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28 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND CLIMATE PROTECTION

3.3 Emissions generation and reduction 3.3.1 Recorded greenhouse gas emissions
[SDG 13 ] An important concern for [GRI 305-1 ] The direct emissions relevant to
us is the continuous reduction of emis- Scope 1 within the RAFI Group are the green-
sions that have a detrimental effect on house gas emissions generated from fossil-fuel
the climate. Our climate protection ini- combustion in the gas boilers for the generation of
tiatives contribute significantly to heat and the natural-gas-fired combined heat and
RAFI’s economic success and can give us a com- power plant for the generation of both power and
petitive advantage due to our comprehensive data heat. Any surplus heat is used to generate cooling
collection and continuous improvement of our car- using an absorption chiller. We are considering in-
bon footprint. The majority of the CO2 emissions cluding emissions from our in-house vehicle fleet
caused by RAFI and reported in “scopes” in accor- and other travel activities in our next sustainability
dance with the Greenhouse Gas Protocol come report.
from business and production operations. The first
scope includes direct emissions from sources that [GRI 305-2 ] Indirect emissions in Scope 2 are the
are owned or controlled by the company, while the CO2 emissions generated for the production of pow-
second scope comprises indirect emissions from er purchased at the specific location. The CO2 emis-
the generation of purchased power and steam as sion factors used for this calculation were taken from
well as externally sourced heating and cooling. The
third scope lists all other indirect emissions gener- GRI 305-1: Direct GHG emissions (Scope 1) in metric tons of
ated along the company’s value chain over the en- CO
tire life cycle of its products. This report records 2
Scope 1 and 2 emissions in the entire RAFI Group Year Medium Total Scope 1
using the standards and methods defined by the CO emissions
2
German Federal Environment Agency for deter-
mining the CO2 emission factors of the power 2017 Natural gas 2,742
mix, natural gas, and light heating oil.3 No reliable 2018 Natural gas 2,800
data was available in 2022 for reporting and re- 2019 Natural gas 3,089
cording the emissions from upstream suppliers ac- 2020 Natural gas 3,131
cording to Scope 3. 2021 Natural gas 3,167
2022 Natural gas 3,008

GRI 305-1: Direct GHG emissions (Scope 1, tons per medium)
Natural gas

3 th.

2 th.
Tons

1 th.

0 th.
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Year

3 Looking at the bottom line for the 10-year period, the reduction in the emission intensity ratio at the Berg location resulting from the use of green electricity is
clear