Environment

In 2008, the Group commenced collecting data to determine its CO₂ footprint, measured against three Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). During 2011 we continued the roll out of the automated CO₂ collection programme introduced in 2010, within each market.

Energy

This KPI measures our global electricity and gas usage. Since 2008, data has been collected on the basis of megawatt hours for electricity and cubic metres for gas.

Transport

This KPI measures the movement of cars and parts from the point of ownership (which means legal or contractual ownership) to the point we cease to have legal ownership. This includes test drives. We calculate our CO₂ footprint by car or parts kilometres depending on the mode of transport with a CO₂ multiplier.

Flights

This KPI measures the impact of the movement of our people. We have recorded the number of flights (each flight leg counts as one unit) and calculate our flight CO₂ emissions with a multiplier by flight kilometre. As the Group operates three routes to market – distribution, retail and VIR – there are variances in our CO₂ footprint across these channels. Direct comparisons between the markets’ operating channels are unlikely to produce meaningful results at the present time and we are looking for opportunities to exploit synergies between the channels by having a consistent approach to CO₂ management and by sharing best practice.