Environment
De La Rue works hard to minimise the impact of our activities, products and services on the environment. All of our supply chain manufacturing sites have achieved ISO14001 accreditation for their environmental management system.
Examples of some of our recent environmental achievements are:
- A 'War on Waste' initiative at our supply chain sites to improve resource efficiency, reduce the amount of solid waste produced and evaluate alternative waste management options
- Successful trials of a new effluent treatment process at our Gateshead site
- The introduction of an energy management programme to reduce energy consumption and cost
Download De La Rue’s environmental policy statement
We measure our environmental performance using the following:
Greenhouse gas emissions
| 2017-18 | 2016-17 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type of emissions | Activity | tCO2e | % of total | tCO2e | % of total | % change |
| Direct (scope 1) | Natural gas | 36,120 | 39.0 | 39,240 | 37.6 | (8.0) |
| Other fuels | 615 | 0.7 | 888 | 0.9 | (30.8) | |
| Process emissions | 1,197 | 1.3 | 1,197 | 1.1 | 0.0 | |
| Fugitive emissions | 393 | 0.4 | 75 | 0.1 | 422.2 | |
| Owned vehicles | 99 | 0.1 | 119 | 0.1 | (16.8) | |
| Subtotal | 38,425 | 41.5 | 41,520 | 39.8 | (7.5) | |
| Indirect (scope 2) | Electricity | 30,350 | 32.8 | 36,084 | 34.6 | (15.9) |
| Subtotal | 30,350 | 32.8 | 36,084 | 34.6 | (15.9) | |
| Indirect other (scope 3) | Rail travel | 5 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | (0.9) |
| Air travel | 6,961 | 7.5 | 7,426 | 7.1 | (6.3) | |
| Non-owned vehicles | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Water | 1,538 | 1.7 | 1,900 | 1.8 | (19.1) | |
| WTT all scopes | 15,289 | 16.5 | 17,357 | 16.6 | (11.9) | |
| Subtotal | 23,793 | 25.7 | 26,689 | 25.6 | (10.8) | |
| Total gross emissions (tCO2e) | 92,568 | 104,294 | (11.2) | |||
| Renewable electricity (tCO2e) | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Electricity exported to grid (tCO2e) | 238 | 949 | (74.9) | |||
| Total net emissions (tCO2e) | 92,330 | 103,345 | (10.7) | |||
| Intensity metric | ||||||
| Total gross emissions (tCO2e) | 92,568 | 104,294 | (11) | |||
| Total net emissions (tCO2e) | 92,330 | 103,345 | (11) | |||
| Revenue (£m) | 474 | 461.8 | 3 | |||
| Tonnes of gross CO2e per £m | 195 | 226 | (14) | |||
| Tonnes of net CO2e per £m | 195 | 224 | (13) | |||
Notes
The scope 1 emissions 2018 figures have been updated to reflect information available following recent reviews, therefore are different to the figures published in the 2018 Annual Report.
