Transport component of ST's total CO2 emissions (%) 8.1 7.4
CO2 emissions due to product transportation per year (ktCO2) 110 99.42

* We reviewed our sequestered values in 2010 after a revision of our methodology
used to estimate the annual carbon sequestration.

Employee mobility plan %

2011
ST sites with an employee mobility plan 56
Employees covered by a mobility plan 43.2
Modes of transportation proposed to employees
Private and public buses, trains, bikes and
electrical bikes, car-pooling networks, shuttles,
taxi service for employees working late
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The Environment

Waste Management

ST is committed to continuously reducing, re-using, recycling and managing waste
streams from manufacturing sites including hazardous substances, metals,
packing, plastics and other non-biodegradable materials.

Why is waste management key for ST?

The advance of science and technology, along with the development of a mass
market with an increasing demand for the latest advanced electronics and
electrical devices, has generated a large range of Information and Communication
Technology (ICT) products and this has led to an ever increasing quantity of
electronic waste. Several pieces of legislation require companies to observe the
strict management of hazardous waste, including treatment, transportation and
elimination, as well as managing products at the end of their life.

Waste management is a key area for every ST site. Very strict controls are
maintained over the whole process and the ST Environment Health and Safety (EHS)
Decalogue contains ambitious targets to increase re-use and recycling ratios;
also to identify the most appropriate solution for final disposal, thus avoiding
sending waste to landfill.

ST objectives

o Reduce the generation of waste by at least 5% per year (kg per production
unit)

o Reduce the generation of hazardous waste by at least 5% per year (kg per
production unit)

o Re-use and recycle at least 95 % of waste

o Reduce landfill waste to less than 2%

Management on the overall
waste chain

Strategic management of waste

Since 1995 and its first EHS Decalogue, ST has set stringent targets to reduce
waste generated from operations and to re-use or recycle materials. At ST, even
though waste is managed according to country prerequisites and local
specificities, our EHS Decalogue requires that all sites meet the most stringent
of either their national/local regulations or the company procedures. In 2011,
more than 90% of waste generated was recycled and re-used, while less than 3%
was sent to landfill.

ST's waste strategy covers all waste streams, from operations, surrounding
activities (offices, canteen, etc), and products(1). ST developed a Waste Ladder
methodology to ensure an appropriate end-of-life treatment for each waste
stream, based on its economic value and ecological impacts. Significant results
have been achieved on: waste prevention; recycling and re-use; final disposal,
monitoring, and auditing.

Operational waste management

Waste from operations is our more critical issue, as it may contain hazardous
materials. We established an integrated process for the environmental management
of waste covering compliance, monitoring of the quantity of waste produced each
year, data collection and reporting. This was accompanied by the detailed
assessment of the potential environmental impacts of operational waste
generation. Dedicated areas have been built into all our manufacturing sites for
waste collection, segregation and disposal. Each site ensures that waste is
segregated and then managed as a distinct waste stream. These processes are
aligned with national and local laws and regulations.

ST pays particular attention to hazardous waste resulting from the production
process which includes, for example, chemical substances, contaminated plastics
and light-bulbs. Most hazardous waste is recycled or re-used and the remaining
waste is safely disposed of by specially-authorized companies. Wherever it is
possible, our hazardous waste is treated in the country where it was produced.
In 2011, in accordance with the Basel Convention, none of our sites exported
hazardous waste. ST sites seek and share best practices in a number of areas,
for example the environmentally responsible transformation of waste,
partnerships with local recycling companies, minimization of transportation,
increased traceability, and the use of technological innovation.

ST goes beyond EHS Decalogue targets through initiatives to revalorize office
and canteen waste. We worked closely with several of our partners to improve
their practices, and have especially worked with our canteen subcontractors to
increase organic waste composting and the recycling of cardboard, bottles and
cans. We also regularly raise employee awareness on their individual
contribution to recycling.

1/ Product-related waste is detailed in the eco-design pages 30-31


 
 
 
 

 
 
 

Focus on 96% achieved recycled waste at ST Muar (Malaysia)

ST carries out recycling programs to comply with, and sometimes exceed, the
waste disposal and recycling regulations in countries where we operate. In 2011,
ST Muar identified new opportunities to minimize waste and recycle or re-use
materials and attained a recycling rate of 96%, the best performance across ST
Back-end sites.

One of Muar's main achievements relates to electronic waste, representing 21% of
the total site waste. To recycle the 35 tons of scraps and frames generated per
month and ensure that the entire waste life-cycle is taken into account, ST Muar
appointed a dedicated scrap metal recycling company. Electronic wastes follow
several recycling process stages from scrap reception, burning, crushing and
segregation, until the final step where the metals (gold, palladium, silver and
copper) are recovered in ingots or bars and then sold. In 2011, to check the
efficiency of waste processing, the EHS team at Muar conducted an audit of the
recycling company's management system and practices against regulations and ST
standards.

In order to recover the 4% remaining, Muar continues the search for improvement
actions and potential cooperation with new partners.

Focus on hazardous waste recycling at ST Agrate (Italy)

Solvents are mainly used in the semiconductor industry for the cleaning of wafer
surface and of manufacturing equipment. The resulting used solvent is considered
as hazardous waste. At ST Agrate, around 1,500 tons of solvents have been
consumed in the past five years. The recycling of these solvents has been the
main area of focus for the site's waste management activities.

During the manufacturing phase, the portion of solvents that evaporate is
collected and treated by specific abatement systems. The remaining liquid part,
approximately 70% of the initial consumption, is segregated, collected though
dedicated pipelines and disposed of in specific steel tanks designed to collect
solvents safely. Solvents are then collected by a specialized company and
transported to the final chemical plant where they are treated and recovered
without the need for incineration. Spent solvents are re-used after undergoing a
process of fractional distillation that purifies them without using additional
materials. The products can be re-used in other industries e.g. the wood or
plastics industries.

100% of the solvents used and not evaporated are recycled and this initiative
generates other positive environmental impacts with less pollutants and less CO2
discharged. The site estimates these measures alone have saved the equivalent of
400,000 kg of CO2.

Frank Hsu
CEO Falin International
(Taiwan)

"Falin has partnered with ST and other semiconductor industries for several
years. Wafers are collected and recycled to make solar cells which are re-used
in the photovoltaic market. Falin re-processes silicon using techniques which do
not generate any harmful byproducts or waste.

Firstly, we erase all information from used wafers using sandblasting. Secondly,
we mix the used wafers with new silicon to produce ingots which are cut to make
solar wafers for solar cells. This initiative is an example of how industries
can work together to reduce cost and environmental impact. The amount of energy
saved through this recycling is the equivalent of approximately 12.6 million
liters of diesel fuel per year."


2011 results
For more information on our environmental results, please refer to page 66

Landfill waste / EN22
Waste / EN22 Tons
Waste under Basel Convention / EN24
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Total hazardous waste 13,205 12,756 9,391 11,365 10,415
Total waste 43,628 46,367 33,439 40,775 38,595
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Waste recycling & reuse 83 89 87 89 92
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Hazardous waste transported
(as a % of total hazardous waste)
0.09 0.02 0.003 0.000 0.000
Recycled waste / EN22 / 6.1 %
Target % of total waste
1994
1995
1996
1997
71
51
1998
1999
41
42.5
36.2
26.0
2000
2001
2002
2003
25.8
21
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011*
14.8
5.9
6.7
8.3
4.8
5.5
3.6
3.3
2.8
2.8
% of total
waste
*Our 4th Decalogue, lauched in 2010 contains a tightened waste target
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
% of total
waste
71.0
51.0
41.0
42.5
36.2
26.0
25.8
21.0
14.8
5.9 6.7 8.3 4.8 5.5 3.6 3.3 2.8 2.8
Decalogue, launched in 2010 contains a tightened waste target.

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The Environment

Management
of Chemicals

ST is committed to reducing and managing its environmental, health and safety
risks, and to achieving legislative compliance and alignment with customer
requirements. We base the selection, use and substitution of materials on the
precautionary principle along with our relevant specifications and procedures.
We also aim for suppliers and subcontractors to be compliant with ST's
specifications and procedures.

Why is management of chemicals key for ST?

The Registration, Evaluation, and Authorization of Chemicals (REACH)(1)
regulation imposes a 2018 registration date for all substances produced or
imported in Europe, according to specific timeframes that relate to the
hazardous nature and quantity of each substance. Legislation on hazardous
substance management is becoming more and more stringent, which is also
reflected in ST's customers' requirements. Companies have to go beyond technical
requirements to reduce consumption, substitute chemicals and ensure employee and
environmental safety.

Semiconductor manufacturing processes use several chemicals, especially in
Frontend activities, which are classified as Substances of Very High Concern
(SVHC).

ST objectives

o Reduce total consumption of chemicals by 5% per year (weight per production
unit)

o Strive towards continuous reduction and elimination of Substances of Very High
Concern in our processes

o Ensure 100% of key suppliers and subcontractors fully commit to ST
specifications and procedures (through ST Banned and Exempted Substances
specification)

o Strengthen our management of materials of concern in our manufacturing
processes through Chemical Risk Assessments

These are defined as carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic for reproduction (CMR),
bio-accumulative, persistent, or ozone-depleting substance (ODS). ST has an
integrated and proactive strategy to manage chemicals throughout its
manufacturing activities and supplychain to reduce the consumption of SVHCs and
to substitute them whenever possible. We consider this as a key issue, and have
worked successfully so far to anticipate legislation and develop a comprehensive
policy that involves many ST departments.

ST approach to hazardous material management

REACH regulation addresses the production, importation and use of more than
30,000 chemical substances into Europe. As a downstream user and producer of
articles (our devices), ST must notify customers of the presence of SVHC in its
products. In its path of compliance to REACH, ST has developed a substances
substitution strategy. During recent years, we have been working on integrating
the precautionary principles into the early stages of the selection of new
chemicals. Substituting chemicals is very complex because we need to find viable
alternatives which can take several years. Compliance with material standards
has been coordinated by a dedicated working group since 2007. To meet REACH
requirements, we replaced four SVHC substances that were included in the 2008
and 2011 lists and plan to replace a further two substances. ST is also working
alongside the European Chemical Agency (ECHA) and several industry bodies to
ensure the alignment of the semiconductor industry sector to REACH regulation.

ST has historically continually sought to reduce chemical usage and has
developed corporate and local reduction plans, which include waste treatment(2)
shared across all ST sites. Since 2000, the trend for chemicals usage reduction
has been maintained with an overall percentage decrease of more than 5% per
year. Initiatives include the substitution of the most hazardous substances,
chemical recycling, process optimization and hardware modification to dilute
chemicals and reduce the quantity needed. To eliminate Perfluorooctyl Sulfonate
(PFOS) which is used for photolithography applications in semiconductor
manufacturing, ST is working with the World Semiconductor Council (WSC) to
eliminate them across the industry. In the meantime, and going beyond current
legal European exemptions, ST Crolles (France) is already in the final stages of
eliminating PFOS from its processes.

ST requires that chemical risk assessments are performed at all ST sites before
introducing any new substance. In 2011, this procedure was strengthened to align
it with recent changes in substance classification introduced under European
regulation. Chemicals are screened and evaluated based on strict engineering
controls, hazard identification, along with an assessment of any collective and
personal protective equipment needed to prevent any risk to Environment, Health
or Safety.

Further coverage of chemical components in ST's products is detailed in the
ecodesign pages.

1/ EU REACH was implemented in 2007. 2/ For more details on hazardous waste and
recycling, see articles on waste management page 44-45


 
 
 
 

 
 
 

Focus on management of chemicals in ST's supply chain

In 2011, ST published its seventeenth list of banned, exempted and declarable
substances which now includes over 1,600 substances. This list is reviewed
annually to incorporate the most stringent worldwide regulations and standards,
along with our customers' requirements. Its deployment over ST's supply-chain is
coordinated by a dedicated team of internal experts.

ST has implemented a robust process assessing the compliance of key materials
suppliers and Back-end subcontractors' partners against this list. The list is
thus communicated to all relevant ST suppliers and subcontractors, who are
required to provide ST with legal statements and evidence that supports
compliance. Examples of evidence include certificates of analysis, legal
registrations and permits, material safety data sheets and due diligence
surveys. Responses are reviewed and validated. The finalized list is issued to
relevant experts for integration into chemical management processes throughout
our supply-chain. In 2011, we received the best satisfaction rate so far in the
response provided from our business partners, despite the increasing complexity
of compliance. The management of chemicals is also integrated into the Supplier
Performance Evaluation (SPE) performed at least annually, with improvement plans
systematically requested if the evaluation indicates that the supplier does not
meet ST standards.

Focus on substance substitution at Back-end sites

The European Chemicals Agency included Boric Acid in the candidate list of
substances of very high concern, effective from 18 June 2010, in relation to the
EU REACH regulation. Anticipating legislation, ST included Boric Acid in its
banned, exempted and declarable substances list from 2009. One of our suppliers,
Atotech, declared that Boric Acid was present in a chemical substance used for
the cleaning process performed on some manufacturing machines, so we engaged the
collaboration to develop a greener substitute. ST Longgang (China) followed by
ST Shenzhen (China), the two only ST sites using Boric Acid, have made progress
to phase this substance from their manufacturing processes. In early 2010, they
conducted several tests with the substitute proposed by Atotech to ensure that
it was not affecting process reliability. Several months were necessary to reach
a final qualification. From June 2010, ST ensured its compliance towards
applicable legal REACH requirements specified in Annex XVII, and went beyond
this by completely phasing out Boric Acid in 2011.

To encourage cross-fertilization among sites, the phase-out process, including
technical details and process amendments, has now been shared across ST, to
assist other sites that may face a similar situation. ST is currently working on
other chemical substitution projects with its supplier Atotech in a
collaborative approach.

Dr. Juergen Barthelmes
Worldwide Business
Manager, Functional Electronic Coatings, Atotech (Germany)

"To anticipate and build regulatory requirements into new substances and
products, Atotech closely monitors EHS legislation that impacts upon its
business. It constantly assesses the new products needs from local entities and
initiates corresponding research and development projects. Also, to generate new
ideas and find alternative substances, we closely cooperate with suppliers,
original equipment manufacturers and external institutes/universities.
Collaboration is also proposed with our customers to test new products and
technologies using pilot sites. The main advantage with ST is that it
independently drives change and is willing to test new, greener materials and
technologies with Atotech. In the spirit of cooperation, customer satisfaction
is imperative for our success."


2011 results
For more information on our environmental results, please refer to page 66

Elimination of Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC)
Deployment of ST substances specification to key suppliers
and subcontractors %
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Response rate from key partners 100 100 100 100 100
Full commitment from key partners to ST substances specification 82 92.5 93 91 98.5
2011
Total number of action plans for elimination and reduction of Substances
of Very High Concern (SVHC)
15
Action plans completed on-time (%) 100
0
10
20
30
40
50
Target kg/production unit
60
70
80
90
100
2000
2001
2002
2003
100
95.0
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
90.3
85,7
81.5
77.4
73.5
69.8
66.3
63.0
59.9
56.9
Consumption of chemicals
(per unit of production):
normalized values / EN1 / 2.3

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The Environment

GHG Emissions from Operations

ST is committed to managing and reducing its direct and indirect greenhouse gas
emissions, including PFCs, from its manufacturing and other business operations,
in accordance with scopes 1 to 3 of the Kyoto Protocol.

Why is the reduction of GHG emissions important for ST?

Climate change is considered as the greatest environmental challenge that we
face as a human family(1). The Information, Communication and Technology (ICT)
sector is responsible for about 2.5% of global carbon emissions, resulting from
the production and use of ICT products and services(2). Our actions to reduce
our carbon footprint cover both product and service areas, as detailed in the
environment and products sections of this report.

Even though the semiconductor industry is a relatively minor contributor to
overall GHG emissions, it emits high Global Warming Potential (GWP) substances.
ICT industry associations have set themselves ambitious targets to reduce
perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) in their manufacturing processes, in
anticipation of further expansion of both national and international regulations
and emissions targets.

Since the early 1990s, ST has integrated climate change as a key element of its
environmental policy and has consistently delivered annual reductions in the
level of greenhouse gases (GHGs) emitted from its manufacturing activities. This
has been achieved through a multi-faceted strategy that takes all aspects of the
value chain into consideration and seeks to gain results through collaboration
with our stakeholders.

Our approach to mitigating direct
Emissions

Reducing environmental impacts at operational level has been a major focus since
our first Decalogue in 1995. We measure, manage and report our direct and
indirect emissions in accordance with the GHG Protocol and the Global Reporting
Initiative (GRI).

For Scope 1 of the Kyoto Protocol (all direct GHG emissions), we developed a
carbon roadmap, setting a target of carbon neutrality of our direct emissions by
2015. ST's largest direct emissions result from the use of PFCs in our
manufacturing processes. The reduction of these emissions can be achieved
through the installation of PFC abatement systems for both new and existing
equipment. To achieve our 2015 target and roadmap, we defined the priorities for
each site that factored-in ST's growth rate. In 2011, we invested approximately
US$ 6.3million in additional abatement devices for newly acquired equipment to
meet ST's standards. PFC reductions have also been achieved through the
development of greener manufacturing techniques, the optimization of process
recipes, and the replacement of high GWP gases with lower or GWP-free
alternatives. We compensate the remaining emissions through reforestation
programs in Texas (USA), Australia and Morocco.

ST is also an active member of the European Semiconductor Industry Association
(ESIA) and signed a voluntary agreement in 1999 with the World Semiconductor
Council (WSC) to reduce PFCs. After ten years of very positive progress, the WSC
released a joint statement in May 2011 on the post-2010 agreement on PFC
emissions reduction, with new targets set for the next decade. ST has committed
to these targets. For 2012, ST will undergo third party validation of its entire
GHG emissions and will continue to install further abatement devices on its Ang
Mo Kio (Singapore) and Crolles (France) mature factories. ST's programs on Scope
2 and Scope 3 of the Kyoto Protocol are detailed in the Energy Management, and
Transport and Logistics pages of this report.

1/ Ban-Ki Moon at 39th plenary assembly of the World
Federation of United Nations Associations (August 2009)

2/ According to the International Telecommunications Union
(ITU)

ST objectives

o Reduce absolute PFC emissions by 30% in 2020 from 1995 baseline

o Offset the remaining direct CO2 emissions through reforestation or other
sequestration methods, to reach carbon-neutrality of direct CO2 emissions by
2015


 
 
 
 

 
 
 

Focus on the Carbon
Disclosure Project (CDP)

The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) is a UK-based initiative to monitor the
greenhouse gas emissions performance of major corporations. Since 2006, ST has
participated in the CDP Europe 300 Index that appraises the 300 largest European
companies on their carbon emissions, energy use, reduction and risk management
related to climate change.

ST values the CDP's analysis and feedback as a driver to further embed carbon
management in our corporate strategy, manufacturing processes, and product
development. In 2011, we refreshed our approach to better evaluate our risks and
opportunities. We strengthened the communication of our data and programs and
improved the accuracy and quality of information. In 2011, the CDP Investor was
a top priority for ST, and we substantially improved the CDP Investor score to
REACH an "above average" rating of 73/100. We are conscious that we still have
room for improvement and one of our main actions for 2012 will be to conduct an
in-depth climate change risk and opportunity assessment. To broaden our
commitment, we also commenced participation in the CDP Supply Chain (in 2010)
and CDP Water (in 2011) programs on a voluntary basis.

Focus on ST Rousset
(France) installation of
11 PFC abatement systems

One of ST's initiatives to reduce its GHG emissions is to install PFC abatement
systems. Despite the economic crisis, ST Rousset installed 11 Thermal Process
Unit abatement systems on its new machines between 2010 and 2011. The Rousset
eight-inch wafer factory was originally designed to incorporate environmental
point-of-use systems. Since then, the site has consistently endeavored to
improve the treatment of its atmospheric emissions.

In ST's Front-end sites, PFCs are mainly used in small quantities at two
specific stages of the manufacturing process. At these stages, dedicated
abatement systems are implemented to divert a large part of the gases through a
network of aqueous scrubbers, which capture them into a state where they can be
treated appropriately. To avoid the risk of accidental pollution, ST has built
in safeguards that automatically halt production processes if any scrubber is
malfunctioning or not operating.

The capital investment in these solutions has been US$ 2m. Had the equipment not
been installed, our PFC emissions would have been double their current value.
Rousset is now ST's best performing site in terms of PFC emissions.

Claude Morant
Front-end Manufacturing Group Vice President,
Operations and Site Director of ST Rousset
(France)

"The Rousset 8-inch wafer plant was designed from the start to be a 'green
semiconductor plant'. We selected the best available technology for PFC
elimination to achieve and maintain full PFC abatement. Any new investment in
manufacturing equipment includes the installation of a Thermal Processing Unit,
along with facilities for ultra-pure water reclamation and fluoride waste water
treatment. To pursue this ambitious goal, we have put in place improvement
programs that involve all parties to target the source of pollution as far as
possible by developing alternative chemicals and processes (with lower or zero
Global Warming Potential gases) and by increasing the efficiency of PFC
extraction."


2011 results
For more information on our environmental results, please refer to page 66

Summary of net CO2 emissions
/ EN16 / EN17 / EN18 / EN29 / 3.1 / 3.2 / 3.4 kTons

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Direct emissions* 532 482 337 485 493
Direct emissions due to PFCs 481 439 296 453 462
Direct emissions due to boilers 51 43 41 32 31
Indirect emissions (purchased electricity) 1,029 882 876 907 903
Other indirect emissions (transportation**) 107 89 104 126 116
Total emissions*** 1,668 1,453 1,317 1,518 1,574
Sequestration due to the implementation of
reforestation projects****
133 176 215 249 277
Total direct net emissions 399 306 122 236 216

CO2 emissions: normalized values /
EN16 / 3.0
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
100
103
97
92
88
83
72
72
63
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
57
52
49
38
33
30
36
28
26
kTons CO2 /production unit ou
kTons CO2 / production unit
More performance indicators are available on pages 64 to 66

* In 2011, we incurred a marginal 1.73% increase in our direct emissions. This
was mainly due to emissions from existing equipment that we are in the process
of fitting with abatement devices.

For newly installed equipment, we have invested US$ 6.3million in additional
abatement devices so that it can meet ST's requirements. Without this
significant investment, we estimate that our direct emissions would have been
much higher (see Rousset example).

** The transportation emissions value is a global estimate of employees'
transportation and transportation of goods.

*** Transportation emissions are integrated in the total emissions.

**** Our sequestered values since 2002 have been reviewed in 2010 after a
revision of our methodology used to estimate the annual carbon sequestration and
justifying the parameters used as input to the model.


 
 
 
 

 
 
 

The Community


 
 
 
 

 
 
 

The Community

Local Sustainability
Impacts

In today's world, engagement between companies and their local communities is
multifaceted, taking into account many diverse views and interests. Effective
engagement has the potential to benefit many stakeholders, including the local
community population, government and general civil society. Within ST, community
engagement forms a central pillar of our culture with many site-based
initiatives and activities providing social and environmental support. The ST
Foundation is also one of the ways in which STMicroelectronics contributes to
communities.

How does ST engage at local
level?

Currently, ST's engagement with communities consists of two main threads; local
initiatives directly managed by sites and initiatives that are managed through
the ST Foundation. ST's worldwide presence is highly diverse and multicultural,
ranging from small sales offices to R&D and design centers or major
manufacturing sites located across a range of countries and continents. It is
our aim to generate positive local community impacts in a variety of ways;
economic (e.g. through investments in infrastructure, local purchasing), social
(e.g. employment, education and charitable activities), and environmental (e.g.
reforestation, environmental protection).

ST's local community engagement and volunteering encompasses raising awareness
on environmental protection, disability, science and education to young
generations, fund raising and charitable activities, to name a few. Our
objective is to professionalize our approach so we have decided to draw on the
available expertise and will therefore use the example of the London
Benchmarking Group's methodology to help us better evaluate our community
investments, improve and simplify our reporting and help share good practices.

The ST Foundation

Since 2003, the ST Foundation has helped reduce the digital divide (the gap
between those who have access to modern digital technologies, and those who do
not) in both developing and developed countries through a worldwide computer
literacy program, Digital Unify (DU).

The ST Foundation's governing body, its Board of Directors, takes decisions on
areas such as financial management and approval of projects. The Board meets
three times a year and its agenda includes the review of past activity and plans
for future work.

The Board is chaired by Pietro Fox, President, and is composed of both ST and
non-ST members: Mario Arlati (Treasurer), Mauro Decca, Alain Dutheil, Tjerk
Hooghiemstra, Otto Kosgalwies, Guy-Philippe Rubeli. Pasquale Pistorio, ST's
former CEO, is Honorary Chairman. A Geneva-based team takes care of project
management and day-to-day administration, with local support in India and
Morocco to ensure a close overseeing of the many initiatives taking place in
those two countries. Significant support is provided by a network of ST
volunteers who work on several aspects of the Digital Unify (DU) program.

Digital Unify has offered free computer access and training to over 148,000
beneficiaries since its inception. In 2011, the ST Foundation's Board of
Directors validated a new roadmap for Digital Unify, based on two themes:

o the development of a Local Community program, based on a network of ST
volunteers at each major ST site. This was successfully launched with the
support of ST's top management

o the development of Digital Unify in Sub-Saharan Africa, starting with
strengthening the existing projects in Burundi and the Democratic Republic of
Congo.

In addition, all ST site managers give priority to the ST Foundation when
disposing of computers from the ST pool. The recovered computers and associated
hardware are used to equip laboratories set up in partnership with ST Foundation
as part of the Digital Unify program.

ST objectives

o Support ST Foundation's initiatives

o Formalize a company community engagement strategy and evaluate its impact


 
 
 
 

 
 
 

Focus on ST Calamba's
'We Believe' program

ST Calamba (Philippines) has a strong record of community engagement over many
years; providing short-term livelihood programs to communities in need.
Recently, Calamba's management team has launched a new initiative to broaden and
reinforce its community engagement.

Four strategic objectives have been set:

o to build more beneficial and sustainable community programs

o initiate close partnerships with communities neighboring the site

o promote simple acts of goodwill

o provide exciting opportunities to promote employee volunteering This program,
called 'We Believe', is built around three pillars:

o Environmental recovery and sustainability: A partnership has been formed with
the Haribon Foundation and the local farmer's cooperative in Caliraya (Laguna)
to plant or adopt 20,200 trees by 2020. Through the active involvement of the
employee volunteers and the direct engagement of the community, this objective
will be achieved in less than five years. To date, in 2011, 9,100 trees have
already been planted.

o Humanitarianism: A partnership with the Children's Joy Foundation helps
orphaned children with their educational needs. A further partnership with the
Cancer Warriors Foundation helps impoverished children with cancer to have
access to timely and appropriate diagnosis, proper treatment and high-quality
care. ST also works with the Philippine National Red Cross to support a program
to provide disaster response and relief distribution.

o Employee volunteering: Employee clubs (various clubs are active at site level
with annual budget and plan) across ST Philippines participate in at least two
community activities every year.

By the end of 2011, the total number of community volunteers reached 345.
Community activities are now conducted outside office hours, but all programs
that were launched still benefit from the participation of volunteers. The
target number of volunteer hours for the year was 1,600 but this was exceeded
with 2,032 total hours being volunteered. Such programs have a very significant
positive impact, both on employees' morale and on the local communities, who
recognize the contributions made by ST employees. ST Calamba has received
several external recognitions over the years.

See the 2011 Awards' list on pages 62-63.

Focus on the impact of STMicroelectronics on the Grenoble-Isere community

The fast-growing, high-tech and investment-intensive microelectronics industry
is a major driving force behind local economies. It contributes to regional
development through salaries and taxes, also by supporting and promoting various
local services such as information systems and consultancy companies, temporary
employment agencies or security companies.

In 2011, the Grenoble Chamber of Commerce and Industry commissioned and financed
a study in the context of the economic development of the territory and to this
end evaluated ST's impact on the community. With the help of the Grenoble
Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and by gathering and analyzing data from
several ST Departments, subcontractor companies, research institutes and French
State services, Reverdy came to the conclusion that STMicroelectronics, who
employs 6,000 people in Isere, generates a flow of (euro) 460 million annually
into the Rhone- Alpes region. Each job at ST Grenoble and ST Crolles creates at
least one job at one of ST's subcontractors or suppliers and four additional
jobs in the service industry. ST Crolles and Grenoble therefore contributes in
total to sustain approximately 26,000 jobs in France. ST Crolles ranks second in
France in terms of industrial jobs created over the past 20 years. The report
also highlights the intangible benefit of the presence of industrial leaders
such as ST in the Grenoble area, as pioneers that built an internationally
renowned high-tech establishment, giving a boost to the 120 innovative companies
within the Grenoble ecosystem that can attract customers from around the world.

Pietro Fox
ST Foundation President

"After witnessing the impact of computer literacy courses on a technical school
in Burundi while working for WITAR*, an Italian NGO, I was pleased to become the
president of STMicroelectronics Foundation. My first hand experience inspires me
to lead the Foundation to expand its activity and aim for greater efficiency
while helping to bridge the digital divide."

* Associazione Istituto Tecnico Alessandro Rossi nel Mondo

2011 results

ST Foundation's Digital Unify program's beneficiaries / S01 / EC1
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Total trainees 12,915 15,118 15,178 26,091 30,285 36,444

Total trainees from beginning of program 24,975 40,093 55,271 81,362 111,647
148,136 2011 results

STMicroelectronics Donations / S01 / EC1 / STS39 / STS39a US$k
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Total cash donated to charitable associations 444 463 474 452 423

Estimated value of in-kind donations to community and society 250 188 268 4,253*
335

* The increased in-kind donations in 2010 is a result of the Carrollton
manufacturing site closure which generated US$ 3.9m through the donation of
furniture, equipment (no longer of use to ST), office accessories and, most
notably, the land in East Texas (tree farms) which was donated to the Stephen F.
Austin State University.

More performance indicators are available on pages 64 to 66


 
 
 
 

 
 
 

The Community

Public Affairs
& Industry Networking

Today, in developing their strategies, leading companies, including ST,
proactively engage at a global, national and local level with a range of
stakeholders such as trade associations, industry groups and standard-setting
bodies. This engagement contributes to ST's enhanced competitiveness.

ST objectives

o Strengthen our network of public and industrial affairs activities worldwide;
create and observe good sustainability practices as well as efficiently manage
sustainability-related risks and opportunities

Everywhere, a dual vision based on development and partnerships ST has the key
objective to promote the electronic industry's potential in all countries in
which the company is located.

No matter the location, the strategy is the same even if the approach may vary
according to the country, culture, local reality and existing infrastructure.

Focus on Europe

The microelectronics industry in Europe must constantly adapt and innovate to
remain competitive. Although the European Commission offers support to Research
and Development, this stops short of industrial investments. It rests with
companies to find innovative ways to enhance their competitiveness and ensure
their long-term sustainability.

European electronics companies are often at a commercial disadvantage compared
with their competitors in other continents and support is needed from the
European authorities to maintain the competitiveness of these companies in their
policy-making alongside the interests of European end-users of electronics
goods.

According to Gerard Matheron, Site Director of ST Crolles (France) and President
of SITELESC(1), one of the most significant events in this area has been the
formation of a High Level Group (to which Carlo Bozotti participated), nominated
by three European Commissioners. The Group delivered a report in June 2011 on
the KETs, Key Enabling Technologies for Europe, including nano-electronics and
semiconductors. It is expected that this report will positively influence the
future landscape of our industry, in particular in the areas of industrial scale
pilot lines for manufacturing and public support for industrial investment, in
those regions that will benefit from the new Smart Specialization of the
region's policy.

In France, ST is playing a leadership role across all locations where we
operate, forming partnerships with universities, laboratories and a variety of
large and small companies in Tours, Paris, Rousset, Grenoble and Crolles.
Multi-annual programs are set up and administered by ST, such as Nano2012 for
Grenoble-Crolles and, more recently, Tours 2015 and MAGE(2) for Rousset. ST's
local teams also contribute expertise to many European projects within the
Cluster for Application and Technology Research in Europe on NanoElectronics
(CATRENE), the Joint Initiative for European Nanoelectronics ENIAC and the
Framework Programs 7 (FP7). ST's engagement is also focused on environmental
protection, safety and security and in these fields, partnerships are also
important.

ST is recognized for its leading role in environmental preservation; cooperating
with other French companies and laboratories to develop new
environmentally-friendly technologies and to disseminate best practices.

Environmental initiatives in the region surrounding Crolles often receive the
full support of ST environmental experts.

Our safety and security officers also meet with colleagues from competitors to
analyze past incidents, promote best practices and share expertise, within the
framework of SITELESC.

In Italy, Pietro Palella, Managing Director of STMicroelectronics Italy,
believes that we have a dual engagement:

o contribute to developing local ecosystems by both forming and participating in
clusters to develop new programs and ideas with university R&D centers,
suppliers and start-up companies. The key areas of focus are: innovation,
safety, energy saving, R&D and the transfer of technology. On environmental
issues, ST shares its good practices through professional seminars and working
groups within the Confindustria, the Italian employers' federation, the most
important federation of industrial companies. For safety, ST has been identified
as best-in-class within the whole Italian industry. Our local safety experts are
members of a special team, created by government to help Italian companies
reduce injuries and improve their safety practices.

o elicit Italian funding for R&D projects


 
 
 
 

 
 
 

and partnerships. In our industrial sector, R&D demands a wide set of
competences so it is very critical to launch partnerships with the academic
community, which involves the application for public grants to promote the
industry's economic and social contribution to the local community.

1/ Syndicat des Industries de Tubes Electroniques et Semi- Conducteurs (French
syndicate of the semiconductor industry)

2/ Microcontroleurs pour l'Autonomie a Grande Efficacite Energetique

Focus on Asia

In Asia, Francois Guiber t, Executive Vice President, President, Greater China
and South Asia Region strongly believes in the value of strategic partnerships,
whether with universities, government, trade associations, standards boards,
industry groups, etc. It is essential for the success of any company. No company
can operate in isolation. This strategic engagement makes good business sense
and ensures long-term business sustainability.

This is especially critical in Asia where ST has established strong research
partnerships with top universities in China, Taiwan, India and Singapore to
collaborate on advanced R&D projects and next-generation technologies. This
helps to advance innovation and also positions ST at the forefront of academic
and technical achievement in the minds of students, who are our future human
capital. Examples include ST's eight-year partnership with top Tsinghua
University, one of China's top universities which is one of the most successful
at forging links with foreign companies. Also in India our partnerships include
the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi Technology University and the Indian
Institute of Sciences.

We have also formed mutually-beneficial partnerships with many government
agencies, including; Economic Development Board (Singapore), Agency for Science,
Technology and Research (Singapore), China Electric Power Research Institute,
Industrial Technology Research Institute of Taiwan, The Energy and Resources
Institute (India), Bureau of Indian Standards, National Electronics and Computer
Technology Center (Thailand).

Furthermore, several trade association partnerships have been formed around
areas of sustainability i.e. energy saving, environment, water, healthcare,
education, culture and the arts. Examples include the European, Italian and
French Chambers of Commerce, the Indian and Philippines Semiconductor
Associations.

How can an innovative technical breakthrough turn into a national regulation?

Here is a very concrete example of how a company like ST can contribute to
propagate technical good practice within the industry ...

French law requires the regular health and safety certification of pressurized
equipment, following procedures defined by the Ministry of Industry.

Semiconductor facilities use pressurized purifiers to deliver ultra-high-purity
(UHP) gases to the manufacturing units. The catalysts used in this process are
particularly sensitive to de-activation if they come into contact with water,
making it impossible to conduct conventional water pressure testing, as required
by the law. To address this problem, a team from ST Rousset and ST Crolles
(France) developed a safe and environmental alternative. They brought together a
multi-site team that worked on the project along with local government
environmentalists.

First of all, the teams obtained an agreement from the local authorities to
provide relevant data needed to prove the absence of corrosive conditions inside
the equipment. Then, they formed a partnership with the French group "Institut
de Soudure" who had an innovative, non-invasive examination technique called
acoustic emission, which applies a mechanical pressure to a vessel, and monitors
the elastic energy that is released. This ingenious method detects potential
fatigue cracking or brittleness in the welds or on the steel structure of the
vessel. This solution was adopted by the authorities and incorporated into
national regulation by the French Ministry of Industry for all manufacturers who
deal with ultra-highpurity gases.

Global view on ST's engagement

ST's executives participate in many industry initiatives:

o Jean-Marc Chery sits on the boards of ST-Ericsson SA, CATRENE, the European
microelectronics R&D programme and AENEAS (Association for European
NanoElectronics Activities)

o Carmelo Papa is Chairman of EPoSS (European Technology Platform on Smart
Systems Integration)

o Loic Lietar is President of Minalogic, the Grenoble area microelectronics and
applications competitiveness cluster

o Roberto Zafalon is member of the steering committee of ARTEMISIA (Industrial
Association of ARTEMIS), a European technology platform, of EPoSS and AENEAS

o Dominique Thomas, Mario Diaz-Nava, Marco Maurelli, Maurizio Zuffada are
steering group members in CATRENE

o Gilles Casanova works with European Academia, Institutes and industrialists to
implement a new pan-European initiative, ENI2 (European Nanoelectronic
Infrastructure for Innovation), in order to better address joint R&D activities

o Alain Astier is member of the board of SEMI Europe, a global industry
association serving the manufacturing supply chain for the micro- and
nanoelectronics industries, and leads the cooperation initiative between
Grenoble and Dresden Microelectronics Clusters

o Alain Denielle and Pierre Jacquemier are members of ESIA, the European
Semiconductor Industry Association and of WSC (World Semiconductor Council)

o Pierre Ollivier contributes to AFEP, the Association Francaise des Entreprises
Privees

o Gerard Matheron is President of SITELESC and Vice President for Europe of
FIEEC (Federation des Industries Electriques, Electroniques et de
Communication). He is also the Chairman of the Board of the Grenoble Institut
National Polytechnique, and a support group member at AENEAS, ENIAC and CATRENE

o Pietro Palella is a member of Confindustria and Vice President of The
Association of Electrical and Electronic Industries

o Francois Guibert, former President of European Chamber of Commerce in
Singapore, is still a board member; board member of Alliance Francaise de
Singapour; board member as well as chairman of Finance committee of Economic
Development Board, Singapore

o Olivier Lamoureux participates in MEDEF (Mouvement des Entreprises de France)
and AFEP (Association Francaise des Entreprises privees)

o ST also contributes to: the Framework Programme 7 (FP7); the ITRE (Industry,
Research and Energy) Committee of the European Parliament activities; ORGALIME,
the European federation of the national industrial federations


 
 
 
 

 
 
 

The Community

Partnerships in R&D
& Education

Direct contribution to R&D programs can help ST create value for its customers
and remain among the industry's most innovative companies. Moreover ST's ability
to attract the younger generation is an important indicator of its successful
involvement in local R&D and academic ecosystems.

Why are partnerships in R&D and education important for ST?

In the global semiconductor industry, research & development (R&D) is organized
in clusters. Corporate R&D investments may reach levels of an average of over
20% of turnover and, for ST, strategic alliances create many opportunities for
cross-fertilization and synergistic ways of working.

Investment in, and partnerships with, local universities and other institutions
help to provide sustainable, long-term engineering and technical resources in
the vicinity of ST's operations.

ST objectives

o For the short- to mid-term: ensure ongoing growth of ST's technical and
specialist populations recognized through the technical ladder (individual
paths)

o For the mid- to long-term: raise young populations' employability by providing
access to PhD, apprenticeships and internship experience


France

90
145
20
20
cooperative R&D
funded projects
(carried-out at national
and international
level)

PhDs working for
their thesis in ST
premises
student internships
in ST premises
research contracts
with external labs

Italy
India
Joint Research Labs
Competitive Cluster
Research Labs at ST facilities
Research Agreements
Strasbourg
Metz
Lille
Brest
Rennes
Nantes
Bordeaux
Toulouse
Montpellier
Chambery
Nice
Marseille Toulon
Gardanne
Rousset
Crolles
Orleans
Marne-la-Vallee
Orsay
Cergy
Paris
Tours
Lyon Montbonnot
St-Etienne
Grenoble
Rouen Systematic
Minalogic
Solutions
Communicantes
Securisees
S2E2
Trento
University of Udine
University of Bologna
University of Genova
University La
Sapienza Roma
University of Calabria
SSS.Anna Pisa
University of Padova
Torino
Lecce
Palermo
Milano
Napoli
Catania
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Birla Institute of
Technology & Science,
Pilani (Under Renewal)
Netaji Subhas Institute
of Technology, Dehli
(in progress)
Dehli Technological University, Dehli
Aligarh Muslim University,
Aligarh (in progress)
funded projects 2+5
200
3
non-funded
projects
student internships
at ST premises
annually
research
contracts
85 600 200 3 cooperative R&D funded projects (carried-out at
national and international level) PhDs on-going with ST tutors (part-time in ST
premises) student internships in ST premises frame agreements with the leading
research institutes (CNRS, INRIA, CEA)


 
 
 
 

 
 
 

There are five worldwide clusters that have developed comprehensive R&D
ecosystems which include many universities, engineering schools and
laboratories. To be efficient, such clusters need to reach a critical size and
be linked through an intelligent communication network. ST leads the French /
Italian cluster.

In addition to these global clusters, ST has developed its own R&D clusters
around its major R&D locations: ST Crolles and ST Grenoble (France), ST Agrate
(Italy) and ST Dehli (India). These clusters correspond to the 3 main pillars of
ST's R&D strategy, leveraging technical resources (manufacturing, process R&D
and design) that are then supported by R&D alliances with key partners.

In addition to developing its ecosystem, ST ensures the growth of its internal
technical and experts' population via a program called "Technical Ladder".
Throughout a technical career path, specific recognition systems are applied to
strengthen ST's technical capability, increase innovation and promote technical
achievement. This promotes the engagement and retention of our best technical
experts by:

o promoting a clear technical career path and liked evolution

o creating an environment to support and stimulate continuous shared knowledge
and innovation

o providing visibility, recognition and reward to key technical contributors

An integrated program has been developed to structure technical specialists'
career paths and technical development under the guidance of technical advisory
committees. The program includes aspects such as levels of expertise,
eligibility criteria, and a nomination process up to company Fellow.

ST raises young peoples' employability by providing student access to PhDs,
apprenticeships and internships' experiences around the world. Each year,
hundreds of students join ST sites for a period of between 3 to 6 months for
interns, 1 to 2 years for apprentices and 1 to 3 years for PhD's, to bring,
share and develop their ideas for innovation within ST.

An award for innovation, the ST's Innovation Cup launched in 2011 in partnership
with French, Italian and Swiss universities, is also a further example of ST's
commitment to the next generation.

2011 results

Partnerships with the academic community / S01 / EC1 / STS44 Technical ladder
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Partnerships with universities, colleges, schools: teaching
programs, internship programs and recruitment* 335 437 470 374 659

(*) In 2010, we restructured our data for partnerships with the academic
community doing a split between the partnerships for R&D purposes (common
research labs, long term research contracts (CIFRE, BDI), any research and
development programs, etc.) and those dedicated to teaching programs, internship
programs and recruitment.

More performance indicators are available on pages 64 to 66

Increasing the young generation's awareness of science and entrepreneurship

ST participates in various partnerships to promote technical and scientific
careers, innovation and entrepreneurial spirit amongst young people and
students.

Launched in September 2011, the Global Enterprise Project is a three
year pan- European initiative to promote greater awareness amongst young people
about entrepreneurship and globalization. It is initiated by the European Round
Table of Industrialists (ERT), a forum of about 50 European industrial leaders,
including the President and CEO of STMicroelectronics. The program is set up by
the Societal Change Working Group of ERT which is currently chaired by ST. The
initiative is supported by Junior Achievement-Young Enterprise Europe, Europe's
largest provider of entrepreneurship education programs, and European Schoolnet,
a network of 30 ministries of education.

Throughout the school year, young people aged 15 to 18 are given the opportunity
to develop and apply entrepreneurial skills. Assisted by their teachers, the
students are exposed to a variety of learning-by-doing approaches that include
contact time with professionals and volunteers from a range of industries. They
also have the opportunity to create and run a minicompany of their own, applying
valuable skills such as team-building and business awareness in a globalized
economy.

A one-day innovation workshop named Global Enterprise Challenge is organized
once a year. Coached by volunteers from industry, students from different
nationalities overcome language barriers and cultural differences to solve a
specific challenge, designed and presented by industry experts. They then
present their findings in public. This year's challenge was hosted in Paris and
included 60 secondary school students from 11 countries.

inGenious is a European coordinating body for science, technology, engineering
and mathematics, aiming at triggering youngsters' interest in science and
technology to encourage them to join engineering schools and engage in technical
careers. inGenious was founded by the ERT and European Schoolnet in December
2011. Based on an innovative partnership between major European industrial
companies and the academic community, this initiative has the objective to
improve young people's knowledge of science careers and to better prepare them
to join the industry. Best practices are collected and evaluated by the
inGenious partners and tested in 150 pilot schools before implementing them
across 1,000 classrooms in 15 European countries. ST Crolles (France) collected
and submitted best practices from various locations, such as High Tech U and
ST3e, the Week of Industry, From Silicon to Wii, and The Robotic Exhibition.

For more information, see ST Corporate responsibility report
2009, page 28

For more information, see ST Sustainability report 2010, page 33

Mrs Androulla Vassiliou
European Commissioner for Education, Culture,
Multilingualism, Sport, Media and Youth

"I believe it is important to establish the right conditions in school for
children to express their creativity, while at the same time confronting them
with the reality of the world of work. I am also convinced that much needs to be
done to make science and technology more attractive for children by promoting,
for instance, more practical experiences. It is only by combining
entrepreneurship education and interaction with business that young people will
develop the practical skills, knowledge and attitudes that will inspire them to
be innovative. We want them to be able to put ideas into practice, to improve
their local communities, to start up a business, to initiate and implement an
innovation process at work, and so on."


 
 
 
 

 
 
 

The Community

Management of Sustainability in Supply Chain

ST suppliers and subcontractors are required to commit to ST and EICC policies
and standards, comply with legislation and meet customer requirements. This
includes managing health, safety and the environment, along with social and
ethics aspects. These partnerships contribute to raising the overall levels of
corporate responsibility across the electronic industry's supply chains.

Why is ST engaging its suppliers and subcontractors?

Sustainability not only includes managing the environmental and social impacts
of a company's own activities, but also incorporates accountability for the
consequences of its decisions. The recently published ISO 26000 standard,
Guidance on Social Responsibility, emphasizes this point by encouraging
organizations to examine operations, prevent risks, create awareness, promote
positive actions and build capacity throughout their spheres of influence.

Building mutually beneficial partnerships with suppliers and subcontractors is
extremely important to ST to help us incorporate the latest advances in process
technologies that are necessary to remain competitive. Partnerships are also
beneficial ways to ensure long-term and reliable access to raw materials in a
very volatile market. ST has built a track record of positive engagement with
suppliers and subcontractors on environmental, health, safety, social and
ethical topics. We are convinced that supply chain performance in these areas is
closely linked to ST's overall performance.

A multi-faceted approach

For a large multinational company like ST, monitoring and improving the
sustainability of suppliers and subcontractors poses a major challenge. ST
procures materials, goods and services from thousands of sources around the
world, managed from both central organizations and local sites. In recent years,
we have worked to strengthen and develop environment, health, safety and social
requirements for our supply chain.

At corporate level, a supply chain team promotes sustainability and develops
long-term relationships by: choosing suppliers and subcontractors with reliable
social and environmental standards and practices; assessing risks to ensure ST
business sustainability; and applying stringent social and environmental
criteria.

These programs are split into four main areas:

1/ Social responsibility

Since 2005, ST has been a member of the Electronic Industry Citizenship
Coalition (EICC) and is committed to deploying the EICC Corporate Responsibility
model throughout its supply chain. By 2011, more than 90% of our main suppliers
and subcontractors had signed the EICC engagement letter (See more details on
page 59).

Thereafter, significant suppliers and subcontractors were invited to complete
the EICC online Self-Assessment Questionnaire (SAQ). By the end of 2011, 124
SAQs had been completed, an increase of 25 compared to 2010. ST compiles
detailed analysis of these assessments and requires suppliers and subcontractors
to address major non-conformities with improvement plan proposals. To gain
knowledge of the EICC approach and industry issues, 100% of suppliers have also
been engaged in specific e-learning. Since 2009 we are pleased to report a
steady increase in SAQ average scores. The next step of the EICC program is
validated supplier assessment through third party audits. By the end of 2011,
twelve of our suppliers and subcontractors had been audited. A further critical
area of social responsibility, conflict minerals, is also covered by the
EICC-GeSI program.

For more information on this area, see pages 28-29.

2/ Environment, health and safety ST requires all its suppliers and
subcontractors to comply with the banned, exempted and declarable substances
list to ensure our compliance with all legal and customers' requirements ( See
page 47). We collect and collate data certificates and Materials Declaration
forms from suppliers and subcontractors and use these to compile our own product
Materials Declarations. These product chemical identity cards are then provided
to our customers so that they, in turn, are able to demonstrate the compliance
of their products. We also carefully monitor and check the compliance of our
materials suppliers and subcontractors to the EU REACH and other applicable
regulation such as RoHS(1).

1/ Restriction of Hazardous Substances, European directive on the restriction of
the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment


 
 
 
 

 
 
 

We also encourage suppliers and subcontractors to gain certification to ISO
14001 (or EMAS) and OHSAS 18001 to provide evidence of the robustness of their
environmental, health and safety management systems. 3/ Risk management

ST has an integrated approach to risk identification and mitigation that
includes risks relating to sustainability but also business performance of
suppliers and subcontractors. We want to be sure that our suppliers and
subcontractors support sustainable growth for ST, our employees and our
customers.

To assess business continuity risks in the supply chain, we request our
suppliers and subcontractors to provide evidence of business continuity
planning, including disaster recovery and contingency plans, multi-sourcing and
geographical diversification of production. In 2011, 95.5% of key suppliers and
subcontractors had provided comprehensive responses to this survey. In addition,
key suppliers' and subcontractors' financial risks are monitored on a monthly
basis. At the end of 2011, 92.2% were classified as low risk and 7.2% as medium
risk.

Our global risk management approach demonstrated its effectiveness during the
2011 major natural disasters in Japan (earthquake and Fukushima nuclear
disaster) and in Thailand (heavy flooding).

4/ Sustainable purchasing

Responsibility in our supply chain is not only about having responsible
suppliers and subcontractors, but also about being responsible ourselves.

In 2011, ST launched a Sustainable Procurement Policy which outlined our
ambitions to: promote green supplies for non-manufacturing procurements;
reinforce EHS requirements in facilities and energy supplies (See page 40);
introduce green guidelines to promote eco-labels and green certifications;
integrate EHS indicators (such as CO2 emissions, energy and water consumption,
waste generation and safety results) into our sourcing activities and deploy our
Sustainable Purchasing Charter to SMEs.

The SME Charter is an initiative from the French Ministry of Economy, Industry
and Employment and has been endorsed by many large French companies. Signatories
pledge to improve their relations with suppliers, especially with small and
medium-sized companies. ST has nominated Alain Denielle, Sustainable Development
Group Vice President, as the internal mediator in charge of facilitating the
problem resolution between ST and its suppliers, when both parties, i.e.
suppliers and purchasing department, have already attempted to resolve the
situation through normal discussion, without any success.

For more information on the SME charter, visit www.st.com pages

Sustainable purchasing at ST France

In 2011, ST France was involved in two major programs linked to our Sustainable
Procurement Policy.

It has been a pilot for the promotion of green procurement of nonmanufacturing
items that are less harmful to the environment and human health, including
criteria such as greenhouse gas emissions and water consumption during the
manufacturing phases, use of hazardous materials, recyclability of products etc.
A workgroup that includes end-user employees has been working alongside ST
office materials supplier to increase the percentage of green products purchased
by ST. For that we have rationalized the product offer available in the catalog
and at the end of 2011, we went from 2,000 items to 650. Our target now is to
increase green products purchased in France from the current level of 10% to 60%
by the end of 2012. This initiative will be extended to other European sites
next year.

ST France has also joined Pacte PME, an industry-led initiative to encourage
cooperation between small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and big industrial
companies. The objective is to share good practices, jointly build industrial
programs, and propose solutions to governmental bodies that meet the needs of
both small and large entities.

ST has already pledged to diversify, extend and increase our cooperation with
innovative SMEs, business organizations and competitiveness clusters.

ST objectives

o Ensure 80% of suppliers (by purchasing volume) are involved in the EICC
compliance program (annually)

o Ensure none of these suppliers are classified "high risk" based on Self-
Assessment Questionnaires (SAQs)

o Continuously reduce the number of non-conformances arising from SAQs and
audits

o Ensure all of ST's major sites deploy the EICC approach to local suppliers

o In 2012, deploy the Green Procurement guidelines in Italy

o In 2012, deploy the "Charter for Sustainable Purchasing" to French Suppliers

o Promote fair access to business opportunities for Small and Medium-sized
Enterprises (SMEs) by encouraging purchasing departments at French sites to
include SMEs in tenders

2011 results
SAQs average scores by EICC Code of Conduct section %
Total number of suppliers and subcontractors' SAQs by level of r isk
2009 2010 2011
Facilities global scoring 83.7 87.9 88.9
Environment section 84.0 87.5 88.4
Labor section 82.5 87.2 88.4
Health & Safety section 86.8 92.6 92.1
Ethics section 81.1 81.0 81.4
2011
Low Medium High
Suppliers 86 11 0
Front-end subcontractors* 3 0 0
Back-end subcontractors 20 3 0

* We have visibility for three of our four Front-end subcontractors SAQs because
one was not provided in the online format.

More performance indicators are available on pages 64 to 66


 
 
 
 

 
 
 

The Community

Bribery & Corruption

ST is committed to upholding and promoting the highest standards of integrity
and business conduct across its global business operations.

Attaining the highest standards of integrity and business conduct

We are committed at the highest level to fighting all forms of corruption and to
promoting the highest standards of business ethics wherever we operate. This
principle applies to all people working for, and on behalf of, ST.

ST's Code of Conduct, our Principles for Sustainable Excellence, defines our
corporate policy on business conduct and ethics (P11). We have robust processes
in place to ensure that all ST employees are aware of these Standards, including
formal signature. I SO3 I

ST provides formal channels for employees and business partners to raise
concerns relating to aspects of business conduct; either via an external
ombudsman or through a confidential channel directly to the Corporate Ethics
Committee. Employees are made aware of these via the internet, intranet and
supporting internal communications.

The contact details are also sent to suppliers on request. All reports received
through these channels are raised at the Corporate Ethics Committee and all
valid concerns that fall within scope are investigated.

During 2011, 22 cases were reported through these channels resulting in four
investigations. Allegations are classified according to 10 categories. The
nature of allegations and investigations during 2011 included: conflict of
interest, bribery, tone at the top, code of conduct interference,
discrimination, harassment, improper use of company assets and security. Not all
reported incidents result in full investigations. The Corporate Ethics Committee
may determine that a thorough review or audit will suffice. Further concerns are
raised through other routes, including Corporate Security, Human Resources and
local line management. These are reviewed and investigated at an appropriate
level. There were no reported cases of corruption during 2011. I SO5 I

Regional Ethics Committees have been introduced in India, United States and
Japan/Korea in order to oversee the implementation of corporate policies and to
provide local compliance support and monitoring.

Raising senior management Awareness

To improve employees' knowledge of compliance risks and to better-equip them to
deal with potential situations, online training has been given to employees of
job grades 18 and above, covering Conflicts of Interest and Compliance with the
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), a US law that prohibits the bribery of
foreign officials and establishes certain accounting requirements:

o 'Avoiding Conflicts of Interest' presents several types of conflicts of
interest and how to react when facing these situations. It is based on two
modules: Introduction to Conflicts of Interest and Maintaining Integrity. It
concludes with a short assessment on the concepts covered in the two modules

o 'Complying with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act' helps employees understand
the types of activities prohibited under the Act. This module explores the FCPA,
the indicators of potential FCPA violations and the type of gifts and
entertainment that could violate the Act.

Each module contains situations faced by employees of a fictitious organization.
As the situations unfold, trainees are asked to make ethical business decisions.
At every decision they receive feedback which includes important messages.

The completion of both courses was mandatory for employees of job grades 18 and
above with a completion deadline of January 2012. The courses helped to
reinforce ST's fundamental values and responsibilities.

ST objectives

o Train 7,000 employees in antibribery and anti-corruption (e.g. FCPA, Insider
Trading, Code of Conduct, Conflicts of Interest) and reinforce internal controls

o Communicate updated whistle blowing channels to 1,000 employees in EMEA region
in 2012 and employees from remaining regions in 2013


 
 
 
 

 
 
 

Reinforcing our risk management Approach

In 2011, ST created a specific Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Steering
Committee with the remit to support the Strategic Committee in the
identification, assessment and management of risks and to oversee the company's
ERM processes.

The revised ERM system incorporates all business functions at every level of the
company.

The ERM Steering Committee responsibilities include:

o validating the ERM framework, guidelines and associated management processes

o defining annual ERM objectives and the
implementation schedule

o validating the corporate ERM reporting System

o reviewing outputs of ERM processes

o ensuring risk management good practices are promoted and shared throughout the
company

o supporting management in achieving ERM goals

o monitoring progress through management reviews

o identifying and proposing to Strategic Committee where and how risk management
responsibilities and activities can be further integrated.

The ERM Committee will also drive ST's alignment with the risk management
standard, ISO 31000 which will provide a framework for the formal monitoring and
ongoing evolution of the ERM management systems and processes.

2011 results
Non compliance reporting in 2011/ SO4 / HR4
The number of incidents reported to the ombudsman
or the Corporate Ethics Committee
22
The number of corporate level investigations 4
Number of incidents closed 17
Open incidents, currently pending 5
e-signature of Business conduct and ethics policy in 2011/ SO3
2008 2009 2010 2011
% of eligible managers that signed the policy* 92 94.5 93.9 90.3
* eligible population = approximately 20% of total ST population

Alisia Grenville
ST Chief Compliance Officer

"Performance with integrity has been a main staple of the ST culture for 25
years. As the company continues to expand its global reach, we must be cognizant
of the company's risk exposure to bribery and corruption. Fraudulent activity
can be covert and indirect. It is up to all of us to work to ensure that we are
aware that these potential risks exist and do all we can to mitigate them."


 
 
 
 

 
 
 

Company

Sustainability
Awards

January

Carnet Sanitaire award

This year again, ST Crolles (France) has been awarded with the Carnet Sanitaire
label by Bureau Veritas, for the healthy quality of its water and air networks.
This recognizes the voluntary approach taken by the site to ensure a safe and
healthy workplace by diminishing risks especially regarding legionella.

May

Harmonious Labor Relations award

ST Longgang (China) has been rewarded by Longgang District Government for its
social performance, including its actions to develop good relationships with
employees and avoid any labor disputes, to create a strong sense of belonging
among employees, and for carefully following China Labor laws and regulations.

July

Philippines National
Red Cross award

An eleven year service award was given by the Philippines National Red Cross to
ST Calamba (Philippines) as recognition for its continuous support and
participation in blood donation activity.

Foxconn Supplier's Energy Conservation
and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction contest

ST Shenzhen (China) won the Foxconn Supplier's Energy Conservation and
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction contest following the site's audit. This was
due to the site's energy savings programs deployment, started in 2010 with such
implementations as high/ low pressure vacuum system program, membrane
humidifier, new heat exhaust systems, etc. These installations have resulted in
annual energy savings of 3,472,937 KWH and a reduction in carbon emission of
2,005 tonnes.

March

Transportation prize

Pierre Berquin, product engineer in the Automotive Products Group Research and
Development Department of ST Rousset (France), received the Transportation prize
from the Grenoble Urban Public Transport Authority for his innovative 'Travel to
City' solution as part of the STM32 Open World Design Contest on human
assistance applications. 'Travel to City' aims to help the visually impaired
people use public transport networks.

June

2011 The Computerworld Honors Prgoram Laureate

Computerworld Honors and Wall Street Journal
Technology Innovation awards

ST was awarded in the 2011 Computerworld Honors Program for its iNEMO(TM)
(iNErtial MOdule) smart multi-sensor technology. iNEMO(TM) is a smart
combination of multiple MEMS sensors in a unique inertial measurement unit (IMU)
completed by an embedded sensor fusion algorithm that provides 3D space
orientation. This program rewards ST for promoting positive social, economic and
educational change through this technology that provides advances for a wide
range of applications, including healthcare. In addition to the Computerworld
recognition, iNEMO(TM) has received a Wall Street Journal Technology Innovation
award.

Alignment Supplier of the Year award Hewlett Packard awarded ST Rousset (France)
with the Alignment Supplier of the Year. HP Vice Presidents, Neal Woods and Rick
Van Fleet, rewarded ST and Marie-France Florentin in charge of the
Microcontrollers, Memories and Smartcards Secure Microcontroller Division in ST
Rousset, for consistently providing strong support to HP through the regular
engagement of its executive management team.

Outstanding Company award

ST Shenzhen (China) has been awarded Outstanding Company by Shenzhen City
Environmental Protection Bureau (EPB). ST Shenzhen has successfully achieved the
requirements developed by Shenzhen EPB in driving the city energy conservation
programs aimed at encouraging companies to develop energy-saving and
pollution-reducing objectives.


 
 
 
 

 
 
 

September

United Workers of Electrical and Electronics Industries (UWEEI) 30th Anniversary
Commemorative award 2011

The UWEEI congratulates companies that have taken a long-term view of their
investment and re-investment policy in Singapore. ST Front-end Manufacturing
Asia-Pacific (FEM AP) has been rewarded for its work with the UWEEI on
progressive employment and fair practices.

November

Sustainability Summit award

During the ID WORLD International Congress, Renato Di Stefano, General Services
Director and Energy Manager in ST Agrate (Italy), received the Sustainability
Summit award for his commitment to Sustainable Excellence. This award has been
created to give voice and visibility to the leaders spearheading adoption of
sustainable technology. Over a period of 20 years the Agrate facilities team has
reduced the average energy needed to manufacture a wafer by 75%.

Electronics Day Outstanding Achievement award

During the Electronics Day awards, Alessandro Beretta, Water Manager of ST
Agrate (Italy), received the Outstanding Achievement award for driving the
'Ocean of Drops' project at ST. This award is assigned to the person who has
produced the most concrete results in applying environmentally-conscious
strategies for competitiveness.The project aimed at reducing, recycling and
reusing the water used in the production of semiconductor chips at its Agrate
facility. The program has resulted in the recycling of 45% of the water used at
the plant and in the reduction of 33% of the water pumped from the ground.

Gdansk Technical University award Professor Henryk Krawczyk, the Rector of
Gdansk University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanics, awarded the gold medal to
ST Warsaw (Poland) in recognition of its engagement in education. ST provides
evaluation boards for motor control iNEMO(TM) and STM32 for the use of about 60
students every year.

National Safety and Security Watch Group award

ST Front-end Manufacturing Asia-Pacific (FEM AP) received the National Safety
and Security Watch Group award 2011 from the Singapore Police and Singapore
Civil Defense Forces in recognition of security exercises, tightening of
security at their premises and the improvement of their contingency responses.

October

Kabalikat Special Citation award

ST Calamba (Philippines) received the Kabalikat Special Citation award from the
Regional Voluntary Blood Services Program for its support and contribution in
promoting voluntary blood donation and its achievement linked to the 1994
National Blood Services Act.

December

Environmental awards

Jose Almendras, the Secretary of the Philippines' Department of Energy, awarded
ST Calamba (Philippines) with the Outstanding award for energy management
performance in saving 6,792,095 kg of CO2. Juan Miguel Cuna the Director of the
Environmental Management Bureau, awarded the site with the Seal of Approval for
superior environmental performance and continuous compliance with environmental
laws, rules and regulations. Safety Milestone Recognition ST Calamba
(Philippines) and its safety practitioners, Celso Lopez, Querico Moleta Jr. and
Elizabeth Beronio, received recognition from the National Department of Labor
and Employment (DOLE) for achieving a safety milestone of 3,478,306 safe
man-hours in 2010.

Equality Mark award

ST Kirkop (Malta) received the special national recognition Equality Mark by the
Maltese National Commission for the Promotion of Equality at the work-place.
This award is further explained in Global Diversity and Equal Opportunity pages.

August

Industry Accident Prevention award ST Longgang (China) has been rewarded by
Shenzhen local government for its performance on health and safety and its
industry accident prevention.


 
 
 
 

 
 
 

Our People
Indicator 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Headcount evolution by region / LA1
Europe 22,341 21,271 18,338 19022 18,724
Americas 3,122 3,210 1,802 1,701 1,176
Mediterranean 6,995 5,848 4,533 4,677 4,348
Asia Pacific 19,685 21,409 20,847 22,565 19,965
Total 52,143 51,738 45,520 47,965 44,213
Hires by job type / LA1
Engineers and managers 1,775 5,224 538 3,573 2,563
Technicians and administrators 774 1,163 639 1,884 1,728
Operators 3,663 5,502 5,984 8,193 5,154
Total 6,212 11,889 7,161 13,650 9,445
Worforce by employment type / LA1 %
Full time contract 98.17 98.04 97.88 97.85 97.74
Part time contract 1.82 1.95 2.12 2.15 2.26
Workforce by employment contract / LA1 %
Regular contract 96.24 97.77 97.41 96.56 97.48
Temporary contract 3.76 2.23 2.59 3.44 2.52
External hires in manufacturing %
Percentage of jobs filled externally vs overall jobs filled 92 96 89.65
Newcomers induction program %
Percentage of newcomers who participated
in a formal induction session
(e.g. Newcomers Seminar) during
their first year of employment
84.25 92.72 72.35 97.23 97.29
Performance assessment / LA12 %
Total employees having completed
the annual ePA
- NA 78.4 78.3* 89.4
Exempts(1) having completed the
annual ePA
- NA NA 89.4 96
Exempts(1) assessed during a
collective people review in the
past 2 years
62 53 21 43 67.4

(*) We have adjusted the 2010 data because there was a typing error in the 2010
Sustainability report.

Career length and voluntary turnover rate / LA2 %
% of voluntary turnover of new hires (below 2 yrs) 44.87 45.54 52.67
% of voluntary turnover of employees from 2 to  5 yrs 13.12 18.07 27.83
% of voluntary turnover of employees from 5 to  10 yrs 3.40 5.31 7.82
% of voluntary turnover of employees from 10 to  20 yrs 1.86 2.02 1.79
% of voluntary turnover of employees from above 20 yrs 1.21 1.06 0.72
Average turnover rate / LA2 %
Average turnover rate 8.81 10.12 11.65 15.16 18.49
Average employee age years
Average employee age 34 34 34 33 36
Number of nationalities in corporate staff / LA13
Different nationalities represented
in the corporate staff
8 9 7 7 7
Number of nationalities in the headcount by region*/ LA13
Europe 68 74
Americas 29 26
Mediterranean 18 16
Asia Pacific 36 36
(*) Expatriates and assignees are counted in host country.
Gender breakdown by region %
Europe
B 74 73 74 74 75
(female sign) 26 27 26 26 25
Americas
B 74 76 79 79 79
(female sign) 26 24 21 21 21
Mediterranean
B 40 42 43 42 43
(female sign) 60 58 56 58 57
Asia Pacific
B 51 53 53 55 57
(female sign) 49 47 47 45 43
Employees working part-time %
Women 84.77 84.96 84.25
Men 15.23 15.04 15.75
Unplanned absenteeism %
Unplanned absenteeism 2.90 3.00 2.47 2.67 2.77

Indicator 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Formal recognition
Overall recognition budget of all
sites USk$
2,684 2,161 1,644 3,305 3,101
Number of people recognized* 50,171 38,805 38,373 36,697 48,606
% of accepted suggestions which
were implemented
62.0 61.0 53.0 54.8 65.2
(*) Can include more than one recognition for one employee over the year.
Remuneration %
Employees above the ST minimum salary scale in their job grade 87.00 82.44 87.19
Employees below the ST minimum salary scale in their job grade 12.00 16.62 12.79
Employees covered by annual individual salary increase NA* 95.24 96.93
(*) Not applicable in 2009 due to salary freeze.
Benefits, bonus & USA
Unvested Stock Awards (USA)
% of elligible (exempt(1)  JG 12)
employees receiving unvested
stock awards
35 33 23 24 21
Unvested Stock Awards (USA) -
Number of employees rewarded
6,300 5,700 3,670 3,790 3, 390
USA - Percentage of referential
population by category %
- - - 24 21
Average training hours / LA10
Exempts(1) 30 27 26 32 31
Operators 61 72 94 91 78
Others (non-exempt) 44 43 41 43 38
Total* 44 43 51 49 50
(*) Including training on equipment and outside training.
Internal mobility %
Internal job request posting rate
(exempt(1))
88.8 90.2 17.92 40.54 36.75
Exempt(1) open positions filled in
by internal candidates
- - - - 22.95
Collective bargaining / LA4
Number of collective agreements signed in the year 59 38 33

In 2011, we estimate that 75% of ST employees were covered by union or
employee-elected representation.

Working time and overtime hours
Employees with regular worktime
less than 48 hours per week (%)
100 100 100 100 100
Average weekly overtime
(hours per employee)
3.12 2.22 1.97 3.14 3.10
Average weekly working time in selected countries
North America ST standard working time 40.00 40.00 40.00
Overtime 1.62 1.51 0.60
China ST standard working time 40.00 40.00 40.00
Overtime 3.59 5.00 5.03
Malaysia ST standard working time 48.00 48.00 48.00
Overtime 5.11 10.32 9.39
Singapore ST standard working time 44.00 44.00 44.00
Overtime 4.02 5.88 1.53
France ST standard working time 38.50 38.50 35.00
Overtime 0.23 0.31 0.26
Italy ST standard working time 40.00 40.00 40.00
Overtime 0.82 1.15 0.95
Malta ST standard working time 40.00 40.00 40.00
Overtime 2.78 6.00 4.50
Morocco ST standard working time 44.00 44.00 44.00
Overtime 1.15 2.62 1.46
Fair wages %
Percentage of employees paid up to 105%
of the legal or conventional minimum wage* 3.56 21.44 13.36 16.65 12.20
(*) Employees paid above 105% are not part of this scope.
Communication meetings / LA5
Number of meetings for the organisation/
site management to present company/
organisation/site results to all employees
allowing time for open discussion
10 10 15 11 15
Career development %
% of employees that had a promotion over the year 8.50 15.00 15.87
% of employee having a job function change in the year 27.37 32.95 25.02
Recordable Cases rate - breakdown : industrial / domestic / LA7
Recordable Cases Industrial rate 0.28 0.23 0.23 0.17 0.18
Recordable Cases Domestic rate 0.22 0.17 0.12 0.12 0.11
Recordable Cases rate by region
Asia Pacific 0.22 0.20 0.17 0.16 0.17
Europe & Mediterranean 0.68 0.57 0.56 0.46 0.46
Americas 0.75 0.36 0.18 0.12 0


 
 
 
 

 
 
 

Indicator 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Severity rate by region
Asia Pacific 2.2 2.2 1.3 0.8 0.5
Europe & Mediterranean 10.7 9 7.6 4.9 6.5
Americas 1.2 0.1 0.6 0 0
Breakdown of Recordable cases by type of event,
accident or exposure / LA7 %
Fall or slip 20
Struck by or against 41
Overexertion 9
Others 5
Caught in, under or between 7
Contact with chemicals 7
Bodily reaction from slip or motion 11
Total 100
Recordable cases rate benchmarks*
US Manufacturing (Source BLS**) 5.6 5 4.3 4.4 -
ALL US semiconductor (Source BLS**) 1.5 1.3 1 1.2 -
SIA*** OHS 0.84 0.71 0.8 0.98 -
ST 0.49 0.39 0.35 0.29 0.29

(*) Latest data available. (**) Bureau of Labor Statistics. (***) Semiconductor
Industry Association

Average turnover rate by gender, by category
and by region in 2011 / LA2 %
Exempts(1) Others Operators
Female Male Female Male Female Male
Europe 1.87 2.05 0.97 0.71 0.64 1.17
Americas 3.77 5.18 3.20 0 0 0
Mediterranean 16.33 10.66 3.08 5.49 2.21 6.28
Asia Pacific 12.40 14.65 11.00 28.0 43.36 73.98
Promotion ratio female/male by category
and by region / LA13 %
2009 2010 2011
Female Male Female Male Female Male
Americas
Exempts(1) 6 4 15 12 20 15
Others 1 2 10 10 6 13
Operators NA* NA* 10 19 0 0
Asia-Pacific
Exempts(1) 10 9 22 26 21 21
Others 39 13 7 5 10 16
Operators 12 5 6 6 14 15
Europe
Exempts(1) 6 6 19 19 20 18
Others 4 5 20 17 19 16
Operators 1 0 23 16 25 16
Japan
Exempts(1) 6 7 12 16 30 27
Others NA* NA* NA* NA* NA* NA*
Operators NA* NA* NA* NA* NA* NA*
Mediterranean
Exempts(1) 12 17 34 24 10 11
Others 17 16 19 12 6 4
Operators 0 2 7 8 0 0

(*) Not applicable because in these regions the company hasn't manufacturing
areas. 1/ It refers to employees who hold positions normally requiring graduate
or post-graduate education and who are not eligible for overtime compensation.

The Community
Schooling programs* / LA11 %
Indicator 2009 2010 2011
Professionals** 2.76 4.39 5.26
Operators 2.75 1.02 7.96
Others (non-professional) 4.69 6.01 7.58

(*) % of employees following ST supported external schooling programs vs total
number of employees.

(**) It refers to employees who hold managerial roles and are exempt from
overtime compensation.

Technical ladder* in 2011 %
ST total population recognized through the technical ladder 3.3
Europe Asia Pacific
ST population recognized through the technical ladder by region 4.81 0.88

(*) The specialist path starts from job grade 14 and above which is the
reference population. This internal program started from Europe and its
deployment is currently on going.

Suppliers' and subcontractors' environmental
and health & safety performance / 8.3
Indicator 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Number of suppliers/subcontractors
Suppliers of materials 112 107 108 104 102
Suppliers of equipment 61 40 40 40 40
Suppliers of spare-parts NA NA NA 35 38
Total 173 147 148 179 180
Subcontractors Back-end 56 59 65 62 59
Subcontractors Front-end* 22 11 10 19 22
ISO 14001 certified/EMAS validated %
Suppliers of materials 82 83.7 81.1 81.0 81.2
Suppliers of equipment 76 85 82.5 83.0 80
Suppliers of spare-parts NA NA NA 54.2 47.4
Total 79.9 84.1 81.5 76.2 73.8**
Subcontractors Back-end 91.0 97.0 97.0 97.0 98.3
Subcontractors Front-end* 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 95.5
OHSAS validated %
Suppliers of materials 30.0 37.0 41.0 44.0 49.7
Suppliers of equipment NA 6.0 10.0 8.0 21.0
Suppliers of spare-parts NA NA NA 20.0 15.8
Total NA 28.6 32.6 31.3 36.2
Subcontractors Back-end 80.0 92.0 91.0 87.0 62.1
Subcontractors Front-end* 95.0 82.0 80.0 84.0 77.3

(*) The total number of Front-end subcontractors can change from one year to
another, based on our response to the market evolution. This list is updated
each month versus planning data in order to give an interactive overview.

(**) The decrease in 2011 is due to a modification in the scope of companies
considered which now includes suppliers that are not certified to ISO 14001 or
EMAS but instead have adopted equivalent industry-specific standards. Suppliers
and subcontractors' compliance with EICC

Indicator 2 2007 20088 2009 2010 2011
Targeted suppliers/subcontractors
Suppliers of materials 117 108 108 104 102
Suppliers of equipment NA 104 104 104 87
Suppliers of spare-parts NA NA NA 35 35
Subcontractors Back-end 28 40 39 32 32
Subcontractors Front-end* 22 11 10 19 22
Phase 1 - Introduction Agreement to comply with EICC
Suppliers of materials 52.0 81.5 82.4 89.0 95.2
Suppliers of equipment NA 34.0 41.4 50.0 99.0
Suppliers of spare-parts NA NA NA 71.0 94.1
Subcontractors Back-end 69.0 97 98.5 98.0 97.0
Subcontractors Front-end* 0 86.4 90.0 95.0 95.5
Phase 2 - Assessment EICC Self-assessment questionnaire completed**
Suppliers of materials - 18 42 76 97
Suppliers of equipment - 0 0 0 0
Suppliers of spare-parts - NA NA NA NA
Subcontractors Back-end - 11 17 20 23
Subcontractors Front-end* - 0 1 3 4

(*) The total number of Front-end subcontractors can change from one year to
another, based on our response to the market evolution.

This list is updated each month versus planning data in order to give an
interactive overview.

(**) The number of SAQs is not the number of suppliers/subcontractors that have
filled in SAQs. One supplier or subcontractor has to fill in one company level
SAQ and SAQs for all their manufacturing sites that produce
materials/equipment/products for ST.


 
 
 
 

 
 
 

Our Products

Customer Social & Ethics / EHS requirements

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Number of customer requirements for Social & Ethics and EHS requirements
received at company level*

157 277 252 267 376

(*) This data includes all Customer Social & Ethics/EHS requirements
requirements from our customers, received by our corporate-level departments for
support and validation. Many more are dealt with directly at local and regional
level.


Quality(1) (baseline 100 in 2004) / PR5
Q4' 04 Q4' 05 Q4' 06 Q4' 07 Q4' 08 Q4' 09 Q4' 10 Q4' 11
Customer complaints by volume 100 86.2 71.6 64.2 82.6 61.5 55 70.6*
Cycle time to process failures analysis 100 72.7 62.6 71.9 62.2 65.4 71.1 59.8**
Customer returns 100 41.1 38.3 40 33.7 30.8 20 58.9***
1/ Quality indicators include ST-Ericsson.

(*) Q4 low shipments strongly impacted our customer complaints by volume, even
if the number of complaints received was stable. (**) In 2011, our failures
analysis cycle time significantly improved as a result of an efficient task
force on cycle time reduction. (***) The customer returns results have been
mainly impacted by negotiated returns from distributors.

WEEE/ (EN27)

As a supplier of components to the electronics industry (and not manufacturers
of electronic equipment), we are not directly affected by the European Directive
2002/96/ EC Waste of Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE).

The Environment

In 2011, environmental performance sometimes failed to meet expected targets.
There are two explanations:

o the economic crisis of 2009 and the decrease of production in 2011 have
impacted ST's normalized indicators which are performance expressed per unit of
production. However, the absolute values of energy, water and chemicals are
consistent, irrespective of production output, due to the need to maintain
constant conditions in production areas i.e. temperature, hygrometry etc.

o after 15 years of environmental improvement, it becomes more and more
challenging over time to further advance our performance.

Indicator 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Environmental burden : net values / EN16 / EN17 / EN19 / EN20 / EN26 /
4.1 / 4.3 / 4.4

Emissions to air
Global warming* MTCE 478,884 404,319 358,167 413,974 429,187
Ozone depletion Kg R11 Eq 171 62 8 7 0
VOCs Tons 262 244 170 178 192
Atmospheric
acidification
Kg SO2 Eq 58,178 63,142 55,370 36,581 41,525
Photochemical
oxidant creation
Kg ethylene
Eq
15,761 48,969 35,044 25,292 38,125
Air emission toxicity** Kg PH3 Eq 4,881 4,720 4,101 4,484 3,075

Emissions to water***
Eutrophication Kg (P+N) 381,889 414,730 305,502 396,271 378,339
Aquatic oxygen
demand
Kg COD**** 351,967 834,032 626,835 709,202 667,146
Heavy metals to water Kg heavy
metals
13,277 10,354 8,934 9,579 9,796
Aquatic ecotoxicity Kg Cu Eq 10,398 7,598 6,698 5,774 4,032

(*) Includes direct greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from our manufacturing plants
and indirect emissions from energy consumption and transport, reported in
Metrics Tons of Carbon Equivalence (MTCE). Does not include GHG emissions from
controlled manufacturing sites, subcontractors and foundries. (**) Emissions of
substances are considered only if they exceed the minimum threshold of 3ppm,
expressed in phosphine equivalent. For Volatile Organic Compounds, Atmospheric
Acidification, Photochemical Oxidant Creation and Air Emission Toxicity the
Particulate Matter is not covered. (***) Domestic waste water is included.(****)
Total Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD).

Environmental costs versus savings / EN30 US$m
Total costs 28 41 48 53 52
Energy savings 201 192 87 219 203
Water savings 27 25 15 25 24
Chemical savings 90 86 58 87 69
Total saving 318 303 160 331 296
Balance (cost savings) 290 262 112 278 244

The method used to calculate the savings shown in this table is the following:
1) we set a baseline using the 1994 model with the assumption that there are no
installation enhancements, except for chemicals for which the baseline is 2000;
2) this baseline is projected each year (in relation to the quantities
produced); 3) each year, the actual value is compared to this projection; and 4)
the result shows the theoretical benefits due to the installation improvements
concerning the savings for energy, water and the use of chemicals. Total costs
cover expenditure of environmental management areas (including waste and
remediation) and yearly net investment and equipment depreciation.

Environmental investments / EN30 %
% of total company investments 0,67 0,48 0,40 0,06 0,50

Consumption: absolute values / EN1 / EN3 / EN4 / EN8 / 2.1 / 2.2 / 2.3
Electricity GWh 2,482 2,127 1,986 2,018 2,058
Water 1,000m3 21,729 18,194 16,346 17,393 17,314
Chemicals tons 20,498 17,883 12,451 17,138 17,076
Natural gas GWh 279 234 214 171 166

Waste split / EN22 Tons
Total Waste 43,628 46,367 33,439 40,775 38,593
Reuse & recycled 36,264 41,143 29,164 36,113 35,387
Burnt & incinerated 4,973 3,487 3,170 3,522 2,134
Landfill 2,391 1,684 1,105 1,140 1,072

EHS Fines / EN28
In 2011, ST has not received any fine.

Indicator 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Initiatives and changes resulting
in a reduction in GHG / EN18 / 3.3 Saved kTons CO2
Related to PFC direct emissions
reduction per IPPC guidelines
235 50 - 155 0
Saving electricity 189 295 - 195 0
Used green electricity 24 17 - 41 61
Produced electricity by windfarm 9 8 - 8 7
Total GHG gas emissions reduction
457 370 - 398 68.4

EHS Incidents / EN23
In 2011, ST has not recorded any incidents or spills.

Consumption of electricity (per unit of production):
normalized values / EN4 / 2.1 kWh/production unit
Target 51.3 48.8 46.3 44 41.8
Consumption of electricity 52.3 49.7 71 48 50.4

Consumption of natural gas (per unit of production):
normalized values / 2.1 GWh/production unit
Consumption of natural gas 42,9 39,9 51,6 29,4 29,7

Energy saved*: absolute values / EN5 / 2.1 GWh
Energy saved 93 130 0 129 0
(*) Includes electricity and natural gas

Direct and indirect energy consumption by primary sources /
EN3 / EN4 / 3.3

Breakdown of energy consumption (GWh)
Electricity consumption 2,482 2,127 1,986 2,018 2,058
Natural gas consumption 279 234 214 171 166
Others sources 1 0 0 0 0
Total energy consumption 2,762 2,361 2,200 2,189 2,224
Percentage of energy consumption
due to electricity
89,86 90,09 90,27 92,19 92,54

Breakdown of energy sources (%)
Green electricity purchased 3.01 2.04 2.63 5.79 8.56
Electricity produced by ST's windfarm 1.1 0.92 1.03 1.09 1.13
Photovoltaic and thermal solar
electricity produced by ST
0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.09
Electricity purchased from nuclear
(CO2 free)
25.6 28.78 22.15 23.72 23.23
Electricity purchased from fossil
fuel sources
60.18 58.34 64.48 61.57 59.53
Natural gas 10.1 9.91 9.7 7.81 7.46
Other fuels 0 0 0 0 0
Total 100 100 100 100 100

Global Reporting Initiative

Statement
GRI Application Level Check

GRI hereby states that STMicroelectronics has presented its report "ST
Sustainability Report 2011" to GRI's Report Services which have concluded that
the report fulfills the requirement of Application Level A.

GRI Application Levels communicate the extent to which the content of the G3
Guidelines has been used in the submitted sustainability reporting. The check
confirms that the required set and number of disclosures for that Application
Level have been addressed in the reporting and that the GRI content Index
demonstrates a valid representation of the required disclosures, as described in
the GRI G3 Guidelines.

Application Levels do not provide an opinion on the sustainability performance
of the reporter nor the quality of the information in the report.

Amsterdam, 21 June 2012

Nelmara Arbex
Deputy Chief Executive
Global Reporting Initiative


 
 
 
 

 
 
 

Indicators

Index

The following table shows the correlation between the STMicroelectronics
Sustainability Report and the ten Principles of the Global Compact, the Global
Reporting Initiative (GRI) elements and the ISO 26000 standard.

GRI Indicators Global Compact Principles ISO 26000 core subjects and issues

Readers' Guide

2.1; 2.3; 2.4; 2.9; 3.1-3.8; 3.10; 3.11;
3.13; 4.9; 4.14-4.16
Company

2.3; 2.4; 2.5; 2.7; 2.8; 3.6; 4.1-4.3;
4.8; 4.9; 4.11; 4.14-4.17
EC1; EC9; LA13; SO5; PR1
6.2
Our People 6.3; 6.4

Recruitment, Learning and Development LA2; LA10; LA11; LA12 GC6 6.4.7
Employee Engagement 4.16; 4.17 6.2.3
Global Eiversity and Equal Opportunities LA13 GC1; GC6 6.3.7
Employee Safety LA7; LA8 6.4.6

Employee Sealth and Well-being LA8 GC1 6.4.4; 6.4.6
Labor Rights and Social Issues

4.8; 4.12
EC8; HR5; HR6; HR7; SO5
GC1; GC3; GC4; GC5 6.3.10; 6.4.5
Our Products 6.7

Customer Satisfaction 4.16; 4.17 6.7.3; 6.7.6
Conflict-free Minerals

4.17
HR2; HR7; PR3
GC1; GC2 6.3.5; 6.6.4
Eco-design EN2; EN5; EN6; EN26; EN27; PR1; PR3 GC7; GC8; GC9 6.5.3; 6.7.4; 6.7.5
Responsible Products (env/soc) EN6; EN26; PR1 GC1; GC8; GC9 6.5.3; 6.7.4; 6.7.5
Intellectual Property and Innovation 6.6.7

The Environment 4.8; EN1; EN2; EN18; EN26 6.5

Water Management

4.17
EC2; EN8, EN10, EN21; EN25; SO1
GC7; GC8; GC9 6.5.4
Energy Management EC2; EC6; EN3; EN4; EN5; EN7 GC7; GC8; GC9 6.5.4
Transports and Logistics

EC2; EC6; EN4; EN5; EN7; EN16;
EN17; EN29
GC7; GC8; GC9 6.5.3; 6.5.5
Waste Management EN2; EN22; EN24 GC7; GC8; GC9 6.5.3
Management of Chemicals

4.13
EN1; PR3
GC7; GC8; GC9 6.5.3
GHG Emissions from Operations

4.13
EC2; EN3; EN16; EN17; EN18; EN29;
SO1
GC7; GC8; GC9 6.5.3; 6.5.5
The Community 4.16; 4.17 6.6; 6.8
Local Sustainability Impacts SO1; EC1; EC8; EC9; SO1 6.8.3; 6.8.5; 6.8.6; 6.8.7;
 6.8.9
Public Affairs and Industry Networking

4.13
EC9; SO5
6.6.6
Partnerships in R&D and Education

4.13
SO1; EC1
6.8.4
Management of Sustainability in Supply Chain

4.8; 4.9; 4.12
EC6; HR1; HR2; PR3
GC1; GC3; GC4; GC5; GC6; GC9 6.6.6
Bribery and Corruption

4.6; 4.9
SO4; HR3; HR4; SO2; SO3; SO4
GC10 6.6.3
External awards 2.10 6.2

Additional Indicators

2.8; 3.9; 3.12
EC1; EC5; EC7; LA1; LA2; LA4; LA5;
LA7; LA10; LA11; LA12; LA13; EN1;
EN3; EN4; EN8; EN16; EN17; EN19;
EN20; EN22; EN23; EN26;EN28;
EN30; PR5


 
 
 
 

 
 
 

Evaluating our practices
against IS0 26000

Det Norske Veritas Business Assurance France S.A.R.L. ('DNV Business Assurance')
has been commissioned by the management of STMicroelectronics NV ('the Company')
to conduct a gap analysis on the current status of the Management of Key
Sustainability Issues and how they are integrated within the organisation's
practices In accordance with clause 5.2.2 of the ISO 26000 "Guidance for Social
Responsibility".

To that respect the scope of work agreed upon with the Company did include the
following tasks:

o Review of Principles and Core Subjects and how their implementation
contributes to the Company's Sustainability Strategy and the achievement of
Sustainability Objectives;

o Visits to three sites (Rousset-France, Ang Mo Kio-Singapore, Muar- Malaysia)
and interviews with internal stakeholders. These visits took place in April
2012.

As a leading service provider in the field of sustainability solutions, DNV
Business Assurance promotes the use of ISO 26000 toward companies willing to be
more efficient in contributing to Sustainable Development.

To facilitate this DNV Business Assurance uses a tool that :

- Allows stakeholders to share their views with the organisation;

- Promotes the importance of stakeholders' dialogue ;

- Recognizes the principles of Social Responsibility;

- Facilitates the review of Core Subjects so as to identify relevant issues;

- Is transparent with regard to the activities performed, the subjects included
in the scope of work and the Stakeholders involved and their contribution to the
improvement of the Management of Key Sustainability Issues.

Since the tool is aimed at applying the ISO 26000 standard the reports and
comments made have to be understood as opportunities for improvements in the way
best practices are being implemented.

During our visits on the Company's sites we have interviewed employees at
different levels in the organisation about their perception on the Company's
Strategy and how the Principles and the relevant Core Subject of the ISO 26000
standard were being applied in relation to the Sustainability Strategy and in
the particular context of the organisation. No interview with External
Stakeholders was conducted. Participation of External Stakeholders to the
definition of the Company's Sustainability Strategy was checked through records
and documents review.

As Principal Considerations we can state that as STMicroelectronics'
Sustainability Strategy and objectives are just being rolled out a particular
emphasis was put on the actual implementation of the ISO 26000 Standard through
the organisation. We found best practices already well implemented in the fields
of Governance, Labour Practices (Health & Safety issues); The Environment
(management of GHG emission); Customer Issues and Fair Operating Practices
(anti-corruption practices).

On the other hand it was perceived that some actions were implemented but needed
stronger internal awareness to better follow the guidance provided by the ISO
26000 standard on the Core Subjects of Human Rights (particularly in the supply
chain), The Environment (Energy & Water management) and Fair Operating Practices
(promoting sustainability in the sphere of influence).

This document represents a meaningful synthesis of the complete report provided
to STMicroelectronics in April 2012 and which states the robust implementation
of best practices for reaching the Company's Sustainable Objectives.

We acknowledge the efforts made by the Management of STMicroelectronics to use
ISO 26000 as a framework to integrate social responsibility into their values
and practices.

DNV is not involved in the actual management of Sustainability Issue for the
organization. It is left to the responsibility of the organization to identify
and implement opportunities for improvement in this domain.

DNV Business Assurance expressly disclaims any liability or co-responsibility
for any decision a person or entity would make based on the content of this
letter to the Management of STMicroelectronics NV.

With Best Regards.

For DNV Business Assurance,

Jean-Christophe CARRAU
Global Service Responsible ISO 26000

DET NORSKE VERITAS


 
 
 
 

 
 
 

Glossary
APG Automotive Products Group
ASIC
Application Specific
Integrated Circuit
CAO Chief Administrative Officer
CDP Carbon Disclosure Project
CEC Corporate Ethics Committee
CEO Chief Executive Officer
CFO Chief Financial Officer
CFS Conflict-Free Smelter
CHEWS
Comprehensive Health
and Employees' Wellness
Services
CMOS
Complementary MOS (Metal
Oxide Semiconductor)
COO Chief Operating Officer
CTO Chief Technology Officer
DA5 Die Attach 5 Consortium
DJSI
Dow Jones Sustainability
Index
DNV Det Norske Veritas
DRC
Democratic Republic of the
Congo
DU Digital Unify
EAP
Employee Assistance
Program
ECHA European Chemical Agency
ECOPACK(R)
Lead-free labelling for RoHScompliance
(the EU Directive
on Restriction on Use of
Hazardous Substances)
EHS
Environmental, Health &
Safety
EICC
Electronics Industry
Citizenship Coalition
EMAS
Community Eco-
Management and Audit
Scheme
EMEA Europe, Middle East & Africa
ENIAC
European Nanoelectronics
Initiative Advisory Council
ePA
electronic Performance
Appraisal
ERM Enterprise Risk Management
ERT
European Round Table of
Industrialists
ESG
Environmental, Social and
Corporate Governance
ESIA
Electronic Semiconductor
Industry Association
EWS Electrical Wafer Sort
FEM Front-end Manufacturing
FEM
AP Front-end Manufacturing
Asia-Pacific
FCPA Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
GeSI
Global e-Sustainability
Initiative
GHG Greenhouse Gases
GLWO
Global Logistics &
Warehousing Organization
GRI Global Reporting Initiative
GWP Global Warming Potential
H&S Health & Safety
IC Integrated Circuit
ICT
Information and
Communication Technologies
ILO
International Labor
Organization
IMS
Industrial & Multisegment
Sector
ISO
International Organization for
Standardization
ITRI
Industrial Technology
Research Institute
iTSCi ITRI's Tin Suppy Chain initiative
J&K Japan & Korea
KPI Key Performance Indicator
LCA Life Cycle Assessment
MEMS
Micro-Electro-Mechanical
Systems
MMS
Microcontrollers, Memories &
Smartcards
MTCE
Metric Tons of Carbon
Equivalent
NGO
Non-Governmental
Organization
NYSE New York Stock Exchange
ODS Ozone Depleting Substances
OECD
Organization for Economic
Cooperation and
Development
OHSAS
Occupational Health & Safety
Assessment Series (OHSAS
180 01)

OTT Over The Top
PFCs Perfluorinated Compounds
PFOS Perfluorooctyl Sulfonate
PQE Product Quality Excellence
PTM Package Test Manufacturing
R&D Research & Development
RC Recordable Cases
REACH
Registration, Evaluation and
Authorization of Chemicals
RoHS
Restriction of Hazardous
Substances
RSE
Responsabilite Sociale
d'Entreprise
SAM Serviceable Available Market
SAQ
Self-Assessment
Questionnaires
SE Sustainable Excellence
SEC
Securities and Exchange
Commission
SITELESC
Micro and Nanotechnology
Industry Association
SMEs
Small and Medium
Enterprises
SOC System-on-Chip
SRI
Socially Responsible
Investment
SVHC
Substances of Very High
Concern
TAM Total Available Market
TCOO Total Cost of Ownership
TR&D
Technology Research &
Development
UPW Ultra-pure Water
VAP Validated Audit Process
VOCs Volatile Organic Compounds
WBCSC
World Business Council for
Sustainable Development
WSC
World Semiconductor
Council
WEEE
Waste of Electrical and
Electronic Equipment
20-F
Annual report filed with the
Securities and Exchange
Commission
3TG
Tantalum, tin, tungsten and
gold
GRI indicator prefixes
EC Economic Impact
EN Environment
HR Human Rights
LA Employment
PR Responsibility Product
SO Society
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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, STMicroelectronics N.V. has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
 
 
 
 
     
STMicroelectronics N.V.
 
         
Date:
July 6, 2012
By:
     /s/ Mario Arlati
 
         
   
Name:
Mario Arlati
 
   
Title:
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer