Reporting on our consumption and emissions
2013–2014 ENVIRONMENTAL SCORECARD1 | |||||||
Environmental Issues Monitored | Unit | 2011–2012 | 2012 –2013 | 2013–2014 | Benchmark | 1-year Variance | |
Ecological Footprint | Buildings | Surface area occupied (sq. ft.)* | 4,323,049 | 4,013, 441 | 3,985,702 | N/A | -27,739 |
Cooling systems (estimate) | Refrigeration capacity (Tons) | 18,821 | 17,744 | 19,485 | N/A | +1,741 | |
Generators (estimate) | kWh | 21,575 | 21,683 | 24,994 | N/A | +3,311 | |
Storage tanks | Number | 262 | 250 | 237 | N/A | -13 | |
Capacity (L) | 613,223 | 553,876 | 553,780 | N/A | -96 | ||
Consumption | Energy | kWh equivalent / sq. ft | 33.9 | 32.2 | 32.9 | N/A | +2.17% |
Water | Litres / sq. ft. | 79.2 | 78.6 | 75.1 | N/A | -3.5 | |
Emissions | Air emissions | Total kg of CO2 equivalent | 53,276,050 | 47,272,681 | 42,761,592 | N/A | -4,511,089 |
Kg of CO2 equivalent / sq. ft. | 5.73 | 5.26 | 5.36 | N/A | +0.1 | ||
Travel emissions | Total CO2 emissions in kg / employee | N/A | 553.8** | 647.39*** | Not available | +16.9% | |
kg CO2 / rental vehicle | 94.79 | 107.24 | 113.75 | Not available | +6.51 | ||
Non-hazardous waste | Diversion rate (%) | 69.6 | 66.0 | 64.0 | N/A | -2.0 | |
Hazardous waste | Quantity (mT) | 137.02 | 277.9**** | 218.97 | N/A | -58.93 |
* Value represents active sites and does not include locations currently under transition (e.g. newly purchased or leased sites with no active employees etc.)
** Value normalized against total number of permanent, temporary, short-term and contract employees as of March 31, 2013 (9,065) and represents air and rail travel
*** Value normalized against total number of permanent, temporary, short-term and contract employees as of March 31 2014 (9,136) and represents air and rail travel
**** Data does not include e-waste and scrap metal recycled by the Transmission Division
See the Impact and reporting section for more information about our ongoing efforts to address each of these environmental issues.
1 This table is representative of the data available as of March 31, 2014.