Energy Balance
Plants and production
In recent years, the attention to the environment has particularly
focused on improving the efficiency of production processes,
limiting waste and developing new technologies in order to reduce
direct and indirect emissions and promote a corporate culture of
respect for the environment.
During 2020, the Group committed to improving its environmental
performance by monitoring the key indicators and planning
activities with the aim of increasing efficiency in the use of
energy sources and reducing environmental impacts in terms
of atmospheric emissions, noise and electromagnetic pollution,
through the adoption of efficient machinery or by modifying
existing plants through LED re-lighting activities. Throughout
2020, Artemide continued the replacement of lighting fixtures
with LEDs systems at Pregnana site, with the objective of fully
substituting the existing sources.
In 2020, the gradual replacement of lighting fixtures was continued,
with the aim of replacing them completely at the Pregnana site. In
2020 the Group's energy consumption5 amounts to approximately
50 thousand GJ, down 3% on the previous year. In particular, this
consumption is driven by natural gas consumption, which remains
at around 32 thousand GJ, slightly up on the previous year, and
electricity consumption of 15 thousand GJ, down 6% on last year
thanks to the various activities carried out by the Group and its
employees as part of their work.
In terms of energy intensity, compared to 2020 production
volumes, we report that energy consumed per finished product
for the year is 0.069 GJ/finished product, a 3% decrease from
2019. Absolute energy consumption is equal to energy consumed
within the organization and includes non-renewable and renewable
fuel and purchased electricity. Together with the organization's
consumption, monitoring this index helps contextualize the
organization's efficiency, in relation to a specific parameter - the
unit of product.
It should also be noted that, despite the impacts of the pandemic,
and with the conviction that even in the most critical periods it is
possible to identify and seize opportunities, during 2020 Artemide
has slightly increased its production volumes. Moreover, the Group
is committed to ensuring interventions aimed at avoiding possible
waste and energy losses caused by the closures imposed by the
lockdown.
5 The boundary refers to Pregnana’s Headquarters, at the Group’s production plants based in Italy, France and Hungary, and at the
Italian showrooms under Artemide’s Italia s.r.l. control. Fuel for vehicles refer to the Italian companies.
CO2 emissions of the Group
6 The “Location-based” approach involves the use of average emission factors relating to the specific national energy mix of electricity
production. The “Market-based” approach involves the use of emission factors defined on a contractual basis with the electricity
supplier. In the absence of specific contractual agreements between the Group and the electricity supplier (eg purchase of Guarantees
of Origin), the emission factor relating to the national residual mix was used for the “Market-based” approach.
The quantity of greenhouse gas emitted are proportional to the
organisation's energy consumption. For this reason, similarly to
last year, there was a slight but steady decrease in the tons of CO2
emitted into the atmosphere by the Group during the reporting
period.
The reporting standard used (GRI Sustainability Reporting
Standards) provides for two different calculating approaches of
emissions Scope 2: "Location-based" and “Market-based”.6
Direct CO2 emissions (Scope 1 7) have been equal to 1,798 tons of
CO2, while indirect CO2 emissions (Scope 28 ) have been equal to
1,039 tons of CO2 (location based) and 1,585 tons of CO2e (market
based).
In terms of emission intensity (GRI 305-4), with respect to 2020
production volumes, the rates for absolute GHG emissions are
reported below.
Scope 1
(tCO2/finished product)
0.002
Scope 2 location based
(tCO2/finished product)
0.001
Scope 2 market based
(tCO2 e/finished product)
0.002
As for the energy intensity, the monitoring of these indices helps
contextualize the organization’s overall efficiency in relation to a
specific parameter, the finished product.
7 Scope 1 (direct emissions): emissions from sources owned or controlled by the organization fall into this category. Scope 1 emissions are
expressed in tonnes of CO2, as the source used does not report the emission factors of other gases other than CO2.
8 Scope 2 (indirect emissions): emissions derived from electricity consumption are included in this category. Scope 2 location based emissions
are expressed in tons of CO2, however the % of methane and nitrous oxide has a negligible effect on the total greenhouse gas emissions
(CO2 equivalent) as can be deduced from the technical reference literature.
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