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CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY
LOCATION-BASED ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS
MANAGEMENT REPORT
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Development in vehicle production, car engine production and energy use by the Audi Group 1)
1) Ingolstadt, Neckarsulm, Brussels, Győr and Sant’Agata Bolognese plants; since 2013 including Bologna; excluding parts and components
2) 2013 figures provisional; energy use: total use of electrical energy, natural gas, heating oil, district heating and externally supplied refrigeration
Energy use has been kept at a largely constant level in recent
fiscal years. That fact reflects how sustainably and responsibly
Audi uses resources. The increase in 2013 is substantially
attributable to higher unit totals, the first-time inclusion of
Ducati and new automotive manufacturing operations in Győr.
The other key environmental metrics that the Audi Group
observes in addition to energy consumption likewise reflect
the expansion of the Audi Group.
Environmental structural data 1)
2013 2012
VOC emissions 2) t 2,053 2,144
Direct CO2 emissions 3) t 210,567 191,811
Volume of waste water m³ 2,392,304 2,269,192
Fresh water purchased m³ 3,702,249 3,569,786
Total volume of waste 4) t 78,387 70,053
of which recyclable waste t 64,840 58,090
of which disposable waste t 13,547 11,964
Metal waste t 332,170 306,857
1) Ingolstadt, Neckarsulm, Brussels, Győr and Sant’Agata Bolognese plants, since 2013
including Bologna; 2013 figures provisional
2) VOC emissions (volatile organic compounds): This figure comprises emissions from the
paint shops, test rigs and other facilities.
3) This figure is made up of CO2 emissions generated by the use of fuel at the plant,
and CO2 emissions produced by the operation of test rigs.
4) Including non-product-specific waste
/ EXAMPLES OF CURRENT
ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS
AUDI AG promotes a sustainable environmental policy through
the non-profit environmental foundation Audi Stiftung für
Umwelt GmbH. The foundation’s goal is to protect the natural
living conditions of humans, animals and plants. The foundation
supports measures and research activities that promote envi-
ronmental education and the development of environmentally
acceptable technologies beyond the automotive sphere. For
example, an innovative species conservation project – the
Breitengüßbach Environmental Center – was launched together
with local project partners in 2012. Over a four-year period,
innovative and pioneering methods of professional species
protection combined with hands-on environmental education
will be put into practice on a former military site – with the
goal of safeguarding an environment supporting the widest
variety of species possible without excluding human influence.
The project earned Audi Stiftung für Umwelt GmbH and its
partners international recognition in the past fiscal year as an
official project of the UN Decade on Biodiversity. The status is
awarded to projects that promote the preservation of biodiver-
sity in an exemplary manner.
For more information about the Breitengüßbach
Environmental Center, please refer to pages 86 ff.
in the magazine section of the Annual Report.
2011 20132012
878
Vehicle production
thousand units
1,648
2,527
1,008
1,884
2,508
967
1,917
2,591
1,052
1,927
2,711
Car engine production
thousand units
Energy use
2)
in GWh
3,000
2,500
2,000
1,500
1,000
500
2010