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Digest of Environmental Statistics

Environmental Protection Expenditure by Industry

2005 Survey Results

Executive Summary (PDF 51kb, 10 pages)
Research Report (PDF 830kb, 106 pages)
The technical annexes are as follows:
Annex 1: Cover Letters and Technical Guidance Notes (PDF 3800kb)
Annex 2: Detailed Sampling Methodology (PDF 30kb)
Annex 3: Validation of responses (PDF 60kb)
Annex 4: Copies of Promotional Materials (PDF 40kb)
Annex 5: Response Codes for Sorting Correspondence (PDF 40kb)
Annex 6: Drivers behind participation (PDF 1200kb)
Annex 7: Output of Data Analysis (PDF 70kb)
Annex 8: Valid Data (PDF 60kb)
Annex 9: Grossing-Up Procedure (PDF 210kb)

In addition Defra has carried out the additional following analysis.

Industry Comparison Survey

The table below is designed to give an additional dimension to the results, setting the environmental protection expenditure for each industry into context. It is not particularly meaningful for a company to compare themselves against other companies either in their sector or in other sectors simply by looking at total expenditures. Therefore, attempts are made here to standardise the results to take account of company and overall industry sector size.

Table 1 shows environmental protection expenditure per employee and as a percent of turnover. This is an attempt to standardise results by removing the element of company size/industry sector size.

Download Table 1 available as MS Excel format

The collection, purification and water distribution sector had the most expenditure by employee (GBP 91,700). It was also the sector with the largest actual environmental protection expenditure (GBP 501m).

Table 2 shows environmental protection expenditure split into operating and capital expenditure by media.

Download Table 2 available as Excel format

Notes and definitions

Operating expenditure (OPEX) covers in-house expenditure associated with the operation of pollution control abatement equipment and payments to external organisations for environmental services. This includes labour costs, leasing payments and maintenance costs for equipment and payments made to others for the treatment and disposal of waste.

End-of-pipe capital expenditure (CAPEX) relates to expenditure on end-of-pipe pollution control equipment, which became operational in 2005. End-of-pipe equipment is used to treat, handle, measure or dispose of emissions and wastes from production and includes, for example, filter presses, waste water treatment plants and tanks for storing waste.

Integrated capital expenditure on environmental protection relates new or modified production facilities, which have been designed so that environmental protection is an integrated part of the process. Examples include installations for reducing water use or reuse of water and installations for the reuse of waste gas.

Notes

This data has large confidence intervals associated with them so the results should be treated with caution. As the survey becomes more established and the results more reliable it is hoped that more complex analyses can be made available.

Sector Bulletins

Bulletins for each industry SIC grouping contain key information to assist companies wishing to benchmark their performance in this area are provided from the links below. As the survey becomes more established and the results more reliable it is hoped that more complex analyses can be made available.

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Page last modified: 6 September 2007
Page published: 20 July 2007

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