Integrated Annual Report 2015
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Key figures environment

Environmental impact


Environmental impact
2014
UBP
2015
UBP
Deviation
%
Electricity 43,622101,508 132.7
Combustibles 8,042115,934 1,341.6
Fuels 10,07418,944 88.0
Disposal 1,3963,183 128.0
Solvents 7341,492 103.3
Water and waste water 4862,948 506.6
Total environmental impact 64,354244,009 279.2
UBP = Ecopoints in million UBP in accordance with the Swiss Ecological Scarcity Method (upgraded version 2013)

Material usage

  20142015 Deviation
Material usage Metric tonsMetric tons %
Raw material plastics 61,01462,734 2.8
Raw material metal 52,27652,591 0.6
Raw material mineral 186,237
Other raw materials 609531 -12.8
Semi-finished products 36,50136,505 0.0
Finished products 47,82946,209 -3.4
Total material usage 198,229384,807 94.1

Energy consumption

       Deviation
Energy consumption Unit 20142015 %
Electricity GWh 113.7222.3 95.5
District heating GWh 16.9
Combustibles  
Natural gas m3  3,463,86948,266,747 1293.4
Biogas m3  826,781817,436 -1.1
Liquified petroleum gas (LPG) Metric tons 6,227.4
Diesel for electricity generation l 240,549220,693 -8.3
Heating oil extra light Metric tons 9.057.6 540.0
Solid fuels Metric tons 6,641.3
Fuels
Gasoline l 172,383241,861 40.3
Diesel l 1,631,8893,004,475 84.1
Liquified petroleum gas (LPG) kg 184,875
  20142015 Deviation
Energy consumption TJTJ %
Electricity 409.2800.4 95.5
District heating 61.0
Combustibles 166.92,200.9 1,218.7
Natural gas 126.11,756.9 1,293.4
Biogas 31.829.8 -1.1
Liquified petroleum gas (LPG) 288.3
Diesel for electricity generation 8.67.9 -8.3
Heating oil extra light 0.42.5 540.0
Solid fuels 115.5
Fuels (gasoline, diesel, LPG) 65.0124.1 90.9
Total energy consumption 641.13186.4 397.0

Electricity mix

    Renewable Fossil Nuclear Others
Electricity mix 2015 GWh % % % %
Europe 168.8 22.8 53.2 22.7 1.3
USA 6.8 9.7 70.2 19.4 0.7
China 4.6 19.1 78.8 2.1 0.0
India 1.1 16.4 81.8 1.8 0.0
Green electricity 41.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total electricity mix 222.3 36.5 44.6 17.9 1.0
    Renewable Fossil Nuclear Others
Electricity mix 2014 GWh % % % %
Europe 78.8 16.0 45.2 35.6 3.2
USA 6.8 8.8 70.0 19.6 1.6
China 4.4 16.1 81.8 2.1 0.0
India 0.3 16.3 80.1 1.8 1.8
Green electricity 23.4 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total electricity mix 113.7 32.9 38.9 25.9 2.3

Water and waste water

  20142015 Deviation
Water m3m3 %
Drinking water 124,369330,744 165.9
Well water 6,920545,049 7,776.4
River- and lake water 289,003
Rain water 6,8675,560 -19.0
Total water 138,1561,170,356 747.1
  20142015 Deviation
Waste water m3m3 %
Domestic waste water 82,601291,039 252.3
Process water ceramic 607,529
Other waste water 29,92028,485 -4.8
Total waste water 112,521927,053 723.9

Emissions

  20142015 Deviation
Absolute CO2 emissions Metric tonsMetric tons %
from combustibles (Scope 1) 8,286127,789 1,442.2
from fuels (Scope 1) 4,8299,162 89.7
from process emissions (Scope 1) 260308 18.5
from electricity (Scope 2) 50,150114,105 127.5
from district heating (Scope 2) 66
Total absolute CO2 emissions 63,525251,430 295.8
Upgrade of source data to Ecoinvent Version 3.1 (2014) and calculation of CO2 emissions according to IPCC2013
    20142015 Deviation
Air emissions   KilogramKilogram %
NOx  direct 12,99274,709 475.0
  indirect 81,383155,366 90.9
  Total NOx  94,375230,075 143.8
SO2  direct 8362,094 150.5
  indirect 167,342296,956 77.5
  Total SO2  168,178299,050 77.8
NMVOC direct 46,009107,565 133.8
  indirect 10,03220,443 103.8
  Total NMVOC 56,401128,008 127.0
Dust (PM10) direct 3926,329 1,514.5
  indirect 15,86032,736 106.4
  Total dust 16,25239,065 140.4
CFC11 equivalents direct 0.40.4 0.0
  indirect 4.69.5 104.3
  Total CFC11 equivalents 5.09.9 95.6
Upgrade of source data to Ecoinvent Version 3.1 (2014)

Waste

  20142015 Deviation
Waste Metric tonsMetric tons %
to incineration 6351,686 165.4
to inert waste landfill 39620,127 4,982.6
to mixed waste landfill 4281,023 139.0
to external recycling 9,36159,361 534.1
to hazardous waste incineration 262479 83.0
to hazardous waste recycling 505729 44.3
Total waste 11,58783,405 619.8