Climate change is one of the major challenges facing us in the 21st century. Because our company is no exception when it comes to generating greenhouse gases, we had set a goal to reduce total direct (Scope 1) and indirect (Scope 2) greenhouse gas emissions by 20% by 2020 (2006 baseline), irrespective of production growth. We have now accomplished this objective. In 2020, we recorded a 25% overall reduction relative to 2006, despite growth in our operating business. However, this excludes emissions from the 2019 acquisition of Versum Materials, which could not be incorporated into our emission footprint because the available emissions data available does not reach back to our 2006 baseline. This acquisition increased our emissions significantly. In total, we emitted approximately 2,010,000 metric tons of CO2 equivalents in 2020.
Building on our previous target, we drew up new climate action goals in 2020. By 2030, we intend to reduce our direct (Scope 1) and indirect (Scope 2) emissions by 50% compared to 2020 and to source 80% of our purchased electricity from renewable sources. Moreover, we plan to set a new reduction target for our emissions from the upstream and downsteam value chain (Scope 3). We are currently setting up processes to record non-reported Scope 3 data more precisely. We will validate the data basis for a specific target in 2021.Overall, by 2040 we are aiming for climate neutrality across our entire value chain in terms of our Scope 1, Scope 2 and Scope 3 emissions.
In 2020, we improved our rating from CDP for our greenhouse gas emissions performance to B (2019: C). CDP assesses companies in terms of their performance and transparency when it comes to climate action and water management.
In metric kilotons |
|
20062 |
|
2017 |
|
20183 |
|
2019 |
|
20204 |
||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total CO2eq5 emissions |
|
754 |
|
653 |
|
636 |
|
630 |
|
2,010 |
||||||||||||||
Thereof: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||
Direct CO2eq emissions |
|
352 |
|
341 |
|
332 |
|
341 |
|
1,706 |
||||||||||||||
Indirect CO2eq emissions6 |
|
402 |
|
312 |
|
304 |
|
289 |
|
304 |
||||||||||||||
Biogenic CO2 emissions |
|
– |
|
13 |
|
13 |
|
13 |
|
13 |
||||||||||||||
|
Energy management plays a key role in energy efficiency and climate impact mitigation. Our production sites in Darmstadt and Gernsheim – Germany, account for around 25% of our global energy consumption. Both sites fulfill the requirements of ISO 50001, the international standard for energy management systems. Currently, 13 of our production sites have a certified energy management system.
In gigawatt hours |
|
2017 |
|
20182 |
|
20193 |
|
2020 |
||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total energy consumption |
|
2,073 |
|
2,158 |
|
2,178 |
|
2,372 |
||||||||
Direct energy consumption |
|
1,205 |
|
1,261 |
|
1,288 |
|
1,265 |
||||||||
Natural gas |
|
1,140 |
|
1,194 |
|
1,222 |
|
1,178 |
||||||||
Liquid fossil fuels3 |
|
32 |
|
33 |
|
33 |
|
52 |
||||||||
Biomass and self-generated renewable energy |
|
33 |
|
34 |
|
33 |
|
35 |
||||||||
Indirect energy consumption |
|
868 |
|
897 |
|
890 |
|
1,107 |
||||||||
Electricity |
|
723 |
|
749 |
|
745 |
|
944 |
||||||||
Steam, heat, cold |
|
145 |
|
148 |
|
145 |
|
163 |
||||||||
Total energy sold |
|
0.1 |
|
0.0 |
|
0.1 |
|
0.2 |
||||||||
Electricity |
|
0.1 |
|
0.0 |
|
0.1 |
|
0.2 |
||||||||
Steam, heat, cold |
|
– |
|
– |
|
– |
|
– |
||||||||
|
Additional facts and figures can be found in our 2020 Sustainability Report.
* The contents of this chapter or section are voluntary and therefore not audited. However, our auditor has read the text critically.