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Our environmental andclimate impact in figures

Verifiable figures and data play an indispensable role in GIZ’s efforts to steadily reduce our environmental impact. Here are the key indicators.

GIZ’s environmental footprint is determined by our consumption of electricity, gas, oil, water, fuel and many other factors. To help us improve steadily, we record key climate and environmental data each year for our locations inside and outside Germany. Inside Germany, we use the Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS), which involves an external validation of data. Outside Germany, we have developed our own management tool – the Corporate Sustainability Handprint® (CSH) – to provide a standardised framework for local sustainability management, which can be implemented in a way that suits the country context. Both tools provide data on our greenhouse gas emissions. Our measurements are based on the international Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHGP). As of fiscal 2021, we also made some changes to our assessment system to bring it into line with the requirements of the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). Wherever possible, these changes were also made retroactively to ensure data comparability. Further information about the methods we use to calculate climate and environmental data can be found in the section entitled Notes on calculation methods Notes on calculation methods.

GIZ’s total emissions
in t CO2e according to SBTI:

23,693

Scope 1+2

306,003

Scope 3

Selected GIZ climate and environmental data 2022:

Scope 3

Germany Abroad
2019 2020 2021 2022 2019 2020 2021 2022
Purchased goods and services5 in t CO2e 132,223 136,910 155,341 139,122 61,789 54,815 84,035 68,151
Fuel and energy-related emissions6 in t CO2e 312 289 217 184 8,276 6,322 5,652 6,898
Business trips in t CO2e 23,275 3,179 2,798 13,239 86,254 19,481 22,724 59,531
Commuting7 in t CO2e 3,042 1,587 1,078 4,903 10,008 4,396 4,624 13,974
Events in t CO2e Data not mapped / 36 81 Data not mapped in the CSH / / /
5
Estimate based on financial data. These are only emissions from purchased services since these are essential for GIZ. This excludes construction services.
6
Due to improved data quality, figures may differ in part from previously published data. An estimate was made for foreign countries for the years 2019 and 2020.
7
Commuter traffic abroad was roughly estimated for 2019 using flat-rate values. From 2020, the values are derived from an extrapolation based on the results of an internal survey of selected locations abroad.
Achievement of SBTi target8

Entire company
2019 2020 2021 2022
Scope 1 + 2 in t CO2e 32,709 27,274 26,777 28,693
Scope 3 in t CO2e 325,157 226,979 276,457 306,003
8
The totals deviate in part from previously communicated figures because data quality has improved thanks to more accurate recalculations.
Scopes 1 + 2: Limiting global warming to 1.5 °C
(direct emissions)
Scope 3: Limiting global warming to significantly less than 2 °C (indirect emissions)
6,447

Rail travel inside Germany
(in 1.000 km)

292,825

Worldwide air travel
(in 1.000 km)

Mobility

Germany Abroad
2019 2020 2021 2022 2019 2020 2021 2022
Total flights in 1.000 km 69,621 9,515 8,252 41,831 361,454 78,670 81,902 250,994
Distance flown per staff member in km 13,434 1,646 1,430 6,930 19,830 4,149 4,106 12,492
Total rail trips in 1,000 km 12,357 3,195 1,833 6,447 / / / /
Distance travelled by rail per staff member in km 2,384 553 318 1,068 / / / /
20,445,840

Total GIZ energy consumption in kWh
(Inside Germany)

76,503,371

Total GIZ energy consumption in kWh
(Outside Germany)
Germany Abroad
2019 2020 2021 2022 2019 2020 2021 2022
Total energy consumption in kWh 24,114,794 23,015,555 23,438,006 20,445,840 80,277,407 66,123,732 66,416,385 76,503,371
Total energy consumption per staff member in kWh 4,387 3,826 3,897 3,258 4,404 3,487 3,330 3,807