Annual Report 2021

Annual Report 2021

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Key figures environment

Environmental impact

 

 

2021

 

2020

 

Deviation

 

 

UBP

 

UBP

 

%

Electricity

 

86,519

 

84,586

 

2.3

Combustibles

 

95,346

 

88,711

 

7.5

Fuels

 

12,234

 

12,601

 

-2.9

Disposal

 

3,054

 

3,539

 

-13.7

Solvents

 

1,183

 

1,064

 

11.2

Water and waste water

 

2,149

 

2,271

 

-5.4

Total

 

200,485

 

192,772

 

4.0

UBP = Ecopoints in million UBP in accordance with the Swiss Ecological Scarcity Method (version 2013)

Material usage

 

 

2021

 

2020

 

Deviation

 

 

Tonnes

 

Tonnes

 

%

Raw material plastics

 

84,236

 

72,430

 

16.3

Raw material metal

 

74,560

 

68,443

 

8.9

Raw material mineral

 

174,874

 

159,033

 

10.0

Raw materials acrylic

 

2,452

 

2,480

 

-1.1

Other raw materials

 

129

 

112

 

15.1

Semi-finished products

 

68,376

 

58,957

 

16.0

Finished products

 

52,672

 

47,406

 

11.1

Total

 

457,299

 

408,861

 

11.8

Energy consumption

 

 

2021

 

2020

 

Deviation

 

 

GWh

 

GWh

 

%

Electricity

 

231.6

 

215.7

 

7.4

District heating

 

17.1

 

13.8

 

23.5

Combustibles

 

504.9

 

470.8

 

7.2

Natural gas

 

423.6

 

393.1

 

7.8

Biogas

 

9.7

 

9.0

 

8.1

Liquified petroleum gas (LPG)

 

71.5

 

68.3

 

4.6

Diesel for electricity generation

 

0.1

 

0.1

 

10.9

Heating oil extra light

 

0.02

 

0.31

 

-93.8

Fuels

 

22.1

 

22.8

 

-2.9

Total

 

775.7

 

723.1

 

7.3

Electricity mix

 

 

 

 

Renewable

 

Fossil

 

Nuclear

 

Others

2021

 

GWh

 

%

 

%

 

%

 

%

Europe

 

132.5

 

20.7

 

61.1

 

17.0

 

1.2

USA

 

5.9

 

9.7

 

70.3

 

19.4

 

0.7

China

 

6.1

 

19.1

 

78.9

 

2.1

 

0.0

India

 

2.0

 

16.4

 

81.8

 

1.8

 

0.0

Green electricity

 

85.1

 

100.0

 

0.0

 

0.0

 

0.0

Total

 

231.6

 

49.5

 

39.5

 

10.3

 

0.7

 

 

 

 

Renewable

 

Fossil

 

Nuclear

 

Others

2020

 

GWh

 

%

 

%

 

%

 

%

Europe

 

135.5

 

22.2

 

58.3

 

18.2

 

1.3

USA

 

6.3

 

9.6

 

70.3

 

19.4

 

0.7

China

 

4.8

 

19.1

 

78.8

 

2.1

 

0.0

India

 

1.5

 

16.4

 

81.8

 

1.8

 

0.0

Green electricity

 

67.6

 

100.0

 

0.0

 

0.0

 

0.0

Total

 

215.7

 

46.1

 

41.0

 

12.1

 

0.8

CO2 emissions

 

 

2021

 

2020

 

Deviation

 

 

Tonnes

 

Tonnes

 

%

Scope 1

 

114,392

 

107,403

 

6.5

Combustibles

 

108,350

 

101,094

 

7.2

Fuels

 

5,893

 

6,065

 

-2.8

Process emissions

 

149

 

244

 

-38.8

Scope 2

 

102,617

 

99,150

 

3.5

Electricity

 

102,350

 

98,825

 

3.6

District heating

 

267

 

325

 

-18.1

Scope 1 and 2

 

217,009

 

206,553

 

5.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scope 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

Raw materials

 

766,368

 

670,192

 

14.4

Provision of combustibles and fuels

 

36,912

 

34,828

 

6.0

External logistics

 

77,292

 

61,653

 

25.4

Business flights

 

586

 

445

 

31.7

Disposal of sold products

 

302,451

 

257,661

 

17.4

Calculation of CO2 emissions according to IPCC 2013

Air emissions

 

 

 

 

2021

 

2020

 

Deviation

 

 

kg

 

kg

 

%

NOx

 

direct

 

50,683

 

47,737

 

6.2

 

 

indirect

 

134,185

 

130,304

 

3.0

 

 

Total NOx

 

184,868

 

178,041

 

3.8

SO2

 

direct

 

1,326

 

1,319

 

0.5

 

 

indirect

 

254,639

 

250,278

 

1.7

 

 

Total SO2

 

255,965

 

251,597

 

1.7

NMVOC

 

direct

 

87,077

 

75,138

 

15.9

 

 

indirect

 

16,838

 

16,896

 

-0.3

 

 

Total NMVOC

 

103,915

 

92,034

 

12.9

Dust (PM10)

 

direct

 

383

 

371

 

3.2

 

 

indirect

 

28,480

 

27,342

 

4.2

 

 

Total dust

 

28,863

 

27,713

 

4.1

CFC11 equivalents

 

direct

 

0.0

 

0.3

 

-100.0

 

 

indirect

 

7.5

 

7.6

 

-2.3

 

 

Total CFC11 equivalents

 

7.5

 

7.9

 

-5.7

Calculation based on Ecoinvent data version 3.1

Water

 

 

2021

 

2020

 

Deviation

 

 

m 3

 

m 3

 

%

Drinking water

 

333,887

 

363,599

 

-8.2

Well water

 

380,269

 

387,188

 

-1.8

River and lake water

 

200,786

 

195,560

 

2.7

Rain water

 

10,288

 

6,937

 

48.3

Total

 

925,230

 

953,284

 

-2.9

Waste water

 

 

2021

 

2020

 

Deviation

 

 

m 3

 

m 3

 

%

Domestic waste water

 

173,112

 

207,108

 

-16.4

Process water ceramic

 

499,667

 

485,460

 

2.9

Other waste water

 

13,390

 

17,175

 

-22.0

Total

 

686,169

 

709,743

 

-3.3

Waste

 

 

2021

 

2020

 

Deviation

 

 

Tonnes

 

Tonnes

 

%

to incineration

 

1,282

 

1,122

 

14.2

to inert waste landfill

 

9,265

 

10,216

 

-9.3

to mixed waste landfill

 

843

 

917

 

-8.1

to external recycling

 

62,341

 

60,451

 

3.1

to hazardous waste incineration

 

585

 

742

 

-21.1

to hazardous waste recycling

 

673

 

521

 

29.3

Total

 

74,989

 

73,969

 

1.4