Annual and Sustainability Report 2011 - Teracom

The Group's breakdown of
climate impact
Electricity and
district heating 78%
Fuel 11%
Business trips 4%
Commuting 3%
Premises 2%
Freight transports 1%
Fuel production and
shipment 1%
• Improvement of travel patterns, including better opportunities for video
conferences
• More stringent environmental and energy requirements when making
purchases
Energy consumption and environmental impact
The Teracom Group's largest impact on the environment is from fuel and energy
consumption, which also directly impacts the Group’s operating costs.
In order to decrease the Group's fuel and energy consumption, a number of
initiatives have been implemented to streamline its energy use. Data on direct
and indirect energy consumption has also been compiled and converted into CO 2
equivalents. In 2011, data on Teracom Denmark’s consumption was also identified
and converted into CO 2
equivalents in order to quantify the Group’s carbon
footprint. This work has been used to set goals and form action plans that will
reduce the environmental impact.
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The Group's fuel consumption
The Group's direct energy consumption is the fuel consumed by the various
combustion engines owned or leased by its companies. In 2011, fuel consumption
increased due to an increase in the service business. For example, the Group's
direct energy consumption comes from its use of:
• Company cars (business use and/or private use), snowmobiles, four-wheelers,
all-terrain vehicles, etc., that are fueled by diesel, gasoline or ethanol.
• Mast elevators and mobile power stations that are fuelled by gasoline.
• Backup power stations fuelled by diesel.
facts
Greenhouse effect
Heating of the surface of the earth caused by
the earth’s atmosphere. The effect is due to
part of the thermal radiation from the earth's
surface being re-radiated back to the earth
after being absorbed by the atmosphere.
CO 2
equivalents
A common unit of measure that makes it
possible to compare the climate impact of
various greenhouse gases, their converted
greenhouse effect expressed in the equivalent
amount of carbon emissions.
CO 2
emission
EN4
Emissions of carbon dioxide or converted
equivalents.
Electricity consumption of network companies
Operating a nationwide terrestrial network for TV broadcast consumes a great deal
of electricity. The Teracom Group has offices and stations that use energy, specifically
electricity, heat and cooling. In 2011 energy consumption for the Group was
about 139 GWh. The GRI index presents the Group’s total consumption of electricity
and heat purchased directly from producers as well as the energy consumption
of premises using indicator EN4 (energy consumption for premises was
reported in 2010 in indicator EN17).
The Group's indirect energy consumption comes from its use of electricity,
district cooling and district heating. The network companies’ services (broadcasting)
and operation of stations in Sweden and Denmark account for 98 percent of
energy consumption.
The production mix for electricity in the Danish operation consists of 27
percent renewable energy sources (biomass/biogas and wind/water and solar
energy) and 73 percent non-renewable energy sources (mainly coal) and explains
the large increase (four times greater than 2010) in the Group's emissions.
About 99 percent of Teracom Sweden’s energy consumption is electricity
purchased from an electricity supplier where the primary energy sources consist of
53 percent renewable energy and 47 percent non-renewable energy sources. The
renewable sources are primarily water power and, to a smaller extent, wind power.
The non-renewable sources consist almost exclusively of nuclear power. Electricity
subscriptions in the two countries have a variable production mix from year to
year, which means that emissions for the Teracom Group change in the same way.
An electricity loss of about 3 to 9 percent occurs during transmission from power
plant to Teracom Sweden's facilities.
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