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2016 Corporate Responsibility Report

The following information was PwC audited and confirmed.

CO2 emissions and underlying environmental data

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CO2 emissions per employee (full-time equivalent, FTE), Swiss Re Group

 

 

20131

20151

2016

Change in % since 2015

Change in % since 2013

 

 

kg/FTE

kg/FTE

kg/FTE

1

The figures for 2013 and 2015 have been restated to account for company acquisitions and changes in emission factors.

2

Calculation based on a market-based approach taking into account the purchase of renewable energy instruments, with the exception of the UK where the government requires companies to report an average grid factor (see table at the bottom for our reporting of emissions from electricity).

3

Commuting data are gathered bi-annually by means of a survey. The figures are rounded and fraught with considerable uncertainty.

Scope 1

Heating

378

303

305

0.7

–19.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scope 2

Power2

824

858

877

2.2

6.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scope 3

Business travel

3 713

3 736

4 109

10.0

10.7

 

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40

28

24

–14.3

–40.0

 

Waste

50

44

41

–6.8

–18.0

 

Water

12

13

12

–7.7

0

 

Technical gases

27

24

21

–12.5

–22.2

 

Commuting3

1 250

1 150

1 150

0

–8.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

6 294

6 156

6 539

6.2

3.9
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Underlying environmental data, Swiss Re Group

 

 

20131

20151

2016

Change in %
since 2015

Change in %
since 2013

1

The figures for 2013 and 2015 have been restated to account for company acquisitions.

Heating

kWh/FTE

1 931

1 478

1 478

0

–23.5

Power

kWh/FTE

4 533

3 998

3 790

–5.2

–16.4

Energy intensity

kWh/FTE

6 464

5 476

5 268

–3.8

–18.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Business travel

km/FTE

13 492

13 876

15 065

8.6

11.7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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kg/FTE

34

23

20

–13.0

–41.2

Recycling paper

%

71

70

72

2.9

1.4

FSC label

%

96

97

96

–1.0

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Waste

kg/FTE

181

159

144

–9.4

–20.4

Water

m3/FTE

16

17

17

0

6.3

Indirect emissions from purchased electricity, Swiss Re Group

In line with the new Scope 2 Guidance of the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol, we report the emissions associated with our electricity consumption according to both a location-based approach representing the CO2 intensity of the grids where we operate and a market-based method taking into account emission reductions from instruments such as Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) and Guarantees of Origin (GOs).

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Location-based total

Market-based
total

Instrument types

Percentage kWh

 

t CO2e

t CO2e

 

 

1

All Swiss electricity producers are required by law to declare the quality and quantity of the electricity produced. Swiss Re buys 100% green labelled electricity (naturemade star).

2

In the US, we purchase green-e labelled Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) for our total power consumption.

3

The UK government claims all green credentials of renewable electricity produced in the country. Even though over 80% of the electricity we consume in the UK comes with Renewable Energy Guarantees of Origin (REGOs), we report the same emission figures for location-and market-based approaches.

4

Our next biggest power consumption is in Slovakia with 2.8% and in India with 2.4% of the Group’s total.

Switzerland1

982

359

GOs

33.3%

US2

8 827

255

RECs

23.6%

UK3

7 101

7 101

GOs,
residual mix

21.2%

Rest of the world4

8 091

5 410

RECs, GOs, residual mix

21.9%

Total

25 001

13 125

 

100.0%