SWEP sustainability report 2019

Breakdown of SWEP carbon footprint

Site electricity 52.7%

Air freight 24.4%

Lorry freight 7%

Flights 6.6%

Refrigeration and Air conditioning 4.4%

Sea freight 3.3%

Other 1.6%

Site electricity consumption

Conversion to LED lighting In 2017 electricity consumption accounted for 54% of our total carbon footprint. To address this, we chose green energy tariff contracts for our sites in Sweden, Germany and Slovakia. This ensures that the majority of the electricity we use in these sites is derived from renewable sources. We are currently investigating the installation of solar panels at the sites where green energy tariffs are not available. In 2019, our emissions from electricity consumption decreased by 3.53%. We are in the process of replacing conventional light bulbs with LEDs. All new buildings are equipped with LEDs only, and motion detection is used wherever feasible. In our existing sites, the drive to install LEDs has been ongoing since 2016 and in some countries 90% of lighting is provided by LEDs. Once completed, the conversion to LED technology will (according to internal calculations) reduce the energy we use for lighting by 33%. Our focus on cutting emissions from distribution has yielded positive results. We are especially pleased to note that we have significantly reduced emissions relating to air freight and express freight (this category refers to deliveries with short deadlines mostly transported by air). Overall, we have managed to reduce our freight-related emissions by 18.9%. Freight by air, road and rail

Site electricity consumption

Conversion to LED lighting

Reduced emissions relating to air freight

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