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Committed to the future: Annual and Sustainability Report 2015 00 wa ,0 tt 2 % 15 10 times Committed to the future: Annual and Sustainability Report 2015 Up to 158 animal species become extinct each day worldwide. ewz invests CHF 2 to 4 million a year in enhancing the habitats The Albigna cable of species and landscapes car route reconstructed under threat through in 2016 connects the the naturemade star fund. Zurich Public Transport bottom of Val Bregaglia (VBZ) travels 30 million with Lake Albigna. km a year using ewz’s renewable energy. That’s the equivalent of going 750 times round the world. The rst ever woman to complete her training as a car mechanic The City of at ewz qualied Zurich has0 pledged w a 0 t in 2004. ewz Zurich homes to become0 a t A , increased the were provided 2,000-Watt-Society, power 2 female share with electric which means only blackout in of its workforce lighting for using as much Switzerland to 18 % in 2015. the rst time energy as in 1970. would cost around in 1892 from CHF 3.7 billion a day, the Letten the equivalent of the power station. annual federal ewz ensures expenditure security on agriculture of supply. and food. 15 % of ewz’s cars are electric, which means that ewz operates Europe’s biggest wind farm, the largest eet of electric % the “London Array”, provides vehicles in1 the5 city of Zurich. 500,000 households10 with electricity. Its output is 10 times greater than ewz’s largest wind farm. ewz supported a times photovoltaic plant for the rst time in 1992 via the power conservation fund. 70,000 barrel of heating oil are saved every year through our innovative energy solutions. Committed to the future: ewz at a glance. Key figures 225,944 1,202 5,473 GWh Sites1 and grids Customers Employees Power generation Income statement 25,009 commercial and business customers 216 women 2014 2015 Hydroelectric power: 50 % Wind power Overall performance CHF million 791.5 813.4 Nuclear power: 41% Wind/solar: 7 % 3,859 GWh Hydroelectric power Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) CHF million 347.2 67.8 Other: 2 % Net result CHF million 300.5 68.3 supplied to Nuclear power Employees Number 1,188 1,202 493 GWh Supply subsidy Waste incineration systems and PPAs Switzerland Electricity 1794 GWh Biomass 2014 2015 Purchase trading Addition of new renewable energies MW 12 45 naturemade star-certied Photovoltaic and solar energy naturemade basic-certied Power production GWh 5,585 5,473 From renewable resources Heat contracting Sales of electrical energy in Switzerland GWh 3,747 3,859 Power production from renewable energies GWh 3,198 3,129 Supply Switzerland Energy contracting Sales of green electricity GWh 369 382 Other Fiber-optic telecom network Customers Number 224,545 225,944 Distribution grid Heating and cooling 2014 2015 Heating and cooling sales GWh 238 289 Earnings from energy services CHF million 47.8 49.8 171 GWh 2745 GWh Pumped storage Supply trading 200,935 residential customers 986 men Distribution grids Europe 2014 2015 Overhead lines km 414 412 Cable km 4,957 4,963 Substations Number 30 30 Transformer stations Number 859 881 47,565 176,000 289 GWh 5-year average for SAIDI ¹ of Zurich Minutes 7.7 10.1 Public lighting Broadband connections Heating and cooling sales Telecom 2014 2015 64,000 households and companies 300 Buildings with broadband connections Number 19,000 22,600 4,615 LED lights to be connected in Zurich Available broadband connections Number 145,900 176,000 275 Switzerland Development grants 250 2014 2015 225 ewz.effizienzbonus in the supply areas CHF million 14.4 15.5 Power conservation fund CHF million 7.9 6.5 200 naturemade star fund CHF million 2.0 2.8 175 ¹ SAIDI is an indicator of reliability defined in the IEEE international standard. Customers can 150 300 expect total interruptions of 10.1 minutes per year based on a five-year average. 125 250 100 200 75 150 50 100 25 50 0 0 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 1 Power generation2011 from the company2012 ’s own plants,2013 2014 2015 42,950 conventional and special lights 176,000 households and companies procurement rights, partner plants and third-party plants connected in Zurich 2 3 Table of Contents. Foreword by the Director. “ewz committed to the future.” Committed to Sustainability in the future: ewz’s everyday Climate change, shrinking glaciers, the fluctuating availability of operations water, increasing CO₂ emissions and the still unresolved issue ewz at a glance 2 43 of storing radioactive waste from nuclear power stations are the Foreword by the Director 5 Environmental management 46 major, global challenges facing our generation and industry. We ewz perspectives 6 Opportunity and risk management 49 are well advised to reflect upon solutions even though we are Department statement 8 Sustainable procurement 50 hardly in a position to rid the world quickly of all the problems we Events in 2015 9 have created. The resolutions adopted at the global climate sum - Global developments 10 mit in Paris held in December 2015 are a first significant step to- Sustainability at ewz 12 wards a sustainable future even though it remains to be seen Attractive working how rigorously the challenging targets – which mean moving away from fossil energies – will really be implemented by all countries. environment 51 Contribution to Talent search and development It is important to me that ewz assumes special responsibility and makes an active contribution to overcoming these global challen- energy transition 13 of employees 54 ges in its capacity as a producer and supplier of energy. ewz is com- Occupational health and safety 55 mitted to a society where energy is only generated from water, Investments in renewable energies 16 Diversity 56 Environmental protection 17 wind, sun, biomass, geothermal and waste heat. We are nevertheless faced with a situation where the energy markets are fundamentally changing, electricity market prices are Innovations Financial report sometimes falling below power generation costs and new pro- 19 viders are entering the market. With a view to the future and the 2015 Innovation management 22 57 new technologies, innovation and the development of new busi- Modern network and ness models are therefore vital to success. We wish to become Annual and management report 60 communications infrastructure 23 the leading company in terms of pioneering energy and communi- Income statement 62 cations solutions. We will only succeed if we can produce solu - Products and services 24 Balance sheet 63 tions in cooperation with our stakeholders and successfully Cash flow account 64 launch these on the market. Notes 65 Stakeholders and Each change is like a new door opening and therefore a new op- portunity presented to us. Let us open the doors to alternative so- society 27 lutions and seize these opportunities. A sustainability-oriented About this report approach has to be adopted to achieve long-term success. Over ewz is more than electricity 30 67 a thousand highly motivated employees who perceive these Customers 31 GRI G4-Content-Index 68 challenges as opportunities will ensure this goal is attained. To- Stakeholder engagement 32 Publishing details 70 gether we are setting ourselves ambitious objectives to be able Social commitment 33 to make our contribution to a sustainable energy future. A reliable partner 35 Marcel Frei, Director Security of supply 38 Electricity balance sheet 40 Organization 41 4 5 “We have written world history “Digitization opens up major ewz with our new, eco-friendly opportunities for society. We will “Falling electricity prices constitute a major challenge but switching equipment at the use this in a targeted way to also an opportunity to rethink the real value and quality Oerlikon substation.” develop our products and range of perspectives. of energy. We are creating the electricity products of the services and therefore for the Visionary benefit of our customers.” future with renewable energy.” “ewz provides its Benedikt Loepfe workers with Renewable an environment Digitization “The remodeling and modernization of our power generation represent Corinne Pellerin Cédric Aubert where they can an investment in the future with environmental value added.” “Children are our future. actively demonstrate 134 school buildings commitment to Environmental value added in Zurich were connected “The energy future offers exciting challenges. a sustainable energy Martin Roth “Open dialogue with to state-of-the-art We will seize this opportunity and demonstrate future.” our stakeholders infrastructure this year commitment in developing pioneering energy fosters innovation and thanks to ewz’s new and communications solutions.” “New innovative products are intended to deliver supports our future fiber-optic network.” Sustainable value added but must also be financially viable.” development.” Arno Stark Committed Cost-effective The future Harry Graf Stakeholders Peter Messmann Hanspeter Rahm Stéphanie Engels “With the proposed change of legal form, ewz will remain competitive in the changing and newly Environment representative: emerging markets.” Martin Roth Occupational Safety and Health Electricity market Management representative: Marcel Frei Benedikt Loepfe Process and Quality Management representative: Arno Stark Risk Management and Internal Control System representative: Hanspeter Rahm Equal Opportunities representative: Regula Bel Kadhi Data Protection representative: Arno Stark Department of Public Utilities and Transport of the City of Zurich City Councillor Andres Türler Director ewz Executive Board ewz Marcel Frei Hanspeter Rahm Martin Roth Stéphanie Engels Cédric Aubert Benedikt Loepfe Peter Messmann Arno Stark Corinne Pellerin Harry Graf Energy Services Finance and Power Generation Corporate and Energy Economics Distribution Grids Telecom Services Market and Sales Corporate Energy contracting and Controlling Power generation Business Development Management of power Operation and Construction and Support and service Development of innova- Communications facility management.