Compared to the previous year’s report, the figures in the following categories have changed: – 3.4: Adjustment to standard emission calculations without radiative forcing index (RFI) – 3.5: Focus on existing waste data from the production and logistics network and refraining from extrapolating across the Festo Group – 3.7: Correction of a calculation error – 3.11: In this category, the most significant correction was made, as the assumptions regarding the number of cycles of large diameter cylinders were made more precise and the service life of our products was standardized to ten years. On the other hand, the calculation logic has been refined, automated, and thus accelerated in some cases. This allows us to publish the results of the CCF for the past three years and thus also for the year 2023. In total, the Festo Group’s CCF for 2023 amounts to approximately 13.57 million metric tons, which is around 500,000 metric tons lower than in the economically stronger year 2022 and around the same level as in 2021. Compared to 2022, the 2023 CCF shows significant changes in category 3.1 caused by the use of a unified database with more accurate secondary data for electronic components. 2021 2022 2023 Scope 1 24,847 30,762 25,820 Scope 2 38,875 38,589 8,087 3.1 Purchased goods and services 359,717 452,869 351,103 3.2 Capital goods 19,421 18,082 14,378 3.3 Fuel- and energy-related emissions 20,499 32,027 23,343 3.4 Transport and distribution 121,178 129,586 121,968 3.5 Waste 364 394 394 3.6 Business travel 7,000 18,620 19,683 3.7 Employee commuting 18,288 18,330 18,982 3.8 Rented or leased property, plant, and equipment 4,434 8,422 5,454 3.9 Transport and distribution See 3.4 See 3.4 See 3.4 3.11 Use of products sold 12,683,345 13,363,775 12,972,026 3.12 Handling of products sold at the end of the product lifecycle 14,382 14,549 13,097 Total 13,312,350 14,126,005 13,574,335 Greenhouse gas emissions (Scope 1, Scope 2, and Scope 3) in accordance with the GHG Protocol (in t CO2e). With the exception of category 3.5, which only includes our headquarters as well as the production and logistics sites worldwide, but only accounts for a negligible share of 0.003 percent of the CCF, the table shows the emissions of the entire Festo Group, including all international sales companies. On the one hand, 2023 was shaped by the realization that 95% of the emissions in category 3.11 are caused by the use phase of our products. As a result, our efforts to reduce emissions – in addition to Scopes 1 and 2 – are primarily focused on these scopes (see chapter 3.4 for details). Scope 2 electricity-related emissions have also fallen significantly, as guarantees of origin have made the entire production and logistics network mathematically carbon-neutral from 2023. The differences in Scope 1 and categories 3.3 and 3.8 result in lower consumption of fossil fuels. The other categories show only minor fluctuations. GRI 302-1, GRI 302-2, GRI 302-4, GRI 302-5, GRI 305-1, GRI 305-2, GRI 305-3, GRI 305-5 The greatest lever for CO2 savings: our products being used customers. 46 47 1. Blue World 2. Strategy and Management 3. Climate Protection and Resource Efficiency 4. Technical Education 5. People at Festo 6. Ethics and Governance 7. GRI Index 8. Report Profile Festo SE & Co. KG Sustainability Report 2023 Festo SE & Co. KG Sustainability Report 2023
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