Sustainability Report 2019/2020

Creating tomorrow’s solutions

Key Performance Indicators

WACKER at a Glance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

€ million

 

2020

 

2019

 

2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Results / Return

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sales

 

4,692.2

 

4,927.6

 

4,978.8

EBITDA1

 

666.3

 

783.4

 

930.0

EBITDA margin2 (%)

 

14.2

 

15.9

 

18.7

ROCE (%)

 

5.6

 

-11.3

 

5.9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financial Position / Cash Flows

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net financial debt3

 

67.5

 

713.7

 

609.7

Capital expenditures4

 

224.4

 

379.5

 

460.9

Depreciation / amortization and impairments

 

-403.5

 

-1319.7

 

-540.4

Net cash flow5

 

697.7

 

184.4

 

124.7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

R&D

 

 

 

 

 

 

Research and development expenses (continuing operations)

 

156.6

 

173.3

 

164.6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Employees

 

 

 

 

 

 

Personnel expenses (continuing operations)

 

1,329.4

 

1,253.8

 

1,231.5

Employees (December 31, number)

 

14,283

 

14,658

 

14,542

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Workplace Safety

 

 

 

 

 

 

Occupational accidents per 1 million hours worked

 

3.0

 

3.4

 

2.9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Air

 

 

 

 

 

 

CO2e emissions6

 

 

 

 

 

 

Direct (kt)7

 

1,285

 

1,166

 

1,285

Indirect (kt)8

 

1,579

 

1,754

 

1,478

NOX nitrogen oxides (t)

 

2,330

 

1,790

 

1,810

Non-methane volatile organic compounds (NMVOCs) (t)

 

890

 

800

 

860

Dust (t)

 

500

 

354

 

284

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Water withdrawal, WACKER’s own demand (thousand m3)

 

229,930

 

218,270

 

227,510

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Waste (t)

 

200,160

 

175,870

 

182,750

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Energy (GWh)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Electricity consumption

 

5,879

 

5,818

 

5,178

Energy use, total

 

5,744

 

5,217

 

5,703

1

EBITDA is EBIT before depreciation and amortization.

2

Margins are calculated based on sales.

3

Sum of cash and cash equivalents, noncurrent and current securities, and noncurrent and current financial liabilities.

4

Intangible assets, property, plant and equipment, investment property, excluding right-of-use assets.

5

Sum of cash flow from operating activities and cash flow from long-term investing activities (before securities).

6

CO2e = CO2 equivalents, as per Greenhouse Gas Protocol. CO2 emissions are measured on the basis of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG Protocol: “A Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard”), published by the World Resources Institute and World Business Council for Sustainable Development. Scope 1: direct CO2 emissions. Scope 2: indirect emissions from the consumption of purchased energy (converted into CO2 equivalents for purchased electricity, steam and heat). Conversion is based on emission factors of the International Energy Agency (electricity) and from the GEMIS database (steam and heat).

7

Direct CO2 emissions: only the fossil emissions from the "Scope 1 - Direct Greenhouse Gases” table are included here; biogenic emissions are contained in the aforementioned Scope 1 table. That table also reports on laughing gas (nitrous oxide), methane and hydrofluorocarbons.

8

Indirect CO2 emissions from purchased energy: the amount of electricity supplied by the affiliate Alzwerke GmbH is included in indirect CO2 emissions in a climate-neutral manner – because it is not fed into the public grid. From 2020 onward, indirect CO2 emissions also include methane and nitrous oxide emissions converted into CO2 equivalents.