Key figures environment
Environmental impact
Environmental impact |
2015 UBP | 2016 UBP |
Deviation % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electricity | 101,508 | 101,708 | 0.2 |
| Combustibles | 120,734 | 113,793 | -5.7 |
| Fuels | 18,944 | 15,771 | -16.8 |
| Disposal | 3,183 | 3,430 | 7.7 |
| Solvents | 1,492 | 1,460 | -2.1 |
| Water and waste water | 2,948 | 2,631 | -10.7 |
| Total environmental impact | 248,809 | 238,793 | -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 | 62,734 | 66,612 | 6.2 |
| Raw material metal | 52,591 | 60,154 | 14.4 |
| Raw material mineral | 186,237 | 175,372 | -5.8 |
| Other raw materials | 531 | 501 | -5.6 |
| Semi-finished products | 36,505 | 41,372 | 13.3 |
| Finished products | 46,209 | 46,410 | 0.4 |
| Total material usage | 384,807 | 390,421 | 1.5 |
Energy consumption
Energy consumption |
Unit |
2015 | 2016 |
Deviation % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electricity | GWh | 222.3 | 224.6 | 1.0 |
| District heating | GWh | 13.8 | 14.1 | 2.5 |
| Combustibles | ||||
| Natural gas | m3 | 51,232,158 | 47,340,113 | -7.6 |
| Biogas | m3 | 817,436 | 874,135 | 6.9 |
| Liquified petroleum gas (LPG) | Metric tons | 6,227.4 | 6,167.4 | -1.0 |
| Diesel for electricity generation | l | 220,693 | 142,586 | -35.4 |
| Heating oil extra light | Metric tons | 57.6 | 39.0 | -32.3 |
| Solid fuels | Metric tons | 6,641.3 | 5,962.7 | -10.2 |
| Fuels | ||||
| Gasoline | l | 241,861 | 199,556 | -17.5 |
| Diesel | l | 3,004,475 | 2,476,475 | -17.6 |
| Liquified petroleum gas (LPG) | kg | 184,875 | 171,675 | -7.1 |
Energy consumption |
2015 TJ | 2016 TJ |
Deviation % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electricity | 800.4 | 808.5 | 1.0 |
| District heating | 49.6 | 50.9 | 2.5 |
| Combustibles | 2,308.9 | 2,150.2 | -6.9 |
| Natural gas | 1,864.9 | 1,723.2 | -7.6 |
| Biogas | 29.8 | 31.8 | 6.9 |
| Liquified petroleum gas (LPG) | 288.3 | 285.6 | -1.0 |
| Diesel for electricity generation | 7.9 | 5.1 | -35.4 |
| Heating oil extra light | 2.5 | 1.7 | -32.3 |
| Solid fuels | 115.5 | 102.8 | -10.2 |
| Fuels (gasoline, diesel, LPG) | 124.1 | 103.2 | -16.8 |
| Total energy consumption | 3,283.0 | 3,112.8 | -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 | 330,744 | 292,681 | -11.5 |
| Well water | 545,049 | 533,850 | -2.1 |
| River and lake water | 289,003 | 299,466 | 3.6 |
| Rain water | 5,560 | 7,949 | 43.0 |
| Total water | 1,170,356 | 1,133,946 | -3.1 |
Waste water |
2015 m3 | 2016 m3 |
Deviation % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic waste water | 291,039 | 224,110 | -23.0 |
| Process water ceramic | 607,529 | 602,124 | -0.9 |
| Other waste water | 28,485 | 20,764 | -27.1 |
| Total waste water | 927,053 | 846,998 | -8.6 |
Emissions
Absolute CO2 emissions |
2015 Metric tons | 2016 Metric tons |
Deviation % |
|---|---|---|---|
| from combustibles (Scope 1) | 134,280 | 127,268 | -5.2 |
| from fuels (Scope 1) | 9,162 | 7,613 | -16.9 |
| from process emissions (Scope 1) | 308 | 455 | 47.9 |
| from electricity (Scope 2) | 114,105 | 114,705 | 0.5 |
| from district heating (Scope 2) | 54 | 67 | 24.7 |
| Total absolute CO2 emissions | 257,909 | 250,108 | -3.0 |
| Calculation of CO2 emissions according to IPCC 2013 | |||
Air emissions |
2015 Kilogram | 2016 Kilogram |
Deviation % |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NOx | direct | 77,663 | 69,105 | -11.0 |
| indirect | 153,716 | 156,090 | 1.5 | |
| Total NOx | 231,379 | 225,195 | -2.7 | |
| SO2 | direct | 2,160 | 1,880 | -13.0 |
| indirect | 296,919 | 302,009 | 1.7 | |
| Total SO2 | 299,079 | 303,889 | 1.6 | |
| NMVOC | direct | 107,926 | 99,620 | -7.7 |
| indirect | 20,346 | 20,224 | -0.6 | |
| Total NMVOC | 128,272 | 119,844 | -6.6 | |
| Dust (PM10) | direct | 6,341 | 5,532 | -12.8 |
| indirect | 32,227 | 32,719 | 1.5 | |
| Total dust | 38,568 | 38,251 | -0.8 | |
| CFC11 equivalents | direct | 0.4 | 1.8 | 346.0 |
| indirect | 9.5 | 9.4 | -1.1 | |
| Total CFC11 equivalents | 9.9 | 11.2 | 12.6 | |
| Calculation based on Ecoinvent data version 3.1 | ||||
Waste
Waste |
2015 Metric tons | 2016 Metric tons |
Deviation % |
|---|---|---|---|
| to incineration | 1,686 | 2,163 | 28.3 |
| to inert waste landfill | 20,127 | 16,787 | -16.6 |
| to mixed waste landfill | 1,023 | 1,330 | 30.0 |
| to external recycling | 59,361 | 58,558 | -1.4 |
| to hazardous waste incineration | 479 | 417 | -12.9 |
| to hazardous waste recycling | 729 | 609 | -16.5 |
| Total waste | 83,405 | 79,864 | -4.2 |