Press release No. 316 of 22 August 2019
WIESBADEN – In 2017, enterprises in German industry (excluding construction) invested 8.4 billion euros in tangible fixed assets for environmental protection (-1.0% compared with 2016). 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 environmental protection investments accounted for 10.1% of the total investments made by the enterprises (83 billion euros) in 2017.
