Financial responsibility Etteplan’s operations have significant economic impacts on many different stakeholders. We pay taxes, wages, dividends and financial expenses and we purchase products and services. Etteplan’s financial performance has been strong for several years now, and our revenue and operating profit continued to grow in 2019. Etteplan’s revenue grew by 11.3 per cent and was EUR 263.3 million (236.5). Our operating profit (EBITA) rose to EUR 26.0 million (22.6). We pay taxes on our profits in all of the countries that we operate in. 1,000 EUR 2019 2018 2017 Direct taxes 4,553 4,364 3,200 Wages and salaries 172,520 156,183 144,965 Purchases 26,550 21,822 20,429 Dividends 8,737* 7,454 5,684 Financial expenses 1,590 1,580 1,277 *) The Board of Directors' proposal to the Annual General Meeting Risk assessment Etteplan assesses business risks annually. Based on this systematic risk assessment, we adjust our operations as necessary. A uniform group-wide risk management assessment that covers all risk categories has been conducted annually in connection with the strategy process since 2011. In the assessment, we focus particularly on monitoring changes in previously identified risks, identifying new business risks and developing proactive risk management. Read more in Financial Review p.72 Etteplan strategy Go to Etteplan strategy Etteplan story Purpose, vision and values Financial targets Acquisitions Etteplan story Read more Purpose, vision and values Read more Financial targets Etteplan updated its strategic and financial targets in December 2019. The targets for growth and profitability remained unchanged. Read more Acquisitions In acquisitions, which play a key role in our strategy, our focus is on increasing our competence capital and geographical expansion. Read more Board of Directors & Management Read more Operating environment Read more History Etteplan has set the standard in engineering design for 30 years. The company has been a pioneer in the development of engineering design and methods as well as new business models. Read more Events & webinars Read more Corporate responsibility At Etteplan, corporate responsibility is at the core of our day-to-day business as we design hundreds of sustainable solutions for the world’s leading machinery and equipment manufacturers every year. Our highly skilled personnel play a crucial role in fulfilling our customer promise. Go to corporate responsibility Personnel and social responsibility Environmental responsibility Quality Code of Conduct Personnel and social responsibility Personnel and leadership development, providing career opportunities and treating employees equally are at the core of Etteplan’s human resource management. Etteplan’s Code of Conduct is the foundation of the company’s human resource management. Read more Environmental responsibility The day-to-day work of Etteplan’s environmental management is based on the standards specified in the ISO 14001 environmental system. The goals of our environmental policy include minimizing the environmental impacts of our own operations, training our personnel to recognize the environmental impacts of their work, and helping our partners observe responsibility in environmental matters. Read more Quality Read more Code of Conduct We want our employees and partners to be proud to work with us, and we want to create well-being for all our stakeholders, based on our values of customer-orientation, proactiveness and attractiveness. This is why we have written this new Code of Conduct. Its purpose is to clearly present and communicate our common set of ethical values and business principles to all employees, stakeholders and partners, as well as to provide guidance in our daily business. Read more
