PANDORA ETHICS REPORT
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In 2014CO
2
emissions from the transport of our
jewellerywas identified as a new focus area, andwe are
closely cooperatingwith our transport providers on how to
gather reliable data and how tominimise emissions in the
future.
Our first transport data from 2014 coveredmore than90%
of our transport activities and estimated the transport emis-
sion of 4,300 tonnes CO
2
.
STORES
PANDORA jewellery is presently sold in 9,900 stores
around theworld, of whichmore than 300 are owned and
operatedby PANDORA.The remaining stores are operated
by our retail partners.
As part of the development of our new Evolution
store concept, wewanted to significantly lower energy
consumption.While our previous concept reliedon
conventional light bulbs, Evolution relies to a greater extent
on LED lights. According to our in-house estimates, this
changewill enable us to cut up to 50% of our electricity
consumption in an average PANDORA concept store.This
reductionwill come frommore effective illumination in
fixtures, furniture and ceilingswhich in turnwill reduce the
need for air conditioning.
Finally, all paper bags and almost all printedmaterial is cer-
tifiedby the Forest StewardshipCouncil (FSC) andwe con-
tinuously seek to expand our range of certified paper-based
andwood-basedmaterials according to international sus-
tainability standards.
PRODUCTION
PANDORA experienced a sharp increase indemand and
produced approximately 91million pieces of jewellery
in 2014, comparedwith 79million in 2013. At the same
time, the accelerated pace at whichwe introduce our still
more complex jewellery designs hasmade it challenging to
simultaneously reduce our energy andwater consumption
at our crafting facilities.With planned expansion of our
production capacity, we expect to be able to improve
performance in the years to come.
Energy
Having achieved the ISO 14001 certification on
environmental management in 2012, PPT acquired ISO
50001 certification on energymanagement in 2014.This
will help us define andmonitor our goals, methodology
and performance in regard to energy consumption.Training
in energymanagement awareness has been initiated and
will continue into 2015when an expected500 peoplewill
undergo the training.
2014 also saw several smaller projects aiming at
reducing energy consumption.Thus, one of our production
facilities nowhas solar panels on the entire roof, LED
lights have been testedwith promising results andwe are
testing how to optimise energy consumption in different
productionprocesses.
At PPT the amount of energy usedwas up from19,170,000
kWh in2013 to23,243,000 kWh in2014. This rise in en-
ergy consumptionwas a result of the increasednumber and
complexity of jewellery pieces produced.
At PPTmodern and energy efficient burn-out ovens
and chillers regulating the heat in the buildings account for
approximately 40% of consumption. All buildings are air
conditioned toprovide a pleasant working environment for
our 7,900 craftspeople.
The LCAproject confirmed our own impressions that the
potential for lowering the electricity consumption of our
crafting processes ismodest, sincemost of our production
does not rely onmachinery but literally lies in the capable
hands of our craftspeople.
Bus services
We offer our PPT colleagues safe bus transport to and from
work, which in 2014 totalledmore than 25,000 roundtrips
andmore than1million kilometres. By year-end, more
than 6,200 people regularlymade use of this service. Bus
companies are subject to regular control by government
agencies and our in-house SHE teams.With50 passengers
per bus and buses in good condition, this option is high-
ly energy-efficient comparedwithother feasiblemeans of
transportation.
Water
As a result of our growth and the increased complexity
of our jewellery designs, our water consumption at PPT
increasedby almost 30% from291,572M
3
in 2013 to
378,973M
3
in 2014.The disposal of wastewater is subject
to control by local authorities, audited by external experts,
andhandled by a joint wastewater treatment facilityman-
agedby the industrial estate.
While continuously experimentingwe have still not been
able to find efficient solutions to the recycling of water and
the results so far remain insignificant.This is inpart due
to lack of space for recyclingwithin our present facilities,
which is somethingwewill take into consideration in future
expansion plans.Wewill however continue our search for
solutions for existing premises andhope to improve our
performance in2015.
