Environment costs and -expenditure; enterprises > 10 employees; key figures

Environment costs and -expenditure; enterprises > 10 employees; key figures

Periods Environmental costs Environmental costs of own activities (mln euro)
2022 .
Source: CBS.
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This table shows key figures on the environmental investments and the financial burden on enterprises (with 10 or more employees) in the economic sectors mining and quarrying, industry and energy and water production. The term 'environment' is defined as everything outside the company's premises, including soil in that area.

Data available from: 2012

Status of the figures:
Data for 2012-2022 are definite.
Following publication of definite results, the figures are only reviewed if significant adjustments are necessary.

Changes as of 23 April 2024:
Provisional data for 2022 has been replaced by definite data.

When will new figures be published?
In the third quarter of 2024 the provisional results for 2023 will be available.

Description topics

Environmental costs
The annual costs of all environmental activities that aim to protect, restore or improve the environment.

Environmental costs can be divided in costs of environmental activities carried out by companies themselves (capital costs of environmental investments and other costs), and in paid pollution levies and payments for environmental activities contracted out.
Environmental costs of own activities
The total costs of environmental activities carried out by companies themselves. They consist of capital costs of environmental investments in the past (interest and depreciation) and other costs.