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27 Danir GHG inventory report 2024 | CHAPTER 5

remains the highest emission category for the Danir Group, and that flights are the main contributing factory
within this. Policies regarding reduced air travel in business, would hence be recommended.

5.2.3 EMPLOYEE COMMUTING
Employee commuting accounts for a large proportion, 4,176 tonnes CO2-eq, of the Danir Group’s total emis-
sions, for all three Scopes. This result demonstrates how even short transport distances using fossil fuels can
accumulate large greenhouse gas emissions on an annual basis. This is a category in which subsidiaries have
little control and therefore comes with certain challenges when implementing reduction efforts.

This category's calculations rely on averaging emissions data sampled from employees, potentially leading to
deviations from the true emissions due to the inherent variability of the randomized sampling process. Emis-
sions are based on commuting habits from 943 employees globally. This introduces uncertainty and the results
may not reflect the actual emissions, according to the 3% margin of error. For the fourth consecutive year,
commuting emissions have been assessed using this methodology, yielding results within a similar range each
year. This year, however, the emission factors were updated to align with the methodology of Position Green,
and we are now using DEFRA as the main source of our emission factors. This change of data source has re-
sulted in a slightly higher emission per employee, when comparing to the results of last year.

Reducing and measuring emissions from commuting is difficult as options for using alternative modes of
transport can be highly individual and location dependent. As commuting accounts for 31% of Danir Group’s
total emissions and is highly dependent on office location, there is reason for subsidiaries to conduct company
specific studies of commuting to see what each company could do to facilitate and/or create other incentives
to switch to more environmentally friendly commuting alternatives. Hybrid solutions, such as working from
home, are one way that companies are reducing commuting-related emissions.

When comparing emissions by mode of transport between 2023 and 2024, we can conclude that the distribu-
tion remains in line with the 2023 results, and that no significant developments have occurred since last year.