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Raiffeisen Bank International | Sustainability Report 2018
Management Overview Foreword
of sustainability
Responsible
banker
Fair partner –
Human Resources
Fair partner –
Inhouse ecology
Engaged
citizen
GRI index and
Assurance report
CO2e emissions
Average CO2e emissions (calculated with the emission
factor ecoinvent v3.3) for 2018 came to 53,633 tons
(t) (location-based) and were reduced by 22 percent
compared with 2011 (the first reporting date).
Of this figure, 5,944 t of CO2e was allocated to Scope 1 (eleven
percent), 26,283 t (49 percent) to Scope 2 (location-based) and
21,406 t (40 percent) to Scope 3. The greatest reduction compared
with 2011 was achieved in Scope 2 (down 29 percent). In
Scope 3, emissions have fallen by 12 percent since 2011, while
Scope 1 has seen a reduction of 17 percent. Compared to the
previous year, emissions were reduced by one percent.
Data quality is collected on the basis of three grades. The best data
quality is 1 (exact), followed by 2 (calculated) an 3 (estimated). Most
of the corporate environmental protection data is exact or calculated.
Only the areas of materials and water are classified in the lower
category 3 (estimated) in terms of their data quality. RBI is endeavoring
to improve data quality in the last category.
• Energy consumption accounts for around 70 percent of emissions
(down one percent compared with the previous year or six percent
compared with 2011) at 37,543 t CO2e and is the biggest source
of emissions for RBI. Electricity consumption accounts for 92
percent of this, while heating demand accounts for approx. eight
percent. The emissions particularly arise in Scope 2 as well as in
Scope 1 and 3.
RBI’s total energy consumption was around 117 GWh in 2018 (up
one percent compared with the previous year. Energy consumption,
particularly at RBI AG, increased slightly in 2018 on account of
the extremely warm and long summer). Around 76 GWh was
required for electricity and around 41 GWh for heating. In terms
of one employee and year, the average energy consumption is
4,723 kWh.
The RBI’s proportion of green electricity is around 35 percent.
• Business travel generates 12,600 t of CO2e, which corresponds
to around 23 percent of emissions (two percent more than the
previous year and eleven percent less than in 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 63 million pkm (passenger
kilometers; pkm are calculated on the basis of the number of
persons carried and the distance covered). Business travel in the
group, in terms of one employee and year, amounts to 2,555 pkm
on average.
Natalie Glas, Head of Green
Finance Team, Environment
Agency Austria
“RBI is committed to sustainable and
environmentally friendly business. Fine
words? Undoubtedly. But they are backed
up by clear targets and specific measures
encompassing the core business as well as
corporate environmental protection. Since
a long time RBI implemented quantitative
climate targets for all relevant areas of
inhouse ecology. Achieving these targets
will be challenging. It means gradually
bringing the entire company into line with
the global climate and sustainability
targets. How can this be achieved?
In addition to traditional climate protection
measures, RBI is embracing sustainable
digitization. This is intended to help
uncouple growth from the increased
consumption of resources and make
processes sustainable. Business travel will
be reduced and energy and material
consumption will be cut. Corporate
environmental protection figures are
recorded digitally, which enables effective
monitoring and continuous improvement in
environmental performance. The fact that
this effort is paying off and having an
effect far beyond RBI was already
illustrated by the first environmental
balance sheet of the Raiffeisen Banking
Group in 2015.”
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