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Daimler 360 GRAD - FAKTEN zur Nachhaltigkeit 2008 Daimler Nachhaltigkeitsbericht 2008 / Environmental protection, innovation, and safety / Production / Energy and climate protection / Computation of CO 2 Emissions* Computation of CO2 Emissions* CO 2 emission values are calculated and presented in accordance with the standard of the GHG Protocol Initiative. ("A Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard," rev. Edition, 2004, www.ghgprotocol.org). The organizational perspective includes all relevant majority holdings in their entirety (control approach), while the operational perspective takes into account all direct CO 2 emissions from stationary sources (Scope 1), as well as indirect emissions resulting from the generation of purchased electricity (Scope 2) and district heating. The emission factors utilized have in some cases been updated or adjusted in accordance with regional differences. Direct emissions from the combustion of heating oil, gas, and liquefied gas are calculated using fixed factors (WBCSD or DEHSt). With regard to coal, the factors that are employed in the calculation vary between Germany and the U.S. Indirect emissions resulting from the use of district heating and electricity are differentiated according to time and region when calculated with the GHG Protocol Initiative factors, provided more precise data is not available. The time axis of the German Heat and Power Association (AGFW) is used for the calculation of emissions from district heating in Germany, while the Institute for Applied Ecology's time axis is employed for calculating emissions from electricity production. In the U.S., the factors related to electricity production published by the EPA are applied to each individual state. In order to maintain a consistent time axis, these calculations are repeated each year for every industrial facility, even though this can result in differences between new figures and previously published data. Emissions of greenhouse gases other than CO 2 can not be calculated across the Group at this time. Calculations regarding climate-relevant coolants used at German plants do, however, reveal only a negligible portion in the parts per thousand range. Other indirect (Scope 3) CO 2 emissions stemming from the product utilization phase are expressed as specific vehicle emissions. * Content on this page is available exclusively on the Internet.
Daimler 360 GRAD - FAKTEN zur Nachhaltigkeit 2008 Daimler Nachhaltigkeitsbericht 2008 / Environmental protection, innovation, and safety / Production / Air pollution control Air pollution control Production processes employed at Daimler plants lead to the creation of several air pollutants, most notably in the form of solvents (VOC) that are released from the paint shops. Other pollutants, such as sulfur dioxide (SO2), carbon monoxide (CO), nitrogen oxides (NO x ), and dust, are produced primarily through combustion processes in furnaces and at engine test beds. It remains the company’s goal to maintain the low level of emissions achieved in recent years, and to reduce emissions even further wherever this is technically and economically possible. Specific emissions of solvents The introduction of water-based paints had already reduced solvent emissions by some 70 percent at the passenger car production plants as early as the 1990s. In the year under review, solvent emissions per manufactured vehicle increased by 2.8 percent at Daimler Trucks plants and by 3.0 percent at plants operated by Mercedes-Benz Cars compared to the prior year. Such increases are technically related to new production launches and remain within normal annual fluctuation corridors. Further efforts to reduce solvent emissions will need to be made at commercial vehicle production locations especially. Several projects, such as the one involving UV hardening in the axle paint shop at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Gaggenau, have already been initiated to this end. Additional data on air pollution control can be found here. Some of the input data was incorrectly calculated and had to be corrected following the printed report's editorial deadline. This data will therefore deviate from that found in the printed report.
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