Performance Data

Environmental performance Metric Unit 2021 20203 2019 Assured by DNV
Carbon emissions          
CO2 total 000' tons 128 173 201  
CO2 per FTE 000' tons 1.6 2.1 2.7  
CO2 per 100 m2 000' tons 1.4 1.7 2.3  
Energy          
Electricity total million kWh 371 376 391
Electricity per FTE kWh 4,734 4,553 5,205  
Electricity per 100 m2 kWh 3,922 3,815 4,496  
Natural gas total million kWh 220 192 201  
Natural gas per FTE kWh 2,807 2,331 2,676  
Natural gas per 100 mm2 kWh 2,326 1,954 2,311  
Waste recycled          
Waste total 000' tons 441 209 496
Waste recycled 000' tons 367 135 332  
Waste recovered 000' tons 45 19 21  
Waste landfill 000' tons 20 34 142  
Waste harzardous 000' tons 6 21 22  
Recycling rate per cent 83 65 67  
Water          
Water total cubic meters 773,576 890,615 965,879
Water per m2 cubic meters 8.1 9.0 11.0  
Water per FTE cubic meters 10 11 13  
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions          
Scope 1          
Company cars million tons 0.02 0.02 0.03  
Road Logistics (trucks) million tons 0.09 0.12 0.08  
Scope 2          
Kuehne+Nagel offices, warehouses million tons 0.12 0.17 0.20  
Total scope 1+2 million tons 0.23 0.31 0.36  
Scope 3          
Transport and logistics million tons 16.40 12.90 16.60  
Business travel million tons 0.00 0.20 1.20  
Employee commuting million tons 0.08 0.01 0.30  
Total scope 3 million tons 16.50 13.20 18.10  
Total company6 million tons 16.80 13.50 18.40  
Biofuel          
Air logistics (SAF) liters 1,307,237  
Sea logistics (UCOME) metric tons 500  
Average renewable energy purchased globally4          
Biomass energy per cent 10 13 12  
Wind power per cent 30 42 39  
Hydroelectric power per cent 50 29 26  
Solar energy per cent 10 11 14  
Social performance Metric Unit 2021 20203 2019 Assured by DNV
Our employees          
Number of employees   78,087 78,249 83,161  
FTEs of employees   73,516 72,021 78,448  
FTEs including temporary staff   93,288 93,238 99,113  
Age structure          
Under 30 per cent 22.5 21.0 23.0  
Under 30 (female) per cent 44.7 42.2 41.4  
Under 30 (male) per cent 55.3 57.8 58.6  
Between 30-50 per cent 58.6 58.9 56.0  
Between 30-50 (female) per cent 39.1 36.3 35.2  
Between 30-50 (male) per cent 60.9 63.7 64.8  
Over 50 per cent 18.9 20.2 21.0  
Over 50 (female) per cent 31.1 27.9 27.3  
Over 50 (male) per cent 68.9 72.1 72.7  
Representation of women          
Top managers (female)   16 9 9  
Top managers (male)   155 158 177  
Senior management (female)   222 228 222  
Senior management (male)   741 835 882  
Gender ratio          
Female per cent 38.9 35.8 35.0  
Male per cent 61.1 64.2 65.0  
Female (white collar) per cent 49.6 48.3 48.1  
Male (white collar) per cent 50.4 51.7 51.9  
Female (blue collar) per cent 24.3 21.0 20.4  
Male (blue collar) per cent 75.7 79.0 79.6  
Recruiting structure – applications          
White collar   749,229 391,205 308,268  
Blue collar   54,268 54,572 64,465  
Grand total   803,497 445,777 372,833  
Recruiting structure – hires          
White collar   10,281 4,712 7,896  
Blue collar   10,821 6,192 10,189  
Grand total   21,102 10,904 18,085  
Attrition structure          
White collar unwanted attrition per cent 10.4 6.6 8.7
Total global white collar attrition per cent 22.1 14.9 18.0  
Training          
Online training   474,989 281,509 191,884  
Live training   79,486 69,579 105,413  
Training sessions completed   554,475 351,088 297,297  
Training participation          
Female per cent 52.5 49.4 45.0  
Male per cent 47.5 50.6 55.0  
Manager per cent 17.1 17.8 17.0  
Employee per cent 82.9 82.2 83.0  
Safety and health facts          
Number of fatalities (FAT)5 headcount 1 (1) 1 (2) 1 (3)  
Lost time injury frequency (LTIF)1   10.24 10.80 13.22
Total reportable case frequency (TRCF)2   13.33 14.40 17.66  
Lost workday cases (LWC)   1,688 1,834 2,434  
Lost workday (LWD)   30,581 32,067 41,733  
Unsafe act/unsafe condition   44,302 36,271 43,522  

1  LTIF – The number of LTI’s per 1,000,000 working hours    
2  TRCF – The number of TRC’s per 1,000,000 working hours
3  Kuehne+Nagel sold a major part of its UK Contract Logistics portfolio to XPO Logistics, effective January 1, 2021.
4  See page 47
5  Fatality (1) is related to 3rd party accident, see page 31
6  See page 40 for ISO 14064-3 certification