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Pavel Misiga
Eco-innovation and Circular Economy
DG Environment - European Commission
What is eco-innovation and its contribution
to sustainable industrial system?
The global environmental challenge
From the challenge to a solution
The role of Eco-innovation in the Green Economy
What is eco-innovation?
Types of eco-innovation:
Incremental vs Systemic/disruptive
Product Process Commercialisation/marketing Organisational Social System
Business opportunity
Empirical evidence by the European Eco-innovation Observatory:
100 case studies
Average cost savings 11% of annual turnover
Mainly in process innovation
Savings related to material efficiency, mainly innovations related to the use of metals, especially steel
EU policy: Eco-innovation Action Plan
Environmental policy
Demonstration projects
Standards and performance targets
Access to finance and support services to SMEs
International cooperation
New skills
European Innovation Partnerships (Water, Raw materials and Agriculture)
Source: Ellen MacArthur Foundation, 2012
Thank you for your attention
Policyhttp://ec.europa.eu/environment/ecoap/index_en.htm
Funding
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/eco-innovation/about/index_en.htm
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/life/themes/environment.htm
http://ec.europa.eu/research/horizon2020/index_en.cfm?pg=home
Useful links to other EU initiatives http://www.eco-innovation.eu/
http://www.ecopol-project.eu/