Measuring the Environmental Goods And Services Sector: Issues and Challenges Presentation of the background paper for the International Technical Workshop “Measuring Progress on ‘Greening’ the Economy: Policies and Practices” Geneva May 2014

2 1.THE ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS AND SERVICES SECTOR 2.RECENT DEVELOPMENTS AND APPLICATIONS 3.CHALLENGES 4.CONCLUSIONS AND NEXT STEPS

3 SERIEE OECD/ESTAT Manual ESTAT Handbook ESTAT practical methods SEEA EcotecErnst & Young Ecorys SEEA Latest EU data collection First EU mandatory data collection First EU data collection Manuals (Methodology) Studies (data collection) EU level

4 Structural business statistics Industrial commodity statistics Labour statistics Trade statistics VAT register s National accounts (balance of payments) National accounts (others) EPE (EPEA, Joint Questionnai re) Survey Output Value Added     (services)  Employment   (estimation from the value of production sold)   (estimatio n from input/outp ut tables)  (services)  Exports   (services)  (supply and use tables)  (services)  Selection of activities approach Selection of businesses approach, Selection of products approach Use of demand side information Use of survey based data

5 THE EU’S PROPOSED REGULATION ON ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMIC ACCOUNTS REFINEMENT OF METHODOLOGIES PROPOSED IN THE 2009 HANDBOOK REGULAR DATA COLLECTION IN SOME EU COUNTRIES AND AVAILABILITY OF EU AGGREGATES COUNTRIES OUTSIDE EUROPE TRYING OUT THE EGSS WORK OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS ON MEASURING THE GREEN ECONOMY From 2017 EU mandatory data collection Coherence with SEEA and ESA Increase international comparability

6 REGULAR DATA COLLECTION IN SOME EU COUNTRIES AND AVAILABILITY OF EU AGGREGATES COUNTRIES OUTSIDE EUROPE TRYING OUT THE EGSS EGSS EGSS country A EGSS country B EGSS country C EGSS EGSS country A EGSS country B EGSS country C

7 WORK OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS ON MEASURING THE GREEN ECONOMY ILO: STATISTICAL DEFINITION OF JOBS IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL SECTOR AND OF GREEN JOBS OECD, UNEP ET AL.: GREEN GROWTH/ECONOMY INDICATORS WTO: LIST OF ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS

8 WHAT IS THE SCOPE OF THE “GREEN ECONOMY“? HOW CAN EGSS DATA BE INTERPRETED BY POLICY-MAKERS? WHAT ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE COVERED? HOW TO MEASURE CLEANER AND MORE RESOURCE EFFICIENT PRODUCTS? HOW TO GET THE RIGHT PICTURE? Analysis Methodology Practical implementation

9 Countries are gaining experience in producing EGSS statistics. Production and publication of data have been increasing. The EGSS statistics have been recognized at the international level.

10 1.Increase international comparison 2.Facilitate production of data 3.Move to analysis of EGSS

11 The environmental goods and services sector (EGSS) Presentation of the background paper for the International Technical Workshop “Measuring Progress on ‘Greening’ the Economy: Policies and Practices” Marco Orsini Institut de Conseil et d'Etudes en Développement Durable asbl Bd. F. Orban 4, 5000 Namur, Belgium Geneva May 2014