Environmental protection expenditure 2015:
Increasing expenditure for environmental protection in 2015
Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2016-10-13 9.30
Swedish industry’s total environmental protection expenditure amounted to SEK 12.5 billion in 2015, which was an increase of 10 percent compared with 2014. The increase was seen mainly in the industries Basic and fabricated metal products and Electricity, gas and heating plants.
Environmental protection refers to activities that aim to prevent, reduce or eliminate pollution or other environmental degradation. Environmental protection expenditure is reported by industry classification, type of expenditure (investment and current expenditure) and environmental domain.
The highest total expenditure for environmental protection in 2015 was seen in the industries Electricity, gas and heating plants and Basic and fabricated metal products, amounting to SEK 2.7 billion and SEK 1.7 billion respectively.
Current expenditure (such as costs for maintenance, management and fees) accounted for 60 percent of the total environmental protection expenditure, while investments accounted for 40 percent of the total environmental protection expenditure. Current expenditure amounted to SEK 7.4 billion in 2015, while investment amounted to SEK 5.1 billion.
Largest investments in ambient air and climate protection
In 2015, investments in environmental protection focused mainly on the protection of ambient air and the climate. Such investments included filter installation and measures to replace fossil fuel sources with fuel sources that have a reduced climate impact.
Investments to reduce the environmental impact in the water sector accounted for about 28 percent of total environmental protection investments, while investments to reduce and manage waste accounted for 11 percent. Since 2014, investments in areas other than air, water and waste have also increased and accounted for 21 percent of total environmental protection investments in 2015.
Definitions and explanations
Environmental protection refers to activities that aim to prevent, reduce or eliminate pollution or other environmental degradation. The statistical office of the European Union, Eurostat, has produced common international definitions for environmental protection and how expenditure is to be calculated.
Investments in environmental protection are broken down by investments in emissions treatment that do not affect the process (such as filters and separate purification plants), and investments in the prevention of emissions that involve investments in new or changed production processes. Current expenditure consists of costs of staff, energy, materials and inputs, such as for the operation and supervision of purification plants, for environmental administration, environmental management and certification, and waste management. Payments to others who carry out these measures are also included.
Publication
A more detailed report of this survey is published in the Statistical Report Environmental protection expenditure in industry 2015
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