Environmental management

These figures include both investments in as well as internal and external spending on waste and wastewater management, water, occupational safety, fire protection, noise reduction, air pollution prevention, decontamination, preservation of nature and the landscape, climate protection, and energy efficiency.

Greenhouse gas emissions

Our response to the Carbon Disclosure Project contains a detailed description of our calculation methods. We have included the following gases into our calculation of direct and indirect CO₂eq emissions:

• Direct CO₂ emissions: CO₂, HFCs, PFCs; CH₄/N₂O negligible; SF₆/NF₃ not available.
• Indirect CO₂ emissions: CO₂.

In 2014, we emitted 0.046 kg of CO₂eq per euro of sales. This calculation includes data from the AZ Group and assumes that first-time consolidation had already taken place as of January 1, 2014 (further information can be found here ).

In 2014, we reported data on multiple Scope 3 categories for the first time. As a result, the total 2014 emissions cannot be compared to previous years. No data is available for Scope 3 categories not listed above. Their relevance to the company is assessed in the Scope 3 document.

Biogenic emissions (Scope 3), if present, are not being recorded.

Other air emissions

Substances included: R-12, R-22, R-141b, R-402a, R-409a, R-401a.

Source for the emission factors: Montreal Protocol.

The VOC, nitrogen oxide, sulfur dioxide and dust emissions reported here are production-related. These figures do not include emissions from vehicles. Emissions are determined partially based on measurements and partially based on calculations or estimates. Only some sites are required to measure individual parameters.

Transport

In shipping finished goods from production sites to local warehouses of the subsidiaries, we are working to reduce the use of air shipping in favor of sea shipping. In doing so, we cut costs and reduce the CO₂ emissions incurred by transporting goods. In 2014, this allowed us to save 800 metric tons of CO₂.

Resource consumption

At our sites in Billerica, Massachusetts (USA), Bedford, Massachusetts (USA), Molsheim (France), Tel Aviv (Israel), Rome (Italy) and Ciudad de Guatemala (Guatemala), we use photovoltaics to produce power.

We currently only record purchased secondary energy – this is primarily electricity and, to a lesser extent, heat/steam/cold. Details on the local energy mix, including the respective percentage of primary energy, renewable energy, etc. are currently not available. Data on local energy efficiency in electricity or heat generation are currently not available either. Our production sites are located in countries with a widely varying energy mix. Our Darmstadt and Gernsheim sites in Germany have a high energy consumption, representing 40% of our Group-wide total. At these sites, fossil energy (coal, gas, etc.) accounts for approx. 57%, nuclear energy approx. 17% and renewable energies approx. 26% of the energy mix. Renewable energies account for a higher share in electricity generation at production sites in Switzerland, with nuclear energy taking the lead in France and Japan. Based on an estimated global energy efficiency of 37% for the conversion and distribution of generated electricity, this results in a primary energy consumption of 1,260 GWh for 2014. Based on an estimated global energy efficiency of 85% for heat/steam/cold, this results in a primary energy consumption of 100 GWh for 2014. This gives a total primary energy consumption of 1,360 GWh for 2014. (The calculation is based on factors stated in the "Handbuch für betriebliches Energiemanagement - Systematisch Energiekosten senken" ("Manual for energy management in practice - Systematically reducing energy costs") published by DENA, 12/2012.

In 2014, our energy intensity relative to sales totaled 0.141 kWh/€. This calculation includes data from the AZ Group and assumes that first-time consolidation had already taken place as of January 1, 2014 (further information can be found here ).

The sharp decrease in total water use in 2013 is attributable to the closure of the Biopharmaceuticals site in Geneva, Switzerland. The site utilized surface water from Lake Geneva for cooling and heating purposes and used lake water to cover a large portion of the site's energy requirements.

Our water usage increased in 2014 because this was the first time that the manufacturing sites of the AZ Group - acquired in 2014 - were incorporated into our reporting. These figures do not include the ground water that we utilize in relation to safety measures at the Gernsheim site in Germany. Here, the water is fed back directly into natural circulation.

Wastewater

The wastewater volume includes indirect discharge into both public and our own wastewater treatment plants, as well as direct discharge (such as rainwater and cooling water). Our water usage increased in 2014 because this was the first time that the manufacturing sites of the AZ Group - acquired in 2014 - were incorporated into our reporting.

Wastewater from the neighboring municipality of Biebesheim is also treated at the wastewater treatment plant at the Gernsheim site in Germany. The communal wastewater from Biebesheim is included in the wastewater volume as well as in the emissions stated in the table.

Emissions are determined partially based on measurements and partially based on calculations or estimates. Only some sites are required to measure individual parameters.

Waste

We reduced our hazardous waste disposed to landfills from approx. 300 metric tons in 2013 to 176 metric tons in 2014.

Our waste output rose to 229,000 metric tons in 2014 (2013: 161,000 metric tons). Waste from construction and renovation projects accounted for the majority of the waste (2013: 24%; 2014: 47%), stemming in particular from the remodeling of our Global headquarters in Darmstadt.