CARBON FOOTPRINT ACCOUNTING REPORT ATEA ASA

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1 CARBON FOOTPRINT ACCOUNTING REPORT ATEA ASA REPORT: CARBON FOOTPRINT ACCOUNTING REPORT 2017 PROVIDED BY: CEMASYS.COM AS

2 Project Brief This project was commissioned to provide Atea Group an overview of the operations CO 2 emissions. The report contains the carbon footprint with carbon indicators for Atea s operations in The greenhouse gas emissions have been calculated according to the international standard, the Greenhouse Gas Protocol Initiative, including all consumption of fossil fuels for transportation and heating in premises, purchased electricity, air travel and waste. All greenhouse gas emissions are converted into CO 2 equivalents. The report supports the group s commitment to responsible operations locally and for the entire group. Project details Job Reference: Carbon Footprint Accounting Report 2017 The report draws on information provided by: Atea Group: Andreas Rydell Group Sustainability Officer Atea Norway: Marianne Dahl Treseng Quality & Environment Atea Denmark: Jesper Tyllesen Operational Excellence Consultant Atea Sweden: Maria Lilja Quality & Environment Atea Logistics: Erik Fäldt Quality & Environmental Manager Atea Finland: Seppo Jalkanen Development Manager Atea The Baltics: Vilma Žitkienė Quality & Environmental Manager Report provided by CEMAsys.com AS Prepared by: Izabella Kazimiera Legosz Senior Advisor in CSR, Climate and Environment Page 1

3 Table of contents Introduction...3 Method...3 Significant changes...4 Results Atea Group...7 Atea Norway...8 Atea Denmark...9 Atea Sweden Atea Logistics Atea Finland Atea The Baltics Reference Page 2

4 Carbon footprint accounting report 2017 Introduction Environmental focus is an integrated part of Atea s business strategy towards customers and within their own organization. The aim of this report is to get an overview of Atea s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and to facilitate the identification of concrete measures in order to reduce energy consumption and GHG emissions contributed from own operational activities. The data collection involve the commitment from employees from various group levels. The annual carbon footprint accounting report enables the organization to benchmark performance indicators and evaluate progress over time. The carbon footprint report for 2017 includes all of Atea s operations in Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland and the Baltics. Method The carbon accounting gives a general overview of the company's greenhouse gas emissions, converted into CO 2 equivalents, based on reported data from internal and external systems. The analysis facilitates the identification of possible measures to reduce energy consumption as well as the overall carbon footprint. The carbon indicators facilitates monitoring of company activities in order to identify improvement areas and highlights areas of possible concern. The carbon accounting has been measured using best practice standards and guidelines, such as the Greenhouse Gas Protocol. Established emissions factors have been derived from reliable references for each emissions source. Here, calculated national and regional emission factors for electricity, have been derived from information provided by the International Energy Agency (IEA). Average emission factors for fossil fuels have been derived from The UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). The international standard the Greenhouse Gas Protocol Initiative (GHG-protocol) is an accounting tool to manage greenhouse gas emissions. Today, hundreds of companies and organizations around the world are using GHG Protocol standards and tools to manage their emissions. The standard was developed through a decade-long partnership between the World Resources Institute and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development. The Greenhouse Gas Protocol Initiative is working with businesses, governments, and environmental groups around the world and in 2006, the standard was used as the basis for the ISO standard I: Specification with Guidance at the Organization Level for Quantification and Reporting of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Removals. The methodology considers the six most important greenhouse gases: carbon dioxide (CO 2), nitrous oxide (N 2O), methane (CH 4), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs) and sulphur hexafluoride (SF6). These are converted into CO 2 equivalents based on their global warming potential. The carbon accounting report should include valuable information for decision making for internal as well as external operations. An important aspect of relevance is the selection of an appropriate Page 3

5 inventory boundary that reflects the substance and economic reality of the company s business relationships. This report is based on the operational control approach that defines what should be included in the carbon inventory, as well as how the emissions are categorized as direct and indirect emissions. Significant changes In accordance to the methodological change since 2015, for the carbon footprint accounting report 2016, mileage allowance and fuel consumption from cars not owned by the company related to business travels are reported under Scope 3 instead of Scope 1. The carbon emission factor for Nordic electricity in 2017 has decreased by 7% compared with last year. Atea s operational control divide the carbon accounting in three scopes of direct and indirect emissions in accordance with the GHG Protocol: Scope 1: Direct emissions (mandatory reporting) This scope comprises of all direct emissions from company-controlled sources, such as internal transport with company vehicles, own energy generation etc. For Atea Group, scope 1 includes the following: Fuel consumption: petrol and diesel consumption from company cars. Natural gas: natural gas consumption in the Baltic s premises. Scope 2: Indirect emissions (mandatory reporting) This scope includes all emissions from purchased energy: electricity and district heating. The location-based electricity emissions factors are based on national gross electricity production mixes on a three-year rolling average (international Energy Agency, IEA). The Nordic electricity mix covers the weighted production in Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark, which reflects the common Nord Pool market area. Emission factors per fuel source used in the production of electricity derives from assumption in the IEA methodological framework. Factors for district heating/cooling derive from actual (local) production mixes or average IEA statistics. For the market-based method, electricity emission factors are based on the purchase of Guarantees of Origin (GoO) in addition to the emission factor for residual electricity. The share of electricity with GoO s receive a zero emissions factor and the residual electricity derive from figures reported by Reliable Disclosure Systems for Europe (RE-DISS). The Nordic residual electricity mix covers the weighted yearly numbers reported by RE-DISS for Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark. Atea Sweden and Atea Denmark purchased renewable energy certificates for part of their electricity consumption operations in Electricity: actual and estimated electricity consumption from all Atea s premises as well as electricity consumed at datacenters. In addition, the number of purchased renewable energy certificates (REC) is taken into consideration within market-based GHG emission calculation. District heating: actual and estimated district heating consumption in Atea s premises and data centers. Page 4

6 Scope 3: Indirect emissions (voluntary reporting) While Scope 1 and 2 are mandatory according to the GHG protocol, emissions under Scope 3 are reported on a voluntary basis. Scope 3 comprises other indirect emissions from company activities originating from sources not controlled by the company, such as employee travels, emissions from subsuppliers, and consumption of products or services and waste management. The Atea Group report includes air travel, train travel, mileage allowance, waste management and freight transport ordered by Atea Logistics. Air travel: air travel is reported as actual distance travel. For those companies reporting the number of flights to a predefined region; the number of flights are converted to passenger kilometers. The 9% up-lift factor is added to the distances to take into account non-direct routes. Train travel: the same as in case of air travel, train travel is reported as actual travelled distance in passenger kilometer unit, which afterwards is recalculated to CO 2 emission. Mileage allowance and fuel consumption: kms driven and fuel consumption from cars not owned by the company related to business travels. Hired car: emission related to diesel and petrol consumption in hired cars. Freight transport: includes freight transport of commercial products. The distribution center in Sweden provides products to the end customer and to Atea s operations in Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland and the Baltics. Reported tonne-km (tkm), means of transport, freight weight and CO 2-emissions have been reported from the logistics companies. Waste: The waste figures are based on actual and estimated amount of waste. The emission factors comprise the total climate impact of waste treatment without including avoided emissions in other systems (next cycle). Here, the energy recovery from incineration of waste included in the production of district heating is not deducted from the emission factor of waste for incineration. Recycled waste fractions include only a small transport component (collection of waste) while the material recycling and replacement of virgin materials takes place outside the system (by the actor who buy the recycled material). Page 5

7 FIGURE 1 REPORTING BOUNDARIES OF THE GREENHOUSE GAS PROTOCOL Source WBCSD/WRI (2011). Corporate value chain (Scope 3) Page 6

8 Results Atea Group FIGURE 2 ATEA GROUP TOTAL ANNUAL CO 2 EMISSIONS BY SOURCE *tco 2e emission with location- based electricity emission factor ** Other travel includes travel with train, hired cars as well as petrol, diesel and mileage allowance from cars not owned by the company TABLE 1 CARBON INDICATORS ATEA GROUP Atea Group total tco2e emissions /17 16/17 Total corporate tco 2 e with location based electricity emission factor 7,986 13,111 13,162 65% 0.4% Total corporate tco 2 e with market based electricity emission factor 17,208 18,235 NA 6% Atea Group key performance indicators tco2e emissions per full time employee* % -1% tco2e emissions per revenue in MNOK* % -5% MWh electricity with GoO 12,148 14, % 21% Atea evaluates its climate efforts by comparing the current carbon emissions per employee and revenue with 2007 levels. GHG emission per revenue has decreased by 27% since 2007 while there was a slight increase in GHG emission per full-time employee (FTE). Both indicators were reduced comparing to previous year. Looking on performance within last two years, the total GHG emission remained on same level despite the fact there was over 50% increase in electricity consumption in data centers mainly caused by development of server park in Atea Norway. Market-based emission has increased by 6% since However, Atea Group has purchased Guarantees of Origin (GoO) for MWh of electricity consumed in This is 21% more GoO purchased than in The electricity purchased with GoO is accounted as zero emission. The rest of electricity is accounted with Nordic mix residual emission factor, which in 2017 amounted 0,275 kgco 2e/kWh. Page 7

9 TABLE 2 CARBON FOOTPRINT WITH INDICATORS PER EMPLOYEE AND PER REVENUE (LOCATION BASED EMISSION) Division Emission source Volume Energy (MWh) tco2-e Share of total tco2 tco2e/ employee 2017 tco2e/ revenue MNOK 2017 Petrol liters 4, % Diesel liters 101,960 1, % Electricity kwh 21,617,846 21,618 1, % District heating kwh 678, % Air travel pkm 2,704, % Recycled waste kg 92, % Waste kg 72, % Mileage allowance, diesel (B5) liters 87, % Mileage allowance, petrol liters 94, % Total Norway - Atea Norge AS 23,415 2, % Diesel liters 769,424 8,133 1, % Electricity kwh 8,733,917 8, % District heating kwh 2,092,350 2, % Air travel pkm 3,868, % Recycled waste kg 88, % Waste kg 226, % Mileage allowance km 5,044, % Total Denmark - Atea A/S 18,959 4, % Petrol liters 16, % Diesel liters 110,991 1, % Electricity kwh 4,841,115 4, % District heating kwh 2,521,362 2, % Air travel pkm 6,485, % Recycled waste kg 73, % Waste kg 112, % Train travel pkm 1,088, % Electric vehicles kwh 165, % Mileage allowance, diesel (B5) liters 144, % Mileage allowance, petrol liters 191, % Total Atea Sverige AB % Electricity kwh 1,779,225 1, % District heating kwh 1,037,000 1, % Air travel pkm 94, % Freight transport tco2e 1,796-1, % Recycled waste kg % Recycled waste m % Waste kg % Waste m % Train travel pkm 10, % Hired car kgco2e 8, % Mileage allowance, diesel (B5) liters 1, % Mileage allowance, petrol liters % Total Atea Logistics AB 2,816 2, % Petrol liters 27, % Diesel liters 66, % Electricity kwh 1,279,967 1, % District heating kwh 305, % Air travel pkm 1,205, % Recycled waste kg 180, % Waste kg 17, % Mileage allowance km 1,424, % Total Finland 2, % Petrol liters 107,547 1, % Diesel liters 345,160 3, % Autogas/LPG liters 9, % Natural gas m3 10, % Electricity kwh 2,243,758 2, % District heating kwh 412, % Air travel pkm 497, % Recycled waste kg 39, % Waste kg 65, % Total The Baltics 7,526 1, % Total Atea Group 64,132 13, % Page 8

10 Atea Norway FIGURE 3 EMISSIONS PER SOURCE ATEA NORWAY 2017 Other travel 20.0% Waste 1.8% Air travel 14.4% Emissions by source Fossil fuel - direct CO2e emissions 12.2% Electricity* and district heating 51.6% FIGURE 4 ATEA NORWAY TOTAL ANNUAL CO 2 EMISSIONS BY SOURCE In 2017, the annual greenhouse gas emission from Atea Norway was calculated to be tco 2e. The carbon emission per FTE in 2017 decreased by 23% comparing to However, it has increased by 7% since last year. Looking on the total emission, it has increased by 10%, which is mainly caused by over 50% higher electricity consumption in data centers due to development of server park where 706 new units were added. In 2017 Atea Norway purchased Guarantees of Origin for 30% of the total electricity consumption MWh, decreasing therefore market-based emission. *tco2e emission with location- based electricity emission factor TABLE 3 CARBON INDICATORS ATEA NORWAY Atea Norway total tco2e emissions /17 16/17 Total corporate tco 2 e with location based electricity emission factor 1,383 2,005 2,201 59% 10% Total corporate tco 2 e with market based electricity emission factor 2,728 4,787 NA 76% Atea Norway key performance indicators tco2e emissions per full time employee* % 7% tco2e emissions per revenue in MNOK* % -1% MWh electricity with GoO 8,579 6,573 NA -23% *tco2e emission with location based electricity emission factor In accordance with the latest recommendations, mileage allowance was moved from Scope 1 to Scope 3 for years and is currently reported under Other travels. Other differences in historical data as a result of data and calculations adjustments, may occur. Page 9

11 Atea Denmark FIGURE 5 EMISSIONS PER SOURCE ATEA DENMARK 2017 Other travel 22.5% Waste 2.8% Air travel 9.8% Emissions by source Fossil fuel - direct CO2e emissions 47.8% Electricity* and district heating 17.1% In 2017, the annual greenhouse gas emission from Atea Denmark was calculated to be tco 2e, a 7% decrease since Looking on GHG emission per FTE, it has increased by 28% since 2007, however, it remained on the same level comparing to previous year in spite of the reduction in employment by 111 FTE. The climate accounting for Atea Denmark was supplied with emission from mileage allowance also for years Decrease in kms reported for year 2017 as well as divestment of a building using natural gas for heating purposes were the major reasons for a reduction of the total GHG emission. Looking on marked-based emission, it has been reduced by 30% since 2016 due to purchase of guarantees of origin for MWh of consumed electricity. FIGURE 6 ATEA DENMARK TOTAL ANNUAL CO 2 EMISSIONS BY SOURCE *tco2e emission with location-based electricity emission factor TABLE 4 CARBON INDICATORS ATEA DENMARK Atea Denmark total tco2e emissions /17 16/17 Total corporate tco 2 e with location based electricity emission factor 2,588 4,384 4,089 58% -7% Total corporate tco 2 e with market based electricity emission factor 1,905 1,333 NA -30% Atea Denmark key performance indicators tco2e emissions per full time employee* % 0% tco2e emissions per revenue in MNOK* % -9% MWh electricity with GoO - 3,886 NA NA *tco2e emission with location based electricity emission factor Differences in historical data as a result of data and calculations adjustments, may occur. Page 10

12 Atea Sweden FIGURE 7 EMISSIONS PER SOURCE ATEA SWEDEN 2017 Other travel 35.2% Waste 2.5% Emissions by source Air travel 34.5% Fossil fuel - direct CO2e emissions 13.9% Electricity* and district heating 13.9% In 2017, the annual GHG emission from Atea Sweden was calculated to be tons CO 2e, a 4 % decrease in comparison with The main reason for GHG emission reduction was lower diesel and electricity consumption. Looking on emission per FTE and revenue, it was reduced by 13% and 8%, respectively comparing with 2016 levels and is significantly lower than in This is caused by both decrease in the total GHG emission and increase in employment by 200 FTE. Atea Sweden is continuously purchasing Guarantees of Origin (GoO). The number of purchased GoO in 2017 corresponded to MWh - 88% of the total electricity consumption. FIGURE 8 ATEA SWEDEN TOTAL ANNUAL CO 2 EMISSIONS BY SOURCE *tco 2e emission with location-based electricity emission factor TABLE 5 CARBON INDICATORS ATEA SWEDEN Atea Sweden total tco2e emissions /17 16/17 Total corporate tco 2 e with location based electricity emission factor 2,147 2,406 2,314 8% -4% Total corporate tco 2 e with market based electricity emission factor 1,807 1,441 NA -20% Atea Sweden key performance indicators tco2e emissions per full time employee* % -13% tco2e emissions per revenue in MNOK* % -8% MWh electricity with GoO 3,569 4,279 NA 20% *tco2e emission with location based electricity emission factor Differences in historical data as a result of data and calculations adjustments, may occur. Page 11

13 Atea Logistics FIGURE 9 EMISSIONS PER SOURCE ATEA LOGISTICS 2017 Freight transport 86.8 % Waste 6.4 % Emissions by source Other travel 0.7 % Electricity* and district heating 5.7 % Air travel 0.4 % Atea Logistics is a part of Atea Groups Shared Services. In 2017, the annual greenhouse gas emission from Atea Logistics was calculated to be tco 2e, a 9% increase in comparison with GHG emission per FTE and revenue has also increased by 6% and 8%, respectively. The major reason for increase is intensified freight transport that constituted around 87% of the total GHG emission in Atea Logistic in A huge increase in the total GHG emission and KPIs since 2007 is due to the fact the inventory boundary for scope 3 has been extended to include freight transport ordered by Atea Logistics. FIGURE 10 ATEA LOGISTICS TOTAL ANNUAL CO 2 EMISSIONS BY SOURCE *tco2e emission with location-based electricity emission factor TABLE 6 CARBON INDICATORS ATEA LOGISTICS Atea Logistics total tco2e emissions /17 16/17 Total corporate tco 2 e with location based electricity emission factor 192 1,900 2, % 9% Total corporate tco 2 e with market based electricity emission factor 2,268 2,451 NA 8% Atea Logistics key performance indicators tco2e emissions per full time employee* % 6% tco2e emissions per revenue in MNOK* % 8% *tco2e emission with location based electricity emission factor Differences in historical data as a result of data and calculations adjustments, may occur. Page 12

14 Atea Finland FIGURE 11 EMISSIONS PER SOURCE ATEA FINLAND 2017 Other travel 34.3 % Waste 1.9 % Emissions by source Air travel 18.6 % Fossil fuel - direct CO2e emissions 30.7 % Electricity* and district heating 14.5 % In 2017, the annual greenhouse gas emission from Atea Finland was calculated to be 757 tco 2e, a 22% increase since Looking on KPIs, both emission per FTE and revenue have increased by 20% and 3%, respectively, comparing to The major reason for increase is higher diesel and petrol consumption for transportation purposes as well as increased number of flight trips in However, the current KPIs values are significantly lower in comparison with FIGURE 12 ATEA FINLAND TOTAL ANNUAL CO 2 EMISSIONS BY SOURCE *tco2e emission with location-based electricity emission factor TABLE 7 CARBON INDICATORS ATEA FINLAND Atea Finland total tco2e emissions /17 16/17 Total corporate tco 2 e with location based electricity emission factor % 22% Total corporate tco 2 e with market based electricity emission factor 834 1,043 NA 25% Atea Finland key performance indicators tco2e emissions per full time employee* % 20% tco2e emissions per revenue in MNOK* % 3% *tco2e emission with location based electricity emission factor Differences in historical data as a result of data and calculations adjustments, may occur. Page 13

15 Atea The Baltics FIGURE 13 EMISSIONS PER SOURCE ATEA THE BALTICS 2017 Air travel 3% Electricity* and district heating 28% Emissions by source Waste 2% Fossil fuel - direct CO2e emissions 67% In 2017, the annual greenhouse gas emission from Atea Baltics was calculated to be tco 2e, a 3% decrease in comparison with previous year. The major reasons for decrease is lower auto gas (LPG) and petrol consumption for transportation purposes as well as lower carbon intensity of electricity emission factor for Lithuania that has been reduced by 13% since last year. GHG emission per FTE has increased by 5% that is a result of the reduction in employment by 58 FTE. On the other hand, a decrease in the total GHG emission as well as an increase in revenue caused 11% reduction of tco2e per revenue. FIGURE 14 ATEA THE BALTICS TOTAL ANNUAL CO 2 EMISSIONS BY SOURCE *tco2e emission with location-based electricity emission factor TABLE 8 CARBON INDICATORS ATEA THE BALTICS Atea The Baltics total tco2e emissions /17 16/17 Total corporate tco 2 e with location based electricity emission factor 689 1,796 1, % -3% Total corporate tco 2 e with market based electricity emission factor 2,354 2,285 NA -3% Atea The Baltics key performance indicators tco2e emissions per full time employee* % 5% tco2e emissions per revenue in MNOK* % -11% *tco2e emission with location based electricity emission factor Differences in historical data as a result of data and calculations adjustments, may occur. Page 14

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