Authors
Directorate-General for Human Resources and Security, European Commission, Rourke, Michael, Tonin, Elisabetta, Gregou, Sofia
- Catalogue number
- KT-AD-24-001-EN-N KT-AD-24-001-EN-C
- Citation
- European Commission: Directorate-General for Human Resources and Security, Rourke, M., Tonin, E. and Gregou, S., Environmental statement reporting for 2022 , Publications Office of the European Union, 2024, https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2774/67512
- DOI
- https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2774/00971 https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2774/67512
- ISBN
- 978-92-68-14376-6
- ISSN
- 2529-4059
- Pages
- 136
- Published in
- Belgium
- Themes
- Environment policy and protection of the environment
Table of Contents
- 1 Introduction and background 8
- 1.1 What is the European Commission? 8
- 1.2 Description of activities at the Commission’s EMAS registered sites 8
- 1.3 What was new in 2022? 9
- 1.4 Environmental Policy 11
- 1.5 Governance Structure 12
- 1.6 EMAS system scope - areas and staff numbers 12
- 1.7 Support and leadership by top management: Testamonies by the Director General of Human Resources and site management 15
- 2 Significant aspects, objectives, indicators and targets 18
- 2.1 Significant aspects and objectives 18
- 2.2 Indicators and targets 20
- 2.3 Assessing the environmental impacts of European Union Policies 22
- 3 Overview of the Commission’s carbon footprint 23
- 3.1 Overall Commission summary 23
- 3.2 Detailed carbon footprint, and site specificities 24
- 3.3 Commission carbon footprint and greening action plan criteria 26
- 3.4 Conversion factors used for calculating emissions 26
- 4 Using more efficient, sustainable and climate resilient buildings and workspaces 27
- 4.1 Introduction 27
- 4.1.1 Buildings’ energy consumption at the Commission’s EMAS sites 27
- 4.1.2 Main actions to reduce energy consumption and emissions at EMAS sites 29
- 4.1.3 Final energy consumption data (per capita, and per square meter) 30
- 4.1.4 Total renewable energy consumption (MWh) 30
- 4.1.5 Fuel use by site 31
- 4.1.6 Developing site generated renewable energy 31
- 4.2 Emissions from buildings’ energy consumption 31
- 4.3 Emissions from refrigerants used in buildings and experimental installations 32
- 4.4 Emissions from buildings fixed assets (embodied emissions) 33
- 4.5 Non CO2 emissions to air 34
- 4.6 Nuclear emissions 34
- 5 Reducing mobility emissions through more sustainable modes of transport 36
- 5.1 Reducing emissions from professional travel 36
- 5.2 Reducing emissions experts’ travel 38
- 5.3 Greener commuting options 39
- 5.4 Developing a more sustainable Commission vehicle fleet 41
- 5.5 The evolution of the overall vehicle fleet 42
- 6 Monitoring and mitigating emissions from other sources 43
- 6.1 Fixed asset (embodied energy) for IT fixed assets 43
- 6.2 Emissions from teleworking 43
- 6.3 Emissions generated by service contracts 44
- 7 Supporting a green and circular economy 46
- 7.1 ‘Greening’ contracts 46
- 7.2 Evolution of IT inventory and recycling 48
- 7.3 Improving waste management and sorting 49
- 7.4 Emissions from waste management 51
- 8 Biodiversity and food supply 52
- 8.1 Preserving and restoring nature and biodiversity 52
- 8.2 Promoting a fair, healthy sustainable and good food system 54
- 9 Staff participation and communication 56
- 9.1 Staff participation as EU Citizens - Setting a good example 56
- 9.2 Training 60
- 9.3 Communicating on green actions 61
- 10 Demonstrating legal compliance and emergency preparedness 64
- 10.1 Legal compliance 64
- 10.2 Prevention and risk management 65
- 10.3 Emergency preparedness 66
- 11 Water, paper consumption and costs 68
- 11.1 Water use 68
- 11.2 Drainage and wastewater disposal 69
- 11.3 Paper consumption 70
- 11.4 EMAS system costs (staff and contracts) 72
- 11.5 Resource costs - energy 73
- 12 Lessons learned and the way forward 74
- 12.1 Lessons learned 74
- 12.2 Way forward 75
- Annex 1. Buildings energy consumption and emissions 77
- Annex 2. Waste production and emissions 85
- Annex 3. Fixed assets (IT, buildings) 94
- Annex 4. Emissions from refrigerant loss 105
- Annex 5. Biodiversity and emissions from food, service contracts and paper 108
- Annex 6. GPP data and EMAS costs 116
- Annex 7. Fleet vehicles and travels 121
- Annex 8. Telework 127
- Annex 9. Scope of the Commission’s EMAS system by site (2022) 132
- Table 1.1 Nomenclature of Economic Activities (NACE) codes for the EMAS sites 13
- Table 1.2 Evolution of surface areas (sq. m) 14
- Table 1.3 Evolution of staff and contractor numbers (*) 14
- Table 1.4 Number of buildings registered under EMAS 15
- Table 2.1 Summary of significant environmental aspects at site level 19
- Table 2.2 Corporate performance indicator and targets 21
- Table 3.1 Emissions at the EMAS sites in 2022 (tonnes CO2e/p) 24
- Table 3.2 Progress against Greening Commission targets for emissions reduction 2019-2030 26
- Table 4.1 Final energy consumption at EMAS sites (2014 to 2022), MWh 27
- Table 4.2 Buildings’ final energy consumption, 2014-22 29
- Table 4.3 Total renewable energy consumption (MWh) 30
- Table 4.4 Emissions from buildings’ energy consumption at Commission EMAS sites (tCO2e), 2014-2022 32
- Table 4.5 Emissions from buildings’ energy consumption at Commission EMAS sites (tCO2e/p), 2014-2022 32
- Table 4.6 Refrigerant emissions at Commission EMAS sites (tCO2e), 2018-2022 32
- Table 4.7 Fixed asset (embodied) emission for Commission buildings, (2018-2022) 33
- Table 5.1 Total professional travel emissions by mode (2019-2022), tCO2e 37
- Table 5.2 Total carbon intensity by site, (2019-2022) KgCO2e/km 38
- Table 5.3 Total experts’ missions emissions (2019-2022) by mode, tCO2e 38
- Table 5.4 Total commuting emissions by site (tonnes) 39
- Table 5.6 Number of vehicles in site fleets 41
- Table 5.7 Number of hybrid or electric vehicles in site vehicle fleets 42
- Table 5.8 Average tailpipe emissions of vehicle fleet according to manufacturer (gCO2e/km) 42
- Table 5.9 Emissions from Commission vehicle fleet (tCO2e, combustion and upstream) 42
- Table 7.1 ‘Greenness’ of procedures, European Court of Auditors (ECA) approach* 46
- Table 7.2 Total green products in the office supply catalogue 46
- Table 7.3 Evolution of the IT inventory from 2018 to 2022 at Commission sites* 48
- Table 7.4 Number of IT and telephony items collected and recycled in Brussels and Luxembourg 49
- Table 7.5 Total non-hazardous waste, (tonnes; tonnes/person) 49
- Table 7.6 Total hazardous waste (tonnes; tonnes/person) 51
- Table 7.7 Residual waste as proportion of total waste at EMAS sites (%, tonnes/person) 51
- Table 8.1 Annual consumption of seven CO2 intensive foods (tonnes) 54
- Table 9.1 Number of different trainings on offer by EMAS site coordinators (for local staff with high environmental impact potential) 60
- Table 9.2 Number of training beneficiaries (among local staff with high environmental impact potential) 60
- Table 9.3 Staff benefiting from training (%) offered by EMAS site coordinators 60
- Table 11.1 Total water use (m3/p, and l/m2) 69
- Table 11.2 Total paper consumption (tonnes) 72
- Table 11.3 Office paper consumption (sheets/person/day) 72
- Table 11.4 EMAS system costs (staff and contracts) 73
- Table 11.5 Resource costs (energy) at EMAS sites (EUR; EUR/person) 73
- Figure 1.1 Evolution of EMAS registered area (m2) 13
- Figure 1.2 Evolution of staff in EMAS registered area 13
- Figure 2.1 Evolution of selected Commission core parameters, 2015 to 2022 (2015 = 100) 21
- Figure 3.1 Evolution of the Commission’s carbon footprint (headline categories), (tonnes CO2e) 23
- Figure 3.2 Main components of the Commission’s carbon footprint in 2022 (%) 24
- Figure 4.1 Final energy consumption at EMAS sites (2014 to 2022), MWh 27
- Figure 4.2 Breakdown of refrigerant emissions by site in 2022 32
- Figure 4.3 NOx, CO total emissions from Ispra trigeneration plant 34
- Figure 4.4 Estimated NOx emissions (tonnes) at JRC Petten 34
- Figure 4.5 Atmospheric emissions containing α emitting aerosols at JRC Geel 34
- Figure 4.6 JRC Karlsruhe exhaust air: Aerosols declaration to authorities (Bq/y) 35
- Figure 4.7 Gaseous and liquid effluents at JRC Ispra 35
- Figure 5.1 Selected emissions factors for travel, gCO2e/passenger.km 36
- Figure 5.2 Emissions from staff professional travel *, tCO2e 36
- Figure 5.3 Emissions intensity per site, gCO2e/passenger.km 38
- Figure 5.4 Evolution of commuting emissions, tCO2e 39
- Figure 5.5 Evolution of Commission vehicle fleet characteristics 41
- Figure 6.1 Components of teleworking emissions in 2022 (including EC Representations in Member States) 43
- Figure 6.2 Teleworking emissions at EMAS sites in 2022 (kgCO2e/person) 44
- Figure 6.3 Evolution of teleworking emissions, tonnes CO2e 44
- Figure 6.4 Emissions from service contracts (CO2e) 44
- Figure 7.1 Contracts with additional ‘eco’ criteria by site, (% of total) 46
- Figure 7.2 Evolution of ‘green’ products in office supply catalogue 47
- Figure 7.3 Non-hazardous waste, tonnes 49
- Figure 7.4 Evolution of hazardous waste generation (tonnes) 50
- Figure 7.5 Evolution of residual waste, (tonnes/person) 51
- Figure 7.6 Emissions from waste management (tonnes CO2e) 51
- Figure 8.1 Sealed and natural space at the EMAS sites in 2022 (m2/person) 52
- Figure 8.2 Annual emissions of seven food groups (tonnes CO2e) 54
- Figure 11.1 Water use at the EMAS sites, 2014-2022 (m3) 68
- Figure 11.2 Evolution of total paper consumption (tonnes) 71
- Figure 11.3 Evolution of printshop paper consumption (tonnes/person) 71
- Figure 11.4 Emissions from total paper consumption (tonnes CO2e) 71
- Case study 4.1 “Level-ing up JRC buildings’ performances 30
- Case study 5.1 Making Commission’s conferences and events even greener! 38
- Case study 7.1 Upcycling old furniture in Brussels 48
- Case study 8.1 JRC Geel’s biodiversity actions 52
- Case study 8.2 JRC Ispra’s biodiversity activities 53
- Case study 9.1 “When plodding, get plogging!” event in JRC Ispra 58
- Case study 11.1 Water use in JRC Ispra 68