Key figures on environmental protection

In the production units, we are working on making processes more efficient and more sustainable. New targets were defined in 2019 for operational environmental protection. In addition to reducing CO₂ emissions at our locations and increasing the waste recycling rate, these include reducing energy use and increasing energy efficiency, as well as reducing water consumption and waste generation.

	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Energy use¹ in TWh	8.7	9.6
thereof:
electricity in %	48.7	49.2
natural gas in %	37.0	36.1
steam in %	9.3	9.5
coal in %	2.1	2.0
heating oil in %	0.7	1.1
other in %	2.2	2.1

_{¹ Includes the relevant production and research and development locations. Fleet consumption are only partially and not systematically included.}

Dec. 31, 2020

Dec. 31, 2019

CO₂-emissions

(Scope 1 und 2)^{1, 2, 3, 4} in million metric t

0.99

3.22

Scope 1 in %

78.5

73.9

Scope 2 in %

21.5

26.1

¹^{Definitions in accordance with the GHG Protocol. CO₂ emission factors correspond to CO₂ equivalents (CO₂e).}
^{2 Includes the relevant production and research and development locations.}
³^{CO₂ emissions from fleet consumption are only partially and not systematically included.}
⁴^{Scope 2 calculated using the market-based calculation method of the GHG Protocol. Where contract-specific emission factors were not available, the standard emission factors from Defra (November 2019) were used.}

	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Water demand in m³millions¹	17.3	19.5
thereof:
drinking water in %	45.9	47.7
groundwater in %	33.3	31.1
surface water in %	18.9	19.6
industrial water in %	1.9	1.6

_{¹ Includes the relevant production and research and development locations.}

	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Waste generation in metric t¹	341,513	409,280
thereof non-hazardous waste in %	90.3	90.3
thereof hazardous waste in %	9.7	9.7
Waste recycling rate in %	81	80

_{¹ Includes the relevant production and research and development locations. Classification of waste according to national legislation.}

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