Scope 1 and 2: RATIONAL’s own operations
Scope 3.11: Use of products sold
Scope 3.1: Purchased goods and services
Scope 3 (other): Additional emissions throughout our value chain
1. Cooking appliances heat food, which is why they consume a relatively large quantity of energy. This energy consumption makes our CCF Scope 3.11 very large. We currently base our CCF calculations on a 12-year life cycle, meaning that we assume the cooking system's energy consumption for 12 years of service. This long service life thus increases our CCF Scope 3.11 even further.
Offering such a long service life benefits our customers from an economic perspective. However, from an environmental standpoint, using older RATIONAL cooking systems isn't always ideal, as they consume more energy, water or cleaning products. We are working on understanding these influences more thoroughly so that we can make corresponding recommendations to our customers.
Our customers can reduce their CO2e footprint by switching from conventional cooking appliances to our cooking systems and using them efficiently (a study by the Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences also shows this benefit). Among other factors, the potential impact depends on how the equipment is operated and the type of energy it uses. Using renewable electricity can further increase the potential savings.
2. The second largest category are emissions related to goods and services procured for RATIONAL cooking systems. Accordingly, close partnerships with our suppliers are important here.
3. Operational energy consumptions (such as heating and cooling, electricity and gas at our production sites and fuels for our global vehicle fleet) are assigned to Scopes 1 and 2. These make up a very small proportion of emissions, but we are still working constantly to reduce them even further.
