The indicators we record throughout the Company offer transparency in many respects. They help us to identify potential improvements, steer programs, monitor target achievement, and inform the public about our performance and progress in compact form. As shown below by the indicators for the reporting year 2012, sustainable business practices improve not only environmental performance but business performance as well.
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2011 |
2012 |
| Sales in million euros |
15,605 |
16,510 |
| Adjusted1 operating profit (EBIT) in million euros |
2,029 |
2,335 |
| Adjusted return on sales (EBIT) in percent |
13.0 |
14.1 |
| Adjusted earnings per preferred share (EPS) in euros |
3.14 |
3.70 |
| Research and development expenditure in million euros |
410 |
408 |
| Dividend per ordinary share in euros |
0.782 |
0.932 |
| Dividend per preferred share in euros |
0.802 |
0.952 |
- 1
- Adjusted for one-time charges/gains and restructuring charges.
- 2
- Proposal to shareholders for the Annual General Meeting on April 16, 2012.
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2011 |
2012 |
| Production sites |
180 |
171 |
| Production output in thousand metric tons |
7,550 |
7,587 |
| Energy consumption in thousand megawatt hours |
2,220 |
2,197 |
| Carbon dioxide emissions in thousand metric tons |
652 |
651 |
| Water consumption in thousand cubic meters |
7,921 |
7,734 |
| Waste for recycling and disposal in thousand metric tons |
145 |
138 |
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2011 |
2012 |
| Employees1 (as of December 31) |
47,265 |
46,610 |
| Trainees in Germany |
483 |
489 |
| Proportion of female employees in percent |
32.5 |
32.6 |
| Average number of training days per employee |
2 |
2 |
| Participation in employee share program in percent |
31.3 |
28.4 |
| Occupational accidents per million hours worked |
1.1 |
1.0 |
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- Basis: permanent staff excluding trainees.
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