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2023 carbon footprint: emissions per FTE remain stable

Emissions generated by the bluefactory site’s general operations in 2023 amounted to 277 tons of CO₂ (+21%). At the same time, the site’s workforce in terms of full-time equivalents (FTEs) increased by 19%. Emissions per FTE therefore remained relatively stable at 0.8 tCO₂/FTE.

Carbon footprint

02/07/2024

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Emissions generated by the bluefactory site’s general operations in 2023 amounted to 277 tons of CO₂ (+21%). At the same time, the site’s workforce in terms of full-time equivalents (FTEs) increased by 19%. Emissions per FTE therefore remained relatively stable at 0.8 tCO₂/FTE. Mobility accounts for two-thirds of the site’s carbon footprint with commuting and business trips generating 108 tCO₂ and 78 tCO₂ respectively. Distances covered by commuting (approx. 3.28 million km) are more than double those of business trips (approx. 1.25 million km). Work being carried out with the HEIA-FR to develop a mobility plan as part of the canton’s climate plan should have a positive impact in the longer term.

Office supplies make a significant contribution to bluefactory’s carbon footprint, representing 15% of the overall operational impact. Three quarters of emissions in this category are accounted for by computer equipment (screens, televisions, computers) whose emissions occur during their production.

In addition to emissions generated by site operations, there are also those that relate to building construction, otherwise known as grey energy, which are amortised according to the lifespan of each building. In 2023, emissions generated by grey energy amounted to 99 tCO₂ (+41%). The value of building B emissions has been recorded and will be definitively established in the next balance sheet. 

Since 2015, the bluefactory site’s carbon footprint has been assessed every year in collaboration with Climate Services. From now on, this assessment will be published every two years.

 

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About BFF SA

Founded in 2014, BFF SA aims to develop, build, operate, promote, and animate the bluefactory low-carbon innovation district. The site is now home to 540 people (700 with the arrival of SMG Swiss Marketplace Group this summer) working in around seventy entities (SMEs, start-ups, university research institutes, and innovation actors). It actively promotes the principles of sustainable development as well as those of the circular economy.

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