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2014 Sustainability Report
published 2015/07/15

Fuel consumption in comparison

We expressly encourage economical driving and prefer low-emission vehicles. This alone already makes a noticeable difference in fuel consumption.

Fuel for cars and forklifts

We use diesel and gasoline at VAUDE for the company's fleet, as well as LPG for our forklifts. The LPG used by VAUDE comes from non-renewable sources.

The following table reflects consumption:



2008 2008 2008 2013 2013 2013 2013 2014 2014 2014 2014


Unit 

(consumption)

kWh

+/- to 

base 

year 

2008

Unit 

(consumption)

kWh

+/- to 

base 

year 

2008

+/- to 

previous 

year 

2012

Unit 

(consumption)

kWh

+/- to 

base 

year 

2008

+/- to 

previous 

year 

2013

Liquid gas 

consumption for

forklifts (kg)

1.535

19.759

100%

1.452

18.687

-5%

+57%

1.320

8.448

-57%

-55%

Petrol

consumption (liter)

4.993

45.290

100%

3.966

35.971

-21%

-2%

6.303

57.168

+26%

+59%

Diesel 

consumption (liter)

158.219

1.594.845

100%

166.989

1.683.246

+6%

-%

166.318

1.676.485

+5%

-0,40%

Fuel 

consumption all verhicles 

(liters of diesel, petrol)

163.212

1.640.134

100%

170.955

1.719.217

+5%

-0,3%

172.621

1.733.654

+6%

+1%

 
 

Increase in LPG consumption due to renovation

The LPG consumption of our trucks decreased by 55 percent compared to the previous year. The reason for this is that VAUDE finished renovating its office building. 


For the conversion from kilogram (kg) of liquefied petroleum gas in kilowatt-hours (kWh), we have used the information on the Ostsee-Gas website.


5% less fuel per 100 kilometers

Fuel consumption for the company fleet is virtually unchanged at an slightly increased driving distance (+ 1%). It is encouraging that the average consumption per 100 kilometers driven has decreased by 5%. Here the switch to low-emission vehicles and economical-driving-training is noticeable.



2013 2013 2014 2014


Unit 

(consumption)

+/- to 

previous 

year 2012

Unit 

(consumption)

+/- to 

previous 

year 2013

Kilometer driven 

vehicle fleet

2.368.262

+2%

2.542.981

+7%

Fuel (liter) per 

100 km driven

7,22

-2%

6,84

-5%

Number of vehicles

(year average)

65

-4%

74

+14%


Diesel and gasoline are primarily produced from petroleum. We have also used a bioethanol share of five per cent in gasoline and seven percent in diesel for this calculation (Sources: Wikipedia - bioethanol, Wikipedia - biodiesel).

All figures and explanations given here relate to the VAUDE company headquarters in Tettnang-Obereisenbach. We cannot make calculations for the supply chain as yet, due to a lack of available data.

GRI:   EN3
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