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Environmental Compliance
Assistance Programme for
SMEs – and beyond
Imola Bedő
DG Environment C1 –
Sustainable Production
and Consumption Unit
Potential = Business
• 23bn GBP23/ year potential savings for British
enterprises – efficiency measures without or with little
investment
• Providing resource efficiency and environmental
services: eco-industries leading
• 3.4 million fulltime job equivalents
• Renewable energies: growing area
• Leading market shares in water management (30%),
sustainable mobility (35%), green power generation (40%),
waste management and recycling (50%), material and
resource efficiency (10%)
We’d want SMEs to see that…
• … it’s more than treehugging
• Business reality, competitiveness issue, new opportunities
• … but many SMEs don’t seem to see
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70% thinks they don’t have impact on the environment
0,4% has a certified EMS
Short term focus
Lack of time, expertise
 in need of support, advice
ECAP
Lack of awareness on environmental legislation
Lack of expertise to understand legislation
The cost of compliance is relatively higher
Better
regulation
Targeted
information
Lack of time and expertise to understand issues
Lack of clear, simple information
Tailormade
EMS
Lack of time and expertise to
implement environmental measures
Local
expertise
Lack of financial
environmental issues
resources
to
address
Targeted
funding
Some tools
EMAS Easy
ShoeLaw
Enviornmental
compliance - diagnosis
123 Environnement
National Industrial Symbiosis Programme
CHANGE – IEE
Advising SMEs on
energy
Advice to SMEs
SustainGraph – LIFE+
Development of an e-tool to
help improve the performance
of EU graphic SMEs
LCA to go
LCA tool development
for SMEs
Roadmap to Resource efficiency
70 - 80% of total impacts
Food
Buildings
Key resources
Water
Clean air
Soil
Materials
Marine resources
Mobility
Policies in the life cycle
Natural
resources
Natural
resources
Design
Reuse,
recycling
Waste
Better
products
Production
Efficient
production
Waste and
recycling
Collection
Distribution
Use
More intelligent consumption
Roadmap and SMEs
 Support networking and exchange of best practice
between agencies providing resource efficiency
assistance to SMEs
Corresponding MS recommendation: Ensure that
advice and support is available to help SMEs identify
and improve their resource efficiency and sustainable
use of raw materials (continuous);
Standards &
performance
targets
Policies and
regulation
Priorities:
waste, waste
treatment,
drinking water,
construction
materials and
insulation of
buildings
Barriers
H2020
financial
perspective
(grants,
equity,
credits),
ETV system
Uncertainty of demand
Finance and
support to SMEs
Uncertainty of return on
investment (or too long pay-back)
Lack of funds
New skills
and jobs
Insufficient access to subsidies or
fiscal incentives
Flagship:
An agenda
for EU skills
and jobs
Lack of external financing
Grouping
institutions,
experts,
stakeholders for
fast-track solutions
Identified
priorities: raw
materials, water
European
innovation
partnerships
International
cooperation
Demonstration
projects,
partnerships
Next FP7 Call: July
2012
bilateral environmental
dialogue; network of
eco-innovators
(UNEP); technology
transfer to developing
countries
Action 4: focus on SME needs
 Increase trust in eco-innovation outcomes -ETV
a voluntary scheme to certify the
eco-innovative aspect of technologies,
products or services (active in BE, CZ, DK, FI, FR, PL, UK)
 Faster investment and finance - network of financiers:
EC
Commission will launch a call for proposal to set up a network of green
financiers for better uptake of eco-innovation (financed under CIP ecoinnovation, 2012-13)
 EU Regional funds: "Smart specialisation strategies"
 The possibility to create new financial instruments in support of
eco-innovation is being explored - EU Loan & Guarantee Service
(policy and market driven) and an Equity Instrument for research and
innovation (start-up and growth phase)
• strengthen the role of eco-innovation
• provide financial means for the implementation of the
EcoAP (2014-20) mainly through:
Societal Challenge
“Climate Action and Resource Efficiency,
including Raw Materials”
3160 million € proposed total funding
Useful links
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SMEs & environmental policy: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/sme
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ECAP Forum: https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/fpfis/forums/ECAP/
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ECAP Helpdesk: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/sme/helpdesk/index_en.htm
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EMAS website: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/emas/index_en.htm
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EMAS Easy methodology: http://www.emas-easy.eu/
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Development of EMAS sectoral reference documents:
http://susproc.jrc.ec.europa.eu/activities/emas/index.html
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Life+: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/life/
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CIP eco-innovation: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/eco-innovation/
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JEREMIE: http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/funds/2007/jjj/index_en.htm
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SME techweb (FP7): http://ec.europa.eu/research/sme-techweb/index_en.cfm
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Enterprise Europe Network: http://www.enterprise-europe-network.ec.europa.eu/
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Money back through the window: http://www.environmental-savings.com/
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ENTR study on SMEs and environment: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/sme/businessenvironment/environmental-challenge/index_en.htm
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Study on the competitiveness of eco-industries:
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/newsroom/cf/itemlongdetail.cfm?item_id=3769&tpa_id=203&lang=en
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Eco-innovation Observatory http://www.eco-innovation.eu/
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Ecopol project http://www.ecopol-project.eu/ ;
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ETV pilot: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/etv/etv_preprog.htm