Environmental Indicators

GRI 103-1, 103-2, 103-3, 302-5, 303-1, 303-5, 305-1, 305-2, 305-4, 305-5, 306-2

Safety gloves (uvex safety gloves)

Increased energy consumption can be attributed to the expansion of warehouse space in logistics. Rising water consumption is the consequence of increased production in robot cells and the implementation of a hygiene concept at the Rubiflex plants. A small proportion is also due to the expansion of warehouse space in logistics. Increased waste volume can be put down to a higher reject rate and dismantling measures in place at the obsolete Rubiflex plants as well as the expansion of warehouse space in logistics.
Consumption per pair	2017/18	2018/19	2019/20	Change in % on previous year
Primary energy (kWh)	0,439	0,484	0,553	14%
of which CO2-neutral %	100%	100%	100%	0%
Secondary energy (kWh)	0,287	0,277	0,306	10%
of which CO2-neutral %	100%	100%	100%	0%
Water (litres)	3,561	3,895	4,459	14%
Total Waste (kg)	0,029	0,032	0,043	36%
of which direct recycling	17%	16%	16%	-1%
relative CO2-emissions (kg)	0,022	0,023	0,026	13%

Safety glasses (uvex Arbeitsschutz)

Primary energy is mainly used to heat the rooms. Due to the sharp rise in production figures with only slightly increased primary energy consumption, the relative consumption decreases. The sharp rise in production figures and installation of the new energy-efficient flood cell 11 has led to an increase in the overall efficiency of the plant, thereby also reducing the relative consumption. With the installation of an energy-efficient adiabatic free-cooling system for production processes, there has been an increase in the consumption of water. Due to the increased quality of continuously running systems in the flood cells, less waste is produced. Another aspect behind the reduction in waste figures is the phasing out of the old Optidur line, for which the reject rate was comparatively high.
Consumption per unit	2017/18	2018/19	2019/20	Change in % on previous year
Primary energy (kWh)	0,077	0,070	0,061	-13%
of which CO2-neutral %	100%	100%	100%	0%
Secondary energy (kWh)	0,507	0,492	0,430	-12%
of which CO2-neutral %	100%	100%	100%	0%
Water (litres)	0,331	0,233	0,315	35%
Total Waste (kg)	0,023	0,022	0,016	-27%
of which direct recycling	31%	36%	55%	53%
relative CO2-emissions (kg)	0,018	0,017	0,015	-12%

Laser safety eyewear (laservision)

Consumption per unit	2017/18	2018/19	2019/20	Change in % on previous year
Primary energy (kWh)	3,280	3,026	3,526	17%
of which CO2-neutral %	100%	100%	100%	0%
Secondary energy (kWh)	4,638	4,453	4,324	-3%
of which CO2-neutral %	100%	100%	100%	0%
Water (litres)	5,382	5,258	4,824	-8%
Total Waste (kg)
of which direct recycling
relative CO2-emissions (kg)	0,238	0,224	0,236	-8%

Primary energy is used solely to heat rooms, but as a result of lower production figures, the relative consumption increases.

Safety footwear (uvex safety Cagi)

By switching to eco-gas from CY 2019, the primary energy supply will be 100% CO2 neutral.
Consumption per pairs	2017/18	2018/19	2019/20	Change in % on previous year
Primary energy (kWh)	0,484	0,552	0,535	-3%
of which CO2-neutral %			0%
Secondary energy (kWh)	1,723	1,780	1,914	8%
of which CO2-neutral %	15%	100%	100%	0%
Water (litres)	0,598	0,622	0,661	6%
Total Waste (kg)	0,444	0,419	0,440	5%
of which direct recycling	36%	36%	33%	-8%
relative CO2-emissions (kg)	0,898	0,186	0,075	-60%

Ear protection (Swedsafe)

Consumption per 100 pair	2017/18	2018/19	2019/20	Change in % on previous year
Primary energy (kWh)
of which CO2-neutral %
Secondary energy (kWh)	0,327	0,276	0,312	13%
of which CO2-neutral %	100%	100%	100%	0%
Water (litres)	0,210	0,185	0,159	-14%
Total Waste (kg)	0,017	0,013	0,013	-2%
of which direct recycling	19%	25%	17%	-35%
relative CO2-emissions (kg)	0,010	0,009	0,010	12%
The secondary energy is used to a large extent for heating the rooms, due to lower production figures, the relative consumption therefore increases. The lower water consumption can be explained by the move to a new building.

Safety goggles and helmets (uvex Kunshan)

Increased production numbers have reduced relative water consumption. The immensely increased production resulted in more waste from the sprues in the injection molding machines. In addition, a large amount of scrap from the warehouse was sold to a recycling company.
Consumption per unit	2017/18	2018/19	2019/20	Change in % on previous year
Primary energy (kWh)
of which CO2-neutral %
Secondary energy (kWh)	0,912	0,882	0,892	1%
of which CO2-neutral %
Water (litres)	1,319	1,408	1,095	-22%
Total Waste (kg)	0,014	0,012	0,018	52%
of which direct recycling	87%	100%	100%	0%
relative CO2-emissions (kg)	0,763	0,738	0,747	1%

CO2 emissions by division (in tons)

CO2 emissions of uvex safety group (in tons)

2015/2016	2016/2017	2017/2018
4,642	4,340	3,583


	2017/18	2018/19	2019/20
uvex safety group	3.582	2.635	2.284
uvex sports group	1.706	1.713	1.584
Filtral group	222	218	204
uvex Winter Holding	205	200	179

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