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UK Datasheet

1

For 2008 calculations, the UK’s grid rolling average conversion factor (DEFRA) has been used. This change increases CO2 as calculated from electricity by ~25%. As of 2007, this figure includes data from 100% of our UK occupied properties. An adjustment to meters newly installed in London office has led to changes in data for 2007.

2

Employee numbers taken from average security headcount where available (recorded 11am at main offices) and from workstation numbers at smaller offices.

3

N/A = Not available.

4

Live contracts are an indication of business on our books. In 2007, Legal & General had 6,364,633 live contracts and in 2006 6,294,051 live contracts.

5

Data is collected from rail, air and road transport.

6

Occupied properties and business travel encompasses Legal & General’s direct carbon footprint and is used for subsequent resulting overall CO2. Resulting CO2 per employee is based on total UK staff, not office based staff due to inclusion of travel CO2.

7

Only includes metered gas consumption.

8

Normalised energy data excludes St Monica’s Training Centre and is based on headcount where available (see note 2).

9

Recycling figures expanded in 2006 to include all major offices and in 2007 to cover regional offices with improved data analysis from expanded ISO 14001 certification. Waste used for the Key Performance Indicators on this data sheet is ‘business as usual waste’. It does not include the office closure waste handled by Green Standards in 2007.

10

Figures converted to kgs from reams in 2006.

11

Taken from data and headcount at the five largest offices.

12

Numbers taken from 11am headcount on security passes at main offices and workstations at other regional premises and used for normalisation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Impact Area

Performance Indicator

Unit

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

Carbon dioxide (CO2)

CO2 (UK occupied properties)1

tonnes

16,3061

12,136

10,359

10,324

10,390

10,697

 

CO2 (UK occupied properties)2
per employee

tonnes

2.60

1.82

1.65

1.84

N/A3

N/A

 

CO2 (UK occupied properties)4
per contract

kgs

2.20

1.91

1.65

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

CO2 (Business travel)5

tonnes

3,855

4,443

4,985

4,437

3,295

4,041

 

CO2 (UK occupied properties6 and business travel)

tonnes

20,161

16,579

15,344

14,761

13,685

14,738

 

CO2 per employee

tonnes

2.46

1.88

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

CO2 per contract

kgs

2.72

2.61

2.44

N/A

N/A

N/A

Travel

Car based business mileage

miles

10,701,348

11,984,634

15,737,218

12,457,000

9,113,000

10,984,000

 

Car based business miles per contract

miles

1.44

1.88

2.5

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

Average CO2 rating of fleet vehicles

g/km

158

163

167

172

174

180

Energy

Electricity
(UK only)

MWh

27,842

26,189

23,789

21,992

22,228

22,823

 

Gas (UK only)7

MWh

6,574

6,628

4,722

4,566

4,381

4647

 

Total energy
(UK only)

MWh

34,416

32,817

28,512

26,558

26,609

27,470

 

Energy per employee (UK only)8

MWh

5.33

4.91

4.77

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

Energy per contract

kWh

4.64

4.69

4.53

N/A

N/A

N/A

Waste

Direct to landfill
(UK only)9

%

38.2

42.6

30

28

30

38

 

Total waste (UK only)

tonnes

1,622

1,649

1,661

1,668

1,639

1,567

 

Total waste per contract

grams

219

259

264

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

Waste to landfill per employee
(UK only)

kgs

76

72.3

78.8

100

N/A

N/A

Water

Metered

CuM

55,396

54,670

53,672

50,509

45,366

36,683

 

Estimated total

CuM

68,726

62,039

77,010

79,190

75,734

66,049

 

Estimated water per employee

CuM

10.96

9.29

12.26

N/A

N/A

N/A

Resources

Copier paper10

kgs

283,499

285,123

340,835

315,860

338,013

335,308

 

Copier paper per contract

sheets

7.6

9.70

10.83

10.38

N/A

N/A

 

Copier paper per employee11

kgs

45

46

56

N/A

N/A

N/A

Biodiversity

No. of occupied sites with biodiversity
action plan

No.

3

3

2

2

2

1

UK employees

Office based staff12

No.

6273

6680

6281

N/A

N/A

N/A

UK contracts

Millions of contracts
at year end

No.

7.414

6.365

6.294

N/A

N/A

N/A

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