The first carbon assessment of the company with data from 2008 showed that over 50 per cent of the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions were due to transportation of goods, either by company owned vehicles or by third party transportation services (rail or road). Energy consumption was the second most important cause for GHG emissions (22 per cent), followed by general consumables such as printed matter and office paper consumption (15 per cent). Commuting, business travel and waste only contributed between three to five per cent to the overall GHG emissions of the company.
The second assessment in 2009 showed that large economisations of natural gas could be achieved at the logistics centre of the company. The consumption decreased by 32 per cent compared to the previous year. Also a slight decrease of three per cent in electricity consumption was noted. However, the GHG emissions from transportation in company owned vehicles increased by 15 per cent. This was mainly because the yearly driven kilometres were increased by 16 per cent, while the average fuel consumption was slightly lower. As the amount of transported goods did not increase significantly from 2008 to 2009, this indicates that the load factor of the lorries decreased.
The data collection for 2010 is not yet finalised, however there is already data for the energy consumption of the logistics centre and for the transportation in company owned vehicles. According to this first data, the natural gas consumption for heating could be lowered by further 8 per cent over previous year and electricity consumption was also slightly decreasing (four per cent compared to 2009). The total kilometres driven could be reduced, reaching the level of 2008. It is not yet possible to draw final conclusions out of this data, as it is not yet known how and if the amount of transported goods changed in the studied period.