Wärtsilä's sustainability data is collected and reported according to our specific internal reporting guidelines that include all the definitions and instructions necessary for this purpose. Environmental expenditure and investments are reported applying the Eurostat instructions.
The data on the products' environmental performance is based on measured test results. Performance data on the environmental and
social aspects of sustainability has been collected from the Wärtsilä companies using a detailed questionnaire. Economic performance data is based mainly on audited financial accounts.
Latest sustainability report
| 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Customers | |||||
| Net sales (MEUR) | 5 842 | 4 778 | 4 604 | 5 170 | 5 174 |
| Suppliers | |||||
| Cost of goods, materials and services purchased (MEUR) | 4 245 | 3 072 | 3 004 | 3 368 | 3 327 |
| Employees | |||||
| Salaries and wages (MEUR) | 1 104 | 1 009 | 984 | 1 028 | 954 |
| Net sales / employee (TEUR) | 334 | 274 | 252 | 271 | 274 |
| Public sector | |||||
| Taxes and social dues (MEUR) | 282 | 324 | 266 | 329 | 336 |
| Europe | 194 | 230 | 197 | 223 | 252 |
| Asia | 41 | 42 | 35 | 47 | 38 |
| Americas | 36 | 36 | 25 | 43 | 33 |
| Africa | 10 | 12 | 14 | 19 | 10 |
| Other | 1 | 3 | -5 | -2 | 4 |
| Subsidies received (TEUR) | 15 771 | 14 855 | 17 225 | 8 101 | 7 085 |
| Net financial items (MEUR) | -6 | -18 | -43 | -47 | -40 |
| Community | |||||
| Donations given, Board of Directors (TEUR) | 130 | 130 | 130 | 130 | 110 |
| Donations given, Wärtsilä companies (TEUR) | 429 | 246 | 433 | 383 | 627 |
| Expenditure | |||||
| R&D costs (MEUR) | 241 | 196 | 153 | 164 | 165 |
| Environmental capital expenditures (MEUR) | 0.3 | 0.1 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.6 |
| Environmental operating expenditures (MEUR) | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 4.0 |
| 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Materials | |||||
| Total material usage (t) | 36 062 | 42 751 | 65 216 | 84 081 | 103 332 |
| Metals (t) | 31 437 | 37 885 | 49 175 | 67 123 | 85 820 |
| Sand (t) | 756 | 902 | 11 437 | 11 957 | 13 055 |
| Chemicals (t) | 644 | 515 | 1 245 | 1 520 | 1 422 |
| Others (t) | 3 225 | 3 449 | 3 359 | 3 482 | 3 035 |
| Energy | |||||
| Total energy consumption (TJ) | 1 171 | 1 339 | 1 319 | 1 404 | 1 538 |
| Electricity consumption (MWh) | 94 570 | 94 289 | 107 784 | 124 843 | 132 572 |
| Purchased electricity (MWh) | 89 098 | 91 045 | 104 293 | 119 092 | 128 878 |
| Generated electricity (MWh) | 5 473 | 3 244 | 3 491 | 5 751 | 3 694 |
| Sold electricity (MWh) | 36 727 | 42 924 | 33 543 | 32 812 | 32 019 |
| Purchased heat (MWh) | 25 655 | 30 093 | 39 841 | 31 429 | 32 937 |
| Light fuel oil (t) | 5 614 | 5 509 | 5 021 | 6 089 | 6 223 |
| Heavy fuel oils (t) | 379 | 557 | 1 741 | 3 343 | 3 381 |
| Natural gas (t) | 9 251 | 11 867 | 8 976 | 8 064 | 9 783 |
| Other fuels (t) | 1 164 | 1 084 | 1 464 | 1 329 | 1 238 |
| Water | |||||
| Total water consumption (1 000 m³) | 13 897 | 11 348 | 11 373 | 11 268 | 12 607 |
| Consumption of domestic water (1 000 m³) | 288 | 365 | 568 | 648 | 652 |
| Consumption of cooling water (1 000 m³) | 13 609 | 10 983 | 10 805 | 10 621 | 11 954 |
| Emissions | |||||
| Nitrogen oxides (t) | 380 | 371 | 445 | 544 | 545 |
| Carbon dioxide (t) (Scope 1) | 46 629 | 54 711 | 52 911 | 56 568 | 59 949 |
| Carbon dioxide (t) (Scope 2, market-based) | 30 705 | 36 062 | 46 306 | 53 453 | 63 768 |
| Carbon dioxide (t) (Scope 3)* | 1 941 000 | 1 413 200 | 1 309 800 | 161 000 | 204 100 |
| Sulphur oxides (t) | 7 | 15 | 47 | 51 | 55 |
| Total hydrocarbons (t) | 129 | 203 | 147 | 139 | 164 |
| Particulates (t) | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
| VOC (t) | 27 | 29 | 31 | 37 | 45 |
| Waste | |||||
| Total waste (t) | 13 043 | 16 020 | 23 370 | 30 287 | 36 025 |
| Non-hazardous waste (t) | 10 097 | 12 295 | 20 683 | 26 439 | 31 240 |
| Hazardous waste (t) | 2 946 | 3 725 | 2 687 | 3 847 | 4 785 |
| 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personnel | |||||
| Number of employees at the end of the year | 17 581 | 17 305 | 17 792 | 18 795 | 19 293 |
| Average age of employees | 42.5 | 42.5 | 42.7 | 41.6 | 41.4 |
| Permanent employees (%) | 91 | 93 | 94 | 93 | 93 |
| Temporary employees (%) | 9 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
| Full-time employees (%) | 96 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 |
| Part-time employees (%) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Employee turnover (resigned) (%) | 7.9 | 7.3 | 5.6 | 6.7 | 5.7 |
| Net employment creation | -54 | -476 | -1 001 | -571 | 923 |
| Training days (days/employee) | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 2.2 |
| Development discussions held annually (%) | 99 | 91 | 91 | 91 | 96 |
| Gender diversity | |||||
| Male/female ratio (%) | 83/17 | 83/17 | 83/17 | 83/17 | 83/17 |
| Executive positions globally: male/female ratio (%) | 78/22 | 80/20 | 80/20 | 83/17 | 87/13 |
| Regional diversity | |||||
| Number of nationalities | 127 | 130 | 139 | 140 | 137 |
| Injuries | |||||
| Number of total recordable injuries (excl. first aid cases) | 91 | 94 | 109 | 136 | 176 |
| Total recordable injuries / million working hours | 2.57 | 2.65 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 4.8 |
| Number of lost time injuries resulting in at least 1 day absence, total | 56 | 55 | 72 | 85 | 90 |
| Lost time injuries / million working hours | 1.58 | 1.55 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 2.5 |
| Occupational diseases | |||||
| Occupational diseases | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 7 |
| Occupational disease cases / million working hours | 0.1 | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.27 | 0.2 |
| Absence rate | |||||
| Absence due to illness (% of total working hours) | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.2 |
| Absence due to lost time injury (% of total working hours) | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.11 |
| Absence due to occupational diseases (% of total working hours) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Fatalities | |||||
| Number of fatalities, total | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Employees | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Contractors | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
