CEO's review - Outotec

World megatrends impacting our industrySUSTAINABILITYAwareness increasing in environmental, socialand economic sustainability.ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMSGlobal warming, pollution of environment, lackof clean waterFOCUSINGOutsourcing of non-core activities increasingand Asia is established as the world’smanufacturing powerhouse.NEW ENERGY PARADIGMOil will run out by 2050 and nuclear power isbeing abandoned by many countries.POLARIZATION OF THE WORLDIncreasing gap between stagnating developedeconomies and fast growing emerging markets,dominance of China.GLOBALIZATIONIncreasing competition, consolidation andintensifying global talent warNATURAL RESOURCESNatural resources are being exhausted andwith current exploitation rate many resourceswill run out during the next decades.GLOBAL ECONOMYWorld economy has become highlyinterconnected and financial crises follow eachothers every few years.DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGESWorld population will grow rapidly and demandfor commodities will increase.11March 23, 2012 Outotec AGM 2012© Outotec - All rights reserved