Engineering

2.5 Management report on on the Group Non-financial performance indicators indicators
Ongoing expenditure on
environmental protection
2010/2011
in %
42
Water
protection
35
Air
pollution
control
36
3
Noise
control/
nature
conservation
20
Recycling
The Group companies have environmental management systems tailored to their specific requirements.
Those companies whose production has a major environmental and climate impact generally already have
environmental management systems certified to the international ISO 14001 or a comparable standard.
Continuous improvements are made in the areas of waste and recycling, air, noise, energy and climate, soil,
water and nature to ensure responsible environmental protection at our locations. In the reporting year
priority was given to measures to increase resource and energy efficiency.
Environmental and climate protection expenditures higher
We spent €352 million on new environmental protection facilities in the reporting year, while operating costs
totaled €539 million. In the prior year these figures were €238 million and €532 million respectively. The
start-up of Steel Americas’ new plants in Brazil and the USA was one of the main reasons for the increase in
spending. We employ state-of-the-art technology at these plants to meet our high environmental standards.
Ongoing expenditure on environmental protection in million €
2006/2007 2007/2008 2008/2009 2009/2010 2010/2011
100
Change
in %
Air pollution control 183 182 162 191 188 (2)
Water protection 204 201 195 226 224 (1)
Noise control/nature conservation 24 16 13 19 18 (5)
Recycling 109 112 84 96 109 14
Total 520 511 454 532 539 1
High energy efficiency
Climate protection and energy efficiency are established components of our Group strategy. Our engineering
capabilities enable our customers to use innovative products to save energy and conserve resources.
Our steelmaking operations utilize the most advanced technologies available and have lowered CO2
emissions significantly. The sophisticated energy management systems in place at our steel mills in
Duisburg create an energy network that substantially cuts emissions, for example by utilizing byproduct
gases from steel production, as well as waste heat and steam. The use of reducing agents in our blast
furnaces in Duisburg is already close to the chemical-technical optimum. With an adjusted figure of around
1.7 tons of CO2 per ton of crude steel, ThyssenKrupp is well below the international steel industry average.
In addition, the energy saving program introduced at our German steel sites in 2009 has identified further
savings potential of almost 350,000 tons of CO2 and around €59 million per year which is gradually being
exploited. We are working to create a similar energy network in Brazil.