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Environmental Performance
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Summary Report
In
the 2007 period, BMO Financial Group's total reported emissions were 165,113
tonnes CO2 equivalent (tCO2e). BMO emitted 96,049 tCO2e from electricity
consumption and 50,922 tCO2e from the consumption of natural gas and other
fuels. Electricity
consumption accounted for 58.2% of the total emissions, whereas natural
gas and other fuel consumption accounted for 27.5% and 3.3%, respectively.
The reported emissions arising from energy consumption are enterprise-wide
and account for energy consumed by all BMO operations in Canada and the
United States, as well as our international operations.
Emissions associated with fleet were 2,632 tCO2e accounting for 1.6% of total
emissions, whereas ground travel and air travel accounted for 2.5% and 6.9%,
respectively. These emissions relate to our North American operations only.
Total Emissions by Source
| Use type |
Percent |
Emissions
(tCO2e) |
| Electricity |
58.2% |
96,049 |
| Natural Gas |
27.5% |
45,468 |
| Other Fuels |
3.3% |
5,454 |
| Fleet Fuel |
1.6% |
2,632 |
| Ground Travel |
2.5% |
4,058 |
| Air Travel |
6.9% |
11,452 |
| TOTAL |
165,113 |
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| Total Emissions by GHG Protocol Scope |
Total Reported Emissions by Scope and Country (tCO2e) |
| Scope |
Emissions (tCO2e) |
Scope 1 – Gas,
Other/Fleet Fuels |
53,554 |
| Scope 2 – Electricity |
96,049 |
| Scope 3 – Ground/Air Travel |
15,510 |
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Scope 1 |
Scope 2 |
Scope 3 |
| Canada |
43,988 |
58,240 |
15,510 |
| United States |
9,413 |
37,329 |
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| International |
153 |
480 |
- |
| TOTAL |
53,554 |
96,049 |
15,510 |
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BMO’s GHG emissions are categorized in accordance with the “scopes” identified
by the GHG Protocol. Emissions estimates account for 44.8% of the total
data reported and we are confident that the estimation techniques used provide
a conservative, defensible, referential and reasonable estimation of energy
consumption
in the absence of actual data.
Operational (ECO5) Summary Report
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BMO
has developed the ECO5 strategy to help focus our efforts in managing
the environmental impacts of our operations in five key areas. This table
is a summary report relating to some of the major indicators that are guiding
us in the implementation of this strategy and in achieving continuous improvement.
| Indicator |
Unit of Measure |
Coverage |
2007 |
| Employees |
FTE (M) |
Enterprise-wide |
35,827 |
| Occupied Building Space |
m2 |
Enterprise-wide |
1,274,002 |
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| ECO5 |
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|
|
| 1. Energy Consumption |
|
|
| Electricity - Non-renewable |
MWh |
Enterprise-wide |
325,090 |
| Electricity
- Renewable |
MWh |
Enterprise-wide |
5,000 |
| Natural
Gas |
m3 |
Enterprise-wide |
23,647,382 |
| Heating
Oil |
Litres |
Enterprise-wide |
1,288,087 |
| Diesel
(emergency backup) |
Litres |
Enterprise-wide |
649,392 |
| 2.
Transportation - Employee Business Travel |
|
|
| Air |
Kms |
North
America |
99,869,232 |
| Auto
- Company owned/leased vehicles |
Kms |
North
America |
4,487,320 |
| Auto
- Employee owned vehicles |
Kms |
North
America |
15,455,385 |
| Auto
- Rental Cars |
Kms |
North
America |
2,251,223 |
| Rail |
Kms |
Canada |
725,994 |
| 3.
Material Consumption |
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|
| Virgin
content paper 1 |
Tonnes |
North
America |
2,684 |
| Post
consumer content paper 1 |
Tonnes |
North
America |
577 |
| 4.
Waste |
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|
| Office
paper shredding/recycling |
Tonnes |
North
America |
3,284 |
| Technology
assets disposed for recycling/reuse2 |
Tonnes |
Canada |
241 |
| 5.
Procurement |
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|
| Purchase
of green renewable electricity |
MWh |
Enterprise-wide |
5,000 |
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| Resulting
Greenhouse Gas Emissions3 |
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Total
Scope 1 direct emissions from energy
consumption (natural gas/fuel oil/other fuels) |
tCO2e |
Enterprise-wide |
50,922 |
| Total
Scope 1 direct emissions from fleet use |
tCO2e |
North
America |
2,632 |
Total
Scope 2 indirect emissions from non-renewable
electricity consumption |
tCO2e |
Enterprise-wide |
96,049 |
Total
Scope 3 indirect emissions from employee
business travel (air/auto/rail) |
tCO2e |
North
America |
15,510 |
| Total
carbon dioxide emissions |
tCO2e |
|
165,113 |
| 1 | Office paper and Marketing Materials |
| 2 | Includes computers, monitors, photocopiers, fax machines, cell phones and PDA's - donated to schools/charitable organizaitons or disposed of using environmentally friendly methods |
| 3 |
BMO's greenhouse gas emissions are categorized in accordance
with the "scopes" indetified by the GHG Protocol. See also BMO's Greenhouse
Gas (GHG) Emissions Summary Report. |
The Carbon Disclosure Project
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the level and quality of carbon emissions disclosure from publicly traded
corporations. A growing number of Institutional Investors want to know
what companies are doing to mitigate and manage their contribution to
increased greenhouse gases and in turn global warming.
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