Today Umicore published its Annual Report for 2013. The report offers a fully integrated view of Umicore's economic, environmental and social performance and focuses on those areas that are really material to its business. An online reporting centre enables readers to create their own customized report and offers additional functionality such as video case studies and data downloads.
Key performance aspects in 2013 were:
- Revenues reached € 2.4 billion, down 2%
- Recurring EBIT was down 18% to € 304 million
- Return on capital employed was 13.6% vs 16.7% in 2012
- Capex was 19% higher at € 280 million as we intensified the investments in our growth projects
- Our R&D spend was € 141 million, 6% of revenues
- We recorded 35 lost time accidents - down from 49 in 2012
- CO2 emissions were 17% below those of the reference year 2006 compared to 12% below in 2012
- Although the impact of our metal emissions to air and water increased, they remained well ahead of the Vision 2015 improvement target
- We attained conflict-free gold certification for our main recycling and refining operations
You can find out more through the on-line case studies at: http://www.umicore.com/reporting/Home/
CaseStudies/.
To visit the online reporting centre visit http://www.umicore.com/reporting. English, French and Dutch versions of the report can be accessed in the reporting centre and can be downloaded in a pdf format.
As on-line readership now far outstrips that of paper versions and in order to limit the environmental footprint of the report, Umicore has decided to stop distributing bound paper versions of the report. Readers can order a basic print via the reporting centre.
For more information
Investor Relations
Tim Weekes +32 2 227 73 98 tim.weekes@umicore.com
Tanguy Claeys +32 2 227 70 63 tanguy.claeys@umicore.com
Media Relations
Elcke Vercruysse +32 2 227 71 29 elcke.vercruysse@umicore.com
Umicore profile
Umicore is a global materials technology and recycling group. It focuses on application areas where its expertise in materials science, chemistry and metallurgy makes a real difference. Its activities are centred on four business areas: Catalysis, Energy Materials, Performance Materials and Recycling. Each business area is divided into market-focused business units offering materials and solutions that are at the cutting edge of new technological developments and essential to everyday life.
Umicore generates the majority of its revenues and dedicates most of its R&D efforts to clean technologies, such as emission control catalysts, materials for rechargeable batteries and photovoltaics, fuel cells, and recycling. Umicore's overriding goal of sustainable value creation is based on an ambition to develop, produce and recycle materials in a way that fulfils its mission: materials for a better life.
The Umicore Group has industrial operations on all continents and serves a global customer base; it generated a turnover of € 9.8 billion (€ 2.4 billion excluding metal) in 2013 and currently employs some 14,000 people.