2017 results - european court of auditors · 2018. 12. 5. · carbon footprint report. 2017...

Carbon Footprint Report

2017 Results

Calculation of the European Court of Auditors’ carbon footprint using Bilan Carbone® methodology

This report has been prepared by EcoAct on behalf of the European Court of Auditors (ECA) using data provided by ECA.

EcoAct France

35 rue de Miromesnil75008 Paris(+33) 1 83 64 08 [email protected]

Luca LO [email protected]+ 33 (0)1 84 19 51 24

Valerie Morgan, Senior Consultantvalé[email protected]: + 33 1 83 64 12 56

1

2

3

4

5

Results per scope

Recommendations

Overall results

Overview of the Bilan Carbone® method

Context of the study

AGENDA

1

In 2013, the ECA launched the eco-management and audit scheme, or EMASproject, and adopted its environmental policywith a view to continuously improving itsenvironmental performance and introducingmeasures to prevent pollution and reducecarbon dioxide emissions.

In order to design measures to reduce itsgreenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, the Court firstexamined its GHG emissions in 2014, 2015 and2016 using the Bilan Carbone® methodology.

This initial carbon footprint helped the ECAidentify its main emission sources andappropriate reduction measures.

The ECA is committed to monitoring andreporting these emissions each year to track itsprogress in reducing GHG emissions.


3

2

1

3

4

5

Results per scope

Recommendations

Overall results



AGENDA

2 Overview of the Bilan Carbone® method

6

The method considers the following gases:

Kyoto Protocol gases: CO2, CH4, N2O, SF6 hydrofluorocarbons (CnHmFp), perfluorocarbons (CnF2n+2), NF3

Other non-Kyoto Protocol gases (CFCs)

Water vapour emitted by planes at the stratospheric level

Since directly measuring GHG emissions is not feasible, the Bilan Carbone® method estimates GHG emissions by multiplying data on an organisation’sactivity by an emission factor (EF).

Data(unit)

Emission factors

(tCO2e/unit)

GHG emissions

(tCO2e)

The Bilan Carbone® method was developed in 2004 by the French Environment and Energy Management Agency, ADEME, to quantify organisations’ GHG emissions.

It is promoted by theAssociation BilanCarbone (ABC).


7

Bilan Carbone®: a decision-making tool

Collect activity data

Visualise and analyse the results

1

3

Apply the emission factors from the Bilan Carbone® database (version 8)2


8

Operational scope of the 2017 Bilan Carbone® method

The ECA’s footprint exercise includes direct and indirect GHG emissions (Bilan Carbone® scopes 1, 2 and 3).


9

Temporal and organisational boundaries

Bilan Carbone® approach: operational control approach

Temporal scope: ECA activities in 2017Organisational scope:

• Three buildings in Luxembourg

o K1: 23 419 m2, 309 employees

o K2: 18 618 m2 , 245 employees

o K3: 28 240 m2 , 474 employees

o These buildings include basements, underground car parks, two cafeterias and a canteen, archives and a library, walkways between buildings, among other amenities.

• Activities of ECA officials and other employees

o At the end of 2017, there were 923.75 full-time equivalent employees.

3

1

2

4

5

Results per scope

Recommendations

Overall results



AGENDA

3 Overall results for 2017

11

Energy in-house19%

Non-energy in-house<1%

Purchased goods17%

Transport of people40%

Transport of goods<1%

Waste<1%

Capital goods23%

2017 Bilan Carbone® results

• Total GHG emissions were 10 451 tCO2e.

• The largest sources of emissions for the 2017 Bilan Carbone® were:

o Transport of people (40%)

o Capital goods (23%)

o In-house energy (19%)

o Purchased goods (17%)

• In-house non-energy, waste and transport of goods made up the remaining 1%.

2 014

21

1 797

4 139

5 41

2 434

Energy in-house

Non-energy in-house

Purchasedgoods

Transport ofpeople

Transport ofgoods

Waste Capital goods

tCO

2e

Total uncertainties

858 tCO2e (8%)

10 451 tCO2e


12

Emission results by building

• Emissions were divided between the buildings according to staff headcount in each building.

• Unsurprisingly, then, since K3 houses the most employees, it has the largest share of emissions.

0

1 000

2 000

3 000

4 000

5 000

Energy inhouse

Non-Energy inhouse

Capital goods Purchasedgoods

Transport ofpeople

Transport ofgoods

Waste

tCO

2e

Emission categories by building

K1 K2 K3

2928.52526.5

4 996.0

K1 K2 K3

tCO

2e

Total GHG emissions by building

Building # of employees Share (%)

K1 309 30%

K2 245 24%

K3 474 46%

Total 1 028 100%

0

500

1 000

1 500

2 000

2 500

3 000

3 500

4 000

4 500

Energy in-house Non-energy in-house

Purchased goods Transport ofpeople

Transport ofgoods

Waste Capital goods

tCO

2e

-7%

-96%

+22%

+4%

-73% -3%

-5%

\\


13

Bilan Carbone® comparison between 2016 and 2017

2016 2017

tCO2e per FTE 11.6 11.3

FTE 923.70 923.75

Emission sources tCO2e 2016 2017 Variation

2016-2017

In-house energy 2 165.8 2 014.2 -7%

In-house non-energy 507.0 20.8 -96%

Purchased goods 1 467.9 1 797.3 +22%

Transport of people 3 985.0 4 138.6 +4%

Transport of goods 18.5 5.0 -73%

Waste 42.2 40.9 -3%

Capital goods 2 569.9 2 434.3 -5%

Total 10 756 10 451 -3%

Overall, emissions

decreased by 3% between 2016

and 2017

4

1

2

3

5

Results per scope

Recommendations

Overall results



AGENDA

Results per scope

15

Transport of peopleData and assumptions

Emission sources

Use of official cars (owned and leased)

Employee commuting between home and work

Business travel

Visitor travel

Transport of people tCO2e Kilometres Litres*

Business travel 1 064 4 518 858 -

Official cars - business travel 70 269 077 22 313

Employee commuting 1 276 5 706 732 -

Official cars – non-business travel 90 347 510 28 824

Visitor travel 1 639 7 297 834 -

Total 4 139 18 140 011 51 137

*Litres were used for carbon footprint calculation for official car

Business travel26%

Employee commuting

31%Official cars -

business travel2%

Official cars - non business travel

2%

Visitor travel39%

2017 GHG emissions from the transport of people by type of travel (with official cars’ breakdown)

4 139 tCO2e

4

Uncertainties572 tCO2e

(14%)

Air76%

Car (ECA and personal)

13%

Train10%

Rented car1%

Bus<1%

Boat<1%

4 787 935kilometres

4 Results per scope

16

Transport of peopleBusiness travel

Business travel

• Data provided: o Total kilometres per mode of transport

Air83%


14%

Train2%

Rented car1%

Bus<1%

Boat<1%

1 134 tCO2e

Business travel tCO2e kilometres

Air 942 3 642 622

Car (ECA and personal) 161 613 108

Train 19 488 098

Rental car 11 41 254

Bus 0 2 423

Boat 0,4 430

Total 1 134 4 787 935

The most used mode of

transport (in terms of

kilometrestravelled) is the

airplane, followed by the

car, train and then the bus.

The averagedistance travelled

on a mission is 938 kilometres.

4 Results per scope

17

Transport of peopleEmployee commuting

Employee commuting

• Data provided:

o The ECA only conducts an employee commuting survey once every 1.5 years.

o For this reason, the 2016 results and assumptions were used (although 2017 data was used for ECA fleet).

o Number of participants: 527

Extrapolated results

Employee commuting tCO2e Kilometres

Car (ECA fleet* and personal) 1 105 4 193 564

Bus 183 1 009 049

Carpooling 57 215 036

Train 18 454 508

Motorbike 3 16 646

Bicycle 0 70 877

On foot 0 94 561

1 366 6 054 242

*2017 information used for ECA fleet


69%Bus17%

Carpooling4%

Train7%

Motorbike<1%

Bicycle1%

On foot2%

Total kilometres travelled commuting

4 Results per scope

18

Transport of peopleEmployee commuting

27 kilometrestravelled

by employees per day Car (ECA and

personal)81%

Bus14%

Carpooling4% Train

1%

Motorbike<1%

Bicycle<1%

On foot<1%

GHG emissions from employee commuting

6 054 242kilometres

Car: alone or with

members of your family

59%

Bus15%

MIXED: (e.g. bus and train, car and

train etc.)14%

On foot 6%

Bicycle3%

Carpooling as a driver or passenger

2%

Train1%

Number of responses

527responses

1 366tCO2e

GHG emissions from employee commuting

4 Results per scope

19

Transport of peopleVisitor travel

Visitor travel

• Data provided: o Number of visitors by country of origin in 2017

120 visits 3440 visitors

• Assumptions regarding mode of transport:

o Short-haul aircraft Europe: AT/BG/CZ/DK/EE/ES/FI/GR/HR/HU/IE/

IT/LT/ LV/MT/PL/PT/RO/SE/SI/SK/UK Albania/Belarus/Bosnia/Kosovo/Macedonia/Montenegro/Serbia/Switzerland/Turkey/Ukraine

o Long-haul aircraft

Brazil/Equatorial Guinea/Guatemala/India/ Kazakhstan/Norway/South Africa/Tajikistan/USA

o Car

BE/LU

o Bus

CZ/DE/NL

o Train

FR

• EcoAct used its internal distance calculator tools to estimate the distances between origin countries and Luxembourg, and multiplied this by two to get the round-trip distance.

13053

725 710

210

100200300400500600700800

Bus Car Long haulaircraft

Short haulaircraft

Train

tCO

2e

Total GHG emissions by mode of transport

4 Results per scope

20

Transport of peopleVisitor travel

1 639 tCO2e

Visitortravel tCO2e Kilometres

Bus 130 843 618

Car 53 199 150

Long-haul aircraft 725 3 465 792

Short-haul aircraft 710 2 263 110

Train 21 526 164

Total 1 639 7 297 834

Visitor travel

843 618

199 150

3 465 792

2 263 110

526 164

0500 000

1 000 0001 500 0002 000 0002 500 0003 000 0003 500 0004 000 000

Bus Car Long haulaircraft

Short haulaircraft

Train

Kilo

met

res

Total kilometres by mode of transport

4 Results per scope

21

Transport of peopleComparison between 2016 and 2017

1 345 1 3891 250

1 134

1 366

1 639

0

200

400

600

800

1 000

1 200

1 400

1 600

1 800

Business travel Employee commuting Visitor travel

tCO

2e

2016-2017 comparison of GHG emissions for transport of people

2016 2017

GHG emissions tCO2e 2016 2017 2016-2017 variation

Total transportation 3 985 4 139 +4%

-16%

+31%

-2%

4 Results per scope

22

Capital goodsData and assumptions

Emission sourcesBuildings, car parks, vehicles, IT equipment, office furniture and supplies, machines, tools, building assets and kitchen assets (K3 building)

Buildings and car parks• Data provided: m2 of parking and office space• Depreciation: 40 years

Vehicles• Data provided: model of leased and owned vehicles

across all three buildings• Depreciation: 4 years

IT• Data provided: IT inventory by type of good• Depreciation: 4 years

Building assets• Data provided:

o Building assets Generators, refrigerators, air conditioning units,

etc., in units per building (K1, K2 and K3) Furniture, equipment, machines, tools were

quoted per building in terms of purchase price

• Depreciation: 8 years

4 Results per scope

23

Capital goodsResults

Vehicles4%

Building assets18%

IT equipment40%

Buildings38%

GHG emissions from capital goods

2 434 tCO2e

Type of capital good tCO2e

Vehicles 87

Building assets 450

IT equipment 976

Buildings 921

636483

1 315

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

1400

K1 K2 K3

tCO

2e

Capital goods GHG emissions per building

Most emissions come from IT equipment (40%).

Buildings (car parks and office space) take second place, accounting for 38%

of capital goods.


(16%)

4 Results per scope

24

Capital goodsComparison between 2016 and 2017

GHG emissions from capital goods decreased by 5% from

2016 to 2017. This was mainly the result of a reduction in building surfaces

following a complete review of the buildings’ surfaces

conducted in 2017.

1 068969

84

449

921976

87

450

0

200

400

600

800

1 000

1 200

Buildings IT equipment Vehicles Buiding assets

tCO

2e

2016 2017

-16%

+31%

0%

-14%

A complete review of the

buildings’ surfaces was done

in 2017

GHG emissions tCO2e 2016 2017 2016-2017variation

Total capital goods 2 570 2 434 -5%

4 Results per scope

25

In-house energy Data and assumptions

Emission sourcesElectricity consumption and losses, heating and fuel use

Electricity consumption and losses• Data provided: 2017 consumption for each

building

o Electricity losses: 8.54%

o The ECA purchases “guarantees of origin”. The BilanCarbone ® method, however, considers the real electricity used from the national grid.

Fuel consumption (by electricity generator)

• Data provided: litres purchased

Heat consumption• Data provided: 2017 consumption for each

building• Note: In 2017, the Luxembourg heating district

changed its fuel sources, with 54% of biomass then in the heating fuel mix. To adjust for this change, the 2016 emission factor was multiplied by 46% to account for the 0 kgCO2e associated with biomass. Biomass can be given a factor of 0 kgCO2e as indicated in the JRC’s 2017 technical report“Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy: Default emission factors for local emission inventories”. 0.0198 kgCO2e/kWh was used in 2017 versus 0.043 in 2016. It should be noted that this emission factor is not in line with the Bilan Carbone ® method and was not recommended by EcoAct, yet it was adopted nonetheless to stay in line with the European Court of Justice for comparability purposes.

http://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/bitstream/JRC107518/jrc_technical_reports_-_com_default_emission_factors-2017.pdf

2016 2017

kWh litres kWh litres

Electricity purchased 4 488 193 4 353 409

Electricity losses 418 748 371 781

Heating 3 484 670 3 446 490

Fuel 1 150 600

4 Results per scope

26

In-house energy Results

• 4% of emissions come from heating (the emission factor used was 0.0198 kgCO2e/kWh in 2017 versus 0.043 in 2016)

• 89% of emissions come from electricity use

• 7% from electricity losses

• <1% from fuel

• The ECA has decreased its energy consumption between 2017 and 2016

1 785

1522 75

0

500

1 000

1 500

2 000

Electricity Electricity losses Fuel Heating

tCO

2e

Total GHG emissions per energy source

Electricity89%

Fuel<1%

Heating4%

Electricity losses7%

Total GHG emissions per energy source

2 014 tCO2e


(7%)

K125%

K230%

K345%

Energy-related GHG emissions per building

2 014 tCO2e

4 Results per scope

27

In-house energy Results

Summarised raw data and corresponding tCO2e by building

K1 K2 K3 TOTAL

tCO2e units tCO2e units tCO2e units tCO2e units

Electricity (kWh) 438 1 067 684 532 1 298 475 815 1 987 250 1785 4 353 409

Fuel (litres) 0 140 1 265 1 195 2 600

Heating (kWh) 23 1 048 350 21 979 960 31 1 418 180 75 3 446 490

Electricity Losses (kWh) 37 91 180 45 110 890 70 169 711 152 371 781

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

Electricity Fuel Heating Electricity losses

Relative GHG emissions per building by energy source

K1 K2 K3

45% of emissions from energy consumption come from

K3

4 Results per scope

28

In-house energy Comparison between 2016 and 2017

The fall in GHG emissions reflects the ECA’s decreased

energy consumption between 2016 and 2017. The decline from heating comes

mainly from an improvement in the related distribution

emission factor.

165

1 840

157

475

1 785

152

2

Heating Electricity Electricity losses Fuel

tCO

2e

2016 2017


Total energy 2 166 2 014 -7%

-54%

-3%

-3%

-48%

29

4 Results per scope In-house non-energyData, assumptions and results

Emission sourcesRefrigerant gases

Refrigerant gases• Data provided: cooling installations refilled with

refrigerant gases (R134a and R407c) throughout 2017. Refills were considered leaks.

• Only K2 and K3 are concerned.

Year Building Leaks tCO2e

2017 K2 6 kg of R134a 8

2017 K3 8 kg of R407C 13

Note: GHG emissions from refrigerant leaks decreased by 96% in 2017 compared with 2016. In 2017, cooling installations were refilled with 6 kg of R134a refrigerant and 8 kg of R407c refrigerant, compared with 507 kg of R134a refrigerant in 2016.

One tonne of R134a and R407c is equivalent to 1300 and 1620 tonnes of carbon

respectively.This has a large impact.

Uncertainties5 tCO2e (22%)

30

4 Results per scope Purchased goods and servicesData and assumptions

Emission sources:Paper, water, meals, gifts, goods, services purchased from third parties

Paper • Data provided for the ECA Journal/reports in number

of pages

o Assumption, all documents are printed on double-sided A4 paper

• Data provided for internal printing in number of pages

o Assumption: 80% double sided, 90% A4, 10% A3

o Assumption: 97% recycled paper

• Method: transformed into weight

Water• Data provided: total purchased water used in 2017

Meals• Data provided: number of meals, purchased

quantities of meat (fish, pork, beef, chicken), organic versus non-organico Assumptions: 7% organic meals, 11% vegetarian meals

and the remainder distributed according to proportion of the purchased quantities of meat (22% chicken, 16% beef, 17% pork, 27% fish)

Gifts• Data provided: number and types of gifts purchased

in 2017

• Method: gifts transformed into weight and type of materials

Purchased goods and services• Data provided: purchased goods and services by

category and euros spent

31

4 Results per scope Purchased goods and servicesResults

Type 2017 data tCO2eq

Water 12 071 m3 1.6

Gifts units 5.3

Paper 31 382 kg 28.8

Goods (books, clothing, consumables…) 374 796 euros 322.6

Meals 108 837 meals 195.5

Services purchased from third parties 6 739 717 euros 1 243.6

2016 2017

Pages per FTE 11 930 10 433

Kg of paper per FTE 39 34

Kg of CO2e per year 35.8 31.4

*FTE= full-time equivalent, 923.8 in 2017, 923.75 in 2016Paper includes ECA Journal, reports and printed pages

Gifts<1%

Meals11%

Paper2%

Purchased goods18%

Purchased services

69%

Purchased water<1%

Total GHG emissions from purchased goods and services

1 797tCO2e

540429

829

K1 K2 K3

tCO

2e

Total GHG emissions from purchased goods and services per building

Calculated InventoryPaper (kg) 31 382 11 948

tCO2e 29 11

Difference between calculated and inventory numbers

Uncertainties: 491 tCO2e

(27%)

32

4 Results per scope Purchased goods and servicesSpotlight on purchased services

Over 60% of purchased services emissions come from:

• miscellaneous services (41%);• repair and installation services (12%);• translation services (8%);• subscription services (7%).

Other services include: legal and accounting, telecommunications, interpretation services, news agency, etc.

Miscellaneous services were attributed an average services emission factor from the Bilan Carbone ® database. These services ranged from renting material, training (language classes, etc), painting, document destruction, etc.

Sum of "Other"32%

Subscription services

7%

Translation services8%

Repair, maintenance and installation services

12%

"Miscellaneous services"

41%

1 244tCO2e

33

4 Results per scope Purchased goods and servicesSpotlight on meals

• 51% of the meals served at the ECA contain beef.o Replacing beef with chicken would reduce

a dish’s carbon impact by 76%.

o Replacing a pork dish with a vegetarian dish would half the meal’s carbon impact.

• Organic meals were given the emission factor of an “average meal”, as the determinants of a dish’s emissions are its ingredients (meat, vegetarian) and whether the ingredients were produced locally or not. There is no conclusive evidence that the average organic meal is less emissive, since each dish can only be considered on a plate-by-plate basis.

Type of meal kgCO2e/unit

Vegetarian 0.45Fish 0.80Pork-based 1.01Chicken-based 1.32Organic 2.25Beef-based 5.66

Fish meals12%

Organic meals9%

Typical meals (with beef)

51%

Typical meals (with chicken)

16%

Typical meals (with pork)

9%

Vegetarian meals3%

GHG emissions from meals

195tCO2e

34

4 Results per scope Purchased goods and servicesComparison between 2016 and 2017

2 7 33

200 196

1 030

2 5 29

323

195

1 244

Purchased water Gifts Paper Purchased goods Meals Purchasedservices

tCO

2e

2016 2017


Total energy 1 468 1 797 +22%

GHG emissions from purchased goods andservices increased by 22% between 2016 and2017.

GHG emissions from meals decreased slightly,while the number of meals served increasedby 9%. The number of meals served with beefand chicken decreased, whereas fish andpork-based meals rose. Vegetarian mealsincreased by 55%. The changing eating habitsof ECA staff neutralised the effect of theincreased number of meals.

GHG emissions from purchased servicesincreased, due to a 20% increase in moneyspent on services, notably on miscellaneousand subscription services. GHG emissionsfrom purchased goods increased, due to anincrease in money spent on office equipmentand supplies.

+61%

-24% -22% -13%

-<1%

+21%

Hazardous waste51%

Non-hazardous waste41%

Water8%

GHG emissions from waste by type

41 tCO2e

35

4 Results per scope WasteData and assumptions

Emission sourcesWaste and water use (sewage)

Waste• Data: waste by type (non-hazardous,

hazardous) and tonnage

o Non-hazardous: food waste, household waste, plastics, paper and cardboard, glass packaging

o Hazardous: mud and sewage water, light and fluorescent tubes, packaging paste with harmful products, scrap metal, batteries and accumulators, electronic waste

• Assumptions: waste treatment largely based on 2016 treatment with slight modifications

Water use (sewage)• Data: based on water consumption, allocated

to buildings on the basis of building occupancy

200 kg of waste per FTE in 2017 versus

209 kg in 2016


(29%)

Hazardous waste tonnes tCO2eBatteries and accumulators 0.08 0.010Cable waste 0.08 0.010Extinguishers 0.50 0.063Food fats and oils 54.38 19.686Light and fluorescent tube 0.19 0.024Mud and sewage water with hydrocarburs 8.32 1.065Packaging waste with harmful products 0.13 0.091Scrap metal 0.28 0.009Waste electrical and electronic equipment 0.02 0.003

Non-hazardous waste tonnes tCO2eFood waste 22.57 1.052Glass packaging waste 4 0.132Household and similar waste 36.24 13.191Other waste for demolition 0.06 0.002Paper and cardboard 53.07 2.286Plastics waste (including packaging) 0.95 0.031Various packaging waste 3.74 0.123

Water m3 tCO2e

Water 12 071 3.2

36

4 Results per scope WasteResults

1210

19

K1 K2 K3tC

O2e

GHG emissions from waste per building

<0,1 <0,1 0,1

19,7

<0,11,1

0,1 <0,1 <0,11,1

0,1

13,2

<0,1 <0,1 0,12,3

3,2

tCO

2e

Total emissions of waste by category

51% 41% 8%

Hazardous waste Non-hazardous waste Water

Food fats, oilsand household

waste make up 80% of GHG emissions

derived from waste.

37

4 Results per scope WasteComparison between 2016 and 2017

21

17

4

21

17

3

0

5

10

15

20

25

Hazardous waste Non-hazardous waste Water

tCO

2e

2016 2017


Total 42 41 -3%

GHG emissions from waste decreased by 3%.

GHG emissions from hazardous waste increased by 1%.

GHG emissions from non-hazardous waste decreased by 3%.

GHG emissions from wastewater decreased by 24%.

+1%

-3%

-24%

38

4 Results per scope

Average distance driven by each supplier

per year: 2 513 km

Emission sources

Transport from suppliers

• Data provided

o Distance (km), number of delivery days per supplier, average delivery weight and type of vehicle

o 21 suppliers in total

Emission source Total kilometres tCO2eq

Transport of goods 52 767 5 This is equivalent to driving from Luxembourg

to Rome and back.

Transport of goodsData and results

Uncertainties1 tCO2e (20%)

39

4 Results per scope Transport of goodsComparison between 2016 and 2017

18

5

2016 2017

tCO

2e

2016 2017


Total 18 5 -73%

In 2017, data on transporting goods was

better documented. As a result, GHG emissions from the transportation of goods

decreased by 73% due to improved reporting.

-73%

5

1

2

3

4 Results per scope

Recommendations

Overall results



AGENDA

41

5 Recommendations

Today there is an urgent need to act!

If we are to stay well below the 2o threshold, emissions must peak by 2020, and the world economy needs to be carbon neutral by 2050, as stated in the landmark Paris Agreement in 2015.

Carbon neutrality is a term used to refer to organisations’ efforts to offset the residual emissions that they are unable to reduce or are in the process of reducing. Carbon offsets is a mechanism whereby an organisation purchases carbon “credits” from projects proven to mitigate or sequester carbon.

Carbon neutrality

42

5 Recommendations

A first step for the ECA could be to offset the largest sources of emissions –transportation of people (visitor travel, employee commuting and business trips), covering 40% of its emissions. These emissions may be especially difficult to reduce in the short term, given the difficulties airlines face in cutting the carbon impact of travel.

Each year, the ECA could consider increasing its offsets to supplement its reduction efforts.

Carbon neutrality

Energy in-house19%

Non-energy in-house

<1%

Purchased goods17%

Transport of people40%

Transport of goods<1%

Waste<1%

Capital goods23%

2017 Bilan Carbone® results

10 451 tCO2e

EUROPEAN COURT OF AUDITORS12, rue Alcide De Gasperi

1615 LuxembourgLUXEMBOURG

Enquiries: [email protected]

Website: eca.europa.eu

mailto:[email protected]

2017 results - european court of auditors · 2018. 12. 5. · carbon footprint report. 2017...

Documents