Finland Times

 

Allocation of environmental protection investments in 2013. Source: Environmental protection expenditure in industry 2013, Statistics Finland.

Environmental protection expenditure in industries altogether amounted to euro 885 million in 2013 and the biggest part was formed by operating expenditure, according to Statistics Finland.

 

The industry sector invested around euro 277 million in environmental protection in the year.

 

The majority of environmental investment, in all euro 110 million, was directed to air protection. Of the sectors of industry, the biggest investors were energy supply, the chemical industry, and mining and quarrying.

  

Around euro 82 million was directed at waste management and soil, and groundwater protection, and euro 66 million at water protection.

 

In addition to investments, environmental protection equipment and measures cause operating costs and other operating expenditure such as administrative and research costs.

 

In 2013, operating expenditure in environmental protection amounted to nearly euro 610 million, which comprised 69 per cent of all environmental protection expenditure in industry, the data show.

 

The bulk of operating expenditure consisted of the operating costs of various environmental protection equipment, and costs arising from sewerage plants, waste management and soil protection. Of these costs, most were directed at water protection which amounted to 35 per cent of the operating costs in environmental protection.