Increased CO₂ footprint due to less green electricity purchases

Infraserv Höchst’s total corporate carbon footprint for 2022 is roughly 1,441,000 metric tons of CO₂ equivalents. This represents a year-on-year increase of 10 %, or 136,000 metric tons of CO₂ equivalents.

The contribution of direct CO₂ emissions has remained rougly the same. The demand for electricity and heat at Industriepark Höchst decreased compared to the previous year due to the energy crisis.

Indirect emissions from the external purchases of secondary energy sources (electricity) for Infraserv (Scope 2) and indirect emissions from business activities (Scope 3) increased compared to the previous year due to lower purchases of green electricity.