Environmental performance indicators
Environmental performance indicators 1 |
Unit |
2020 |
2019 pro rata 2 |
2019 3 |
2018 4 |
2017 |
2016 |
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Energy |
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Gross energy consumption |
1'000 GJ |
3’100 |
3’172 |
3’565 |
6’823 |
6’941 |
6’605 |
Electricity |
1'000 GJ |
2’087 |
2’170 |
2’427 |
3’249 |
3’296 |
3’168 |
Natural gas, biogas, fuel oil |
1'000 GJ |
824 |
816 |
949 |
1’363 |
1’247 |
1’205 |
Coke |
1'000 GJ |
93 |
101 |
101 |
2’092 |
2’265 |
2’121 |
Fuel use (for internal transportation) |
1'000 GJ |
53 |
62 |
65 |
97 |
110 |
92 |
Other energy sources |
1'000 GJ |
34 |
22 |
22 |
22 |
23 |
19 |
Energy sold |
1'000 GJ |
–8 |
–1 |
–1 |
–82 |
–103 |
–96 |
Net energy consumption |
1'000 GJ |
3’092 |
3’171 |
3’564 |
6’742 |
6’838 |
6’509 |
Renewable energy (incl. green electricity) |
% |
17 |
17 |
15 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
Sustainability Targets 2020: Energy efficiency index 3 (status at year-end) |
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112 |
120 |
120 |
120 |
116 |
117 |
Sustainability Targets 2020: Target line energy efficiency index 5 (production volume 6 per energy consumption) |
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110 |
108 |
108 |
106 |
104 |
102 |
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GHG emissions (in CO 2 e) 7 |
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Total CO 2 e emissions ("market based" approach) |
1'000 tonnes CO 2 e |
285 |
319 |
344 |
630 |
668 |
610 |
Scope 1 (Direct emissions: fuel-related energy consumption) |
1'000 tonnes CO 2 e |
68 8 |
68 |
77 |
312 |
325 |
307 |
Scope 2 market-based 9 (Indirect emissions: electricity and district heating) |
1'000 tonnes CO 2 e |
216 8 |
244 |
263 |
312 |
337 |
299 |
Scope 2 location-based 10 (Indirect emissions: electricity and district heating) |
1'000 tonnes CO 2 e |
297 8 |
303 |
333 |
411 |
468 |
438 |
Scope 3 11 (Indirect emissions: business travel) |
1'000 tonnes CO 2 e |
2 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
7 |
4 |
Sustainability Targets 2020: GHG emission intensity index 3 (status at year-end) |
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88 |
89 |
89 |
73 |
84 |
85 |
Sustainability Targets 2020: Target line GHG emission intensity index 5 (CO 2 e emissions 12 per production volume 6 ) |
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90 8 |
92 |
92 |
94 |
96 |
98 |
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Air emissions |
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Nitrogen oxides (NO X ) |
1'000 tonnes |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.05 |
0.04 |
0.03 |
Sulfur oxides (SO X ) |
1'000 tonnes |
0.00 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) |
1'000 tonnes |
0.05 |
0.05 |
0.05 |
0.06 |
0.05 |
0.06 |
Particular matter |
1'000 tonnes |
0.002 |
0.001 |
0.001 |
0.005 |
0.001 |
na |
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Water and wastewater |
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Total water consumption |
1'000 m 3 |
2'013 8 |
2’305 |
2,417 |
2’759 |
2’966 |
2’808 |
City water from public supply |
1'000 m 3 |
648 |
635 |
702 |
697 |
662 |
633 |
Ground and rain water |
1'000 m 3 |
1’365 |
1’670 |
1’715 |
2’062 |
2’304 |
2’175 |
Wastewater volume |
1'000 m 3 |
1’772 |
1’926 |
1’961 |
1’961 |
2’098 |
1’977 |
Wastewater to sewage systems |
1'000 m 3 |
674 |
715 |
750 |
814 |
944 |
897 |
Wastewater returned to nature, unpolluted |
1'000 m 3 |
1’098 |
1’211 |
1’211 |
1’147 |
1’153 |
1’081 |
Sustainability Targets 2020: Water intensity index (status at year-end) |
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59 |
80 |
80 |
93 |
89 |
101 |
Sustainability Targets 2020: Target line water intensity index 5 (water consumption per production volume 6 ) |
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90 |
92 |
92 |
94 |
96 |
98 |
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Waste and recycling |
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Total waste |
1'000 tonnes |
83 8 |
91 |
99 |
306 |
326 |
314 |
Normal waste, recycling |
1'000 tonnes |
53 |
59 |
67 |
245 |
263 |
249 |
Normal waste, landfill or incineration |
1'000 tonnes |
19 |
24 |
24 |
43 |
44 |
45 |
Hazardous waste |
1'000 tonnes |
10 8 |
8 |
9 |
18 |
18 |
20 |
Hazardous waste, recycling |
1'000 tonnes |
6 |
4 |
3 |
16 |
16 |
14 |
Hazardous waste, storage or incineration |
1'000 tonnes |
4 |
4 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
6 |
Recycled waste as % of total waste |
% |
72 |
69 |
71 |
85 |
86 |
84 |
Sustainability Targets 2020: Unrecycled waste intensity index 3 (status at year-end) |
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95 |
93 |
93 |
85 |
104 |
93 |
Sustainability Targets 2020: Target line Unrecycled waste intensity index 5 (non-recycled waste per production volume 6 ) |
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90 |
92 |
92 |
94 |
96 |
98 |
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Business trips |
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Air travel 11 |
1'000 km |
15’603 |
50’465 |
50’631 |
49’603 |
52’759 |
31’863 |
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Monetary values |
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Expenditure for environmental protection |
CHF million |
10 |
4 |
5 |
18 |
18 |
15 |
Energy costs |
CHF million |
65 |
68 |
72 |
130 |
128 |
103 |
Water and wastewater costs |
CHF million |
2.0 |
2.3 |
2.5 |
3.5 |
3.0 |
2.5 |
Waste disposal costs and recycling credits |
CHF million |
1 |
3 |
3 |
9 |
8 |
8 |
1 The environmental performance indicators include all GF production companies.
2 To ensure data comparability and consistency over time, the data in the "2019 pro rata" column show how the comparable consumption would have looked in 2019 without the divested and the transferred sites of GF Casting Solutions in Austria and Germany.
3 Due to the divestment of the iron plant of GF Casting Solutions in Herzogenburg (Austria) as of 30 September 2019, the environmental performance figures are presented according to the consumption at this site while still part of the GF Corporation (9 months of 2019). The calculation of the target-relevant environmental indicators for all the years in this overview excludes all divested sites.
4 The 2018 environmental performance indicators include the consumption of the two plants of GF Casting Solutions (Singen and Mettmann, both Germany) while part of the GF Corporation (11 months of 2018). The reduction in the KPIs is mainly a result of the divestment of the sites of GF Casting Solutions in 2018 and 2019. The Sustainability Report 2019 shows in the column 2018 pro rata how the 2018 data would have looked without the two divested sites.
5 The target line is calculated linearly based on the standardized baseline consumption (=100) and according to the defined target.
6 The production volume is defined based on the specificities of the businesses of the individual divisions: as "produced tonnes" for GF Piping Systems, as "gross value added" (it includes all operating income subtracting the costs of materials and products, changes in inventory, and operating expenses) for GF Casting Solutions and as "hours worked" for GF Machining Solutions.
7 CO 2 -equivalent is a unit used to transform other greenhouse gases into CO 2 e (CO 2 =1) according to their global warming potential. The applied emission factors are based on the GHG Protocol 2016.
8 2020 PwC assured. The 2019 PwC assurance process followed the same scope and set of KPIs as 2020. Please see further details in the 2019 Sustainability Report, by clicking on the following link: https://sustainability-report.georgfischer.com/19/en/environmental-performance-indicators/.
9 Market-based emissions refer to specific emission factors, e.g. from local utility provider, and they account for market instruments such as guarantees of origin that might be purchased in order to reduce Scope 2 market-based emissions.
10 Location-based emissions refer to the average emission factors of the area where the electricity consumption takes place, e.g. average emission factor of one country.
11 Air travel data and related Scope 3 emissions were restated for all the years since 2017, as a more comprehensive data set is available. The disclosed figures cover over 90% of GF's workforce.
12 For the purpose of this calculation, CO 2 e emissions = Scope 1 + Scope 2 market-based emissions.