Environmental Performance Indicators - In-House Operations

Every year, we analyze our environmental and CO2 footprints.

The chart below shows progress made towards achieving the group-wide CO2 emission reduction target of 40% below 2004 levels by 2012.

Energy consumption in 2007 increased by 3% from a year earlier. This relatively moderate increase compared to the FTE increase of 10% is partly attributable to gains in energy efficiency.
The share of renewable energy increased from 34% to 45% due to a shift to hydro in Switzerland and a new renewable contract in the US.
Business air travel increased by 12% compared to 2006, emitting 113'000 tons of CO2. 100% of UBS's business air travel was offset by purchasing carbon offsets from projects in Brazil, India, China and Germany.
Combined together, these additional energy efficiency measures, renewable energy purchases and offsets led to an overall CO2 decrease of 3% compared to 2006, and 22% compared to our target's baseline 2004. Measured by employee (FTE), the quantity of CO2 released decreased by 35% from 2004 to 2007.
In 2007 the share of recycled paper increased from 6.2% in 2006 to 10.5% in 2007, FSC paper accounted for 10.7% of total paper consumption, and waste per FTE decreased by 1%. Paper consumption per FTE increased by 1% and waste recycling ratio decreased from 58% in 2006 to 56%.

Environmental indicators per full-time employee (FTE)

	Unit	2007	2006	2005	2004
Total direct and intermediate energy	kWh/FTE	11,942	12,736	12,925	13,095
Total indirect energy	kWh/FTE	20,931	23,974	26,024	24,699
Total business travel	Pkm/FTE	12,685	12,544	10,659	9,617
Total paper consumption	kg/FTE	190	188	197	198
Total waste	kg/FTE	299	303	325	363
Total water consumption	m³/FTE	26.7	26.0	26.0	25.9
Total environmental footprint	kWh/FTE	32,530	38,148	41,129	38,868
CO2 footprint	t/FTE	3.43	3.93	5.24	5.27

		2007²		2006²	2005²	2004²

	GRI ³	Absolute normalized ⁴	Data quality ⁵	Absolute normalized ⁴	Absolute Normalized ⁴	Absolute Normalized ⁴
Total direct and intermediate energy consumption ⁷		981 GWh	***	951 GWh	918 GWh	895 GWh
Total direct energy consumption ³	EN3	130 GWh	**	154 GWh	169 GWh	203 GWh
natural gas		83.3%	**	85.5%	86.0%	84.3%
heating oil		12.1%	***	11.8%	11.0%	11.4%
fuels (petrol, diesel, gas)		4.6%	***	2.7%	3.0%	4.3%
renewable enery (solar power etc)		0.03%	***	0.03%	0.02%	0.02%
Total intermediate energy purchased⁹	EN4	851 GWh	***	797 GWh	749 GWh	692 GWh
electricity from gas-fired power stations		12.3%	**	13.2%	14.3%	15.5%
electricity from oil-fired power stations		4.2%	***	4.5%	4.3%	4.4%
electricity from coal-fired power stations		18.6%	**	21.7%	22.9%	23.8%
electricity from nuclear power stations		13.6%	**	20.5%	29.9%	24.9%
electricity from hydroelectric power stations		25.5%	***	21.4%	12.1%	16.3%
electricity from biomass and waste power stations				0.5%	0.5%	0.5%
electricity from wind power stations				2.0%	1.3%	1.6%
electricity from other renewable resources		22.0%	***	10.3%	9.3%	8.0%
district heating		3.8%	***	6.0%	5.4%	5.1%
Total indirect energy consumption¹⁰	EN4	1,674 GWh	***	1,790 GWh	1,849 GWh	1,689 GWh
Total business travel	EN29	1,042 m Pkm	***	936 m Pkm	757 m Pkm	658 m Pkm
rail travel¹¹		3.3%	**	4.1%	3.7%	5.0%
road travel¹¹		0.5%	**	0.6%	0.7%	0.8%
air travel		96.2%	***	95.3%	95.6%	94.2%
Number of flights (segments)		446,274	***	402,629	358,992	323,467
Total paper consumption	EN1	15,593 t	***	14,013 t	14,020 t	13,551 t
post-consumer recycled	EN2	10.5%	***	6.2%	7.1%	8.1%
new fibers FSC¹²		10.7%	***
new fibres ECF + TCF ¹¹		78.6%	***	93.8%	92.9%	91.9%
new fibres chlorine bleached		0.2%	**	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Total waste	EN22	24,589 t	***	22,631 t	23,073 t	24,852 t
valuable materials separated and recycled		56.3%	***	58.2%	64.8%	64.4%
incinerated		15.8%	***	12.7%	9.3%	8.0%
landfilled		27.9%	**	29.1%	25.9%	27.6%
Total water consumption	EN8	2.19 m m ³	**	1.94 m m³	1.84 m³	1.77 m³
Total environmental footprint ¹³		2,671 GWh	**	2,848 GWh	2,922 GWh	2,658 GWh
Total CO₂ footprint¹⁴		281,705 t	***	293,169 t	372,184 t	360,502 t
Total direct CO₂(GHG scope 1)¹⁵	EN16	26, 701 t	***	31,519 t	34,556 t	41,858 t
Total indirect CO₂(GHG scope 2)¹⁵	EN16	218, 681 t	**	230,015 t	225,854 t	219,727 t
Total other indirect CO₂(GHG scope 3)¹⁵	EN17	149, 323 t	***	132,635 t	111,773 t	98,918 t
Total CO₂e offsets(business air travel)¹⁶		113,000 t	***	101,000 t	-	-

Legend: GWh = giga watt hour; Pkm = person kilometers; t = tons; m3 = cubic meters; m = million

1. All figures are based on the level of knowledge as of the end of January 2008.
2. Reporting period: 2007 (1 July 2006-30 June 2007), 2006 (1 July 2005-30 June 2006), 2005 (1 July 2004-30 June 2005)
3. Global Reporting Initative (see also www.globalreporting.org).EN stands for the Environmental Performance Indicators as defined in the GRI
4. Non-significant discrepancies from 100% are possible due to roundings.
5. Specifies the estimated reliability of the aggregated data and corresponds approximately to the following uncertainty (confidence level 95%): up to 5% – ***, up to 15% – **, up to 30% – *. Uncertainty is the likely difference between a reported value and a real value.
7. Refers to energy consumed within the operational boundaries of UBS.
8. Refers to primary energy purchased which is consumed within the operational boundaries of UBS (oil, gas, fuels).
9. Refers to energy purchased that is produced by converting primary energy and consumed within the operational boundaries of UBS (electricity and district heating).
10. Refers to primary energy, which is consumed to produce the electricity and district heating consumed by UBS.
11. Rail and road travel; Switzerland only
12. Paper produced from new fibers, which is ECF (Elementary Chlorine Free) or TCF (Totally Chlorine Free) bleached.
13. Shows the environmental impact (through emissions, use of resources, waste) by a process including all relevant upstream and downstream processes. The environmental footprint is approximated using the equivalent of non renewable energy consumed.
14. CO₂ footprint equals total CO₂emission (GHG scope 1,2 and 3) minus CO₂e offsets.
15. Refers to ISO 14064 and the GHG (greenhouse gas) protocol initiative (www.ghgprotocol.org), the international standards for CO₂reporting; direct CO₂ (Scope 1) accounts for direct CO₂emissions by UBS; indirect CO₂ (Scope 2) accounts for indirect CO₂ emission associated with the generation of imported/purchased electricity head or steam; other indirect CO₂ (Scope 3) accounts for indirect CO₂ emissions associated with business travel, paper consumption and waste disposal
16. Offsets from third-party GHG reduction projects measured in CO₂ equivalents (CO₂e). These offsets neutralize CO₂ emissions from our business air travel.

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