Progress Report 2012 - Lego

Energy efficiency
In 2012, our energy efficiency improvement reached
4.1% which was satisfyingly above our target of a
2.5% gain. With energy efficiency as a continued
focus area we saw various successful energy saving
projects within compressed air, lighting, ventilation
and cooling. Despite these efforts, the LEGO Group’s
total energy consumption rose to 224 GWh as our
sales and production increased in 2012.
Comparing the two indexes on the graph
‘Development for energy and production’ – our
consumption of raw material (granulate), and the
energy we use at our main production sites – we see
clear energy efficiency gains from 2007 onwards. An
effect from our high utilisation of production capacity
must be taken into consideration.
However, total CO 2 emissions are growing due to
rising production, and the increases exceed the
efficiency gains accomplished in our operations.
The result is an increase in absolute CO 2 emissions.
A number of projects and initiatives are in progress
to remedy this in keeping with the LEGO Group’s
Planet Promise.
One example is to insulate the cooling and heating
pipes for our moulding machines. During 2012, a
project at our Danish factory has implemented
such a saving, which is estimated at the equivalent
of approx. 600 Danish residential homes’ annual
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CO 2 emissions
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CO 2 emissions from main production sites calculated according to the Greenhouse
Gas Protocol guidelines using the newest available emission factors fixed for all years.
Development for energy and production
The LEGO Group Progress Report 2012 Making LEGO® play materials
Granulate
Energy
2012
Development in index for energy (MWh) and production (tons of plastic granulate)
at main production sites since 2007.
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