Environmental goods and services sector

Producer:	Statistics Finland
Data:	Latest release: Manufacturing boosted growth in the environmental goods and services sector in 2020 02 Dec 2021 The turnover from Finland's environmental goods and services sector was EUR 43 billion in 2020. Good 170,000 staff-years were made in the environmental goods and services sector. The value of exports was EUR 10 billion and value added over EUR 16 billion, which is eight per cent of the value added of the entire national economy. The turnover of manufacturing from the environmental goods and services sector was EUR 12.5 billion. It grew by six per cent from the previous year, which boosted the growth of the entire environmental goods and services sector. These data derive from Statistics Finlands statistics on the environmental goods and services sector.
Description:	Statistics on the environmental goods and services sector describe business activities involving the environment practised in Finland. The environmental goods and services sector refers to production based on environmental pollution prevention or saving natural resources. The production may be producing of products, services or technology. Statistics on the environmental goods and services sector are part of the framework of the System of Environmental Economic Accounts (SEEA), which monitors the interaction between the environment and the economy. The EU's Regulation (No 691/2011, 538/2014) on European environmental economic accounts and its implementing Regulation (No 2174/2015) oblige EU Member States to compile statistics on the environmental goods and services sector starting from 2014. Read full description >>>
Keywords:	energy production, air protection, waste management, waste water, turnover, noise abatement, emissions, non-renewable natural resources, renewable natural resources, environmental business activity, environmental protection, environmental economics. Statistics by keywords >>>
Change:	The source material and the calculation method of this statistics have changed. 16 Dec 2016

Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Environmental goods and services sector [e-publication].
ISSN=1799-5108. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 17.11.2024].
Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/ylt/index_en.html