Emissions, effluents and waste: EN16 - EN25
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EN16 Total direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions by mass.
Integrated Report:Performance against key indicators - Environmental 2015 progress review - Sustainable development Sustainable development - Barloworld 2015 CDP climate change disclosure response Sustainable development - Greenhouse gas emissions Innovative customer solutions - Equipment and Handling - Environmental Innovative customer solutions - Automotive and Logistics - Environmental Innovative customer solutions - Corporate office overview - EnvironmentalThe group focuses on scope 1 and scope 2 emissions, respectively caused by consumption of fossil fuels and electricity generated from fossil fuels. These are reported in terms of the GHG Protocol Corporate Standard and converted to units of CO2e being the universal unit of measure adjusted for the global warming potential of the six Kyoto Protocol greenhouse gases.
The emissions identified by Barloworld include carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide and methane from combustion of petrol and diesel in trucks, machinery, equipment and vehicles, and from the consumption of purchased electricity.
For more detail see also table of emission factors.
Consistent with our increase in energy consumption (+6%), group emissions are 6% up on 2014 levels, against increased revenue of 1% for the same period.
Emissions (tCO2e) by division (Scope 1 and 2) 2015 2014 2013 Equipment and Handling 54 797 57 101 58 108 Equipment 50 255 53 161 52 449 Handling 4 542 3 940 5 659 Automotive and Logistics 232 263 216 179 201 574 Automotive 65 703 64 913 63 149 Logistics 166 560 151 266 138 425 Corporate 537 706 740 Barloworld Group 287 597 273 986 260 422 In line with prior periods and its scale of operations, Automotive and Logistics contributes 79% of total 2014 group carbon emissions.
Diesel is the major contributor (65%) of total 2015 group carbon emissions. Despite electricity only constituting 9% of 2015 group energy consumption, electricity contributed 27% to the group's 2015 total carbon emissions.
Emissions (tCO2e) by scope 2015 2014 2013 Scope 1 2 1 2 1 2 Equipment and Handling 29 550 25 247 31 937 25 164 33 044 25 064 Equipment 25 822 24 433 28 720 24 441 28 504 23 945 Handling 3 728 814 3 217 723 4 540 1 119 Automotive and Logistics 180 315 51 948 165 590 50 589 151 341 50 233 Automotive 25 461 40 242 25 136 39 777 22 615 40 534 Logistics 154 854 11 706 140 454 10 812 128 726 9 699 Corporate 49 488 14 692 15 725 Barloworld Group 209 914 77 683 197 541 76 445 184 400 76 022 Against a 1% increase in revenue in 2015 over 2014, scope 1 emissions increased by 6% and scope 2 increased by 2% over the same period. Contributing to the increase in scope 1 emissions over the prior period is the increased activity of Logistics' road transportation activities.
It may not always be possible or practical to reduce absolute energy consumption and resultant carbon emissions, year-on-year given the correlation between business activity and energy consumption and carbon emissions.
To mitigate against this, Barloworld measures carbon emissions against activity levels (tracking revenue as a proxy for activity), resulting in an intensity indicator.
The intensities reflected below are a function of carbon emissions and activity. The increased 2015 intensity against 2014 indicates more carbon was emitted in generating R1 million revenue than in 2014.
Emissions (Scope 1 and 2) intensity by Division (tCO2e per R1 million) 2015 2014 2013 Equipment and Handling 1.9 1.8 1.9 Equipment 1.8 1.8 1.9 Handling 2.2 2.0 2.2 Automotive and Logistics 7.0 6.9 7.0 Automotive 2.3 2.4 2.6 Car Rental southern Africa 2.9 3.4 3.6 Motor Retail 2.3 2.4 2.6 Fleet services southern Africa 1.1 1.0 1.0 Logistics 36.9 34.6 31.6 Southern Africa 41.3 40.2 39.3 Europe, Middle East & Asia 4.3 3.6 2.8 Barloworld Group 4.6 4.4 4.4
Emissions (Scope 1 and 2) intensity by division Emissions (tCO2e) per employee 2015 2014 2013 Equipment and Handling 6.9 6.9 6.7 Equipment 6.9 6.9 6.6 Handling 7.6 7.1 6.6 Automotive and Logistics 19.8 19.3 19.4 Automotive 8.6 8.7 8.7 Logistics 40.6 40.1 43.8 Corporate 4.8 6.1 6.5 Barloworld Group 14.6 14.0 13.6 For our group, emissions per employee is not necessarily a relevant indicator of efficiency, because we strive to increase activity without a corresponding increase in employee numbers. The above data are reported for ease of reference only.
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EN17 Other relevant indirect greenhouse gas emissions by mass.
Integrated Report:Scope 3 (tCO2e) 2015 2014 2013 Avis RAC (South Africa) 99 162 93 676 85 920 Air Travel 7 359 7 375 7 267 Barloworld Group 106 521 101 051 93 187 Given our wider activities and the nature of our products and solutions, during the year we continued measuring and reporting certain scope 3 emissions. This covers emissions from business air travel and from the South African car rental operations.
Scope 3 emissions from business air travel remained fairly static over prior year.
We recognise that emissions from our car rental activities are central to our customer offerings and strive to reduce these by providing fuel efficient fleets for rent. Car rental operations in South Africa produced 99 162 tCO2e (2014: 93 676 tCO2e) of scope 3 emissions, an absolute increase of 5%. Despite the increase in absolute emissions, the intensity per rental day remained static against 2014 levels.
Avis Rent a Car South Africa provides invoices that indicate emissions related to the rental and, in time, will provide offset facilities. Avis Fleet Services also reports emissions to their customers, and it is anticipated that this information would also be relevant to other Barloworld rental fleets in future. During the 2013 financial year we implemented processes to record emissions from our other significant rental fleets. Barloworld group Internal Audit Services have conducted a number of reviews of the reported data. Once we are confident with data accuracy and completeness our intention is to include these fleets in our reported scope 3 emissions.
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EN18 Initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reductions achieved.
Integrated Report:Performance against key indicators - Environmental Group executive: Human resources, strategy and sustainabiilty report 2015 progress review - Sustainable development Sustainable development - Targets Sustainable development - Energy consumption Sustainable development - Group emissions intensity (tCO2e per R1 million revenue) Innovative customer solutions - Equipment and Handling - EnvironmentalConsistent with Barloworld's increase in energy consumption (6%), group emissions are up 6% on 2014, against increased activity (using revenue as a proxy) of 1%.
For more detail see also EN5 and EN7
Emissions (tCO2e) by division (Scope 1 and 2) 2015 2014 2013 Equipment and Handling 54 797 57 101 58 108 Equipment 50 255 53 161 52 449 Handling 4 542 3 940 5 659 Automotive and Logistics 232 263 216 179 201 574 Automotive 65 703 64 913 63 149 Logistics 166 560 151 266 138 425 Corporate 537 706 740 Barloworld Group 287 597 273 986 260 422 Our commitment to improving energy efficiency in terms of fossil fuels and the resulting GHG emissions is reflected in being an early signatory to South Africa's Energy Efficiency Accord and more recently the South African National Business Initiative's (NBI) Energy Efficiency Leadership Network's (EELN) Energy Efficiency Pledge.
Post our five year group aspirational target of a12% efficiency improvement non-renewable energy, set in 2009, we set an interim one year aspirational target of a 2% efficiency improvement target to be achieved by the end of 2015 off a 2014 baseline against a business-as-usual scenario. The target applies to our material energy sources, petrol and diesel as well as to purchased electricity generated from fossil fuels.
The group has adopted a similar approach for emissions (scope 1 and 2) as these predominantly result from consuming fossil fuels and buying fossil-fuel generated electricity.
These targets are incorporated into our strategic planning process and the ongoing management of the business, including performance scorecards.
Greenhouse gas emissions are intimately linked to energy consumption across the group. As a result, the key driver of reduced emissions is more efficient energy consumption.
For more detail see also EN7
It may not always be possible or practical to reduce absolute energy consumption and resultant carbon emissions year-on-year, given the positive correlation between business activity and energy consumption and carbon emissions.
To mitigate against this, Barloworld measures carbon emissions against activity levels (tracking revenue as a proxy for activity), resulting in an intensity indicator. The intensities reflected below are a function of carbon emissions and activity.
The intensities reflected below are a function of carbon emissions and activity. The increased 2015 intensity against 2014 indicates more carbon was emitted in generating R1 million revenue than in 2014.
Emissions (Scope 1 and 2) intensity by Division (tCO2e per R1 million) 2015 2014 2013 Equipment and Handling 1.9 1.8 1.9 Equipment 1.8 1.8 1.9 Handling 2.2 2.0 2.2 Automotive and Logistics 7.0 6.9 7.0 Automotive 2.3 2.4 2.6 Car Rental southern Africa 2.9 3.4 3.6 Motor Retail 2.3 2.4 2.6 Fleet services southern Africa 1.1 1.0 1.0 Logistics 36.9 34.6 31.6 Southern Africa 41.3 40.2 39.3 Europe, Middle East & Asia 4.3 3.6 2.8 Barloworld Group 4.6 4.4 4.4 The achievement of the interim group target is reliant on efficiencies being achieved at an operational level. While some of our operations have performed ahead of the group aspirational 2% efficiency improvement target, at a group level the target was not achieved, mainly due to growth of operations with relatively high intensity levels as well as base consumption patterns of businesses with decreased activity levels during the period.
Nonetheless these targets played a major role in focussing our efforts on energy efficiency and consequently emissions with significant benefits for the organisation.
In addition to the above intensity monitoring and through the use of savings models, revenue (proxy for activity) and actual consumption, indicative unit and financial savings can be calculated against a business as usual (BAU) scenario.
Initiatives in place to reduce non-renewable fossil fuel consumption which are the material sources of the group's GHG emissions include:
- Entrenching sustainable development in group strategy.
- Setting targets and entrenching integrated reporting that includes energy consumption.
- Focused communication programmes which include the principle that the cumulative impact of small changes become significant.
- Implementing systems to enhance reporting and monitoring capabilities that improve management of energy aspects.
- The group added a fifth value of ‘Sustainability’ to its core values during the year, which recognises that it is central to our value creation approach and emphasises the individual responsibility of all in Barloworld for this aspect. Included under Sustainability is ‘We focus on environmental responsibility and preventing waste’
- Membership of the Green Building Council of South Africa, through our Automotive division, has re-enforced our 'green' buildings initiative for new buildings which have resulted in:
- 'Green' buildings initiative for existing buildings that includes:
- Conducting energy audits
- Installing more efficient lighting, heating, cooling and ventilation systems
- Installing motion sensors on lights and air conditioning systems
- Timing switches on compressors and other appropriate electrical equipment
- Use of geyser blankets and reduction of geyser temperatures
- Resetting wash bay blowers in car rental operations to optimise time taken to dry vehicles
- 'Green' buildings initiative for new buildings resulted in:
- New Automotive dealerships and Logistics warehousing include energy efficiency technology
- 'Green' buildings initiative for existing buildings that includes:
- Adopting SANS 50001 Energy Management Systems approach in certain operations which include procurement management, measurement, account verification initiatives, load management, energy efficiency initiatives, alternate energy projects, monitoring, rebates, reporting and communication and training.
- Pursuit of ISO 14001 certification in some operations that prompted discussions at the correct levels of the respective divisions, both internally and externally (suppliers and customers) and assisted in driving the environmental objectives of the group.
- Continued roll-out of electricity consumption technology in our operations that provides real-time monitoring at installed sites and reflects consumption trends and related emissions against targets. Benefits include awareness, identification and mitigation of unnecessary power use.
- Reduced air travel and increased use of video conferencing.
- Motion sensors have been installed at Barlow Park (South Africa) to reduce electricity consumption.
- Within the Automotive’s Motor Retail operations, initiatives implemented at 7 sites are anticipated to produce an estimated cumulative saving of 518 791 kWh per annum.
- All new vehicles sold incorporate the Vehicle Manufacturers' latest environmental technology developments and improvements.
- Some company vehicles are monitored through the Intelligent Fuel product to ensure any inefficiencies resulting in excessive fuel usage are identified and addressed.
- A number of initiatives have been implemented within our Logistics operations to drive fuel efficiency:
- 39 Smart trucks have been deployed across three provinces that are capable of transporting sugar, timber and platinum. These vehicles have transported the same payload while doing some 2 822 less trips within the period. This saving equates to an estimated reduction of 858 385 kms and a saving of 513 282 litres of diesel and 1 370 tons of emissions
- Since 2009, five Green Trailers which are superlink tautliner trailer combinations that significantly reduces the amount of fuel it uses through aerodynamic innovation have been included in the fleet. A research exercise conducted on the N3 between Johannesburg and Durban showed that when the Green Trailer travelled at a constant speed of between 70 and 80 km/h almost 11% of fuel was saved. This translates into a reduction of 66,8 tCO2e over a ten-month period (extrapolated annualised savings estimated at 80.1 tCO2e
- Efficient planning and routing – an efficient transport management service can cut transportation costs by 10% to 20% by transforming and optimising the entire distribution network. In line with this and central to our operations is our enterprise software platform MAX, a real-time internet-based operating platform that fuels the management of information in our business and provides transparent information flow which is fully integrated with vehicle tracking and ERP for real time order placement, delivery requirement analysis, optimal fleet allocation and vehicle routing.
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EN19 Emissions of ozone-depleting substances by mass.
Given the nature of our operations and the sources of emissions, there are no significant ozone depleting substances as emissions sources in Barloworld's operations.
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EN20 NOx, SOx, and other significant air emissions by type and mass.
Barloworld has other non-Kyoto protocol GHG emissions sources, namely oxides of nitrogen (NOx) and oxides of sulphur (SOx), given the nature of its automotive operations. The volume of emissions resulting from these sources is considered to be immaterial which is in line with the nature of our operations. Measures to mitigate these non-greenhouse gas emissions rely on the consumption of low-sulphur fuels and advanced engine technology for cleaner fuel combustion.
These mitigating measures are outside the control of Barloworld. These emissions are difficult to quantify given diverse operating conditions, technologies and regions in which the group operates and are not considered to be material.
For indicative purposes, the group has calculated the emissions relating to the following gases which are those that the group operations produce, namely Methane (CH4) and Nitrous Oxide ( N2O). Group figures for 2015 are 150 tons and 2 194 tons for CH4 and N2O respectively.
In total these amount to 2 345 tons which is 0.80% of the group’s scope 1 and 2 emissions for the reported period and are therefore considered immaterial.
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EN21 Total water discharge by quality and destination.
Integrated Report:Sustainable development - Barloworld's 2015 CDP Water disclosure responses Sustainable development - Water consumptionBecause water is a scarce resource, we are committed to more efficient water consumption through reduced use, increased recycling and water-harvesting initiatives. Most water is sourced from municipal and local government supply systems and legally discharged into these systems after required filtration and separation processes. Washing of plant, equipment and vehicles constitutes the company's major use of water.
As such, water is not removed from the area of extraction and, after required filtration and separation processes, effectively all water used (2015: 745 ML or 745 000m3) is legally discharged back into municipal and local government systems.
Consistent with identifying water consumption as a material aspect of its environmental stewardship approach, third-party assurance is obtained albeit only for billed water from local municipal or government supply systems.
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EN22 Total mass of waste by type and disposal method.
Integrated Report:The group does not generate significant volumes of waste. Both hazardous and non-hazardous waste streams are monitored by type, volume, disposal method and destination. Used oil and other waste are disposed of through certified contractors.
Waste 2015 2014 2013 Non-Hazardous Paper (kg) 163 397 217 529 322 458 Tyres (kg) 148 916 274 917 311 553 Hazardous Solvents (ℓ) 27 572 41 564 64 375 Lubricants (grease & oil) (ℓ) 2 592 334 2 416 961 2 550 978 Oil Filters (kg) 568 659 176 247 287 065 Batteries (kg) 60 300 45 626 39 444 Computers / Laptops (kg) 8 298 15 621 11 775
Group 2015 Disposal Method Wasted source Certified
companySelf-disposal Paper 99% 1% Tyres 87% 13% Solvents 86% 14% Lubricants 100% 0% Oil filters 99% 1% Batteries 64% 36% Electronic 100% 0% Solids 95% 5% Liquids 100% 0% Whilst most waste is disposed of through certified waste companies, some difficulty is experienced in remote locations where sourcing certified waste companies remains a challenge. In these instances, waste is mainly disposed of through municipal waste disposal systems. As no waste disposal certificate is obtained, these are disclosed under self-disposal as per the table above.
% Waste recycled 2015 2014 2013 Solid waste 96% 70% 84% Liquid waste 87% 86% 88% Volumes of waste recycled have improved over prior year as per table above.
% Waste disposed through certified waste service providers 2015 2014 2013 Solid waste 95% 99% 97% Liquid waste 100% 98% 99% A target has been set to have all waste disposed through an appropriately accredited waste disposal service providers by 2020.
Group 2015 Waste materials by destination Recycled Composting Deep well injection Incineration Landfill On-Site storage Recovery Reuse Other Paper 98.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3% 0.2% Tyres 83.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2% 1.2% 4.7% 10.0% Solvents 96.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 4.0% Lubricants 87.9% 0.0% 0.0% 1.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% Oil filters 98.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.1% Batteries 99.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Electronic 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Solids 96.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0% 0.2% 0.8% 2.3% Liquids 88.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.9% 0.0% 0.0% 10.0% 0.0% 0.1%
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EN23 Total number and volume of significant spills.
Integrated Report:There were some 79 minor spills during the year. The necessary remedial action and precautions have been implemented to prevent such future incidents. Where applicable, the incidents have been reported to the relevant authorities. All of the spills had no significant or long-term impairment of ecosystem function or surface / ground water resource.
All incidents were properly attended to and in all instances the relevant response mechanisms and processes functions as intended.
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EN24 Mass of transported, imported, exported, or treated waste deemed hazardous under the terms of the Basel Convention Annex I, II, III, and VIII, and percentage of transported waste shipped internationally.
Integrated Report:The table below reflects the group’s hazardous and non-hazardous waste during 2015. These may not necessarily be included under Basel Annex I, II, III or VIII, but are included for information purposes:
Waste 2015 2014 2013 Non-Hazardous Paper (kg) 163 397 217 529 322 458 Tyres (kg) 148 916 274 917 311 553 Hazardous Solvents (ℓ) 27 572 41 564 64 375 Lubricants (grease & oil) (ℓ) 2 592 334 2 416 961 2 550 978 Oil Filters (kg) 568 659 176 247 287 065 Batteries (kg) 60 300 45 626 39 444 Computers / Laptops (kg) 8 298 15 621 11 775 All hazardous waste, the volume of which is reflected in the above table, is removed by appropriately certified service providers and where necessary treated prior to disposal.
Our Logistics business moves hazardous waste on behalf of an environmental solution business. During the 2015 financial period, a total of 2 063 tons (2014: 39 543) of such waste was transported without incident. The significant decrease results from a loss in a logistics contract to transport waste on behalf of a waste management company post Barloworld’s investment in and subsequent outright acquisition of SmartMatta (previously re-), an environmental solutions company.
No waste was shipped internationally during the year.
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EN25 Identity, size, protected status, and biodiversity value of water bodies and related habitats significantly affected by the reporting organisation's discharges of water and runoff.
Integrated Report:No water bodies were affected by runoff and discharges, hence no biodiversity was affected. All water run-off is treated appropriately prior to discharge back into the municipal and local government water system.