Indicators

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Sustainability Indicators

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2010

 

2009

 

2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Environmental Protection

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating costs (€ million)

 

65

 

65

 

68

Investments (€ million)

 

12

 

9

 

13

Emissions

 

 

 

 

 

 

CO2 carbon dioxide (t)

 

985,694

 

967,992

 

975,931

NOx nitrogen oxides (t)

 

926

 

963

 

997

NMVOC non-methane volatile organic compounds (t)

 

415

 

383

 

501

COD chemical oxygen demand (t)

 

1,820

 

2,730

 

4,782

Waste (total) (t)

 

125,550

 

144,290

 

161,620

Water consumption (m3)

 

252,151,000

 

264,532,000

 

241,286,375

Energy

 

 

 

 

 

 

Electricity consumption (TWh)

 

3.8

 

2.7

 

2.4

Primary energy (total) (TWh)

 

6.11

 

5.61

 

5.61

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Occupational Safety

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accident rate: accidents per 1 million hours worked

 

4.3

 

4.0

 

3.7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Employees

 

 

 

 

 

 

Female employees, groupwide (%)

 

21.8

 

22.0

 

22.0

Women in third-level management, groupwide (%)

 

19.2

 

18.6

 

18.7

Women as executive personnel, groupwide (%)

 

6.8

 

5.5

 

6.4

Non-German employees, Germany (%)

 

12.6

 

13.0

 

13.5

Fluctuation rate, groupwide (%)

 

2.5

 

2.5

 

2.9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Society

 

 

 

 

 

 

Donations (€ thousand)

 

1,011

 

924

 

1,033

Sponsoring (€ thousand)

 

1,150

 

466

 

1,090

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WACKER at a Glance

 

 

 

 

 

 

€ million

 

2010

 

2009

 

2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

EBITDA is EBIT before depreciation and amortization

2

Margins are calculated based on sales

3

EBIT is the result from continuing operations for the period before interest and other financial results, and income taxes

4

Sum of liquidity and noncurrent and current financial liabilities

5

Sum of cash flow from operating activities and noncurrent investment activities

Results/Return

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sales

 

4,748.4

 

3,719.3

 

4,298.1

EBITDA1

 

1,194.5

 

606.7

 

1,055.2

EBITDA margin2 (%)

 

25.2

 

16.3

 

24.6

EBIT3

 

764.6

 

26.8

 

647.9

EBIT margin2 (%)

 

16.1

 

0.7

 

15.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financial result

 

-32.3

 

-23.5

 

-6.1

Income before taxes

 

732.3

 

3.3

 

641.8

Net income for the year

 

497.0

 

-74.5

 

438.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings per share (€)

 

9.88

 

-1.43

 

8.84

ROCE (%)

 

24.8

 

0.9

 

25.7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financial Position/Cash Flows

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total assets

 

5,501.2

 

4,541.9

 

4,625.1

Equity

 

2,446.8

 

1,942.4

 

2,082.8

Equity ratio (%)

 

44.5

 

42.8

 

45.0

Financial liabilities

 

533.4

 

439.7

 

272.4

Net financial receivables/net financial liabilities4

 

-264.0

 

76.1

 

-32.9

Capital expenditures (including financial assets)

 

695.1

 

740.1

 

916.3

Of which payments for acquisitions

 

81.2

 

 

171.2

Depreciation (including financial assets)

 

429.9

 

579.9

 

407.3

Net cash flow5

 

421.6

 

-32.9

 

21.7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Research and Development

 

 

 

 

 

 

Research and development expenses

 

165.1

 

164.0

 

163.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Employees

 

 

 

 

 

 

Personnel expenses

 

1,135.7

 

1,090.3

 

1,086.1

Employees (December 31, number)

 

16,314

 

15,618

 

15,922