GRI Index
The information in the "Sustainability" section mainly refers to the 2006 reporting year. It thus may not always reflect the company's current situation.
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6. Environment |
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GRI ref. |
Indicator |
Global Compact |
Print (pages) |
Web |
Further information / if not reported or reported differently |
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EN0 DMA |
Management approach |
Principle 7,8,9 |
26-27 |
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EN01 |
Materials used by weight or volume |
Not reported on, as it is not relevant for DaimlerChrysler. Providing a simple figure of mass makes little sense in the automotive industry, because unlike basic and raw materials industries, the automotive sector mainly processes complex elements which themselves consist of various types of raw material components. | |||
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EN02 |
Percentage of materials used that are recycled input materials |
Principle 8,9 |
33 |
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EN03 |
Direct energy consumption by primary energy source |
38 |
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EN04 |
Indirect energy consumption by primary source |
38 |
only secondary energy reported | ||
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EN05 |
Energy saved due to conservation and efficiency improvements |
38 |
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EN06 |
Initiatives to provide energy-efficient or renewable energy based products and services, and reductions in energy requirements as a result of these initiatives |
Principle 8,9 |
28-35 |
product related | |
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EN07 |
Initiatives to reduce indirect energy consumption and reductions achieved |
Principle 8,9 |
38 |
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EN08 |
Total water withdrawal by source |
40 |
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EN09 |
Water sources significantly affected by withdrawal of water |
not reported | |||
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EN10 |
Percentage and total volume of water recycled and reused |
Principle 8,9 |
not reported | ||
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EN11 |
Location and size of land owned, leased, managed in, or adjacent to, protected areas and areas of high biodiversity value outside protected areas |
Not reported on, as it is not relevant for DaimlerChrysler. Internal environmental risk assessments conducted at DaimlerChrysler list all production facilities located in protected or environmentally endangered areas. At the moment, only the production plant in Rastatt, Germany is located near a nature reserve (as defined by EU Directive 92/43/EEC of May 21, 1992 on the Conservation of Natural Habitats and of Wild Fauna and Flora). Appropriate measures in this regard were decided upon during the planning stage for the production facility. The facility plan also set aside special areas at the location to accommodate rare and endangered species. The associated measures received a positive review from independent external auditors ten years after the launch of production activities in Rastatt. | |||
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EN12 |
Description of significant impacts of activities, products, and services on biodiversity in protected areas and areas of high biodiversity value outside protected areas. |
No direct effects on biodiversity | |||
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EN13 |
Description of significant impacts of activities, products, and services on biodiversity in protected areas and areas of high biodiversity value outside protected areas |
Principle 8 |
not reported | ||
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EN14 |
Habitats protected or restored |
Principle 8 |
not reported | ||
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EN15 |
Number of IUCN Red List species and national conservation list species with habitats in areas affected by operations by level of extinction risk |
not reported | |||
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EN16 |
Total direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions by weight |
38-39 |
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EN17 |
Other relevant indirect greenhouse gas emissions by weight |
39 |
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EN18 |
Initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reductions achieved |
Principle 8,9 |
38 |
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EN19 |
Emissions of ozone-depleting substances by weight |
In accordance with the Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer, as well as various national regulations, the use of substances that damage the ozone layer is limited to that amount needed to maintain the operation of existing production equipment that require them. The particularly dangerous substances R11 and R12 have been replaced worldwide with less critical materials. No measurements are made of the quantity of ozone-depleting substances used for the operation of existing production equipment at international production locations. | |||
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EN20 |
NOx, SOx, and other significant air emissions by type and weight |
39 |
only VOC as relevant emissions reported | ||
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EN21 |
Total water discharge by quality and destination |
Principle 8 |
40 |
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EN22 |
Total weight of waste by type and disposal method |
Principle 8 |
39 |
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EN23 |
Total number and volume of significant spills |
No significant spills over the period under review; minor incidents not recorded on a worldwide basis. | |||
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EN24 |
Weight of transported, imported, exported, or treated waste deemed hazardous under the terms of the Basel Convention Annex I, II, III, and VIII, and percentage of transported waste shipped internationally |
not reported | |||
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EN25 |
Identity, size, protected status, and biodiversity value of water bodies and related habitats significantly affected by the reporting organization’s discharges of water and runoff |
not reported | |||
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EN26 |
Initiatives to mitigate environmental impacts of products and services, and extent of impact mitigation. |
Principle 8,9 |
28-37 |
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EN27 |
Percentage of products sold and their packaging materials that are reclaimed by category |
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no packaging for vehicles needed | ||
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EN28 |
Monetary value of significant fines and total number of non-monetary sanctions for non-compliance with environmental laws and regulations. |
35 |
Gas Guzzler Tax (value not specified) | ||
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EN29 |
Significant environmental impacts of transporting products and other goods and materials used for the organization’s operations, and transporting members of the workforce. |
40 |
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EN30 |
Total environmental protection expenditures and investments by type |
Total expenditure on environmental protection measures amounted to EUR 1.68 billion in 2006. Production-related expenditure here totaled approximately EUR 512 million (2005: EUR 500 million). Environmental protection investment in the area of product-related research and development increased by 2.6 % to EUR 1.168 billion in 2006. DaimlerChrysler also made an additional environmental protection investment of approximately EUR 61 million in 2006. This amount remained unchanged from the prior year. The most extensive investment occurred at the Untertürkheim plant, where EUR 18 million was channeled into systems for air and water purification and waste disposal as part of construction of new production facilities. The fact that environmental protection measures are largely integrated into production facilities and processes today makes it difficult to precisely calculate total investment in environmental protection. This is why the above figures, which are compiled to ensure compliance with legal requirements in Germany, for example, only offer limited insight into the overall effort the company makes to promote environmental protection. |
