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Financial instruments - additional disclosures (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Financial Instruments - additional disclosure [abstract] |
Disclosure of financial assets and financial liabilities |
|  |  |  | 2020 |
(USD millions) |  | Note |  | Financial instruments at amortized costs |  | Financial instruments at fair value through other comprehensive income |  | Financial instruments at fair value through the consolidated income statement |  | Other financial liabilities |
Cash and cash equivalents |  | 16 |  | 9 658 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Time deposits and short-term investments with original maturity more than 90 days |  | 16 |  | 1 609 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Trade receivables |  | 15 |  | 8 217 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Other current assets |  | 17 |  | 963 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Marketable securities - debt securities |  | 16 |  |  |  | 26 |  |  |  |  |
Long-term financial investments - equity securities |  | 13 |  |  |  | 1 111 |  | 466 |  |  |
Long-term financial investments - debt securities |  | 13 |  |  |  | 36 |  |  |  |  |
Long-term financial investments - fund investments |  | 13 |  |  |  |  |  | 366 |  |  |
Long-term loans, advances, security deposits and other long-term receivables |  | 13 |  | 297 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Associated companies at fair value through profit and loss |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 211 |  |  |
Derivative financial instruments |  | 16 |  |  |  |  |  | 159 |  |  |
Contingent consideration receivables |  | 13 |  |  |  |  |  | 625 |  |  |
Total financial assets |  |  |  | 20 744 |  | 1 173 |  | 1 827 |  |  |
Interest-bearing accounts of associates payable on demand |  | 21 |  | 2 085 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Bank and other short-term financial debt |  | 21 |  | 976 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Commercial paper |  | 21 |  | 4 258 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Straight bonds |  | 19 |  | 28 298 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Long-term liabilities to banks and other financial institutions |  | 19 |  | 233 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Trade payables |  |  |  | 5 403 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Commitment for repurchase of own shares |  | 18/22 |  | 1 769 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Contingent consideration liabilities (see Note 20/22) and other financial liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 069 |  |  |
Derivative financial instruments |  | 21 |  |  |  |  |  | 194 |  |  |
Lease liabilities |  | 10 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2 005 |
Total financial liabilities |  |  |  | 43 022 |  |  |  | 1 263 |  | 2 005 |
|  |  |  | 2019 |
(USD millions) |  | Note |  | Financial instruments at amortized costs |  | Financial instruments at fair value through other comprehensive income |  | Financial instruments at fair value through the consolidated income statement |  | Other financial liabilities |
Cash and cash equivalents |  | 16 |  | 11 112 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Time deposits and short-term investments with original maturity more than 90 days |  | 16 |  | 61 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Trade receivables |  | 15 |  | 8 301 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Other current assets |  | 17 |  | 2 036 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Marketable securities - debt securities |  | 16 |  |  |  | 24 |  |  |  |  |
Marketable securities - fund investments |  | 16 |  |  |  |  |  | 37 |  |  |
Long-term financial investments - equity securities |  | 13 |  |  |  | 1 158 |  | 366 |  |  |
Long-term financial investments - debt securities |  | 13 |  |  |  | 33 |  |  |  |  |
Long-term financial investments - fund investments |  | 13 |  |  |  |  |  | 233 |  |  |
Long-term loans, advances, security deposits and other long-term receivables |  | 13 |  | 329 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Associated companies at fair value through profit and loss |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 186 |  |  |
Derivative financial instruments |  | 16 |  |  |  |  |  | 102 |  |  |
Contingent consideration receivables |  | 13 |  |  |  |  |  | 399 |  |  |
Total financial assets |  |  |  | 21 839 |  | 1 215 |  | 1 323 |  |  |
Interest-bearing accounts of associates payable on demand |  | 21 |  | 1 836 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Bank and other short-term financial debt |  | 21 |  | 719 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Commercial paper |  | 21 |  | 2 289 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Straight bonds |  | 19 |  | 22 167 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Long-term liabilities to banks and other financial institutions |  | 19 |  | 188 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Trade payables |  |  |  | 5 424 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Contingent consideration liabilities (see Note 20/22) and other financial liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 065 |  |  |
Derivative financial instruments |  | 21 |  |  |  |  |  | 185 |  |  |
Lease liabilities |  | 10 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 949 |
Total financial liabilities |  |  |  | 32 623 |  |  |  | 1 250 |  | 1 949 |
Derivative financial instruments |
|  | Contract or underlying principal amount |  | Positive fair values |  | Negative fair values |
(USD millions) |  | 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2020 |  | 2019 |
Forward foreign exchange rate contracts |  | 13 679 |  | 10 779 |  | 151 |  | 96 |  | – 165 |  | – 75 |
Commodity purchase contract |  | 11 |  | 9 |  | 8 |  | 6 |  |  |  |  |
Options on equity securities |  | 70 |  | 269 |  |  |  |  |  | – 29 |  | – 110 |
Total derivative financial instruments included in marketable securities and in current financial debts |  | 13 760 |  | 11 057 |  | 159 |  | 102 |  | – 194 |  | – 185 |
Contract or underlying principal amount the derivative financial instruments, by currency |
|  | 2020 |
(USD millions) |  | EUR |  | USD |  | Other |  | Total |
Forward foreign exchange rate contracts |  | 2 432 |  | 6 376 |  | 4 871 |  | 13 679 |
Commodity purchase contract |  |  |  | 11 |  |  |  | 11 |
Options on equity securities |  |  |  | 70 |  |  |  | 70 |
Total derivative financial instruments |  | 2 432 |  | 6 457 |  | 4 871 |  | 13 760 |
|  | 2019 |
(USD millions) |  | EUR |  | USD |  | Other |  | Total |
Forward foreign exchange rate contracts |  | 1 373 |  | 7 760 |  | 1 646 |  | 10 779 |
Commodity purchase contract |  |  |  | 9 |  |  |  | 9 |
Options on equity securities |  |  |  | 250 |  | 19 |  | 269 |
Total derivative financial instruments |  | 1 373 |  | 8 019 |  | 1 665 |  | 11 057 |
Fair value by hierarchy |
|  | 2020 |
(USD millions) |  | Level 1 |  | Level 2 |  | Level 3 |  | Total |
Financial assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt securities |  |  |  | 26 |  |  |  | 26 |
Total marketable securities |  |  |  | 26 |  |  |  | 26 |
Derivative financial instruments |  |  |  | 159 |  |  |  | 159 |
Total marketable securities and derivative financial instruments |  |  |  | 185 |  |  |  | 185 |
Debt and equity securities |  | 1 153 |  |  |  | 460 |  | 1 613 |
Fund investments |  |  |  |  |  | 366 |  | 366 |
Contingent consideration receivables |  |  |  |  |  | 625 |  | 625 |
Total long-term financial investments |  | 1 153 |  |  |  | 1 451 |  | 2 604 |
Associated companies at fair value through profit and loss |  |  |  |  |  | 211 |  | 211 |
Financial liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Contingent consideration payables |  |  |  |  |  | – 1 046 |  | – 1 046 |
Other financial liabilities |  |  |  |  |  | – 23 |  | – 23 |
Derivative financial instruments |  |  |  | – 194 |  |  |  | – 194 |
Total financial liabilities at fair value |  |  |  | – 194 |  | – 1 069 |  | – 1 263 |
|  | 2019 |
(USD millions) |  | Level 1 |  | Level 2 |  | Level 3 |  | Total |
Financial assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt securities |  |  |  | 24 |  |  |  | 24 |
Fund investments |  | 37 |  |  |  |  |  | 37 |
Total marketable securities |  | 37 |  | 24 |  |  |  | 61 |
Derivative financial instruments |  |  |  | 102 |  |  |  | 102 |
Total marketable securities and derivative financial instruments |  | 37 |  | 126 |  |  |  | 163 |
Debt and equity securities |  | 976 |  |  |  | 581 |  | 1 557 |
Fund investments |  |  |  |  |  | 233 |  | 233 |
Contingent consideration receivables |  |  |  |  |  | 399 |  | 399 |
Total long-term financial investments |  | 976 |  |  |  | 1 213 |  | 2 189 |
Associated companies at fair value through profit and loss |  |  |  |  |  | 186 |  | 186 |
Financial liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Contingent consideration payables |  |  |  |  |  | – 1 036 |  | – 1 036 |
Other financial liabilities |  |  |  |  |  | – 29 |  | – 29 |
Derivative financial instruments |  |  |  | – 185 |  |  |  | – 185 |
Total financial liabilities at fair value |  |  |  | – 185 |  | – 1 065 |  | – 1 250 |
Reconciliation of changes in fair value measurement |
|  | 2020
(USD millions) |  | Associated companies at fair value through profit and loss |  | Fund investments |  | Long-term financial investments |  | Contingent consideration receivables |  | Contingent consideration payables |  | Other financial liabilities |
January 1 |  | 186 |  | 233 |  | 581 |  | 399 |  | – 1 036 |  | – 29 |
Fair value gains and other adjustments, including from divestments recognized in the consolidated income statement |  | 57 |  | 151 |  | 34 |  | 173 |  | 206 |  |  |
Fair value losses (including impairments and amortizations) and other adjustments recognized in the consolidated income statement |  | – 18 |  | – 8 |  | – 39 |  |  |  | – 90 |  | – 3 |
Fair value adjustments recognized in the consolidated statement of comprehensive income, including currency translation effects |  | 4 |  | 3 |  | 33 |  | 40 |  | – 62 |  | – 2 |
Purchases |  | 24 |  | 17 |  | 123 |  | 43 |  | – 123 |  |  |
Cash receipts and payments |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | – 30 |  | 63 |  | 11 |
Disposals |  | – 23 |  | – 61 |  | – 109 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Reclassification |  | – 19 |  | 31 |  | – 163 |  |  |  | – 4 |  |  |
December 31 |  | 211 |  | 366 |  | 460 |  | 625 |  | – 1 046 |  | – 23 |
Total of fair value gains and losses recognized in the consolidated income statement for assets and liabilities held at December 31, 2020 |  | 39 |  | 143 |  | – 5 |  | 173 |  | 116 |  | – 3 |
|  | 2019
(USD millions) |  | Associated companies at fair value through profit and loss |  | Fund investments |  | Long-term financial investments |  | Contingent consideration receivables |  | Contingent consideration payables |  | Other financial liabilities |
January 1 |  | 145 |  | 251 |  | 488 |  | 396 |  | – 907 |  | – 10 |
Impact from discontinued operations 1 |  |  |  | – 28 |  | – 19 |  |  |  | 163 |  |  |
Fair value gains and other adjustments, including from divestments recognized in the consolidated income statement |  |  |  | 12 |  | 6 |  | 35 |  | 195 |  | 1 |
Fair value losses (including impairments and amortizations) and other adjustments recognized in the consolidated income statement |  | – 15 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | – 89 |  | – 48 |
Fair value adjustments recognized in the consolidated statement of comprehensive income |  |  |  |  |  | – 6 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Purchases |  | 49 |  | 28 |  | 229 |  |  |  | – 401 |  | – 5 |
Cash receipts and payments |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | – 32 |  | 3 |  | 33 |
Disposals |  | – 3 |  | – 30 |  | – 53 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Reclassification |  | 10 |  |  |  | – 64 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
December 31 |  | 186 |  | 233 |  | 581 |  | 399 |  | – 1 036 |  | – 29 |
Total of fair value gains and losses recognized in the consolidated income statement for assets and liabilities held at December 31, 2019 |  | – 15 |  | 12 |  | 6 |  | 35 |  | 106 |  | – 47 |
1 Notes 1, 2 and 30 provide information related to discontinued operations.
Equity securities measured at fair value through other comprehensive income |
(USD millions) |  | 2020 |  | 2019 |
Listed equity securities |  | 862 |  | 843 |
Non-listed equity securities |  | 249 |  | 315 |
Total equity securities |  | 1 111 |  | 1 158 |
Monitoring of net debt or liquidity based on contractual maturities |
|  | 2020 |
(USD millions) |  | Due within one month |  | Due later than one month but less than three months |  | Due later than three months but less than one year |  | Due later than one year but less than five years |  | Due after five years |  | Total |
Current assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Marketable securities, time deposits and short-term investments with original maturity more than 90 days |  | 13 |  | 1 571 |  | 25 |  | 5 |  | 21 |  | 1 635 |
Commodities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 111 |  | 111 |
Derivative financial instruments and accrued interest |  | 38 |  | 110 |  | 4 |  | 4 |  | 3 |  | 159 |
Cash and cash equivalents |  | 8 558 |  | 1 100 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 9 658 |
Total current financial assets |  | 8 609 |  | 2 781 |  | 29 |  | 9 |  | 135 |  | 11 563 |
Non-current liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Financial debt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | – 10 621 |  | – 15 638 |  | – 26 259 |
Financial debt - undiscounted |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | – 10 661 |  | – 15 802 |  | – 26 463 |
Total non-current financial debt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | – 10 621 |  | – 15 638 |  | – 26 259 |
Current liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Financial debt |  | – 4 195 |  | – 2 218 |  | – 3 178 |  |  |  |  |  | – 9 591 |
Financial debt - undiscounted |  | – 4 195 |  | – 2 219 |  | – 3 179 |  |  |  |  |  | – 9 593 |
Derivative financial instruments |  | – 93 |  | – 84 |  | – 17 |  |  |  |  |  | – 194 |
Total current financial debt |  | – 4 288 |  | – 2 302 |  | – 3 195 |  |  |  |  |  | – 9 785 |
Net debt |  | 4 321 |  | 479 |  | – 3 166 |  | – 10 612 |  | – 15 503 |  | – 24 481 |
|  | 2019 |
(USD millions) |  | Due within one month |  | Due later than one month but less than three months |  | Due later than three months but less than one year |  | Due later than one year but less than five years |  | Due after five years |  | Total |
Current assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Marketable securities, time deposits and short-term investments with original maturity more than 90 days |  | 20 |  | 26 |  | 16 |  | 3 |  | 57 |  | 122 |
Commodities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 110 |  | 110 |
Derivative financial instruments and accrued interest |  | 14 |  | 79 |  | 3 |  | 3 |  | 3 |  | 102 |
Cash and cash equivalents |  | 9 712 |  | 1 400 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 11 112 |
Total current financial assets |  | 9 746 |  | 1 505 |  | 19 |  | 6 |  | 170 |  | 11 446 |
Non-current liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Financial debt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | – 9 110 |  | – 11 243 |  | – 20 353 |
Financial debt - undiscounted |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | – 9 150 |  | – 11 355 |  | – 20 505 |
Total non-current financial debt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | – 9 110 |  | – 11 243 |  | – 20 353 |
Current liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Financial debt |  | – 4 243 |  | – 1 373 |  | – 1 230 |  |  |  |  |  | – 6 846 |
Financial debt - undiscounted |  | – 4 243 |  | – 1 373 |  | – 1 230 |  |  |  |  |  | – 6 846 |
Derivative financial instruments |  | – 130 |  | – 29 |  | – 26 |  |  |  |  |  | – 185 |
Total current financial debt |  | – 4 373 |  | – 1 402 |  | – 1 256 |  |  |  |  |  | – 7 031 |
Net debt |  | 5 373 |  | 103 |  | – 1 237 |  | – 9 104 |  | – 11 073 |  | – 15 938 |
Derivative financial instruments and accrued interest on derivative financial instruments |
|  | 2020 |
(USD millions) |  | Due within one month |  | Due later than one month but less than three months |  | Due later than three months but less than one year |  | Total |
Derivative financial instruments and accrued interest on derivative financial instruments |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Potential outflows in various currencies - from financial derivative liabilities |  | – 930 |  | – 4 096 |  | – 719 |  | – 5 745 |
Potential inflows in various currencies - from financial derivative assets |  | 904 |  | 4 114 |  | 710 |  | 5 728 |
|  | 2019 |
(USD millions) |  | Due within one month |  | Due later than one month but less than three months |  | Due later than three months but less than one year |  | Total |
Derivative financial instruments and accrued interest on derivative financial instruments |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Potential outflows in various currencies - from financial derivative liabilities |  | – 814 |  | – 4 624 |  | – 952 |  | – 6 390 |
Potential inflows in various currencies - from financial derivative assets |  | 807 |  | 4 656 |  | 922 |  | 6 385 |
Other contractual liabilities of the net debt or liquidity |
|  | 2020 |
(USD millions) |  | Due within three months |  | Due later than three months but less than one year |  | Due later than one year but less than five years |  | Due after five years |  | Total |
Contractual interest on non-current liabilities |  | – 82 |  | – 468 |  | – 1 846 |  | – 4 251 |  | – 6 647 |
Lease liabilities |  | – 77 |  | – 209 |  | – 692 |  | – 1 027 |  | – 2 005 |
Trade payables |  | – 5 239 |  | – 164 |  |  |  |  |  | – 5 403 |
Commitment for repurchase of own shares |  | – 1 769 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | – 1 769 |
Contingent consideration liabilities |  | – 24 |  | – 38 |  | – 639 |  | – 345 |  | – 1 046 |
|  | 2019 |
(USD millions) |  | Due within three months |  | Due later than three months but less than one year |  | Due later than one year but less than five years |  | Due after five years |  | Total |
Contractual interest on non-current liabilities |  | – 36 |  | – 428 |  | – 1 531 |  | – 3 439 |  | – 5 434 |
Lease liabilities |  | – 65 |  | – 181 |  | – 622 |  | – 1 081 |  | – 1 949 |
Trade payables |  | – 5 222 |  | – 202 |  |  |  |  |  | – 5 424 |
Contingent consideration liabilities |  | – 62 |  | – 9 |  | – 582 |  | – 383 |  | – 1 036 |
Ten day loss fair value VAR model |
(USD millions) |  | 2020 |  | 2019 |
All financial instruments |  | 587 |  | 355 |
Analyzed by components: |  |  |  |  |
Instruments sensitive to foreign currency exchange rates |  | 199 |  | 89 |
Instruments sensitive to equity market movements |  | 62 |  | 31 |
Instruments sensitive to interest rates |  | 197 |  | 187 |
Ten day loss fair value VAR model, average, high, and low VAR amounts |
|  | 2020 |
(USD millions) |  | Average |  | High |  | Low |
All financial instruments |  | 568 |  | 659 |  | 322 |
Analyzed by components: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Instruments sensitive to foreign currency exchange rates |  | 225 |  | 515 |  | 71 |
Instruments sensitive to equity market movements |  | 78 |  | 261 |  | 21 |
Instruments sensitive to interest rates |  | 329 |  | 912 |  | 173 |
|  | 2019 |
(USD millions) |  | Average |  | High |  | Low |
All financial instruments |  | 348 |  | 385 |  | 303 |
Analyzed by components: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Instruments sensitive to foreign currency exchange rates |  | 143 |  | 195 |  | 86 |
Instruments sensitive to equity market movements |  | 36 |  | 81 |  | 16 |
Instruments sensitive to interest rates |  | 233 |  | 303 |  | 187 |

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