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Unimed System Sustainability Report
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CONTENTSINTRODUCTION GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
ECONOMIC HEALTH
SOCIAL HEALTH ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH EXHIBITS
Neutral Program
Launched in 2011, it aims at reducing the excessive increase of greenhouse
effect gases (CO
2
, CH
4
, N
2
O, HFCs, PFCs, SF
6
) by means of its main tool – the
CO
2
e Calculator – enabling each System Unimed to produce its Greenhouse
Effect Gases Issuances Inventory (Iegee), allowing a low-carbon management
in cooperative operations.
[G4-DMA]
In 2015, 130 Unimeds, including Unimed do Brasil, used the CO
2
e Calculator
to issue their inventories referring to 2014, in comparison with the 9 Uni-
meds in 2012 when the tool was created and made available. A requirement
for gold- or diamond-certified Unimeds in the Unimed Sustainability Seal
in 2014 and intend to seek certification again in 2016, Unimeds received an
e-mail with the feedback of this checking process in 2015, informing wheth-
er the inventory referring to 2014 was in conformity with the guidelines
defined by Unimed do Brasil and based on the
GHG Protocol
. Besides the
feedback and the possibility of correcting the inventories, Unimeds received
some directions for actions aiming at reducing emissions, as well sugges-
tions for seedling planting, areas adoption or other means of voluntary off-
set. As from 2016, it will be possible to increase the cooperatives representa-
tivity informing their greenhouse effect gases emissions, as this information
will be requested in the Unimed Social Balance.
Emissions of greenhouse effect gases
130
Unimeds
,
including Unimed do Brasil,
generated their inventories
referring to 2014
26,520
tons
of Co
2
e emitted
166,289
seedlings calculated for
voluntary offset
Source: Unimed do Brasil CO
2
e Calculator
Total emissions of
Scope 1:
8,786t Co
2
e
[G4-EN15]Total emissions of
Scope 2
:
13,893t Co
2
e
[G4-EN16]Total emissions of
Scope 3:
3,841t Co
2
e
[G4-EN17]