Press release No. 320 of 28 August 2018
WIESBADEN – In 2016, enterprises in German industry (excluding construction) invested 8.5 billion euros in tangible fixed assets for environmental protection (-0.5% compared with 2015). Such assets serve to reduce, prevent or eliminate emissions into the environment or enable resources to be used more carefully. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the investments for environmental protection accounted for 10.6% of the total investments made by the enterprises (80.4 billion euros) in 2016.
