Environmental industry – an update on DG Environment activities Jakub Koniecki European Commission DG Environment Unit G.1 Sustainable Development & Economic Analysis European Commission Environment Directorate General

Environment Directorate General Why are we interested? Political interest: renewed Strategy for Growth and Jobs (Lisbon Strategy) and the revised Strategy for Sustainable Development EU is leader on global market Impacts of environment policy important to follow-up European Commission Environment Directorate General

Environment Directorate General Work done so far Analysis of the EU Eco-Industries, their Employment and Export Potential (2002) Investment and employment related to EU policy on air, water and waste (2001)  Environment employment in France, methodology and results 1996-1998 (2000) Environment-related Employment in the Netherlands, 1997 (2000) Environment Industry and Employment in Portugal, 1997 (2000) The Environment Industry in Sweden, 1999 (2000) Environmental reporting by companies (1999) The EU Eco-industry's export potential (1999) European Commission Environment Directorate General

Environment Directorate General Current update “Eco-industry, its size, employment, perspectives and barriers to growth in an enlarged EU” Started 2005, expected to finish July (Ernst and Young, RDC) Objectives: To update data on export, employment, market size, etc To give more insight into sectors European Commission Environment Directorate General

Scope of the ongoing work EU25, in break by media (water/waste/air/other) or/and by type of technology (end of pipe/integrated/ end of pipe e.g. recycling) number of companies and their structure (number of small, medium and big enterprises) value and structure of the market export, import, trade balance employment geographical concentration Data should cover the period 2000-2004 European Commission Environment Directorate General

Environment Directorate General Scope (2) For a limited number of case studies: Size of the future market Policy regimes. Assessment of national/regional or local schemes supporting eco-business. Technologies. Analysis of potential of new emerging technologies - those that might be relevant for future investment needs + Policy recommendations European Commission Environment Directorate General

Scope (3) In-depth analysis Waste management Water supply and wastewater Environmental monitoring and instrumentation Wind energy Eco-construction European Commission Environment Directorate General

Environment Directorate General Outstanding issues How can we clearly explain the relationship between EPE and the size of the eco-industry? How can we check data quality provided by third countries? How can we improve statistics on trade and employment in relation to Eco-industry? European Commission Environment Directorate General

Future work – sectoral analysis A study on the sectoral burden of environmental policy Planned to begin end of 2006 Look at limited number of sectors (to be decided) and go into more depth, include comparisons across firms etc To improve data reliability want to piggy-back on MS collection of EPE statistics Data confidentiality an issue Need support of MSs eg to put our contractor in touch with firms European Commission Environment Directorate General

Environment Directorate General Contact details Eco-industries study (ongoing) andrea.vettori@ec.europa.eu Sectoral analysis (planned) stephen.white@ec.europa.eu All other issues: jakub.koniecki@ec.europa.eu European Commission Environment Directorate General