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24 Danir GHG inventory report 2023 | CHAPTER 5

The proportion of business travel by means of transport varies between the different companies.
The emissions report for each company will contain company specific information on business travel.
The subsidiary companies are therefore encouraged to study their own emissions within this category
to see where targeted measures could be implemented.

5.2.3 EMPLOYEE COMMUTING
Employee commuting accounts for a large proportion, 29% or 3,536 tonnes CO2-eq, of the Danir Group’s
total emissions, for all three Scopes. The results demonstrate how even short transport distances using fossil
fuels can give rise to large greenhouse gas emissions on an annual basis. It 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.
Emissions are based on 278 sampled employees globally. This introduces uncertainty into the results and
therefore the results may differ from reality, according to the 6% margin of error. For the third consecutive
year, commuting emissions have been assessed using this methodology, consistently yielding results within
a similar range each year.

Figure 18 shows total distance and total emissions for commuting per means of transport. Commuting by cars,
especially diesel and gasoline vehicles, and buses accounts for a large proportion of both the total distance
commuted and emissions.

Km Tonne CO2-eq
12,000,000
10,000,000 1,800 Distance per
1,600 means of transport
8,000,000 1,400 [km]
6,000,000 1,200
4,000,000 1,000 Emissions per
2,000,000 800 means of transport
400 [Tonne CO2-eq]
0 200
0

– Diesel Car – Hybrid Car – Electric Train
Gasoline Bus
Tram
Metro

Car
Car –

Figure 18. Total distance and total emissions for commuting within Danir, by means of transport.

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 29% 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.