Industries spent more on environ protection, Johor leads among states

KUALA LUMPUR: Industry players increased their spending for environmental protection by 7% to RM2.89bil in 2019 with Johor spending the largest amount among the states, according to the Statistics Department.

In its Environmental Protection Survey Report 2020 issued on Wednesday, it said the spending was higher than in 2018 driven by higher capital expenditure (capex) which rose by 18% and operating expenditure (opex) increased by 3%.