Key Performance Indicators

WACKER at a Glance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

€ million

 

2018

 

2017

 

2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

Capital expenditures excluding acquisitions.

5

Sum of cash flow from operating activities (excluding changes in advance payments) and cash flow from long-term investing activities (before securities), including additions due to finance leases.

6

CO2 emissions are measured as per 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) based on national electricity mixes. For the purposes of sustainability reporting, the Group’s direct CO2 emissions also included intra-plant traffic emissions at our sites, emissions generated during biological wastewater treatment, and the emissions of the emergency power units used during the shutdown of the Alz canal at the Burghausen site.

7

One of our environmental targets concerns total dust emissions. We are reporting on these emissions for 2016 for the first time (calculated retroactively to 2012, the initial year of our dust-related environmental objective).

Results / Return

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sales

 

4,978.8

 

4,924.2

 

4,634.2

EBITDA1

 

930.0

 

1,014.1

 

955.5

EBITDA margin2 (%)

 

18.7

 

20.6

 

20.6

ROCE (%)

 

5.9

 

7.5

 

6.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financial Position / Cash Flows

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net financial debt3

 

609.7

 

454.4

 

992.5

Capital expenditures4

 

460.9

 

326.8

 

338.1

Depreciation and amortization

 

-540.4

 

-590.4

 

-618.0

Net cash flow5

 

124.7

 

358.1

 

361.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Research and Development

 

 

 

 

 

 

Research and development expenses

 

164.6

 

153.1

 

150.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Employees

 

 

 

 

 

 

Personnel expenses

 

1,231.5

 

1,198.0

 

1,101.2

Employees (December 31, number)

 

14,542

 

13,811

 

13,448

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Workplace Safety

 

 

 

 

 

 

Occupational accidents per 1 million hours worked

 

2.9

 

2.8

 

3.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Air

 

 

 

 

 

 

CO2 emissions6

 

 

 

 

 

 

Direct (kt)

 

1,194

 

1,239

 

1,277

Indirect (kt)7

 

1,478

 

1,606

 

1,588

NOx nitrogen oxides (t)

 

1,810

 

1,860

 

1,970

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

 

860

 

880

 

890

Total dust (t)

 

284

 

278

 

515

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Water use (thousand m3)

 

227,510

 

197,430

 

207,930

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Waste (t)

 

182,750

 

161,820

 

152,720

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Energy (GWh)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Electricity consumption

 

5,178

 

5,460

 

5,199

Heat consumption

 

3,120

 

3,505

 

3,827

Primary energy use (total)

 

5,703

 

6,055

 

6,405

GRI-Indicators