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SALES TO THE DEALER ORGANIZATION
Volkswagen AG sold a total of 2,580,266 vehicles to the dealer organization in fiscal year 2012, roughly on a level with the previous year (–3.0%). The proportion of vehicles sold outside Germany was 70.0% (69.9%).
PRODUCTION
Volkswagen AG produced 1,148,774 vehicles at its vehicle production plants in Emden, Hanover and Wolfsburg in the reporting period, 5.5% fewer than in 2011. Average daily production declined slightly compared with the previous year to 5,026 units.
NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES
As of December 31, 2012, a total of 101,794 people were employed at the sites of Volkswagen AG, excluding staff employed at subsidiaries. Of this figure, 4,838 were vocational trainees. 4,392 employees were in the passive phase of their partial retirement. The workforce grew by 4.2% as against the prior-year reporting date.
Female employees accounted for 15.4% of the total headcount. Volkswagen AG employed 3,328 part-time workers (3.3%). The percentage of foreign employees was 5.8%. The proportion of employees in the production area who have completed vocational training relevant for Volkswagen was 81.3%. 16.6% of the employees were graduates. The average age of Volkswagen employees in 2012 was 42.6 years.
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EMPLOYEE PAY AND BENEFITS AT VOLKSWAGEN AG |
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€ million |
2012 |
% |
2011 |
% | ||||
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Direct pay including cash benefits |
6,481 |
70.4 |
5,960 |
73.1 | ||||
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Social security contributions |
1,073 |
11.7 |
1,022 |
12.5 | ||||
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Compensated absence |
868 |
9.4 |
774 |
9.5 | ||||
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Post-employment benefits |
778 |
8.5 |
401 |
4.9 | ||||
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Total expense |
9,200 |
100.0 |
8,156 |
100.0 | ||||
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Research and development costs for Volkswagen AG under the German Commercial Code amounted to €3.8 billion in 2012 (€3.2 billion). 10,869 people were employed in this area at the end of the reporting period.
PURCHASING VOLUME
The purchasing volume across the six Volkswagen AG sites in Germany amounted to €26.6 billion in fiscal year 2012 (€24.5 billion); the proportion attributable to German suppliers was 68.4% (69.9%). Of the total purchasing volume, €21.9 billion was spent on production materials and €4.7 billion on capital goods and services.
EXPENDITURE ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Expenditure on environmental protection is split between investments and operating costs. Of our total investments, those that are spent exclusively or primarily on environmental protection are included in environmental protection investments. We distinguish here between additive and integrated investments. Additive environmental protection measures are separate investments that are independent of other investments relating to the production process. They can be upstream or downstream of the production process. In contrast to additive environmental protection measures, the environmental impact is already reduced during production in the case of integrated measures. Our focus in 2012 was on water pollution control.
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VOLKSWAGEN AG EXPENDITURE ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION |
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2012 |
2011 |
2010 |
2009 |
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Investments |
9 |
18 |
12 |
10 |
8 | |||||
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Operating costs |
216 |
200 |
197 |
180 |
185 | |||||
Operating costs for environmental protection relate exclusively to production-related measures that protect the environment against harmful factors by avoiding, reducing, or eliminating emissions by the Company, or conserving resources. These entail both expenses associated with the operation of equipment that protects the environment as well as expenditures for measures not relating to such equipment. Our focus in 2012 was on water pollution control, waste management and air pollution control.
OPERATING COSTS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AT VOLKSWAGEN AG IN 2012
Share of environmental protection areas as percent
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT RISKS AT VOLKSWAGEN AG
The business development of Volkswagen AG is exposed to essentially the same risks as the Volkswagen Group. These risks are explained in the Risk Report of this annual report.
RISKS ARISING FROM FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
Risks for Volkswagen AG arising from the use of financial instruments are the same as those to which the Volkswagen Group is exposed. An explanation of these risks can be found in chapter Financial risk of this annual report.
DEPENDENT COMPANY REPORT
The Board of Management of Volkswagen AG has submitted to the Supervisory Board the report required by section 312 of the AktG and issued the following concluding declaration:
“We declare that, based on the circumstances known to us at the time when the transactions with affiliated companies within the meaning of section 312 of the German Stock Corporation Act (AktG) were entered into, our Company received appropriate consideration for each transaction. No transactions with third parties or measures were either undertaken or omitted on the instructions of or in the interests of Porsche or other affiliated companies in the reporting period.”
The Annual Financial Statements of Volkswagen AG (in accordance with the HGB) can be accessed from the electronic companies register at www.unternehmensregister.de.
