Resource Management | Millennium CSR Report 2014

The rational resource management policy is focused on continuous monitoring and reduction of the consumption of materials, by way of:

analysis of fulfilment of the budgets for the purchase of office materials,
verification of the need for each purchase ordered,
introduction of purchase caps at current consumption levels,
effective use of resources already held.

Consumption of purchased materials

Strict observance of the rational resource management policy and the reduction measures have contributed to a 10% drop in material purchases.

Consumption of purchased materials

	2014	2013	2012	Unit	Change 2014/2013
Paper and paper rolls for operational needs	300,750	322,822	369,307	kg	-6.8%
Envelopes	71,533	93,874	101,924	kg	-23.8%
Plastics	11,793	12,689	13,421	kg	-7.1%
Consumable materials for printing devices	1,469	1,677	1,708	kg	-12.4%
Batteries	420	434	541	kg	-3.3%

consumption-of-purchased-materials.xls

G4-EN1

Oversight over waste management

In 2014, the Bank recorded a 30% drop in the volumes of waste it generated.

Paper, metal, wood, plastic, glass and electronic waste produced in the course of the Bank's operating activity is recycled or utilized by a specialized company with which the Bank has signed a contract. 92% of the waste is recycled.

Municipal waste from the Bank’s Head Office in Warsaw is collected by a specialized company. 75% of the waste is recycled. Currently, both materials and energy are recovered (RDF fuel). G4-DMA

Recycling and Disposal of Materials

	2014	2013	2012	Unit	Change 2014/2013	Reasons for change
Tele IT equipment	10,001	23,176	13,629	kg	-56.8%	decrease due to replacement of a large number of monitors and computers in 2013
Paper	342,379	262,312	203,657	kg	30.5%	shredding documents from external storage, whose storage period has expired in the current calendar year
Metal waste	3,060	6,197	3,839	kg	-50.6%	reduction measures
Plastics	1,049	1,195	552	kg	- 12.2%	reduction measures
Glass	1,354	240	230	Kg	464%	replacement of damaged glass panels or change of standard of new outlets
Furniture	4,877	3,402	4,789	kg	43.7%	greater number of furniture items to be disposed
Magnetic and optical information carriers	0	25	515	kg
Recycled waste*	92%	92%	92%

* waste produced by the Bank and passed on to a specialized utilization company

recycling-and-disposal-of-materials_1.xls

G4-EN23

Monitoring energy and water consumption

After an analysis of the consumption of water, energy and fuels, reduction measures are implemented to reduce consumption of these resources.

Energy and water consumption

	2014	2013	2012	Unit	Change 2014/2013	Reasons for change
Purchased electric power	30,368,048	30,242,556	31,008,557	kWh	0.41%	higher consumption due to the operation of air-conditioning devices
Heating energy purchased	98,684	105,841	104,693	GJ	-6.76%	lower consumption due to milder winter
Natural gas	186,651	232,432	200,386	M3	-19.70%
Heating oil	37,459	69,279	75,818	L	-46,00%	sale of a building in Katowice
Water	71,307	73,811	85,589	M3	-3.39%	monitoring of water consumption

* municipal water

monitoring-of-energy-water-and-fuel-consumption_0.xls

G4-DMA, G4-EN8, G4-EN3

Consumption of fuel

G4-DMA, G4-EN30

Car fleet

Fuel consumption by the car fleet has increased by approximately 2% compared to 2013.

Company cars are gradually replaced with models that emit less exhaust gases. Currently, 100% of cars in the fleet is compliant with the Euro 5 standard.

Consumption of fuel	2014		2013		2012		Unit	Change 2014/2013
	Gasoline	Diesel	Gasoline	Diesel	Gasoline	Diesel		Gasoline	Diesel
Number of cars	314	177	347	146	347	150	units	-0,1	0,21
Fuel consumption	502,748	233,555	491,393	228,2	520,737	21082%	litre	2%	0,02

consumption-of-fuel_1.xls

Business travel

Limits for the use of individual types of transportation are applied in order to rationalize the number of business trips. Employees use mainly railway and bus transportation. If they travel by plane, they need approval from the Chairman of the Management Board and if a private car is used – approval from a Management Board member.

Business travel (km)	2014	2013	2012	Change 2014/2013	Reasons for change
Air	302,348	329,725	318,079	-8%
Railway	1,587,130	1,229,645	1,940,702	29%	The increase was driven by the need to organize stationary training for branch employees.
Taxis	2,059	1,203	3,524	71%
Bus	176,348	73,966	87,598	138%

business-travel.xls

Greenhouse gas emissions

In 2014, over 93% of the Bank’s entire carbon footprint came from indirect emissions related to the consumption of electricity and heat in the Bank’s facilities (about 62% and 32%, respectively), while some 6% came from the combustion of fuel in its own power installations and vehicles and approximately 0.4%from indirect emissions associated with the use of public transportation.

Total carbon footprint

	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010
Total CO₂e emission* (tons)	42,388	43,346	43,879	39,659	41,854

* CO2 equivalent, which includes carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions resulting from direct emissions from combustion of fuel and indirect emissions resulting from electric and heating energy consumption and business travel plus emission of other greenhouse gases, that is methane (CH4) and dinitrogen monoxide (N2O) emitted in trace amounts in the above combustion processes.

carbon-footprint.xls

G4-EN15

The Carbon Footprint data were calculated on the basis of the methodology entitled Green House Gas Protocol A Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard.

The reporting on CO₂ emissions concerns direct emissions from the combustion of fuel in own energy sources and vehicles (according to Scope 1 GHG Protocol), indirect emissions from combustion of fuels to generate electricity and heat purchased by the organization (according to Scope 2 GHG Protocol) and other indirect emissions resulting from the combustion of fuel in the means of transportations not managed by the organizations, i.e. in taxis, planes, trains and buses (according to Scope 2 GHG Protocol).

In order to measure the carbon footprint emissions, the organization has adopted the principle of control (having control on the organization’s decisions) and therefore the data on greenhouse gas emissions (CO₂, CH₄ and N₂O) come from the Bank’s own outlets and refer to the activity of its employees.