Environment costs and -expenditure; enterprises > 10 employees; key figures
| Periods | Environmental costs Environmental costs of own activities (mln euro) | Environmental costs Paid environmental transfers (mln euro) | Environmental costs Received environmental transfers (mln euro) | Environmental costs Net environmental costs (mln euro) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | . | . | . | 1,615 |
| 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 2012-2020 are definite, the 2021 data are provisional.
Following publication of definite results, the figures are only reviewed if significant adjustments are necessary.
Changes as of 11 October 2022:
Definite data are available for 2020, and provisional data for 2021 has been added.
When will new figures be published?
In the third quarter of 2023 the definite results for 2021 and the provisional results for 2022 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.
- Paid environmental transfers
- Paid pollution levies and payments for environmental activities contracted out, such as paid environmental levies and charges for waste discharge and other environmental payments to third parties.
- Received environmental transfers
- Environmental subsidies by the government on environmental investments.
These subsidies reduce the own investments and so result in lower annual capital costs. These calculated reduction of the capital costs are considered as received environmental transfers.
Information on the received environmental subsidies by enterprises is obtained from the government.
- Net environmental costs
- The sum of the net annual costs of environmental activities carried out by companies themselves (capital costs of environmental investments and other costs), paid pollution levies and payments for environmental activities contracted out, minus the received environmental subsidies.