Environmental indicators
Compared with the environmental impact of a manufacturing firm, a financial services provider like the Munich Re Group has a minor direct impact. Nevertheless, we are working hard to reduce our emissions and consumption of resources. Since 2004 we have been able to limit the increase and to stay at around the same level. In particular, we will drastically reduce CO2 emissions by 2012 on our way towards carbon neutrality in the Munich Re Group.
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Key figures of the Munich Re Group*
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Reference criterion
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Unit
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2006
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2005
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2004
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Number of RI group staff
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RI group |
Staff as at 31 December |
6,928 |
6,798 |
6,612 |
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Proportion of staff covered by certified environmental management system
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RI group |
% of staff |
50 |
49 |
49 |
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Proportion of staff captured by indicator
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RI group |
% of staff |
50 |
49 |
49 |
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Electricity consumption
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Munich Re, Munich |
kWh per person per year |
6,800 |
6,780 |
6,716 |
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Heating
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Munich Re, Munich |
kWh per person per year |
3,728 |
4,423 |
4,188 |
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Water consumption
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Munich Re, Munich |
litres per person per year |
26,697 |
24,770 |
24,480 |
Paper consumption (printers and photocopiers)
of which recycled paper
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Munich Re, Munich
% |
sheets per person per year |
9,384
48 |
9,208
55 |
9,976
58 |
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Business trips
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Munich Re, Munich |
km per person |
11,410 |
11,061 |
11,607 |
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CO2 emissions
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Munich Re, Munich |
kg per person per year |
5,626 |
5,738 |
5,678 |
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CO2 emissions including RFI**
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Munich Re, Munich |
kg per person per year |
8,068 |
8,182 |
8,001 |
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Waste from business operations
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Munich Re, Munich |
kg per person per year |
214 |
227 |
218 |
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* Adjustments have been made to the figures previously reported in the environmental report. The number of staff now corresponds to that in the annual report. The calculations of our CO2 emissions (from use of power and travel) is based on the 2005 VfU indicators (German Association for Environmental Management in Banks, Savings Banks, and Insurance Companies) as at February 2007.
** Since 2003 we have also applied the Radiative Forcing Index (RFI) to take account of the higher greenhouse impact of air travel. Currently an RFI factor of 2.7 is applied.
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Environmental indicators of the primary insurance (PI) group
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Reference criterion
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Unit
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2006
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2005
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2004
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Number of staff
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PI group |
staff as at 31 December |
29,509 |
30,465 |
33,703 |
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Proportion of staff covered by certified
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PI group |
% of staff |
15 |
15 |
13 |
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Environmental management system Proportion of staff captured by indicator***
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PI group |
% of staff |
34 |
29 |
27 |
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Electricity consumption
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ERGO** |
kWh per person per year |
7,068 |
7,309 |
7,232 |
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Heating
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ERGO** |
kWh per person per year |
7,211 |
6,790 |
7,111 |
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Water consumption
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ERGO** |
litres per person per year |
24,581 |
23,817 |
24,985 |
Paper consumption (photocopiers)
of which recycled paper
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ERGO** |
sheets per person per year
% |
7,941
79 |
8,880
75 |
9,118
75 |
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Business trips***
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ERGO** |
km per person per year |
4,518 |
4,222 |
3,922 |
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CO2 emissions***
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ERGO** |
kg per person per year |
5,563 |
5,659 |
5,595 |
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CO2 emissions including RFI*/***
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ERGO** |
kg per person per year |
5,897 |
5,946 |
5,818 |
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Waste from business operations
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ERGO** |
kg per person per year |
360 |
363 |
343 |
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* Air travel including RFI factor of 2.7 (for all flights).
** ERGO brands: Victoria, Hamburg-Mannheimer, DKV, D.A.S.; based on the data for the head-office sites; CO2 figures are made up of the data for the head offices (electricity consumption and heating requirements)
and business trip figures comprise the data for desk staff and for salaried field staff.
*** The business-travel and CO2 emissions data cover over 70% of staff.
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