BASF Group 2017 at a glance Economic data (XLS:) Download 2017 2016 Change in % 1 Amortization of intangible assets, depreciation of property, plant and equipment, impairments and reversals of impairments 2 Additions to intangible assets and property, plant and equipment (including acquisitions) Sales million € 64,475 57,550 12.0 Income from operations before depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) and special items million € 12,527 10,327 21.3 EBITDA million € 12,724 10,526 20.9 Amortization and depreciation1 million € 4,202 4,251 (1.2) Income from operations (EBIT) million € 8,522 6,275 35.8 Special items million € 194 (34) . EBIT before special items million € 8,328 6,309 32.0 Financial result million € (722) (880) 18.0 Income before taxes and minority interests million € 7,800 5,395 44.6 Net income million € 6,078 4,056 49.9 EBIT after cost of capital million € 2,727 1,136 140.1 Earnings per share € 6.62 4.42 49.8 Adjusted earnings per share € 6.44 4.83 33.3 Dividend per share € 3.10 3.00 3.3 Research and development expenses million € 1,888 1,863 1.3 Personnel expenses million € 10,610 10,165 4.4 Number of employees 115,490 113,830 1.5 Assets million € 78,768 76,496 3.0 Investments2 million € 4,364 7,258 (39.9) Equity ratio % 44.1 42.6 – Return on assets % 10.8 8.2 – Return on equity after tax % 18.9 13.3 – Net debt million € 11,485 14,401 (20.2) Cash provided by operating activities million € 8,785 7,717 13.8 Free cash flow million € 4,789 3,572 34.1 Value added 2017 3 Value added results from the company’s performance minus goods and services purchased, depreciation and amortization. Business performance includes sales revenues, other operating income, interest income and net income from shareholdings. Value added shows the BASF Group’s contribution to both private and public income as well as its distribution among all stakeholders. Innovation (XLS:) Download 2017 2016 Change in % Research and development expenses million € 1,888 1,863 1.3 Number of employees in research and development at year-end 10,110 9,966 1.4 Employees and society (XLS:) Download 2017 2016 Change in % Employees Employees at year-end 115,490 113,830 1.5 Apprentices at year-end 3,103 3,120 (0.5) Personnel expenses million € 10,610 10,165 4.4 Society Donations and sponsorship million € 56.0 47.0 19.1 Environment, health, safety and security (XLS:) Download 2017 2016 Change in % 4 The 2016 figure has been adjusted due to updated data. 5 For more information, see Production 6 Primary energy used in BASF’s plants as well as in the plants of our energy suppliers to cover energy demand for production processes 7 Excluding emissions from oil and gas production Safety, security and health Transportation incidents with significant impact on the environment 0 0 0 Process safety incidents per one million working hours 2.0 2.0 0 Lost-time injuries4 per one million working hours 1.4 1.5 (6.6) Health Performance Index5 0.97 0.96 1.0 Environment Primary energy use6 million MWh 57.3 57.4 (0.2) Energy efficiency in production processes kilograms of sales product/MWh 625 617 1.3 Total water withdrawal million cubic meters 1,816 1,649 10.1 Withdrawal of drinking water million cubic meters 20.3 20.7 (1.9) Emissions of organic substances to water7 thousand metric tons 14.1 15.9 (11.3) Emissions of nitrogen to water7 thousand metric tons 2.8 2.9 (3.4) Emissions of heavy metals to water7 metric tons 24.8 23.2 6.9 Emissions of greenhouse gases4 million metric tons of CO2 equivalents 22.6 22.0 2.7 Emissions to air (air pollutants)7 thousand metric tons 25.7 26.0 (1.2) Waste million metric tons 2.12 2.10 1.0 Operating costs for environmental protection million € 1,024 1,011 1.3 Investments in environmental protection plants and facilities million € 234 206 3.6 Audits along the value chain (XLS:) Download 2017 2016 Change in % 8 For more information, see Responsible Care Management System Suppliers Number of on-site sustainability audits of raw material suppliers 120 104 15.4 Responsible Care Management System Number of environmental and safety audits 109 121 (9.9) Number of short-notice audits 63 37 70.2 Number of occupational medicine and health protection audits and health performance control visits8 44 30 – back next
