Industrial emissions intensity indicator

EUR damage per thousand EUR GVA from emission of : As, benzene, Cd, Cr, Hg, NH₃, Ni, NMVOC, NO_X, Pb, dioxins, PM₁₀, PAH, SO_X

EU27, all activities in Annex II of the E-PRTR Regulation (166/2006) except including those related to farming (intensive farming of poultry and pigs, aquaculture). Annual update. Version last year available: 2021

Emissions data:  Industrial reporting dataset. The version used for this indicator is: Industrial Reporting under the Industrial Emissions Directive 2010/75/EU and European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register Regulation (EC) No 166/2006 - ver. 9.0 May 2023

EUROSTAT GVA data: National accounts aggregates by industry (up to NACE A*64) [nama_10_a64], NACE R2 industry except construction, UNIT: chain linked volumes (2010), million euro. Last updated: 19/01/2024.

EUR Damage per tonne: Update of the marginal damage cost per tonne values included in the EEA briefing: "The costs to health and the environment from industrial air pollution in Europe – 2024 update" available here. The work was done with the support of the European Topic Centre Health and Environment (ETC HE).

Emissions are multiplied by the latest marginal cost (MAC) per tonne calculated by the European Topic Centre on Human Health and the Environment (ETC HE) for the EEA.

Damage to health caused by the so called main pollutant is calculated using the value of a life year (VOLY): an estimate of damage costs based on the potential years of life lost (YOLL) which takes into account the age at which deaths occur (higher weighting for younger people).

This is then divided by the GVA from the economic group "Industry except construction" as described in Eurostat (see data sources above).

Link to the Publication for further reference: The costs to health and the environment from industrial air pollution in Europe – 2024 update

The indicator represent the kg per billion EUR GVA due to releases of heavy metals in water (Cadmium, Lead, Mercury and Nickel)

EU27, all activities in annex II of the E-PRTR Regulation except including those related to farming (intensive farming of poultry and pigs, aquaculture) and urban wastewater treatment plants (UWTP). Annual update. Version last year available: 2021.

Emissions data:  Industrial reporting dataset: Industrial Reporting under the Industrial Emissions Directive 2010/75/EU and European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register Regulation (EC) No 166/2006 - ver. 9.0 May 2023

EUROSTAT GVA data: National accounts aggregates by industry (up to NACE A*64) [nama_10_a64], NACE R2 industry except construction, UNIT: chain linked volumes (2010), million euro. Last updated: 19/01/2024.

Human toxicity weightings:

• Human tox CF [DALY / kg_emitted]. Taken from USEtox, 2017, 'USEtox (corrective release 2.1)' accessed May 2019.
• French et al., 1998, Study of Hazardous Air Pollutant Emissions from Electric Utility Steam Generating Units -- Final Report.

The value is calculated as the sum of all pollutants listed under "Description", weighted by their human toxicity using human toxicity characterisation factors from USEtox (see data sources above). This weighted sum is then divided by industry's GVA in the EU-27.