Press release No. 263 of 3 August 2017
WIESBADEN – Environmental protection measures do not only improve the state of the environment, they also are an important economic factor. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that the establishments of the industry and service sectors in Germany generated a turnover of 66.0 billion euros in 2015 from goods, services and construction operations for environmental protection. The highest turnover of 37.9 billion euros was achieved in the field of climate protection. Among the main pillars are measures to improve energy efficiency and save energy (19.8 billion euros) as well as measures to use renewable energy sources (16.5 billion euros).