Addendum 3: Detailed environmental performance indicators (2019–2023)

Ernst & Young Ltd performed a limited assurance engagement on selected EPIs marked with   for 2023. Ernst & Young Ltd also performed a limited assurance engagement on the same set of KPIs (except water) for 2022, 2021 and 2020. On all EPIs related to previous years except for the greenhouse gas emissions, no external assurance was completed.

EPIs

 

 

 

2019

 

2020

 

2021

 

2022

 

2023

 

Difference 2022/2023

 

Difference 2019/2023

 

GRI

Energy  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

302-1

Total Energy

 

MWh

 

53 376

 

48 180

 

54 540

 

57 296

 

52 865

 

(8%)

 

(1%)

 

 

renewable

 

%

 

13%

 

21%

 

26%

 

38%

 

52%

 

+14

 

+40

 

 

Purchased electricity

 

MWh

 

40 676

 

37 186

 

42 296

 

43 264

 

38 925

 

(10%)

 

(4%)

 

 

renewable

 

%

 

12%

 

24%

 

29%

 

40%

 

59%

 

+20

 

+47

 

 

Purchased heat

 

MWh

 

3 334

 

2 831

 

3 324

 

3 211

 

3 238

 

+1%

 

(3%)

 

 

renewable

 

%

 

n/m

 

n/m

 

n/m

 

n/m

 

61%

 

n/m

 

n/m

 

 

Self-generated electricity

 

MWh

 

76

 

78

 

66

 

1 780

 

2 022

 

+14%

 

+2 567%

 

 

renewable

 

%

 

100%

 

100%

 

100%

 

100%

 

100%

 

+0

 

+0

 

 

Total fuel

 

MWh

 

9 290

 

8 084

 

8 854

 

9 042

 

8 680

 

(4%)

 

(7%)

 

 

renewable

 

%

 

2%

 

3%

 

2%

 

6%

 

6%

 

+1

 

+4

 

 

Natural gas

 

MWh

 

5 805

 

5 236

 

5 564

 

5 471

 

3 271

 

(40%)

 

(44%)

 

 

Biogas

 

%

 

n/m

 

n/m

 

n/m

 

6%

 

15%

 

+9

 

n/m

 

 

Heating oil

 

MWh

 

1 181

 

1 327

 

1 637

 

1 847

 

3 663

 

+98%

 

+210%

 

 

Diesel

 

MWh

 

1 520

 

972

 

1 022

 

1 368

 

1 462

 

+7%

 

(4%)

 

 

Petrol

 

MWh

 

558

 

332

 

455

 

177

 

222

 

+25%

 

(60%)

 

 

Ethanol

 

MWh

 

18

 

n/m

 

n/m

 

n/m

 

n/m

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wood

 

MWh

 

208

 

217

 

177

 

178

 

62

 

(65%)

 

(70%)

 

 

Water  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

303-3

Total water

 

m 3

 

1 127 378

 

915 933

 

979 079

 

925 796

 

677 027

 

(27%)

 

(40%)

 

 

Tap water

 

m 3

 

81 521

 

64 299

 

70 498

 

72 420

 

70 207

 

(3%)

 

(14%)

 

 

other water (PL, CH)

 

m 3

 

104 269

 

87 654

 

99 614

 

64 786

 

55 990

 

(14%)

 

(46%)

 

 

lake water (CH)

 

m 3

 

941 588

 

763 980

 

808 967

 

788 590

 

550 830

 

(30%)

 

(41%)

 

 

Materials*  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

301-1

Total materials

 

t

 

17 517

 

17 374

 

21 544

 

27 783

 

26 865

 

(3%)

 

+53%

 

 

renewable (cardboard and wood)

 

%

 

13%

 

18%

 

16%

 

11%

 

11%

 

+0

 

(3)

 

 

VOC

 

kg

 

14 542

 

15 563

 

13 846

 

17 056

 

15 505

 

(9%)

 

+7%

 

 

SF6

 

kg

 

36

 

27

 

46

 

14

 

14

 

(3%)

 

(62%)

 

 

Refrigerant

 

kg

 

334

 

264

 

305

 

611

 

377

 

(38%)

 

+13%

 

 

Copper

 

t

 

8 360

 

7 569

 

8 715

 

8 159

 

7 404

 

(9%)

 

(11%)

 

 

Plastics

 

t

 

5 134

 

4 860

 

6 179

 

5 489

 

4 278

 

(22%)

 

(17%)

 

 

Glass fibre**

 

t

 

37

 

23

 

239

 

223

 

146

 

(34%)

 

+293%

 

 

Packaging

 

t

 

3 266

 

4 200

 

4 377

 

5 157

 

4 013

 

(22%)

 

+23%

 

 

renewable (cardboard and wood)

 

%

 

72%

 

76%

 

77%

 

57%

 

72%

 

+15

 

+0

 

 

EPIs

 

 

 

2019

 

2020

 

2021

 

2022

 

2023

 

Difference 2022/2023

 

Difference 2019/2023

 

GRI

Waste  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

306-3

Total

 

t

 

4 604

 

3 941

 

5 285

 

4 449

 

4 221

 

(5%)

 

(8%)

 

 

Municipal waste (incinceration)

 

t

 

205

 

175

 

198

 

156

 

164

 

+5%

 

(20%)

 

 

Municipal waste (landfill)

 

t

 

234

 

170

 

189

 

194

 

197

 

+2%

 

(16%)

 

 

Inert waste (landfill CH)

 

t

 

11

 

2

 

5

 

0.3

 

7.9

 

+2 435%

 

(31%)

 

 

Hazardous waste

 

t

 

487

 

450

 

474

 

424

 

416

 

(2%)

 

(14%)

 

 

Waste (energy recovery)

 

t

 

665

 

576

 

648

 

632

 

661

 

+5%

 

(1%)

 

 

Recycling

 

t

 

3 001

 

2 568

 

3 772

 

3 043

 

2 775

 

(9%)

 

(8%)

 

 

Business travel***

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total****

 

Mio. km

 

16

 

1.8

 

2.0

 

9.0

 

13.9

 

+55%

 

(12%)

 

 

Car (expenses, rented)

 

%

 

10%

 

33%

 

23%

 

3%

 

8%

 

+4

 

(3)

 

 

Aircraft

 

%

 

90%

 

67%

 

77%

 

96%

 

86%

 

(9)

 

(3)

 

 

Product transport*****

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

Mio. tkm

 

90

 

76

 

94

 

101

 

67

 

(34%)

 

(25%)

 

 

Trucks

 

%

 

32%

 

30%

 

31%

 

35%

 

34%

 

(1)

 

+1

 

 

Sea freight

 

%

 

57%

 

56%

 

27%

 

41%

 

44%

 

+3

 

(13)

 

 

Air freight

 

%

 

11%

 

13%

 

32%

 

21%

 

23%

 

+1

 

+11

 

 

Rail freight

 

%

 

n/m

 

1%

 

11%

 

3%

 

0%

 

(3)

 

+0

 

 

GHG emissions (CO2eq)  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

305-1,2,3

Scope 1

 

tCO2eq

 

3 523

 

2 802

 

3 692

 

3 572

 

3 638

 

+2%

 

+3%

 

 

Scope 2

 

tCO2eq

 

10 735

 

8 401

 

7 824

 

5 931

 

4 097

 

(31%)

 

(62%)

 

 

Scope 3

 

tCO2eq

 

58 635

 

84 296

 

121 878

 

182 454

 

189 920

 

+4%

 

+224%

 

 

Environmental impact

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Core balance

 

Mio. EP

 

34 456

 

24 484

 

26 710

 

23 598

 

19 510

 

(17%)

 

(43%)

 

 

Total balance

 

Mio. EP

 

625 576

 

576 288

 

769 979

 

1 094 431

 

1 042 072

 

(5%)

 

+67%

 

 

References

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Added value

 

Mio. CHF

 

386

 

352

 

417

 

420

 

387

 

(8%)

 

+0%

 

 

* Breakdown only shows production-relevant raw material plus packaging material and does not add up to 100 %.

** Glass fiber plus aramid yarn, 2020 excluding Brazil

*** Business travel is included based on the transaction date, rather than the travel date. This differs from the approach used in 2022.

Breakdown excludes 6% train travel because of its limited environmental impact globally.

**** Excluding km own vehicles (included in fuels).

***** 2021 including transport (intercompany)

Environmental impact: all figures 2019 - 2021 calculated using ecoinvent database version v38, 2022 v391, 2023 v310

GHG emissions: values according to published GHG Inventories. Used ecoinvent database versions: 2019 v36, 2020 v371, 2021 v38, 2022 v391; based on IPCC2013 (2019 -2021) and IPCC2021 for 2022 and 2023.

Scope 1  

Too low a value for Pfäffikon heating oil. Detected during data collection 2020 but not adjusted. Difference: +440 MWh resp. +120 t CO2eq

Scope 3  

Packaging data CH: in 2020 also newly collected for 2019 but not adjusted. Difference: +2000 t CO2eq

Adjustments (as shown below) lead to significant increase in Scope 3 compared to previous year. However, the difference between the recalculated 2019 to 2020 total is < -1% despite the expansion of the corporate standard (see below). - ecoinvent v371 remodeled the metal sector strongly increasing the CO2 footprint of copper. - Expansion of the corporate standard and data collection (i.e. commuting and packaging data). As part of the expansion of Scope 3, data on commercial products, product use and EoL (end of life of products) will be included in the company model in the medium term. Furthermore, the existing data collection/quality will be continuously improved wherever possible.

In 2021, the system boundaries were expanded to include, for the first time, part of the commercial products purchased. The quality and the granularity of the collected goods transport data (transport to customers and within the production network) have been significantly improved. The same applies to metal and polymer data. In 2022 raw material and commercial goods data from new central data source, so the modelling could be extended and the data granularity and quality was further improved.

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