Sustainable operations

Carbon footprint

Greenhouse gas emissions in t CO₂ (CO₂ equivalents)

	Reference year 2011	2014/15	2015/16	2016/17
Scope 1 – direct greenhouse gas emissions	820,434	801,742	721,141	712,267
Scope 2 – indirect greenhouse gas emissions	1,428,641	1,158,349	1,134,100	1,098,569
Scope 3 – other indirect greenhouse gas emissions	4,035,476	4,030,540	3,653,477	3,818,874
Total greenhouse gas emissions	6,284,551	5,990,632	5,508,718	5,629,710

Definition: Level of all main emissions by Scope in line with the methodology of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol.

The following sources of emissions are included:

Scope 1 = fuel oil, natural gas, liquefied natural gas (LNG), liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), refrigerant losses from commercial cooling, refrigerant losses from air-conditioning, fuel consumption of company cars and the group’s own logistics fleet, emergency power generators
Scope 2 = electricity consumption, district heating and cooling
Scope 3 = all external logistics, in-house paper consumption for advertising and office purposes, business trips, goods and services purchased for own use, capital assets, upstream chain emissions and grid losses for all direct and indirect energy sources, waste, staff commutes, leased assets

Explanation about the Carbon Footprint, especially about methodology, reporting boundaries and climate protection target are available at www.metroag.de/responsibility/business-operations.

Status of climate protection target

Greenhouse gas emissions in kg CO₂ (CO₂ equivalents) per m² selling space

METRO

Germany

Western Europe
(excl. Germany)

Status of climate protection target – Western Europe (Grafik)

Eastern Europe

Asia

1 Deviation from figure reported in the Annual Report due to new findings

Definition: Greenhouse gas emissions from the stores, back offices and warehouses of the sales lines and for the head office in Düsseldorf (by selling space) included within the climate protection target. Included are the emissions from electricity, heating and cooling energy consumption, also counting upstream chains and grid losses, refrigerant emissions from commercial cooling and air-conditioning, fuel consumption by company cars, in-house paper consumption for advertising material and office purposes as well as business trips.

Explanation: We aim to reduce our specific greenhouse gas emissions by 50% between 2011 and 2030. In concrete terms, this means that we want to cut our emissions per m² of selling space from 369 to 184 kg of CO₂ equivalents per annum.

Between October 2016 and September 2017, METRO generated 296 kg of CO₂ equivalents per m² of selling space. The significant decline in emissions compared with the reference year 2011 can essentially be attributed to:

Measures to reduce consumption relating to energy, company cars, paper and business travel, and to reduce emissions caused by refrigerant loss
General technical and scientific developments as reflected by the adjustment of the emission factors used to calculate CO₂ equivalents. For example, the share of renewable energies in the electricity mix of many countries has increased.

Trends in the emission sources included in the climate protection target

Greenhouse gas emissions in kg of CO₂ (CO₂ equivalents) per m² of selling space

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	Reference year 2011	2016/17	Change in %
Electricity consumption	224.5	168.5	–24.9
Thermal energy consumption	32.2	38.7	20.0
Company cars	8.8	8.3	–5.8
Refrigerant losses	79.0	61.7	–21.9
Paper consumption	21.3	17.0	–20.1
Business travel	3.0	1.8	–41.3
Total	368.9	296.0	–19.8

Definition: Trends in CO₂ emissions per m² from all the emission sources included in the climate protection target compared to the reference year 2011.

Energy consumption

Total energy consumption (in MWh)

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in MWh	2014/15	2015/16	2016/17
Fuel (heating oil, gas, petrol, diesel, LPG, LNG)	1,012,569	1,031,080	1,078,845
Electricity	2,388,915	2,351,470	2,317,870
District heating/cooling	93,404	103,821	96,438
Steam	0	0	0
Total energy consumption	3,494,887	3,486,371	3,493,153

Definition: Energy consumption for operating the locations and for transportation broken down into the different types of energy used. Fuel includes fuel oil, combustion fuel, natural gas and liquefied natural gas.