We have introduced a systematic environmental management system with the aim of consistently reducing our consumption of resources and CO2 emissions. The following key environmental figures refer to the ERGO Group in Germany and abroad.
| Direct energy consumption |
|
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
Direct energy consumption
|
GJ |
599,108 |
554,785 |
577,375 |
Direct energy consumption by primary energy source
|
|
|
|
|
Natural gas
|
GJ |
216,871 |
188,701 |
176,323 |
Natural gas consumption for CHPs1
|
GJ |
379,783 |
363,812 |
398,847 |
Heating oil
|
GJ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Fuel for emergency generator
|
GJ |
2,454 |
2,094 |
2,112 |
Solar energy2
|
GJ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Direct energy consumption per employee
|
GJ |
20.16 |
19.66 |
20.27 |
|
1 Thermal power stations with combined heat and power technology
2 Solar energy generated at our locations in Nuremberg and Bristol is fed into the public power network.
|
| Indirect energy consumption
|
|
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
Indirect energy consumption
|
GJ |
525,077 |
517,003 |
510,676 |
Indirect energy consumption by primary energy source
|
|
|
|
|
Electricity purchased from outside the Company
|
GJ |
100,604 |
113,731 |
108,652 |
| Green electricity purchased |
GJ |
186,474 |
164,768 |
163,899 |
| District cooling |
GJ |
23,157 |
25,435 |
18,985 |
|
District heating |
GJ |
214,842 |
212,970 |
219,140 |
| Indirect energy consumption per employee |
GJ |
17.67 |
18.32 |
17.93 |
Greenhouse gas emissions
|
|
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
Greenhouse gas emissions
|
kg |
95,045,181 |
92,535,959 |
92,230,528 |
Greenhouse gas emissions
|
|
|
|
|
Scope 11
|
kg |
40,090,210 |
37,564,782 |
43,290,371 |
Scope 22
|
kg |
46,401,451 |
46,597,249 |
38,043,192 |
Scope 33
|
kg |
8,553,519 |
8,373,928 |
10,896,965 |
Greenhouse gas emissions per employee
|
kg |
3,336 |
3,279 |
3,238 |
1 Includes direct energy and business travel by car
2 Includes indirect energy
3 Includes paper, water, waste, business travel by air and rail
|
| Paper consumption1 |
|
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
Total paper consumption
|
t |
9182 |
701 |
674 |
Paper consumption per employee
|
t |
0.031 |
0.025 |
0.024 |
1 Printer and copy paper
2 The increase in paper consumption can be attributed to the takeover of Munich Health entities. |
| Recycled Paper consumption1 |
|
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
Proportion of total materials used that were recycled
|
t |
445 |
270 |
308 |
Proportion of recycled paper
|
% |
48.5 |
38.5 |
45.7 |
1 Printer and copy paper
|
| Water1 |
|
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
Water consumption in total
|
m3 |
440,479 |
450,366 |
445,744 |
Water consumption per employee
|
m3 |
14.82 |
15.96 |
15.65 |
| 1 From the local (municipal) networks |
Waste by type and disposal method
|
|
2017 |
20161 |
2015 |
| Waste |
t |
7,517 |
8,115 |
6,381 |
Waste by type and disposal method
|
|
|
|
|
Recycled materials
|
t |
4,100 |
4,501 |
3,525 |
Incinerated waste
|
t |
1,850 |
1,970 |
1,126 |
| Landfill waste |
t |
499 |
468 |
7031 |
Specialist waste disposal for reuse/recovery
|
t |
2 |
4 |
3 |
| Compost |
t |
744 |
730 |
636 |
Other waste
|
t |
322 |
442 |
388 |
Waste per employee
|
t |
0.25 |
0.29 |
0.22 |
| 1 Increase in waste resulting from renovation and refurbishment measures at our German sites. |
Notes on the environmental indicators:
To calculate the Group-wide carbon savings targets, from 2009 to 2015 (–10% kg of CO2 per employee) we used the conversion factors of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG) and the Association for Environmental Management and Sustainability in Financial Institutions (VfU) – from 2011 in each case. Green electricity was not included in the accounting, thereby ensuring that the quantitative values remained comparable over the target period. In 2015, a new environmental and climate protection strategy was approved by the Board of Management and the carbon savings target was expanded – from 2009 to 2020 it is our goal to achieve Group-wide carbon savings (kg of CO2 per employee) of 35%.
As of 2016, the Group’s carbon emissions will be calculated on the basis of the latest conversion factors of the GHG Protocol and the VfU. The GHG Protocol will be used for the conversion of Scope 1 emissions (direct energy), for electricity falling under Scope 2 emissions (indirect energy) and for the “short- and long-haul flights” components of the “business trips” element of Scope 3 emissions. ERGO generates 65 % percent of its electricity from regenerative resources (2016: 59 %). This works out at an emission of zero. The VfU conversion factors are taken as the basis for calculating the Scope 2 emissions “district heating” and the Scope 3 emissions of paper, water and waste, as well as the “company vehicles, taxis, hire cars, train journeys” components of the “business trips” element.
Carbon emission sources
- Scope 1: Direct emissions from primary energy consumption (natural gas, heating oil, emergency diesel generators, fuel for company vehicles)
- Scope 2: Indirect emissions from procured energy (purchase of electricity and district heating)
- Scope 3: Other indirect emissions (business trips, consumption of paper and water, waste)