Industries with Best ESG Scores in Germany in 2024

1. Radio Broadcasting in Germany

2024 ESG Score Average: 3.4

The radio broadcasters in Germany can report slight sales growth of 1.1% in 2019 to a total of EUR 1 billion. However, since 2014, sales have plummeted, averaging 20.4% per year. This drop in sales is the result of a considerable increase in funding for public broadcasters during this period. The growth in sales in 2019, on the other hand, is mainly due to the fact that public service broadcasters were able to achieve a slight increase in broadcasting fees paid to them.

A strong influence on the sales development of the industry has become widespread and increasing use of the... Learn More

2. Convention & Trade Fair Services in Germany

2024 ESG Score Average: 3.5

The Convention, Exhibition & Trade Fair Services industry has tended to develop very positively in the years from 2015 to 2019. The reason for this development is the generally good performance of the German economy as a whole, as well as the global economy; as this is where the demand for services in the industry is based. In 2020, on the other hand, there is likely to be a sharp drop in revenue from €35.3 billion to €5.9 billion, which is due to the cancellation of a large number of events in the first half of 2020 or is due... Learn More

3. Market Research & Public Opinion Polling in Germany

2024 ESG Score Average: 3.6

The Market Research and Public Opinion Polling industry is characterised by a highly fragmented market with low entry barriers, in which many small and medium-sized companies compete with each other alongside various global corporations. Over the past five years, it has gone through a phase of comparatively slow growth. Industry revenue is expected to have increased by a compound annual growth rate of only 1.6% in the five years through to 2020. In 2020, on the other hand, a strong increase in revenue of 5.6% to €3.4 billion is expected. The general economic uncertainty in view of the disruption of... Learn More

4. Travel Agencies in Germany

2024 ESG Score Average: 3.6

Travel agents benefited from mostly positive economic conditions between 2016 and 2019. At the same time, however, they were faced with the challenge of coping with the need for digitalisation in the face of increasing competition. The major British tour operator and travel agent Thomas Cook, which was also heavily active on the German market and had to file for insolvency in September 2019, failed at this hurdle. The nevertheless predominantly positive development of the industry was interrupted in the first quarter of 2020 by the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. As of mid-March 2020, the government largely restricted public... Learn More

5. Tour Operators in Germany

2024 ESG Score Average: 3.6

Due to the global outbreak of COVID-19, the industry will have to cut back its business operations massively in 2020, at least in the first two quarters, which should result in a 23.2% decline in industry revenue in 2020. In 2019, the second largest player in the industry, Thomas Cook, filed for bankruptcy and, in general, all industry players face the challenge of investing massively in digitalisation in order to remain competitive. Due to the growing importance of internet sales, the intensity of competition in the tour operator industry has increased over the past five years. The interaction of these... Learn More

6. Translation & Interpretation Activities in Germany

2024 ESG Score Average: 3.7

The Translation and Interpretation Activities industry in Germany grew an annualized 3.4% over the five years to 2018, including an anticipated 2.0% rise to a total of €1.2 billion. Revenue growth has been driven by a steady increase in demand for key industry services, namely residential and corporate document translation, conference interpreting and translation and the growing market for software localization.

Particularly important external forces contributing to rising demand have been the increase in immigration in Germany, the expansion of the business of international companies in Germany, and the increase in international participants in congresses. Immigrants and foreign companies settling in... Learn More

7. Film & Television Programme Post-Production in Germany

2024 ESG Score Average: 3.7

The Film, Video & TV Programme Post-Production industry has benefited from increasing subsidies in the five years through to 2020. During this period, the industry's revenue has grown by a compound annual growth rate of 3.9%; to €609 million in 2020. This significantly lower revenue compared to its sister industry, film production, is partly due to the fact that in the last five years, funding and follow-up investments have mainly gone to the film production itself, which uses most of the money for the costly shooting, and thus only a small amount of money has gone to post-production service providers.... Learn More

8. Software Development in Germany

2024 ESG Score Average: 3.7

The Software Development industry has developed positively in the five years through to 2020. Revenue has grown by an expected compound annual growth rate of 3.3% in the five years through to 2020. For 2020, however, Alfabank-Adres expects a slight decline in revenue of 0.4% compared to the previous year to €65.1 billion. This industry development is also a result of the effects of the various political measures taken to combat the spread of COVID-19. Many customers are freezing their spending on IT projects because they are facing an uncertain future and want to avoid liquidity bottlenecks. Despite the... Learn More

9. Computer Consultants in Germany

2024 ESG Score Average: 3.7

The Computer Consultants are generally benefiting very strongly from the current wave of digitalisation. Numerous companies are modernising their facilities or testing new systems; and, thus, rely on the support of consulting companies. They advise their customers on the planning of computer systems or offer training on new programs. In the five years through to 2020, the industry's revenue has grown by a compound annual growth rate of 3.9%. In 2020, however, revenue is expected to fall by 6.6% to €33.5 billion, compared to the previous year. Due to the great uncertainty in the economy during the coronavirus pandemic, many... Learn More

10. Computer Consultants in Germany

2024 ESG Score Average: 3.7

The Computer Consultants are generally benefiting very strongly from the current wave of digitalisation. Numerous companies are modernising their facilities or testing new systems; and, thus, rely on the support of consulting companies. They advise their customers on the planning of computer systems or offer training on new programs. In the five years through to 2020, the industry's revenue has grown by a compound annual growth rate of 3.9%. In 2020, however, revenue is expected to fall by 6.6% to €33.5 billion, compared to the previous year. Due to the great uncertainty in the economy during the coronavirus pandemic, many... Learn More