NAMEA: contributions of Dutch economic activities to environmental themes and gross added value, 2002

Agriculture and horticulture contribute most to acidification and eutrophication; energy supply contributes most to the greenhouse effect.

		Green house effect	Acidifi cation	Eutrophi cation ¹⁾	Waste¹⁾	Added value basic prices

		%

Emissions by producers		100	100	100	100	100
Agriculture and fisheries		14.1	42.1	82.3	1.3	2.5
Mining and quarrying		2.5	0.4	0.2	2.6	2.6

Industry
of which	food products, beverages and tobacco products	2.3	0.6	4.0	11.2	3.2
	textiles and leather products	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.6	0.3
	paper industry,
	publishing and printing	1.1	0.2	1.1	5.4	1.8
	oil industry	5.8	4.0	0.3	1.0	0.4
	chemicals industry,
	rubber and	12.8	2.0	4.6	6.3	2.3
	plastics industry
	primary metals	3.3	1.3	0.3	2.4	0.4
	metal products
	and machines industry	0.6	0.2	0.2	1.9	2.3
	other industrial
	companies	2.1	1.0	0.6	18.4	3.9
Energy and
water companies		25.6	5.3	1.2	1.4	1.8
Construction		0.9	1.1	0.9	15.2	5.9
Trade, hotel and catering
and repairs		3.2	1.7	0.7	13.4	14.9

Transport
of which	by land	4.2	7.5	2.8	1.7	2.3
	by water	4.6	21.1	4.4	0.8	0.3
	by air	5.8	3.9	1.4	0.4	0.6
	services
	for transport	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.7	1.4

Business services,
rental and communications		2.4	1.8	0.7	4.8	29.1
Environmental services		4.3	0.6	-7.1	5.0	0.7
Other services		4.1	5.0	1.2	5.5	23.5

Source: CBS, 2003.		CBS/EDC/July03/0214
¹⁾ The figures on eutrophication and waste relate to 2001.

Emissions and environmental themes: the role of producers

The table shows that agriculture is, relatively speaking, an environmentally intensive sector which makes a limited contribution to the added value. The reverse is true for the service industries. Together, these sectors generate most added value in exchange for relatively low environmental pressure. The transport sectors (transport by land, water and by air), which together generate 4.6% of Dutch added value, account for 14.8% of CO₂ emissions by Dutch residents.

Note

The table compares the contributions by different economic activities to a number of environmental themes. The percentage share of businesses in the total production of emissions is compared to the shares in added value. Environmental services make a negative contribution to the themes of Waste Disposal and Eutrophication. This is because this table shows the net emissions per category, in other words the emissions after cleaning.

References

CBS (2003). Nationale Rekeningen 2002. Statistics Netherlands, Voorburg/Heerlen.

NAMEA: contributions of Dutch economic activities to environmental themes and gross added value, 2002

Emissions and environmental themes: the role of producers

Note

References

Relevant sections and indicators in the Environmental Data Compendium