-------------------------------------------Demonstrate and Assess Tools for Environmental Sustainability

DANTES

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Transport and the environment

Cellulosic Specialties in
rnskldsvik and Stenungsund

Environmental Performance Indicators

Anastassia Manuilova
Akzo Nobel Surface Chemistry AB
2003

Introduction

Indicators are measurable aspects of organization, which provide summarized information on how the
organization is performing. For example, to assess a financial performance, the indicators such as
company turnover, profit, and amount of products sold might be used.
Indicators can also be used to measure environmental impacts. Environmental performance indicators
(EPIs) can show clearly how the organization is performing, and provide a firm basis for future targets
and improvements. Thus, Cellulosic Specialties at rnskldsvik, Akzo Nobel Surface Chemistry
started to work on developing a set of performance indicators to reflect the progress on sustainable
transportation of goods and personnel.
The choice of indicators to describe the most important environmental impacts from transportation is
crucial to the quality of the report and its value to stakeholders. Our goal is to provide the readers with
a clear and meaningful picture of the organization's environmental performance. To do this, we chose
indicators that give a representative picture of environmental conditions, provide a basis for
international comparison, and are simple and easy to interpret.
Four indicators were selected for the transportation to and from Cellulosic Specialties at rnskldsvik:
1. means of transport used;
2. energy consumption by the transport;
3. carbon dioxide emissions;
4. sulfur and nitrogen oxides emissions.
This year we compose the environmental performance report on transportation and present the data
from 2001.

EPIs for transportation to and from Cellulosic Specialties

Unit

Objective

Comment

Means of transport used

million tonnes*km
%

To minimize the number

of trips using nonenvironmental
friendly
means of transportation

This indicator shows the proportion of trips carried out by

train, truck and ship. Compare to other long-distance
transports, railway often is an environmentally
advantageous transport system. This is true for Sweden
where SJ trains run on green hydro power electricity.
Therefore, as part of companys environmental policy, a
considerable effort to use environmentally friendly
electrical trains instead of trucks for the transportation of
products from rnskldsvik to Gothenburg was made by
Cellulosic Specialties during the last years.

Energy consumption by the transport

TJ/year
MJ/tonne product produced,
year

To
choose
environmentally friendly means
of transportation and
reduce consumption of
fossil energy by transport

This indicator also provides information on the greenhouse

gas emissions and air pollutant emissions that are directly
dependent on energy consumption.

MJ/tonne*km, year

Emissions of carbon dioxide

tonnes CO2/year
tonnes CO2/tonne product
produced, year

To reduce emissions of
carbon dioxide to a
minimum

This indicator measures the carbon dioxide emissions

contributing to global warming.

tonnes CO2/tonne*km, year

Emissions of sulfur and nitrogen oxides

tonnes SO2, NOx/year

kg SO2, NOx/tonne product
produced, year

To reduce sulfur and

nitrogen oxides emissions
to a minimum

kg SO2, NOx/tonne*km, year

The indicator measures the sulfur and nitrogen oxides

emissions contributing to acidification. Nitrogen oxides
emissions also contribute to eutrophication.

Environmental performance in 2001

Means of transport used

Total distance covered by goods

(million tonnes*km)

Transportation of goods from rnskldsvik

to Gteborg (%)

Total distance covered by

goods in 2001,
by mean of transport

100
80
60
40
20
0

200

Train
16%

150

177

100
50

n/d

n/d

Truck
22%

0
1999

2000

Ship
62%

2001

Train

Train

Truck

Truck

n/d
1999

2000

2001

As a result of companys environmental strategy the use

of electrical trains between rnskldsvik and Gteborg
increases from 45% in 2000 to more than 65% in 2001.

Energy consumption by the transport

0,8

58
20
n/d

TJ/year

25
40

0,6

20
15

0,4

10

0,2

5
1999

2000

2001

0,0
Ship

Truck

TJ/year

The energy consumption for the production

processes at Cellulosic Specialties in
rnskldsvik is about four times higher
than for transportation.

400

MJ/tonne*km

30

n/d

Energy consumption (MJ) per

million tonne*km travelled

Energy use 2001, by mean of transport

Energy use (TJ)

60

327,7
300
200
100

n/d

n/d

1999

2000

0
2001

Train
MJ/tonne*km

The total energy use (TJ/year) is higher for ship and truck
transport than for train. Note that the total distance
covered by ship is longer than for other means of
transportation.
However,
the
average
energy
consumption (MJ/tonnes*km) for truck transport is
higher than for ship and train.

Energy consumption (MJ) per

tonne product produced
4
3
3,8
2
1

n/d

n/d

1999

2000

2001

Environmental performance in 2001

Emissions of carbon dioxide

Carbon dioxide emissions (tonnes)

Tonnes/year

2500

3000
2000
1000
n/d

n/d

1999

2000

60
50
40
30
20
10
0

2000
1500
1000
500
0

Ship

2001

Truck

Tonnes/year

25

g CO2/tonne*km

3700

4000

Carbon dioxide emissions (tonnes)

per million tonne*km travelled

Carbon dioxide emissions 2001, by

mean of transport
20
15

20,9

10
5

n/d

n/d

1999

2000

Train

2001

g CO2/tonne*km
Carbon dioxide emissions (tonnes)
per tonne product produced

A comparison of carbon dioxide emissions

from the transportation with the total
emissions from the production facilities at
Cellulosic Specialties in rnskldsvik shows
that the amounts of CO2 emitted are quite
similar.

0,3

The low CO2 emissions from the electric trains

are due to the use of environmentally friendly
hydro power electricity for SJ trains in Sweden.

0,2
0,24
0,1
n/d

n/d

1999

2000

0
2001

Emissions of sulfur and nitrogen oxides

SO2 emissions (kg) per tonne

product produced

SO2 emissio ns (to nnes)

40
35

20
10

n/d
1999

2000

2001

n/d

1999

2000

100
50

n/d

1999

2001

5
4
3
2
1
0

n/d

n/d

1999

2000

2000

2001

NOx emissions (kg) per tonne

product produced

65
n/d

2,3
n/d

NOx emissions (tonnes)

197,7

150

2
1

n/d

70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0

200

30

SO2 emissions (kg) per million

tonne*km travelled

4,3
n/d

n/d

1999

2000

2001

2001

NOx emissions (kg) per million

tonne*km travelled
400
300
200
100
0

367,2
n/d

n/d

1999

2000

2001