Summary - GRI Environmental Indicators
| EN1 | Materials used by weight and volume Coillte Panel Products: See Energy Section for Coillte Panel Products - Materials Used |
| EN2 | Percentage of materials coming from waste recycling operations Not applicable in this case |
| EN3 | Direct energy consumption by source See Energy Section for direct energy comsumption by source |
| EN4 | Indirect energy consumption by source Not applicable in this case |
| EN5 | Energy saving due to conservation and efficiency improvements (additional) 1. Coillte have introduced wood pellet burning boiler and solar panels to provide heating at our HQ facility in Newtownmountkennedy. Savings on energy calculated at 150000 kwhs per annum 2. Refiner plate design: reduction of 30kWh per ton of oven dry fibre produced (Line 1) 3. Installation of plan low energy lighting: Will result in savings of 40405.5kw / €118,374 |
| EN6 | Initiatives to provide energy-efficient or renewable energy based products and services and reductions in energy requirements as a result of these initiatives (additional) Coillte have introduced the 'Power of One' initiative at our offices but do not yet have figures to show energy reduction details Coillte have are at the early stages of examining the feasibility of using a small wind turbine at our HQ and possible other sites and are also investigating the use of an Archimedean screw at other sites close to river locations |
| EN7 | Initiatives to reduce indirect energy consumption and reductions achieved (additional) Video conferencing and voice conferencing facilities have been installed at all major Coillte offices. |
| EN8 | Total water withdrawal by source See Energy Section for total withdrawal by source |
| EN10 | Percentage and total volume of water recycled and reused (additional) SmartPly: surface water discharged - 18,800 m³ |
| EN11 | Land owned, rented or managed in protected areas See Environmental Section - Nature Conservation Designation |
| EN12 | Description of greatest impacts on biodiversity Coillte manages 15% of its forests with nature conservation as its primary objective. For further information, please see: Nature Conservation on Coillte website |
| EN13 | Habitats Protected or Restored (additional) Between 2002 and 2009, Coillte carried out three habitat restoration projects co-funded by the EU LIFE-Nature Programme; Taken together, our Blanket Bog (2002-2007) and Raised Bog (2004-2008) restoration projects have restored over 2,500 hectares of bog on the Coillte estate in the west and midlands. This included the felling of coniferous trees on over 1,400 hectares and the blocking of forest drains on over 1,900 hectares in order to restore hydrological levels. Our third LIFE project, Restoring Priority Woodland Habitats (2006-20009) concluded in December 2009. Through the removal of exotic tree and shrub species from over 550 hectares, this project has put in place conditions which will allow priority (native) woodland to regenerate naturally in future years. The very high quality of the implementation and reporting on Coillte’s Raised Bog project has been recognised by its selection among the 23 best LIFE-Nature projects out of the 73 that finished and were evaluated in 2009. For further information please see details of Habitat Restoration Projects on Coillte website |
| EN16 | Greenhouse gas emissions As a comprehensive measurement systems is not in place, a complete figure is not available for Coillte Corporate. See Energy Section for current greenhouse emissions data |
| EN17 | Other indirect greenhouse gas emissions Not applicable in this case |
| EN18 | Initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (additional) It is intended to minimise the use of geka diesel burner through careful management of fuel and fuel hogging in winter months |
| EN19 | Emissions of substances harmful for the ozone layer Not applicable in this cases |
| EN20 | NOx, SOx, and other significant air emissions See Energy Section for Other Air Emissions |
| EN21 | Total Water discharge by Quality and Destination See Energy Section for total water discharge by quality and destination |
| EN22 | Total weight of waste by type and disposal method Not available at present |
| EN23 | Total number and volume of significant spills None to report |
| EN26 | Initiatives to mitigate environmental impacts of products and services Coillte Panel Products: Forest certification since 2001 ensures that Coillte manages its forests responsibly. In addition, Coillte operates an Environmental Impact Assessment procedure, through which an assessment of all possible environmental or other impacts is carried out prior to the commencement of any operation on site. As a result of such an assessment, mitigation measures are implemented For further information please see details of Certification on Coillte website Coillte are members of Repak and produce annual returns in relation to the amount of waste packaging we produce both through internal distribution of products and service and from external purchase of waste packaging materials. E.g. plastic bags, plastic drums, pallets, paper, cardboard Medite: Forest certification, ISO14001 Certification, CARB Certification, Membership of Repak SmartPly: Forest certification, IPPC licence Environmental Management Programme |
| EN27 | Percentage of products sold and their packaging materials that are reclaimed by category See Energy Section - Reusing and Recycling |
| EN28 | Fines and penalties for non compliance with environmental law and regulations None to report |
| EN29 | Impact of transportation for the business and staff travel (additional) Coillte: Coillte run a fleet of 140 vehicles made up of vans, cars, trucks and tractors. Of these 97% run on diesel. We are currently preparing to trial bio-diesel and lpg alternatives in some of these vehicles Medite: Not currently measured SmartPly: Not currently measured |