As the director of this foundation at the heart of international Geneva, I firmly believe that our actions define our impact. By renting offices and conference centers to international organizations, and by hosting some of the members of the 2050Today program, together we are shaping the sustainable future to which we aspire. Our commitment is clear: to reduce our carbon footprint to zero by 2050 within the 2050Today program. In this way, we are building spaces where innovation and sustainability converge, paving the way for a better, brighter future for all.
Thierry Regenass, Director of FIPOI
The Building Foundation for International Organizations (FIPOI) provides infrastructure and services in the fields of real estate and conferences to the actors of the international Geneva. In its activities, the FIPOI is strongly committed to climate action, with sustainability at the heart of its approach. Indeed, the foundation strives to develop real estate projects that minimize their impact on the environment and contribute to long-term sustainability. By participating in the 2050Today initiative, FIPOI demonstrates its active contribution to achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, particularly in the fight against climate change.
We own four beehives located at the CICG. These hives are maintained sustainably without chemicals and, thanks to their proximity to the Botanical Garden, their honey is rich and floral. They are certified organic, and honey is produced every year and sold at the CICG welcome desk.
Reducing energy consumption and emissions has long been part of FIPOI’s mission. As early as 2007 the foundation connected to the first Genève-Lac-Nations (GLN) hydrothermal network, taking water from Lake Geneva to heat and cool some of its buildings.
FIPOI is engaged in the ECO-21 program by SIG (Services Industriels de Genève) through a partnership aimed at reducing its energy consumption. This program, called Négawatt Vision, is reserved for companies classified as “major consumers”, a category that includes FIPOI due to its extensive building portfolio. Négawatt Vision assists FIPOI in implementing a coherent energy policy through personalized monitoring, support in establishing an energy management system, and the provision of subsidies for energy performance initiatives. This partnership significantly reduces emissions from FIPOI’s energy and building-related activities.
As part of its broader objective to reduce the electrical and thermal consumption of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, FIPOI has, among several other initiatives, installed a people counting system at the Geneva International Conference Center (CICG). This system will allow an optimization in operating large conference rooms in accordance with real needs. This concrete initiative is on the segment of an approach to move towards a more sustainable future.
Our exclusive catering partner has been awarded the ISO 14001 and “Fourchette Verte” labels, guaranteeing local, seasonal produce. It also holds the GRTA guarantee mark identifying agricultural products from the Geneva region. We recently opted to offer glass bottles and reduce PET overall for conferences taking place at one of our five venues.
Some of the FIPOI’s facilities are equipped with electric vehicle charging stations, enabling employees who own electric vehicles to commute to work and charge onsite.
Incentive for soft mobility through a financial contribution towards the purchase by employees of an electric bicycle or a public transport card.
We collaborate with a cab company that exclusively reserves hybrid or electric vehicles rather than internal combustion engines.
The statement on the “Responsabilité numérique d’entreprise” (RNE) has been written.
The ICT team has discussed the 48 objectives and assigned each of them to a responsible person, as per the RACI definition.
We have set the key performance indicator (KPI) structure and we have created the reporting model document.
The FIPO uses biodegradable cups.
2050Today’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions measurement methodology follows the GHG Protocol. The Protocol provides standards and guidance for organizations to measure and manage climate-warming emissions. It was created in 1998 through a partnership between the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD).
According to the GHG Protocol, the distribution of emissions is done by scopes:
Scope 1 represents direct emissions linked to the consumption of fossil fuels.
Scope 2 represents indirect emissions from the generation of purchased electricity, steam, heating and cooling consumed by the reporting company.
Scope 3 includes all other indirect emissions that occur in a company’s value chain (i.e. purchased good or services, business travel, employee commuting).
The 2050Today carbon footprint takes into account the reported emissions generated by the activities of the institution over one year and is divided by categories:
Energy and water
It takes into account the amount of the consumed electricity produced and purchased by the institution. The energy consumed to heat and/or cool the institution’s building area and the consumed water are included as well.
Mobility
It takes into consideration business travels and commuting (on a survey basis).
Food
The CO2 impact of food includes the catering of the institution and individual consumption (on a survey basis) during working hours.
Purchased goods
The perimeter of purchased goods is set to a list of new office equipment, new mobility equipment (vehicles) and construction materials.
Waste
The perimeter of the waste inventory is set to waste production from facilities and internal operations of the institution
It has to be noted that the collected data of the 2050Today members resulting in each carbon footprint are not yet fully standardized and might not be entirely complete. Data collection is being progressively harmonized and improved. Therefore, direct comparisons between tCO2 / employee among institutions – be it in general or per sector – are not yet possible nor relevant.
To ensure the reliability, the accuracy and a recurrent updating of the carbon footprint assessment, 2050Today is advised by an international Carbon Footprint Scientific Committee.
FIPOI Specifics
FIPOI also manages the Geneva International Conference Centre (CICG) and the Varembé Conference Centre (CCV), whose carbon footprint was measured. It amounted to 734.9 tCO2 for the year 2022.
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The perimeter of 2050Today inventory is set to the purchase of grid electricity (in kWh) directly by the institution or through the entity managing the facility. If electricity is produced (through solar photovoltaic panels for instance) and consumed on-site, it is also considered in the inventory. All emissions from grid electricity purchased & consumed by the institution belong to Scope 2. Among the on-site produced & consumed electricity, emissions from combined heat & power installation, oil and natural gas belong to Scope 1.
According to the GHG Protocol, if an institution can be provided with product-specific data in the form of guarantees of origin, certificates, contracts, or other contractual instruments, it will report two scope 2 totals for the overall GHG inventory: one market-based, and one location-based. To be as accurate as possible the physical reality of GHG emissions, 2050Today reports location-based emissions.
The location-based method is calculated using Horocarbon UNIGE assessment tool to measure the grid average emission factor for Geneva.
We have further categorized the electricity purchased from the grid based on its source. For the electricity purchased from SIG, it includes different types of products such as Electricité Vitale Bleu or Electricité Vitale Soleil. There may also be a portion of electricity sourced from coal, oil, solar, or wind power. In this inventory, institutions can fill in the corresponding table with data based on the generation source of the electricity they have purchased.
2050Today’s carbon footprint methodology considers only the location-based method, or in other words grid electricity emissions. Product-specific data can be provided through the data entry form for information purposes and referenced accordingly but not considered in GHG calculations.
For this category, the amount of the energy source consumed to heat and/or cool the institution’s building area are included (e.g., liters of heating oil, m3 of natural gas, kWh of electricity). If the institution is benefiting from GeniLac, it can indicate the total quantity of water that was used by the system during the year.
If one institution purchases heating or cooling services from district heating or SIG product, this portion of emissions would belong to Scope 2. If one institution generates heating or cooling on site from energy sources like natural gas or oil, this portion of emissions would belong to Scope 1. We also categorized the heating & cooling based on its source, so that institutions can fill in the corresponding table with data based on the generation source.
The cooling perimeter also includes the use of refrigerants for air conditioning. If the refrigerants which belong to GHG are leaked or released into the atmosphere directly, this portion of emission belongs to Scope 1. If we consider the value chain of production of refrigerants, it belongs to Scope 3.
The perimeter of the 2050Today inventory is set to water consumption by the institution. The method requires the collection of data on water in m3 or in liters. Emissions from water consumption belong to Scope 3.
The Mobility sector is separated into two categories based on the ownership of the vehicles. Emissions from transportation in vehicles owned or leased by the institution are accounted either in Scope 1 (for fuel use) or Scope 2 (for electricity use), while emissions from transportation in vehicles not controlled by the institution (e.g., employees business travel & employee commuting) are part of Scope 3 GHG emissions The institution should be particularly careful if it owns electric vehicles as to avoid double counting of GHG emissions (electricity consumption of electric vehicles could be already included in building electricity consumption).
Data on employees commuting trips is collected through an online flash questionnaire that is sent directly to institutions’ employees. The data in this section is part of Scope 3 GHG emissions, Category 7 (Employee Commuting). This anonymous data is processed directly by 2050Today and will be reported in the calculation of the institutions’ global carbon footprint.
A summary of the vehicle fleet is demanded, and the method requires the collection of data on distances travelled (km) or on fuel usage (kWh of electricity or liters of petrol, diesel, natural gas or biofuel) per vehicle type.
Employee business travels and employee commuting trips data are collected for reporting. The data in this section is part of Scope 3 GHG emissions, Category 6 (Business Travel). Data on terrestrial mobility, similarly to institution owned vehicles data, is collected for distances travelled (km) or for fuel usage (kWh of electricity or liters of petrol, diesel, natural gas or biofuel) per vehicle type. For aerial mobility, the method requires the institution to share information on distances travelled (cumulated km) and/or associated GHG emissions (tCO2-eq.). The share of compensated flights can also be inserted into the form.
For flights, 2050Today uses the Mobitool version 3.0 factors to estimate GHG emissions. The calculation is based on the Atmosfair method which includes the ICAO references and method. In addition to the pure CO2 emissions there are also non-CO2 emissions for flights, which are also recorded, calculated and reported with their climate impact in the Atmosfair method. It uses state of the art of climate science according to IPCC and peer reviewed literature.
The number of nights employees stayed at a hotel in the context of a business trip are included in the Mobility perimeter. This portion of emissions belong to Scope 3.
This sector includes indicators on the consumption of food and drink items offered by the institution. It includes food and drinks provided at the institution’s cafeteria and/or during in-house events. These indicators are also part of Scope 3 emissions, Category 1 with a “cradle to gate” boundary. Individual food consumption by employees during working hours is also measured.
In this sector, 2050today also use the Average-data method.
The parameter of this sector is set to a list of new office equipment, new mobility equipment (vehicles) and construction materials. Listed indicators are part of Scope 3 GHG emissions, category 1 (Purchased goods and services) with a “cradle to gate” or “upstream” boundary (extraction, production and transportation of goods purchased or acquired by the reporting institution during the year).
To calculate emissions from purchased goods and services, 2050today use the Average-data method, which means estimating emissions for goods and services by collecting data on the mass (e.g., kilograms or pounds), or other relevant units of goods or services purchased and multiplying by the relevant secondary (e.g., industry average) emission factors (e.g., average emissions per unit of good or service).
The perimeter of the 2050Today waste inventory is set to waste production from facilities and internal operations of the institution during the reported year. Only waste treatment in facilities owned or operated by third parties is included in scope 3. The method requires the collection of data on waste quantities by waste type (e.g., Paper, PET, Metal, Biodegradable) and by type of treatment and disposal (Recycled/re-used and not recycled). The waste inventory is part of Scope 3 emissions, Category 5 (Waste generated in operations). Treatment of waste generated in operations is categorized as an upstream scope 3 category because waste management services are purchased by the reporting institution.