Contributing to an intact environment

Biodiversity and ecosystems

Biodiversity and ecosystems: cocoa sourcing

 

 

Unit

 

2024

 

2023

 

YOY

Cocoa beans equivalent (cocoa beans, powder, butter, and chocolate mass; in volume) sourced from farmers covered by a “No-Deforestation and Agroforestry Action Plan”1

 

%

 

84.2

 

72.3

 

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Polygon mapped plots in Farming Program proven not to be located in protected areas (as per local laws)2

 

No.

 

151,000

 

160,000

 

–5.6%

Polygon mapped plots in Farming Program proven not to be located in protected areas (as per local laws)2

 

%

 

100.0

 

99.9

 

+0.1pp

Multi-purpose shade trees distributed in Farming Program per year2

 

No.

 

552,000

 

563,000

 

–2.0%

Multi-purpose shade trees distributed in Farming Program since start of program2

 

No.

 

5,032,000

 

4,480,000

 

+12.3%

Sourcing landscape initiatives supported in Farming Program2

 

No.

 

3

 

3

 

0%

1

Cocoa and cocoa products purchased by subsidiaries. This excludes volumes purchased by licensees and by co-manufacturers from third-parties.

2

Data collection period based on the cocoa reporting year October 2023 to September 2024.

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Climate

Climate (explanation of methodology see here)

 

 

 

 

Retrospective

 

Targets

 

 

Unit

 

20241

 

20232

 

20202

 

YOY

 

2030

 

2050

 

Annual % target/Base year

Total direct and indirect GHG emissions (location-based) (ESRS E1-6 52 a)

 

t CO2 eq

 

3,180,980

 

N.A.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total direct and indirect GHG emissions (market-based) (ESRS E1-6 52 b)

 

t CO2 eq

 

3,162,493

 

3,443,365

 

 

 

–8.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total GHG emissions (location-based) per net revenue (ESRS E1-6 53)

 

t CO2 eq / mCHF

 

573.2

 

N.A.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total GHG emissions (market-based) per net revenue (ESRS E1-6 53)

 

t CO2 eq / mCHF

 

569.8

 

662.0

 

 

 

–13.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross direct (scope 1) and marked-based indirect (scope 2) GHG emissions

 

t CO2 eq

 

149,958

 

156,398

 

165,367

 

–4.1%

 

95,913

 

16,537

 

–3.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scope 1 GHG emissions

Gross direct (scope 1) GHG emissions (GRI 305-1 / ESRS E1-6 48 a)

 

t CO2 eq

 

71,260

 

74,788

 

 

 

–4.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Percentage of scope 1 GHG emissions from regulated emission trading schemes (ESRS E1-6 48 b)

 

%

 

0

 

N.A.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scope 2 GHG emissions

Gross location-based energy indirect (scope 2) GHG emissions (GRI 305-2 / ESRS E1-6 49 a)

 

t CO2 eq

 

97,185

 

N.A.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross market-based energy indirect (scope 2) GHG emissions (GRI 305-2 / ESRS E1-6 49 b)

 

t CO2 eq

 

78,698

 

81,610

 

 

 

–3.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Biogenic carbon emissions

Gross CO2 emissions from biofuel combustion (Scope 1) (GRI 305-1 / ESRS E1-6 48 a)3

 

t biogenic
CO2

 

57

 

6.9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross CO2 emissions from biofuel combustion (Scope 2) (GRI 305-2 / ESRS E1-6 49 b)

 

t biogenic
CO2

 

0

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scope 3 GHG emissions (GRI 305-3 / ESRS E1-6 51)

Gross other indirect (scope 3) GHG emissions

 

t CO2 eq

 

3,012,478

 

3,286,960

 

 

 

–8.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

of which FLAG

 

t CO2 eq

 

2,269,850

 

2,447,311

 

2,208,970

 

–7.3%

 

1,539,652

 

618,512

 

–2.4%

of which non-FLAG

 

t CO2 eq

 

742,628

 

839,649

 

694,482

 

–11.6%

 

520,861

 

69,448

 

–3.0%

Thereof Purchased goods and services (Cat.1)

 

t CO2 eq

 

2,604,606

 

2,866,585

 

 

 

–9.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thereof Capital goods (Cat.2)

 

t CO2 eq

 

20,196

 

17,872

 

 

 

+13.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thereof Fuel- and energy-related activities (Cat.3)

 

t CO2 eq

 

33,827

 

33,406

 

 

 

+1.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thereof Upstream transportation and distribution (Cat.4)

 

t CO2 eq

 

230,922

 

240,284

 

 

 

–3.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thereof Waste generated in operations (Cat.5)

 

t CO2 eq

 

2,861

 

2,777

 

 

 

+3.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thereof Business travel (Cat.6)

 

t CO2 eq

 

3,993

 

3,643

 

 

 

+9.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thereof Employee commuting (Cat.7)

 

t CO2 eq

 

16,067

 

15,917

 

 

 

+0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thereof Downstream transportation and distribution (Cat.9)

 

t CO2 eq

 

26,903

 

26,624

 

 

 

+1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thereof Processing of sold products (Cat.10)

 

t CO2 eq

 

17

 

17

 

 

 

+0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thereof Use of sold products (Cat.11)

 

t CO2 eq

 

10,271

 

9,703

 

 

 

+5.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thereof End-of-life treatments of sold products (Cat.12)

 

t CO2 eq

 

62,814

 

70,132

 

 

 

–10.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Energy

Total fossil energy consumption within the organization (GRI 302-1 / ESRS E1-5 37 a)

 

MWh

 

520,535

 

552,738

 

 

 

–5.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thereof fuel consumption from coal and coal products (ESRS 1-5 38 a)

 

MWh

 

0

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thereof fuel consumption from crude oil and petroleum products (ESRS 1-5 38 b)

 

MWh

 

23,324

 

24,606

 

 

 

–5.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thereof fuel consumption from natural gas (ESRS 1-5 38 c)

 

MWh

 

239,735

 

253,436

 

 

 

–5.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thereof fuel consumption from other fossil sources (ESRS 1-5 38 d)

 

MWh

 

0

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thereof consumption of purchased or acquired electricity, heat, steam, or cooling from fossil sources (ESRS 1-5 38 e)

 

MWh

 

257,476

 

274,697

 

 

 

–6.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Share of fossil sources in total energy consumption

 

%

 

87

 

92

 

 

 

–5.0pp

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nuclear energy consumption within the organization (ESRS 1-37 b)

 

MWh

 

50,406

 

N.A.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Share of nuclear sources in total energy consumption

 

%

 

24

 

N.A.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total renewable energy consumption within the organization (GRI 302-1 / ESRS 1-5 37 c)

 

MWh

 

77,621

 

48,160

 

 

 

+61.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thereof fuel consumption for renewable sources including biomass (also comprising industrial and municipal waste of biologic origin), biofuels, biogas, and hydrogen from renewable sources (ESRS 1-5 37 c)

 

MWh

 

362

 

30

 

 

 

+1094.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thereof consumption of purchased or acquired electricity, heat, steam, and cooling from renewable sources (ESRS 1-5 37 c)

 

MWh

 

75,228

 

46,751

 

 

 

+60.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thereof consumption of self-generated non-fuel renewable energy (ESRS 1-5 37 c)

 

MWh

 

2,031

 

1,379

 

 

 

+47.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Energy production within the organization (ESRS E1-5 39)

 

MWh

 

83,634

 

100,539

 

 

 

–16.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thereof non-renewable energy production (ESRS E1-5 39)

 

MWh

 

81,456

 

99,061

 

 

 

–17.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thereof renewable energy production (ESRS E1-5 39)

 

MWh

 

2,178

 

1,478

 

 

 

+47.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Climate data for 2024 is based on actuals for January to September and estimates for October to December. In certain individual sub-indicators, actuals for January to August or January to July may have been used, with estimates for the remaining months. Actuals will be published in our CDP disclosure and the Sustainability Report 2025 and any significant deviations will be restated.

2

Following the publication of the Sustainability Report 2023 we restated our 2023 data due to methodology changes (details of our methodology changes are published in our 2024 CDP response and methodology document). Since publishing our 2023 data in our CDP response, we have also continued to refine and improve our data collection methods, resulting in further updates to our 2023 actual data. Our 2020 baseline data was also restated, following the same methodology update change in accordance with the requirements of the GHG Protocol. A change of particular note was the refinement of the calculation of estimated energy for warehouses. Estimated energy for warehouses not operated by us is now accounted in scope 3.4 rather than scope 2.

3

Restatement: reporting error in ‘Biogenic emissions’ reported for 2023 in our CDP report. The correct numbers are included in this table.

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Water and waste

Municipal water withdrawal1/2

 

 

Unit

 

2024

 

2023

 

YOY

Absolute water withdrawal (from municipal supply only)

 

1,000 m3

 

699.4

 

738.4

 

–5.3%

Reduction of municipal water withdrawal in the production process since 2019 per ton produced (municipal supply only)

 

%

 

–11.4

 

–8.9

 

–2.5pp

1

Scope: Lindt & Sprüngli production subsidiaries only.

2

Water data for 2024 is based on actuals for January to September and estimates for October to December.

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Semi-finished product waste1

 

 

Unit

 

2024

 

2023

 

YOY

Semi-finished product waste in the production process per ton produced (excluding destruction of finished goods)

 

%

 

2.8

 

3.2

 

–0.4pp

1

Scope: Lindt & Sprüngli production subsidiaries only.

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Packaging

Intact environment – Packaging

 

 

Unit

 

2024

 

2023

 

YOY

Total weight of packaging used1

 

Metric tons

 

105,670

 

116,273

 

–9.1%

Thereof pulp- and paper-based

 

Metric tons

 

87,804

 

96,322

 

–8.8%

Thereof plastic

 

Metric tons

 

12,207

 

13,814

 

–11.6%

Packaging made from recycled materials1

 

%

 

44.1

 

42.1

 

+2.0pp

Packaging that is designed to be recyclable (ESRS E5-5 36 c)1

 

%

 

91.4

 

89.7

 

+1.7pp

Virgin plastic used in total in packaging

 

%

 

9.5

 

9.9

 

–0.4pp

Plastic packaging that is designed to be recyclable (ESRS 5-5 36 c)

 

%

 

61.1

 

53.9

 

+7.2pp

1

Find more details on the scope in the Lindt & Sprüngli reporting criteria.

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