AddSecure | Sustainability Performance

In comparison to 2021, total 2022 emissions increased with 20%. This is mainly due to more scope 3 data being added to the carbon reporting, but also a result of activities and business travels picking up after the covid affected years 2020 and 2021. On the positive side, the total energy use (scope 1 and 2) decreased by 19% at the same time as the share of renewable electricity of total purchased electricity increased with 5%. We're behind the target trajectory to lower direct (scope 1 and 2) emissions (target -40% by 2030 compared to 2021), despite scope 2 emissions decreasing by 22%. With the use of company vehicles representing 66% of all scope 1 emissions, electrification of the car fleet is deemed key to achieve the target. During 2022, we saw the electrification taking off, with the number of kilometers driven on electricity increase by 91.5% during the year (Q1 compared to Q4). At the end of the year, 8.1% of total distance travelled in company vehicles was on electricity, an increase of 7.6%. Data quality remains an important challenge, especially concerning indirect (scope 3) emissions. By adding employee commuting, non-company owned transports and data storage to the carbon reporting we reached the goal set for 2022 to include at least three scope 3 categories to better account for indirect emissions. However, scope 3 data still suffers from important cavities, mainly due to incomplete data and uncertainties concerning methodologies.