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2017 Corporate Responsibility Report

CO2 emissions and underlying environmental data

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CO2 EMISSIONS PER EMPLOYEE (FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT, FTE), SWISS RE GROUP

 

 

2013

2016

2017

Change in % since 2016

Change in % since 2013

 

 

kg/FTE

kg/FTE

kg/FTE

1

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).

2

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

Scope 1

Heating

378

305

264

–13.4

–30.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scope 2

Power1

824

877

651

–25.8

–21.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scope 3

Business travel

3 713

4 109

4 126

0.4

11.1

 

Copy paper

40

24

17

–29.2

–57.5

 

Waste

50

41

34

–17.0

–32.0

 

Water

12

12

12

0

0

 

Technical gases

27

21

21

0

–22.2

 

Commuting2

1 250

1 150

1 050

–8.7

–16.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

6 294

6 539

6 175

–5.6

–1.9
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UNDERLYING ENVIRONMENTAL DATA, SWISS RE GROUP

 

 

2013

2016

2017

Change in %
since 2016

Change in %
since 2013

Heating

kWh/FTE

1 931

1 478

1 286

–13.0

–33.4

Power

kWh/FTE

4 533

3 790

3 606

–4.9

–20.5

Energy intensity

kWh/FTE

6 464

5 268

4 892

–7.1

–24.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Business travel

km/FTE

13 492

15 065

15 224

1.1

12.8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Copy paper

kg/FTE

34

20

15

–25.0

–55.9

Recycling paper

%

71

72

64

–11.1

–9.9

FSC label

%

96

96

94

–2.1

–2.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Waste

kg/FTE

181

144

130

–9.7

–28.2

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 3.1% and in India with 2.9% of the Group’s total.

Switzerland1

1 031

377

GOs

35%

US2

8 798

254

RECs

24%

UK3

6 722

6 722

GOs,
residual mix

20%

Rest of the world4

8 063

2 902

RECs, GOs, residual mix

22%

Total

24 614

10 255

 

100%