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Carbon Emissions

GRI

Themes

Total Emissions in the Portfolio 1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

2020 by region

Key Figures

Unit

2018

2019 2)

2020 3)

 

Germany 3)

Austria

Sweden

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Emissions in the portfolio

t CO2e

1,049,766

1,176,496

1,021,319

 

899,333

84,884

37,102

Emissions from rented units

t CO2e

1,021,244

1,153,003

1,013,197

 

897,989

82,883

32,324

Emissions from communal areas 4)

t CO2e

28,522

23,493

8,122

 

1,343

2,001

4,777

Intensity of rentable area

kg CO2e/m2

48.8

45.3

37.1

 

39.5

47.0

12.5

Intensity per rental unit

kg CO2e/r.u.

3,106

2,941

2,419

 

2,505

3,729

918

Emission savings due to heating modernization 5)

t CO2e

6,958

3,055

3,560

 

3,560

–

–

Emission savings due to modernization 5)

t CO2e

20,348

12,675

8,839

 

8,839

–

–

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scope 1 (direct carbon emissions)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Combustion processes at stationary plants

t CO2e

522,421

571,744

466,848

 

438,907

27,462

478

of which heating from natural gas (r.u.)

%

86.1

86.5

87.5

 

88.4

74.1

0

of which heating from heating oil (r.u.)

%

9.7

10.7

9.8

 

8.7

25.9

100

of which heating from coal (r.u.)

%

4.2

2.8

2.8

 

2.9

0.0

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scope 2 (indirect carbon emissions)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Energy delivery

t CO2e

406,913

466,892

410,369

 

337,409

36,453

36,507

of which heating from district heating (r.u.)

%

84.5

86.8

92.9

 

95.2

78.3

86.3

of which heating from electricity (r.u.)

%

8.5

8.2

5.1

 

4.4

16.2

0.6

of which electricity (communal areas) 4)

%

7.0

5.0

2.0

 

0.4

5.5

13.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scope 3 (other indirect carbon emissions)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commodities leased downstream 6)

t CO2e

34,930

37,292

35,085

 

24,774

10,311

0

of which natural gas (r.u.)

%

62.1

60.3

59.4

 

64.5

47.0

–

of which heating from district heating (r.u.)

%

19.1

24.7

28.2

 

21.4

44.8

–

of which heating oil (r.u.)

%

10.4

8.8

6.8

 

8.4

2.9

–

of which heating from electricity (r.u.)

%

7.0

5.3

4.4

 

4.0

5.3

–

of which coal (r.u.)

%

1.4

0.9

1.2

 

1.7

0.0

–

Fuel and energy-related emissions (not Scope 1 and 2) 7)

t CO2e

85,502

100,568

109,018

 

98,243

10,658

116

of which upstream, natural gas (r.u.)

%

90.8

88.1

89.5

 

90.3

82.5

0

of which upstream, heating oil (r.u.)

%

8.5

9.5

8.6

 

7.6

17.5

100

of which upstream, coal (r.u.)

%

0.7

2.4

1.9

 

2.1

0.0

0

Greenhouse gases included in the calculation: CO2 equivalents (greenhouse gases regulated by the Kyoto Protocol: CO2, CH4, N2O, SF6, HCFs).

Sources of emission factors: GEMIS 4.95, GEMIS 5.0, Defra, Federal Environment Ministry Germany, Federal Environment Ministry Austria, Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy and Swedenergy (Swedish non-profit organisation).

1)

Consideration of the regions of Austria and Sweden (part Victoria Park) as of 2019, part Hembla in Sweden as of 2020.

2)

Correction of all data for 2019 due to change of method from actual data to energy performance certificate data in the region Austria.

3)

Complete conversion of the emissions calculation for the German region in 2020 to GEMIS 5.0, therefore limited comparability with previous years (explanation on About This Report).

4)

For the Germany region since 2020, all volumes traded via the VESG (approx. 93% of general electricity consumption) via guarantee of origin 100% green electricity, cleared via the Federal Environment Agency’s register of guarantees of origin.

5)

Declining emission savings from modernisations due to lower number of completed modernisations in the region Germany. So far no calculation for the regions Austria and Sweden.

6)

Rental units that belong to a condominium owners’ association (WEG) in which Vonovia has an ownership interest of ≤50% in the building (no full operational control). There are no proportional ownership rights in the Sweden region.

7)

Contains the fuel- and energy-related emissions of the upstream chain of the entire portfolio (incl. WEG share), stationary combustion in each case.

Total Emissions in Business Operations 1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

2020 by region

Key Figures

Unit

2018

2019

2020

 

Germany

Austria

Sweden

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Emissions

t CO2e

36,687

38,493

32,043

 

30,689

845

510

Emissions intensity 2)

kg CO2e/m2

55.9

55.2

45.7

 

46.1

48.7

10.6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scope 1 (direct carbon emissions)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Combustion processes at stationary plants

t CO2e

2,476

1,222

1,084

 

884

199

0

of which natural gas

%

100

100

86.1

 

100

24.6

–

of which heating oil

%

0

0

13.9

 

0

75.4

–

Combustion processes at mobile plants

t CO2e

21,084

23,169

19,127

 

18,664

75

389

of which diesel

%

96.7

94.9

94.8

 

95.3

30.9

80.3

of which gasoline

%

3.3

5.1

5.2

 

4.7

69.1

19.7

of which natural gas

%

0.0

0.0

0.0

 

0.0

0.0

0.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scope 2 (indirect carbon emissions) 3)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Location-based

t CO2e

8,319

8,757

6,814

 

6,342

436

36

of which electricity

%

70.0

59.4

49.6

 

49.0

54.2

100

of which district heating

%

30.0

40.6

50.4

 

51.0

45.8

0

Market-based

t CO2e

3,661

3,116

1,437

 

1,437

0

–

of which electricity 4)

%

100

100

100

 

100

–

–

of which district heating 5)

%

–

–

–

 

–

–

–

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scope 3 (other indirect carbon emissions)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Business travel and transport 6)

t CO2e

711

999

710

 

647

63

–

of which by private vehicle

%

53.0

42.3

83.1

 

85.5

58.0

–

of which by plane

%

44.7

55.6

15.3

 

12.7

41.8

–

of which by rail

%

2.3

2.0

1.6

 

1.8

0.2

–

Fuel and energy-related emissions (not Scope 1 and 2)

t CO2e

4,098

4,347

4,308

 

4,151

72

85

of which upstream, natural gas (stationary combustion)

%

9.9

4.7

5.0

 

4.8

24.2

0.0

of which upstream, heating oil (stationary combustion)

%

0.0

0.0

0.8

 

0.0

51.0

0.0

of which upstream, diesel (mobile combustion)

%

86.2

88.9

88.3

 

89.9

6.7

77.2

of which upstream, petrol (mobile combustion)

%

3.8

6.0

5.8

 

5.3

18.1

22.8

of which upstream, natural gas (mobile combustion)

%

–

0.4

0.0

 

0.0

0.0

0.0

Greenhouse gases included in the calculation: CO2 equivalents (greenhouse gases regulated by the Kyoto Protocol: CO2, CH4, N2O, SF6, HCFs).

Sources of emission factors: GEMIS 4.95, GEMIS 5.0, Defra, Federal Environment Ministry Germany, Federal Environment Ministry Austria, Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy and Swedenergy (Swedish non-profit organisation).

Complete conversion of the emission calculation for the German region in 2020 to GEMIS 5.0, therefore limited comparability with previous years (explanation on About This Report). From 2020 onwards, the emission factors of the Germany region according to GEMIS 5.0 were applied to mobile combustion across all regions.

1)

All emissions from stationary combustion extrapolated to the total space used in the business processes analogously to the stationary energy consumption. This leads to a correction of the figures for 2018 and 2019, as in past reports only locations with office space over 500 m2 were included.

2)

Only stationary emissions taken into account.

3)

For the sake of completeness, the location-based approach was used to calculate the total amount of CO2 emissions from business processes.

4)

For locations in the Austria region: 100% green electricity.

5)

Due to missing supplier disclosures/certificates, we are not able to disclose Scope 2 emissions for district heating in accordance with the market-based method.

6)

No survey for the region of Sweden so far.

Results

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