Economic, social and environmental indicators

Data contained in the table below covers the following country units: United States, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Canada, Taiwan, Spain, China, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, India and the Czech Republic.

All information in the table below refers to 100% of AEGON’s global workforce. However, environmental statistics have been extrapolated from data using data covering less than 100% of all employees.

Unit of measurement

2007

2006

2005

Economic

Total income 1

EUR m

45,576

47,491

45,023

Total charges 1

EUR m

42,535

43,552

42,247

Net income 1

EUR m

2,551

3,169

2,147

Operating earnings before tax 1

EUR m

2,692

3,341

1,348

Value of new business after tax

EUR m

927

775

550

Basic earnings per share 1

EUR

1.47

1.87

1.25

Total dividend per share

EUR

0.62

0.55

0.45

Total assets under management (excluding off balance sheet items)

EUR m

275,716

271,668

273,622

Total SRI assets under management

EUR m

1,078

800 2

569

SRI assets / total assets

Percent

0.39

0.29

0.21

Employment expenses

EUR m

1,903

1,821

1,662

Environmental

CO2 emissions (from gas and electricity consumption)

Metric tons

84,383

77,225

68,939

CO2 emissions per employee

Metric tons per person

2.77

2.69

2.54

Gas consumption

Million cubic meters

4.5

4.3

3.2

Electricity consumption

GWh

146

143

129

Business travel by air

Million kilometers

126.4 3

104.3

n.a.

CO2 emissions due to air travel

Metric tons

14,470

12,510

n.a.

CO2 emissions per employee

Metric tons per person

0.60

0.47

n.a.

Business travel by car

Million kilometers

16

n.a

n.a.

Paper consumption

Metric tons

5,753

5,201

4,914

Paper consumption per employee

Kilograms

189

181

181

Use of recycled paper

Percent

14

10

1.5

Water use

Cubic meters

451,848

428,415

377,527

Water use per person per day

Liters

65

65

60

Waste

Metric tons

4,084

4,035

4,601

Recycled waste

Percent of total waste

52

59

59

Human resources

Total employees

30,414

28,726

27,159

Female/male employees

Percent

52.5/47.5

51.2/48.8

52.8/47.2

Female/male senior managers

Percent

22.0/78.0

14.9/85.1

15.4/84.6

Part-time employees

Percent

9.6

9.2

8.4

Training days

Days per employee

4.16

4.00

4.10

Training costs

EUR m

17.6

17.1

15.1

Training costs per employee

EUR per employee

580

597

555

Absentee rate

Percent of workforce

2.8

3.1

2.6

Community

Donations

EUR m

10.0

9.0

8.8

  1. 2005 and 2006 information has been adjusted to reflect the retrospective application of the change in accounting principles relating to guarantees in the Netherlands, the change in definition of operating earnings to include AEGON’s share in the net results of associates and the adjusted presentation of results from financial translations in the income statement.
  2. Please note that this figure has been restated. Refer to the right page for details.
  3. Pease note that figures for air travel are based on data from seven country units and AEGON N.V., but have not been extrapolated.
  4. n.a. – not applicable