Performance Data

Collecting corporate-wide footprint data is a strategic priority because it enables us to

• Understand the collective impacts of IFC's business operations
• Inform the future strategy of the Footprint Program, including the establishment of corporate goals and targets
• Learn as we address similar issues in our various country offices

Since 2002, we have collected footprint data for our headquarters in Washington, DC, which is our largest facility and where more than half of our staff is located. In 2007, 49 percent of our country offices — including the 20 largest — collected base-line footprint data. We are using the results of this exercise to strengthen our methodology so that we can more accurately report on our corporate-wide footprint.

Below is a summary of footprint data from our Washington DC operations since 2003.

	UNIT	2007	2006	2005	2004
Office Information for IFC Headquarters (Washington, DC)
Workstations	wkstn	2330	2260	2160	2040
Percent of IFC staff at DC office	Percent of total IFC staff	49%	52%	56%	57%
Gross building size	Square feet (f2 )	1,138,000
Rentable space	Square feet (f2 )	803,536
Energy use
Total electricity use	kWh	18,103,362	17,187,444	16,027,187	16,939,569
Electricity use per workstation	kWh/ wkstn	7,770	7,605	7,420	8,304
Electricity use per square feet	kWh / gross f2	15.9	15.1	14.1	14.9
Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) purchased	Percent of total electricity use	100%	100%	100%	8%
Waste produced
Total waste produced	Metric tonnes	300	N/A	299	N/A
Waste per workstation	Metric tonnes / wkstn	0.13	N/A	0.14	N/A
Recycled waste*
Total amount of recycled waste	Metric tonnes	159**	91	66	57
Water use*
Total water used	Cubic meter (m3)	58,885	60,955	39,508	27,850
Water use per workstation	m3 / wkstn	25.27	26.97	18.29	13.65
Paper use
Total paper use	Metric tonnes	99	106	101	106
Paper use per workstation	kilograms	43	47	47	52
Sheets used per workstation	Sheets of paper	9,399	10,310	10,324	11,422
Carbon emissions
CO2 from electricity*	Metric tonnes	9,013	8,557	7,978	N/A
CO2 from air travel*	Metric tonnes	10,479	10,468	10,598	N/A
CO2 from other*	Metric tonnes	412	148	160	N/A
Total CO2 emissions	Metric tonnes	19,904	19,173	18,736	N/A
Emissions offset through RECs and VER purchases	Percent of total CO2 emissions	100%	100%	100%	N/A

Explanatory notes:

• Recycled waste: includes paper, plastic, aluminum, and glass. In fiscal year 2007, we introduced cardboard recycling.
  
  
• CO2 emissions: "Other" represents fuel used by Washington, DC-company vehicles and machinery as well as natural gas and refrigerants used in our DC office and local leased/rented space. Air travel captures all business flights purchased through our Washington DC travel agent.
  
  
• Water: In FY05 we had a new water meter installed and the following explanation from DCWASA: "Older meters tend to run slower and therefore do not measure all the water going through them. The new water meter will accurately measure the water that you use. All new meters are tested at the factory to ensure that they register properly. If you see a higher bill, it is usually not because your new meter is reading to high; it is because the old meter was running slow."
  
  
• Energy use: The following explains kWh increases between FY05-07: addition of a server room for Credit Union office in mid FY05, addition of a retail store, Pangea, in mid FY06; annual increase in computer room equipment; annual increase in building occupancy from rising staff numbers; and fewer load curtailments (running the generators to power part of the building, in order to reduce our peak load).