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Raiffeisen Bank International | Sustainability Report 2017
© Andi Bruckner
Jürgen Schneider, Member
of the Executive Board,
Environment Agency Austria
“Never before have so many people
lived on our planet. Prosperity is growing,
and the proportion of people suffering
from hunger is dropping, even though
far too many people are affected by
malnutrition. On the other hand, in some
areas we are pushing the physical load
limits of our planet. Ecosystems are
disappearing irretrievably, access to clean
drinking water is not guaranteed in
many places in the world, and the climate
crisis is threatening our prosperity.
Political responses such as the Paris
Climate Accord are necessary, but they
must be acted upon as quickly as possible.
Thankfully, individuals, regions, cities and
companies are no longer waiting on
government measures and regulations,
instead they are taking their societal
responsibility seriously and taking
matters into their own hands – in terms
of implementation of the Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) of the
United Nations. The sustainability and
climate protection Activities of RBI are
a shining example, not only due to their
broad stakeholder involvement, but
also due to their thematic diversity and
innovative power, as the climate policy
and climate strategy developed in 2017
show.”
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CO2e emissions
Average CO2e emissions (calculated with the
emission factor ecoinvent v3.3) for 2017 came
to 53,938 tons (t) (location-based) and was
reduced by 22 percent compared to 2011 (the first
reporting date).
Of this, 6,270 t of CO2e was allocated to Scope 1 (twelve
percent), 26,442 t (49 percent) to Scope 2 (location-based) and
21,226 tons (39 percent) to Scope 3. The greatest reductions
compared to 2011 were achieved in Scope 1 and Scope 2
(down 26 percent). In Scope 3, emissions have dropped 13
percent since 2011. Compared to the previous year, emissions
were reduced by nine percent.
• Energy consumption accounts for about 70 percent of emissions
(down two percent compared to the previous year or 23 percent
compared to 2011) at 37,914 t CO2e and is the biggest source of
emissions for RBI. Electricity consumption accounts for 95 percent
of this, while heating demand accounts for approx. five percent.
The emissions particularly arise in Scope 2 as well as in Scope 1
and 3.
RBI’s total energy consumption was around 116 GWh in 2017
(up twelve percent compared to the previous year). Of this, about
80 GWh was needed for electricity, almost 35 GWh for heating
and 0.3 GWh for emergency power. In terms of employees and
year, the average energy consumption is 4,703 kWh.
The RBI’s proportion of green electricity is around 34 percent.
• Business travel generates 12,335 t CO2e, which corresponds to
about 23 percent of emissions (three percent less than the previous
year, and 13 percent less than 2011). Travel is thus RBI’s secondbiggest
source of emissions. It arises in both Scope 1 and Scope 3.
Business travel at RBI amounts to around 61 million pkm (passenger
kilometers; pkm are calculated based on the number of persons
carried and the distance covered). Business travel in the group, in
terms of employee and year, amounts to 2,456 pkm on average.
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f the means of transport (in terms of the pkm traveled) are
compared, then air travel makes up the biggest proportion at
49 percent, followed by business travel in company cars at
48 percent. Business travel by rental car and by rail make up the
lowest proportion at around one percent each. The RBI fleet is
particularly friendly to the environment with an average of 130 g
CO2emissions/km.
• Material use (particularly paper) amounts to 1,829 t CO2e, which
is about three percent of emissions (30 percent lower than in the
previous year, and 33 percent lower than 2011). At just over three
percent, material use occupies third place as an emissions cause,