Environmental Policy of EnBW
EnBW has firmly anchored sustainability and environmental protection in its corporate objectives. Environmental protection is therefore a central task at the Group level and in all the companies and a binding guideline for all employees in their activities. Environmentally oriented corporate management in cooperation with the employees is the basis for this in EnBW AG and its companies. In order to guarantee this, EnBW AG has introduced an environmental management system according to ISO 14001.
Our environmental policy describes the basic attitude of EnBW AG towards environmental protection. The scope of EnBW AG's environmental policy covers the activities and facilities of all the business and functional units of EnBW AG.
- For us, sustainable management consists of the simultaneous perception of economic, ecological and social responsibility.
- As a company, we share responsibility for our environment and the preservation of biological diversity. We consider climate protection and the future-oriented, sustainable use of all natural resources in all of our actions.
- With our energy mix, we aim to achieve supply security while protecting the environment and ensuring appropriate economic efficiency.
- We take precautions for the safe operation of our plants and for the protection of people and the environment.
EnBW stands for a secure and sustainable energy supply.
- We maintain an open dialogue with politicians, authorities, the public and social groups, and we develop and maintain partnerships.
- The environmentally responsible behaviour of our suppliers and contractors is important to us.
- Our employees act in an environmentally conscious manner and are constantly improving their qualifications.
EnBW promotes communication and the raising of awareness on environmentally relevant topics.
- Within our value-added processes we comply with the legal requirements. In many areas, we already exceed them today. In addition, we have voluntarily committed ourselves to comply with more far-reaching standards of sustainable corporate management.
- We offer our customers innovative products and services for the rational use of energy.
- We are consistently and committed to continuously improving our performance for the environment as far as this is economically.
EnBW promotes environmentally sound action in all business segments.
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Environmental targets
Our strategy is based on a holistic approach to stakeholders. It defines specific financial and non-financial targets in the dimensions finance, strategy, customers and society, environment and employees. This enables us to dovetail the financial and non-financial aspects of our business activities. We use meaningful performance indicators to measure the degree to which we have achieved our targets.
We strive to credibly reconcile corporate, political and social objectives in the environmental field. Derived from our EnBW strategy, our environmental aspects and the requirements of the energy revolution, in environmental protection, we focus on the following fields of action:
- Expand renewable energies
- Reduce greenhouse gas emissions
- Reduction of pollutant emissions and water consumption
Performance indicators
We use the following performance indicators to measure our performance in the individual fields of action by means of clear and binding targets. The three indicators installed renewable energies capacity, share of installed renewable energies capacity and CO₂ intensity are defined as top performance indicators of the environmental dimension for the implementation of the EnBW Strategy.
The installed output of renewable energies (RE) and the share of the generation capacity accounted for by RE measure the expansion of renewable energies. They refer to the installed output of the power plants and not to their weather-dependent contribution to electricity generation.
The key performance indicator CO₂ intensity and the indicators SO₂ intensity and NOx intensity are calculated based on the emissions of CO₂, SO₂ and NOx, as well as the volumes of cooling water and waste water discharged from our own electricity generation in the Group and the volume of electricity generated by the Group without the contribution made by the nuclear power plants. The performance indicators are calculated as the ratio between the emissions or volumes of cooling water/waste water and the generated volume of electricity. They thus describe the specific amount of CO₂, SO₂ and NOx released or the cooling water/waste water discharged per kilowatt hour. By discounting the electricity generated by nuclear power plants, the performance indicators will not be influenced by the phasing out of nuclear energy.
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Objective
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Performance indicator
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2023
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2022
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2025 Target
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Objective
Expand renewable energies (RE)
Expand renewable energiesTOP Performance Indicator: Installed renewable energies (RE) capacity and share of RE capacity in the generation capacity: In 2023, the installed output of renewable energies increased by 300 MW to 5.7 GW. The share of the generation capacity accounted for by RE increased to 46.9%. This meant that these key performance indicators were almost within their forecasted ranges. We placed several new solar parks and especially wind farms into operation in Germany. We also added new output in the areas of photo¬voltaics and onshore wind farms in France. We have thus continued to push forward the expansion of electricity generation from renewable energy sources in accordance with our strategy. Expanding renewable energies to between 6.5 and 7.5 GW by 2025 is one of the key measures in the EnBW Sustainability Agenda. Our thermal output decreased as planned due to the final decom¬missioning of our Neckarwestheim II nuclear power plant in April 2023. |
Performance indicator
TOP installed RE capacity in GW and share of RE in generation capacity in %
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2023
5,74 / 46,9
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2022
5,4 / 41,7
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2025 Target
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Objective
Implement climate protection /
realising greenhouse gas reduction potential climate protection / realising greenhouse gas reduction potentialTOP performance indicator: CO₂ intensity The CO₂ intensity of our own electricity generation fell in comparison to the previous year by 29.3% to 347 g/kWh and thus slightly exceeded the forecast revised in the third quarter for a decrease of between 10% and 25%. In comparison to 2022, generation from renewable energy sources increased due to favorable wind conditions and higher generation from hydropower. In addition, our coal power plants were deployed to a much lower extent due to prices on the market. Another factor was the shutdown of our Heilbronn hard coal power plant 7 due to damage. The CO₂ intensity was 36.6% lower in 2023 in comparison to the reference year of 2018 (548 g/kWh). We were thus still within our target corridor in 2023 for a reduction in CO₂ intensity of between 380 and 440 g/kWh by 2025. |
Performance indicator
TOP CO₂-intensity in g/kWh0The calculation for this performance indicator does not include nuclear generation and the share of positive redispatch that cannot be controlled by EnBW.
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2023
347
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2022
491
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2025 Target
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Objective
Reduction of pollutant emissions
Reduction of pollutant emissionsSO₂ intensity and NOx intensity The SO₂ intensity and NOx intensity of our own electricity generation decreased in comparison to the previous year by 21.2% to 204 mg/kWh and by 21.7% to 224 mg/kWh, respectively. The reduction in these two performance indicators in comparison to the previous year is also due to the increase in generation from renewable energy sources and the lower deployment of our coal power plants as described previously. SO₂ intensity and NOx intensity in 2023 were 30.9% and 33.7 % lower in comparison to the reference year 2018, respectively (295 mg/kWh and 337mg/kWh respectively). In 2023, we were thus within our target corridors for the reductions in SO₂ intensity and NOx intensity by 2025 in comparison to 2018. |
Performance indicator
SO₂-intensity in mg/kWh
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2023
204
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2022
259
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2025 Target
–15 % to –25 %0Base year 2018
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Performance indicator
NOx-intensity in mg/kWh
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2023
224
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2022
277
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2025 Target
–10 % to –20 %0Base year 2018
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Objective
Reduction of volumes of cooling water and waste water
Reduction of volumes of cooling water and waste waterWaste water intensity The waste water intensity of our own electricity generation fell in comparison to 2022 by 7.3% to 28.0 l/kWh. The reduction in comparison to the previous year is also due to the increase in generation from renewable energy sources and the lower deployment of our coal power plants as described previously. Waste water intensity in 2023 was 9.0% lower in comparison to the reference year 2018 (30.8 l/kWh). In 2023, we were thus within our target corridor for the reductions in waste water intensity by 2025 in comparison to 2018. |
Performance indicator
Waste water intensity in l/kWh
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2023
28,0
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2022
30,2
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2025 Target
–20 % to –30 %0Base year 2018 0Waste water is the total of the amounts of cooling and waste water that are discharged into surface water. Procurement contracts are not included in the calculation of the performance indicator.
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Environmental measures
Environmental data
On a regular basis we publish environmental data on CO₂ footprint, air pollutants, resource use, water use, etc. These figures supplement the environmental data published in the Annual Report to meet the reporting requirements of the CSR Directive and the guidelines of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI).
For some environmental indicators, extrapolations and estimates of consumption have been made where primary data are not available for the whole reporting period. If we notice in subsequent years that estimates have not been made correctly, we complete our data gaps with primary data, also retrospectively. We also take into account more recent findings on emission factors retroactively, if necessary. Significant deviations from the reported values are corrected as a matter of principle.