GHG emissions
The Swisscom Group’s greenhouse gas inventory is based on current GHG standards and is verified annually in Switzerland and Italy by an independent audit in accordance with ISO 14064-3.
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| In tCO2 eq | Baseline year 2018 | 2023 | 2024 | Italy | Switzerland | Group | Change in % from previous year | Change in % from baseline year | ||||||||
| Scope 1 GHG emissions | ||||||||||||||||
| Gross Scope 1 GHG emissions | 34,618 | 23,529 | 20,652 | 8,563 | 8,124 | 16,688 | –19.2% | –51.8% | ||||||||
| In % from regulated emission trading schemes | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||||
| Scope 2 GHG emissions | ||||||||||||||||
| Gross location-based Scope 2 GHG emissions | 552,985 | 182,038 | 139,246 | 95,070 | 32,401 | 127,470 | –8.5% | –76.9% | ||||||||
| Gross market-based Scope 2 GHG emissions | 22,344 | 5,877 | 2,690 | 1,400 | 901 | 2,302 | –14.4% | –89.7% | ||||||||
| Scope 3 GHG emissions | ||||||||||||||||
| Total Gross Scope 3 GHG emissions | 1,309,542 | 938,483 | 878,260 | 466,979 | 332,761 | 799,740 | –8.9% | –38.9% | ||||||||
| 1 Purchased goods and services | 809,156 | 564,696 | 518,204 | 204,960 | 273,208 | 478,168 | –7.7% | –40.9% | ||||||||
| 2 Capital goods | 64,859 | 68,835 | 69,614 | 77,592 | 2,056 | 79,648 | 14.4%1 | 22.8% | ||||||||
| 3 Fuel and energy-related activities | 40,727 | 33,090 | 31,390 | 23,682 | 8,707 | 32,388 | 3.2% | –20.5% | ||||||||
| 4 Upstream transportation and distribution | 9,232 | 8,512 | 8,398 | 5,552 | 868 | 6,420 | –23.5% | –30.5% | ||||||||
| 5 Waste generated in operations | 2,662 | 1,970 | 2,042 | 130 | 2,242 | 2,372 | 16.2% | –10.9% | ||||||||
| 6 Business traveling | 5,973 | 1,869 | 4,937 | 1,358 | 3,421 | 4,778 | –3.2% | –20.0% | ||||||||
| 7 Employee commuting | 23,292 | 10,866 | 10,500 | 8,923 | 4,399 | 13,322 | 26.9%2 | –42.8% | ||||||||
| 8 Upstream leased assets | 9,674 | 6,741 | 6,212 | – | 6,016 | 6,016 | –3.2% | –37.8% | ||||||||
| 9 Downstream transportation | 1,799 | – | – | – | – | – | – | –100.0% | ||||||||
| 10 Processing of sold products | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||||
| 11 Use of sold products | 326,327 | 227,307 | 212,697 | 139,108 | 30,477 | 169,585 | –20.3% | –48.0% | ||||||||
| 12 End-of-life treatment of sold products | 10,108 | 8,814 | 8,576 | 1,227 | 166 | 1,394 | -83.7%3 | –86.2% | ||||||||
| 13 Downstream leased assets | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||||
| 14 Franchises | 5,668 | 4,686 | 4,489 | 4,447 | – | 4,447 | –0.9% | –21.5% | ||||||||
| 15 Investments | 64 | 1,097 | 1,202 | – | 1,202 | 1,202 | – | 1,784.6% | ||||||||
| Total GHG emissions | ||||||||||||||||
| Total GHG emissions (location-based) | 1,897,146 | 1,144,050 | 1,038,158 | 570,612 | 373,286 | 943,898 | –9.1% | –50.2% | ||||||||
| Total GHG emissions (market-based) | 1,366,504 | 967,889 | 901,602 | 476,942 | 341,787 | 818,730 | –9.2% | –40.1% | ||||||||
| 1 Due to an increase of CapEx in Italy, especially in network infrastructure. | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 Increase due to harmonisation of methodologies between Fastweb and Vodafone Italia. | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 Decrease as the majority of Vodafone Italia's waste was sent to recovery/recycling and not to incineration as the years before. | ||||||||||||||||