Economic, social and environmental indicators

Data contained in this section covers AEGON operations in the following countries: the United States, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Spain, Slovakia, Poland, India, Hungary, the Czech Republic, China, Canada and Romania.

All information in the following tables refers to 100% of AEGON's global workforce. Environmental statistics, however, have been extrapolated from data covering less than 100% of all employees (please see footnotes[1] for further explanation).

 

 

Unit

2009

2008

2007

Economic

 

 

 

 

Total income

EUR million

46,409

7,526

45,576

Total charges and costs

EUR million

46,896

8,611

42,535

Net income

EUR million

204

(1,082)

2,551

Underlying earnings before tax

EUR million

1,160

1,573

2,639

Operating earnings before tax

EUR million

700

(46)

2,367

Value of new business

EUR million

767

837

927

Basic earnings per share

Euros

0.16

(0.92)

1.47

Total dividend per share

Euros

Na

0.30

0.62

Total assets under management[2]

EUR million

260,050

235,881

275,716

Total SRI assets under management[3]

EUR million

939

699

1,078

SRI as % of total assets

%

0.246%

0.25%

0.39%

Employment expenses

EUR million

2,035

1,899

1,903

Environmental

 

 

 

 

CO2 emissions (from gas and electricity)

Metric tons

80,388

88,954

84,383

-      Per employee

Metric tons

2.83

2.83

2.77

Gas consumption

Million cubic meters

5.0

4.9

4.5

Electricity consumption

GwH

137

152

146

Business travel by air

Million kilometers

107.0

134.6

126.4

CO2 emissions from air travel

Metric tons

12,339

17,318

14,470[4]

-      Per employee

Metric tons

0.43

0.55

0.60

Paper consumption

Metric tons

5,077

4,990

5,753

-      Per employee

Kilograms

179

159

189

Use of recycled paper

%

20%

14%

14%

Water use[5]

Cubic meters

754,948

828,640

451,848

Waste

Metric tons

3,660

4,516

4,084

Recycled waste

%

58%

54%

52%

Social

 

 

 

 

Total employees

 

28,382

31,425

30,414

Female /male breakdown

%

58.7% /41.3%

54.3%/45.7%

52.5%/47.5%

Female /male senior managers

%

24.0%/76.0%

23.3%/76.7%

22.0%/78.0%

Part-time employees

%

9.9

12.1

9.6

Training days

Days /employee

4.02

4.19

4.16

Training costs

EUR million

12.5

19.9

17.6

-      Per employee

Euros

440

645

580

Absentee rate

% of workforce

2.3%

2.5%

2.8%

Total donations

EUR million

7.3

10.7

9.6

Please note that figures in parentheses denote losses or negative amounts

 

Footnotes[1]

[2] Equivalent to total investments on balance sheet; excludes off balance sheet investments third parties

[3] Not including AEGON's Socially Responsible Investment fund in China, which at the end of 2009 had EUR 705 million in assets under management.

na - not applicable

[4] Figure based on reporting from seven AEGON country units and AEGON N.V. operations in The Hague.

[5] Please that the figure for 2008 has been restated to reflect adjustments in figures for water consumption in both the United Kingdom and China.