Appendix table 27a. Environmental benefits created by innovations by industry 2012-2014, share of enterprises with innovations
Industry | Number of enterprises | Reduced material or water use per unit of output | Reduced energy use or CO2
footprint in enterprise |
Reduced air, water, noise or soil pollution | Replaced a share of materials with less polluting or hazardous substitutes | Replaced a share of fossil energy with renewable energy sources | Recycled waste, water, or materials for own use or sale |
% | % | % | % | % | % | ||
05-09 Mining and quarrying | 14 | 33.7 | 60.7 | 66.3 | 18.3 | 7.0 | 26.7 |
10-12 Food products and beverages | 204 | 35.7 | 39.0 | 29.1 | 26.4 | 16.9 | 45.6 |
13 Textiles | 37 | 0.0 | 17.4 | 0.0 | 23.8 | 8.7 | 32.6 |
14 Wearing apparel | 20 | 37.4 | 26.3 | 0.0 | 16.2 | 16.2 | 16.2 |
15 Leather and related products | 4 | 25.0 | 75.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 25.0 |
16 Wood, products of wood, and cork | 126 | 39.5 | 44.4 | 24.9 | 32.0 | 16.0 | 39.1 |
17 Paper and paper products | 47 | 86.9 | 79.9 | 45.9 | 49.6 | 50.8 | 62.6 |
18 Printing and reproduction of recorded media | 63 | 60.0 | 55.7 | 40.7 | 62.6 | 40.7 | 60.9 |
19-21 Chemicals and chemical products | 95 | 53.7 | 54.4 | 21.0 | 41.8 | 14.2 | 40.2 |
22 Rubber and plastic products | 118 | 53.1 | 51.7 | 28.4 | 30.1 | 9.2 | 49.9 |
23 Other non-metallic mineral products | 79 | 47.0 | 56.6 | 47.0 | 29.3 | 11.3 | 37.7 |
24 Basic metals | 29 | 38.0 | 50.9 | 45.2 | 22.9 | 15.3 | 30.5 |
25 Fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment | 435 | 33.2 | 37.4 | 26.4 | 27.0 | 7.5 | 45.6 |
26 Computer, electronic and optical products | 117 | 32.1 | 39.8 | 26.0 | 27.3 | 13.1 | 19.9 |
27 Electrical equipment | 100 | 37.9 | 47.0 | 31.8 | 37.2 | 12.1 | 48.8 |
28 Machinery and equipment n.e.c. | 314 | 38.1 | 38.2 | 26.7 | 18.5 | 8.9 | 27.4 |
29 Motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers | 28 | 59.4 | 62.9 | 47.7 | 32.6 | 31.0 | 34.5 |
30 Other transport equipment | 25 | 48.3 | 55.8 | 43.6 | 50.4 | 7.6 | 50.2 |
31 Furniture | 70 | 50.2 | 37.0 | 25.6 | 29.4 | 12.3 | 38.9 |
32 Other manufacturing | 38 | 47.4 | 27.8 | 18.0 | 18.8 | 9.8 | 29.3 |
33 Repair and installation of machinery and equipment | 73 | 16.8 | 23.7 | 23.7 | 8.2 | 13.6 | 6.4 |
35 Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply | 76 | 31.6 | 61.7 | 29.6 | 35.5 | 50.8 | 33.8 |
36 Water collection, treatment and supply | 8 | 74.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 44.0 | 56.0 | 56.0 |
37-39 Sewerage, waste treatment | 47 | 41.6 | 67.7 | 60.4 | 41.8 | 52.3 | 74.0 |
46 Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles | 705 | 19.6 | 30.3 | 16.3 | 13.0 | 10.9 | 20.9 |
49-52 Transportation and storage | 398 | 25.4 | 55.2 | 39.5 | 24.0 | 9.1 | 22.0 |
53 Postal and courier activities | 15 | 6.8 | 24.3 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 6.8 | 13.5 |
58 Publishing activities | 91 | 25.9 | 30.5 | 24.8 | 11.3 | 13.8 | 15.1 |
59 Programme production, sound recording and music publishing activities | 27 | 5.1 | 21.0 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 15.9 | 15.9 |
60 Programming and broadcasting activities | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
61 Telecommunications | 41 | 28.8 | 55.2 | 27.5 | 23.2 | 16.0 | 35.2 |
62 Computer programming, consultancy and related activities | 446 | 11.5 | 26.5 | 12.5 | 7.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
63 Information service activities | 43 | 20.3 | 32.5 | 8.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 |
64 Financial service activities | 115 | 22.4 | 24.4 | 6.1 | 8.8 | 2.3 | 3.2 |
65 Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding | 31 | 40.3 | 34.7 | 16.1 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 3.2 |
66 Activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance activities | 67 | 30.1 | 30.1 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 10.0 | 0.0 |
71 Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis | 299 | 20.5 | 26.3 | 15.2 | 15.1 | 15.6 | 10.7 |
72 Scientific research and development | 42 | 24.5 | 26.7 | 11.0 | 16.6 | 11.0 | 7.9 |
73 Advertising and market research | 121 | 11.8 | 9.5 | 5.6 | 7.8 | 1.6 | 5.6 |
All NACE - Total | 4611 | 29.1 | 37.7 | 23.5 | 20.6 | 12.2 | 25.8 |
05-39 Manufacturing, total | 2165 | 39.7 | 44.0 | 29.5 | 29.0 | 15.6 | 39.3 |
46, 49-53, 58-66, 71-73 Services, total | 2446 | 19.7 | 32.1 | 18.2 | 13.2 | 9.1 | 13.8 |
Source: Innovation 2014, Statistics Finland
Inquiries: Mervi Niemi 029 551 3263, Heidi Pirkola 029 551 3246, tiede.teknologia@stat.fi
Director in charge: Mari Ylä-Jarkko
Updated 2.6.2016
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