1. 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

2. 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

3. 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 (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

4. 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

5. 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
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Environment Directorate General

6. 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

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

8. 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

9. 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

10. Environment Directorate General
Contact details
Eco-industries study (ongoing)
Sectoral analysis (planned)
All other issues:
European Commission
Environment Directorate General