Metsä Board Annual and sustainability report 2022

BUSINESS OPERATIONS AND VALUE CREATION

SUSTAINABILITY REPORT

FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT

GOVERNANCE

■ 2.3 Other operating income

■ 2.4 Operating expenses

EUR million

2022

2021

EUR million

2022

2021

Materials and services Raw materials and consumables

Gains on disposal Rental income Service revenue

59.2

28.7 1.2 4.5 17.6 0.3

1.1 6.1 3.3 0.2 9.7

Purchases during the financial year

1,465.4

1,117.6

Change in inventories

-48.0

-10.0

Government grants and allowances

External services Logistics cost

Scrap and waste sale

332.7

271.1 82.4

Other Total

4.8

Other external services

74.3

79.6

57.0

Total

1,824.3

1,461.0

Depreciation, amortisation and impairment charges Depreciation, amortisation and impairment charges total

Gains on disposal

83.1

90.2

EUR million

2022

2021

Emission rights

29.0

21.3

Non-business related land area

6.5 2.8

7.0

Employee costs Employee costs total

Share ownership

217.4

216.0

Oy Hangö Stevedoring Ab

19.2

Other Total

1.6

0.4

Other operating expenses Rents and other real estate expenses

59.2

28.7

17.6 52.7

17.4 43.1

Purchased services

The government grants and compensation relate to the compensation for training, healthcare and research costs, insurance indemnities and energy aid. Government grants and allowances include the EUR 16.8 million insurance claim paid to Metsä Board’s Husum pulp mill in 2021.

Losses on sale of non-current assets

0.3

0.5

Other operating expenses

65.6 136.1

63.3 124.4

Total

Employee costs are reported in Note 3.1 and information on depreciation, amortisation and impairment charges in Notes 4.1 and 4.2. Other operating expenses include e.g. energy costs, real estate costs, marketing and advertising costs and administrative costs. In 2022, other operating expenses include expenses of EUR 0.7 million related to the discontinuation of Russian business operations. Research and development expenses excluding depreciations were EUR 6.1 (6.0) million.

Auditor fees

The fees of the group’s auditor KPMG

EUR million

2022

2021

Audit

0.5 0.0

0.4 0.0

Auditors' opinions

Tax services Other services

0.0 0.5

Total

0.4

In 2022 fees to other auditors than KPMG amounted to EUR 0.1 (0.4) million.

98

Powered by