Integrated
Annual Report 2016

Key figures environment

Environmental impact


Environmental impact
2015
UBP
2016
UBP
Deviation
%
Electricity 101,508101,708 0.2
Combustibles 120,734113,793 -5.7
Fuels 18,94415,771 -16.8
Disposal 3,1833,430 7.7
Solvents 1,4921,460 -2.1
Water and waste water 2,9482,631 -10.7
Total environmental impact 248,809238,793 -4.0
UBP = Ecopoints in million UBP in accordance with the Swiss Ecological Scarcity Method (version 2013)

Material usage


Material usage
2015
Metric tons
2016
Metric tons
Deviation
%
Raw material plastics 62,73466,612 6.2
Raw material metal 52,59160,154 14.4
Raw material mineral 186,237175,372 -5.8
Other raw materials 531501 -5.6
Semi-finished products 36,50541,372 13.3
Finished products 46,20946,410 0.4
Total material usage 384,807390,421 1.5

Energy consumption


Energy consumption

Unit

2015

2016
Deviation
%
Electricity GWh 222.3224.6 1.0
District heating GWh 13.814.1 2.5
Combustibles  
Natural gas m3  51,232,15847,340,113 -7.6
Biogas m3  817,436874,135 6.9
Liquified petroleum gas (LPG) Metric tons 6,227.46,167.4 -1.0
Diesel for electricity generation l 220,693142,586 -35.4
Heating oil extra light Metric tons 57.639.0 -32.3
Solid fuels Metric tons 6,641.35,962.7 -10.2
Fuels
Gasoline l 241,861199,556 -17.5
Diesel l 3,004,4752,476,475 -17.6
Liquified petroleum gas (LPG) kg 184,875171,675 -7.1

Energy consumption
2015
TJ
2016
TJ
Deviation
%
Electricity 800.4808.5 1.0
District heating 49.650.9 2.5
Combustibles 2,308.92,150.2 -6.9
Natural gas 1,864.91,723.2 -7.6
Biogas 29.831.8 6.9
Liquified petroleum gas (LPG) 288.3285.6 -1.0
Diesel for electricity generation 7.95.1 -35.4
Heating oil extra light 2.51.7 -32.3
Solid fuels 115.5102.8 -10.2
Fuels (gasoline, diesel, LPG) 124.1103.2 -16.8
Total energy consumption 3,283.03,112.8 -5.2

Electricity mix


Electricity mix 2016

GWh
Renewable
%
Fossil
%
Nuclear
%
Others
%
Europe 166.8 23.2 53.7 21.8 1.3
USA 6.8 9.7 70.2 19.4 0.7
China 5.6 19.1 78.8 2.1 0.0
India 1.4 16.4 81.8 1.8 0.0
Green electricity 44.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total electricity mix 224.6 37.7 44.4 16.9 1.0

Electricity mix 2015

GWh
Renewable
%
Fossil
%
Nuclear
%
Others
%
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

Water and waste water


Water
2015
m3
2016
m3
Deviation
%
Drinking water 330,744292,681 -11.5
Well water 545,049533,850 -2.1
River and lake water 289,003299,466 3.6
Rain water 5,5607,949 43.0
Total water 1,170,3561,133,946 -3.1

Waste water
2015
m3
2016
m3
Deviation
%
Domestic waste water 291,039224,110 -23.0
Process water ceramic 607,529602,124 -0.9
Other waste water 28,48520,764 -27.1
Total waste water 927,053846,998 -8.6

Emissions


Absolute CO2 emissions
2015
Metric tons
2016
Metric tons
Deviation
%
from combustibles (Scope 1) 134,280127,268 -5.2
from fuels (Scope 1) 9,1627,613 -16.9
from process emissions (Scope 1) 308455 47.9
from electricity (Scope 2) 114,105114,705 0.5
from district heating (Scope 2) 5467 24.7
Total absolute CO2 emissions 257,909250,108 -3.0
Calculation of CO2 emissions according to IPCC 2013

Air emissions
  2015
Kilogram
2016
Kilogram
Deviation
%
NOx  direct 77,66369,105 -11.0
  indirect 153,716156,090 1.5
  Total NOx  231,379225,195 -2.7
SO2  direct 2,1601,880 -13.0
  indirect 296,919302,009 1.7
  Total SO2  299,079303,889 1.6
NMVOC direct 107,92699,620 -7.7
  indirect 20,34620,224 -0.6
  Total NMVOC 128,272119,844 -6.6
Dust (PM10) direct 6,3415,532 -12.8
  indirect 32,22732,719 1.5
  Total dust 38,56838,251 -0.8
CFC11 equivalents direct 0.41.8 346.0
  indirect 9.59.4 -1.1
  Total CFC11 equivalents 9.911.2 12.6
Calculation based on Ecoinvent data version 3.1

Waste


Waste
2015
Metric tons
2016
Metric tons
Deviation
%
to incineration 1,6862,163 28.3
to inert waste landfill 20,12716,787 -16.6
to mixed waste landfill 1,0231,330 30.0
to external recycling 59,36158,558 -1.4
to hazardous waste incineration 479417 -12.9
to hazardous waste recycling 729609 -16.5
Total waste 83,40579,864 -4.2