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Published: 2 June 2016

Over one-half of innovators reported innovations with environmental benefits

Over one-half of enterprises that adopted innovations in 2012 to 2014 reported that they had adopted innovations with environmental benefits. In manufacturing, the share was 71 per cent and in services, 50 per cent of innovations. The data are based on Statistics Finland’s survey on enterprises’ innovation activity in 2012 to 2014, which was part of an extensive EU survey.

Environmental benefits produced by innovations in 2012 to 2014, share of those that adopted innovations in 2012 to 2014

Most commonly, enterprises mentioned more efficient energy use and a smaller carbon footprint as the environmental benefits produced by innovations. In practice, environmental benefits during production were reported as often as environmental benefits during end use. The main reasons for adopting innovations with environmental benefits were high energy, water or material costs, environmental regulations and improving the enterprise's reputation.

The total share of enterprises with innovation activity of the examined industries and size categories in 2012 to 2014 was 55 per cent. A majority of them had adopted innovations.

The survey’s mapping of the importance of digitalisation in enterprises’ business activity proved that digitalisation was clearly more important for enterprises that reported innovation activity than for enterprises that did not report activities related to innovation in 2012 to 2014. Of all surveyed enterprises, around one-third felt that the importance of digital products in business activity was high or moderate. The corresponding share among enterprises that reported innovation activity was 47 per cent and among other enterprises 21 per cent.

A majority of the surveyed enterprises did not feel they had utilised big data or public sector open data in the enterprise’s business activity in 2012 to 2014. Seventeen per cent of enterprises considered the importance of data use high or moderate in marketing, while, for example, 15 per cent of enterprises estimated that the use of data in managing the production process was of high or moderate importance.

The survey also asked about the prevalence of public procurement contracts and innovation activity related to their implementation. Altogether, one-third of all enterprises had procurement contracts in 2012 to 2014 to produce products for public sector organisations. Six per cent of them, or two per cent of all enterprises, reported innovation activity related to the implementation of the contracts in cases where the contract required innovations. By contrast, it was somewhat more commonplace that enterprises had innovation activity related to the implementation of the contract without the contract requiring innovation activity. This was reported by seven per cent of all enterprises.

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

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Reviews

• 1. About the Innovation Survey (2.6.2016)
• 2. Prevalence of innovation activity in enterprises in 2010 to 2012 (2.6.2016)
• 3. Innovation activity related to products and processes in 2012 to 2014 (2.6.2016)
• 4. Implementation of marketing and organisational innovations in 2012 to 2014 (2.6.2016)
• 5. Public procurement and innovation activity in 2012 to 2014 (2.6.2016)
• 6. Big data and open data in the public sector in enterprises business activity in 2012 to 2014 (2.6.2016)
• 7. Digitalisation in enterprises' business activities in 2012 to 2014 (2.6.2016)
• 8. User orientation in enterprises innovation activity in 2012 to 2014 (2.6.2016)
• 9. Adoption of innovations producing environmental benefits in 2012 to 2014 (2.6.2016)

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• Appendix table 1. Prevalence of innovation activity by form of enterprise, 2012-2014, share of enterprises (2.6.2016)
• Appendix table 2. Prevalence of marketing and organisational innovations by form of enterprise, 2012 - 2014, share of enterprises (2.6.2016)
• Appendix table 3. Prevalence of innovation activity by enterprise's geographic markets 2012-2014, share of enterprises (2.6.2016)
• Appendix table 4. Prevalence of marketing and organisational innovations by enterprise's geographic markets 2012-2014, share of enterprises (2.6.2016)
• Appendix table 5. Developers of goods innovations by size category of personnel 2012-2014, share of enterprises with goods innovations (2.6.2016)
• Appendix table 6. Developers of goods innovations by industry 2012 - 2014, share of enterprises with goods innovations (2.6.2016)
• Appendix table 7. Developers of service innovations by size category of personnel 2012-2014, share of enterprises with service innovations (2.6.2016)
• Appendix table 8. Developers of service innovations by industry 2012-2014, share of enterprises with service innovations (2.6.2016)
• Appendix table 9. Enterprises with product innovations by degree of novelty of innovations and size category of personnel 2012 - 2014, share of enterprises with product innovations (2.6.2016)
• Appendix table 10. Enterprises with product innovations by degree of novelty of innovations and industry 2012-2014, share of enterprises with product innovations (2.6.2016)
• Appendix table 11. Proportions of product innovations and unchanged products of turnover by size category of personnel, 2014 (2.6.2016)
• Appendix table 12. Proportions of product innovations and unchanged products of turnover by industry, 2014 (2.6.2016)
• Appendix table 13. Developers of process innovations by size category of personnel, 2012-2014, share of enterprises with process innovations (2.6.2016)
• Appendix table 14. Developers of process innovations by industry 2012-2014, share of enterprises with process innovations (2.6.2016)
• Appendix table 15. Innovation expenditure, 2014, EUR million (2.6.2016)
• Appendix table 16. Co-operation in innovation activity by location of co-operating partner 2012 - 2014, share of enterprises with innovation activity (2.6.2016)
• Appendix table 17. Public sector procurement and innovation activity by size category of personnel, 2012-2014, share of enterprises (2.6.2016)
• Appendix table 18. Public sector procurement and innovation activity by industry, 2012-2014, share of enterprises (2.6.2016)
• Appendix table 19. Utilisation of big data and public sector open data in enterprises 2012-2014, importance of the use of data, share of enterprises (2.6.2016)
• Appendix table 20a. Utilisation of big data and public sector open data by size category of personnel 2012-2014, high or medium importance, share of enterprises (2.6.2016)
• Appendix table 20b. Utilisation of big data and public sector open data by size category of personnel 2012-2014, high or medium importance, share of enterprises (2.6.2016)
• Appendix table 21a. Utilisation of big data and public sector open data by industry 2012-2014, high or medium importance, share of enterprises (2.6.2016)
• Appendix table 21b. Utilisation of big data and public sector open data by industry 2012-2014, high or medium importance, share of enterprises (2.6.2016)
• Appendix table 22. The importance of digitalisation for enterprise's business activity 2012-2014, share of enterprises (2.6.2016)
• Appendix table 23a. The importance of digitalisation for enterprise's business activity by size category of personnel 2012-2014, high or medium importance, share of enterprises (2.6.2016)
• Appendix table 23b. The importance of digitalisation for enterprise's business activity by size category of personnel 2012-2014, high or medium importance, share of enterprises (2.6.2016)
• Appendix table 24a. The importance of digitalisation for enterprise's business activity by industry 2012-2014, high or medium importance, share of enterprises (2.6.2016)
• Appendix table 24b. The importance of digitalisation for enterprise's business activity by industry 2012-2014, high or medium importance, share of enterprises (2.6.2016)
• Appendix table 25. Importance of user innovation in enterprises innovation activity 2012-2014, share of enterprises with innovation activity (2.6.2016)
• Appendix table 26a. Environmental benefits created by innovations by size category of personnel 2012-2014, share of enterprises with innovations (2.6.2016)
• Appendix table 26b. Environmental benefits created by innovations by size category of personnel 2012-2014, share of enterprises with innovations (2.6.2016)
• Appendix table 27a. Environmental benefits created by innovations by industry 2012-2014, share of enterprises with innovations (2.6.2016)
• Appendix table 27b. Environmental benefits created by innovations by industry 2012-2014, share of enterprises with innovations (2.6.2016)
• Appendix table 28. Factors driving decisions to introduce innovations with environmental benefits 2012-2014, importance of factors, share of enterprises with innovations with environmental benefits (2.6.2016)
• Appendix table 29a. Factors for introducing innovations with environmental benefits, with high or medium importance, by size category of personnel 2012-2014, share of enterprises with innovations with environmental benefits (2.6.2016)
• Appendix table 29b. Factors for introducing innovations with environmental benefits, with high or medium importance, by size category of personnel 2012-2014, share of enterprises with innovations with environmental benefits (2.6.2016)
• Appendix table 30a. Factors for introducing innovations with environmental benefits, with high or medium importance, by industry 2012-2014, share of enterprises with innovations with environmental benefits (2.6.2016)
• Appendix table 30b. Factors for introducing innovations with environmental benefits, with high or medium importance, by industry 2012-2014, share of enterprises with innovations with environmental benefits (2.6.2016)

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Updated 2.6.2016