Greenhouse gas emissions in detail

“Greenhouse Gas Protocol” as a foundation

GHG emissions are generated everywhere that energy is used. In 2013, VAUDE generated 687.93 metric tons of CO2e gross direct GHG emissions (Scope 1); in Scope 3, 3,291 tons of CO2e were generated. The table on this page shows how these emissions were generated. We used the following principals in our calculations.

All greenhouse gasses (GHG) were included in our corporate carbon footprint based on the IPCC guidelines.
There were no biogenic CO2 emissions.
The base year for GRI reporting is 2013 (starting balance for GRI reporting). Activities at the VAUDE headquarters in Tettnang were taken into account.
The “Greenhouse Gas Protocol” (WRI) forms the base. When assumptions had to be made, these were listed under “sources”.
In almost every case, the source was ecoinvent 2.2 (LCA Datenbank) with GWP: 100a of IPCC (2007). The corresponding individual sources are listed in our corporate carbon footprint (Download as PDF, German).
Consolidation approach for operational control (WRI: GHG Protocol).

GRI:

EN15

GRI:

EN17

Energy – power consumption and gas consumption

Water

Materials for production

These include the materials needed for production at the company headquarters in Tettnang, where primarily bags are produced. For our climate-neutral production, we compensate for unavoidable CO2 emissions with payments to myclimate that finance projects to reduce CO2 emissions.