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CAPGEMINI: PEOPLE, CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR) AND BUSINESS ETHICS
3.3 Managing our environmental impact
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Footnotes:
Table key: N/A = Not Applicable where data sources are not ◗
applicable
December 2016 (unless otherwise indicated)
Data included in the tables is for the reporting period January to ◗
emissions source.
reported according to the level of control a company has over an
which is used in carbon accounting to categorize emissions
“Scope” is a reporting term from Greenhouse Gas Protocol,
increased our total air emissions for 2015 by 89% and the total
impact of radiative forcing with a significant impact as this
From 2016, air travel emissions factors take into account the ◗
above accounts for this restatement.
GHG reported emissions by 20%. Date reported in the table
business travel data has been estimated.
small size of operations) and therefore only office-related and
that Capgemini has no data centers in these countries (given the
carbon accounting and sustainability reporting. It is assumed
data for the 1.2% of operations not currently covered by our
“Total Non-Reported Countries” provides an estimate of the ◗
nights (mentioned below), emissions have been calculated using
All emission sources: With the exception of electricity and hotel ◗
the conversion factors and methodology recommended by the
DEFRA:
Standard for further explanation of “location based”).
"location-based” method (see GHG Protocol Corporate
Electricity Emissions are currently reported according to the
Energy: All Data Center Electricity Emissions and Office ◗
Energy: In line with guidance from the GHG Protocol Corporate ◗
factors for UK (DEFRA), the US (eGrid), Canada (NIR 2015) and
Standard, we are now using “regional” electricity emission
Australia (NGA 2015).
Scope 2 emissions from purchased electricity.
from International Energy Agency (IEA) has been applied to
Energy: For all other countries, a location-based emission factor ◗
consideration when comparing the energy usage of our offices
data centers but their presence should be taken into
offices have large server rooms. These are not considered to be
Energy: Given the nature of our business, many of Capgemini’s ◗
against those in other sectors.
distribution grid losses (the energy loss that occurs in getting the
Energy: T&D losses refer to electricity transmission and
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electricity from the power plant to our facilities).
2016 consumption is estimated based on previous years’ data.
Energy: When actual data from invoices is not available, the ◗
Data of these F-gas emissions is, however, still captured with a
value of just over 732 tCO2e for 2016.
emissions and are therefore not included in the table above.
Kyoto Protocol (such as CFCs) are not reported as Scope 1
Corporate Standard, emissions of F-gases not covered by the
F-Gas: As recommended by the Greenhouse Gas Protocol ◗
methods when data were not handy.
usage have for some countries been evaluated using ad-hoc
Data related to business travel, generated waste and water ◗