RECOMMENDBest Practice Example

Ecomanagement Lower Austria

by Ingrid Rozhon

RECOMMEND Lead Partner

22nd May 2014, Brussels

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• What is “ECOMANAGMENT Lower Austria”:

It is a demand side voucher scheme to motivate enterprises & municipalities to begin the process of environmental management

• Strategic goal–Reduce the environmental impact of public and private businesses–Increase the number of firms with EMAS, ISO 14001, ISO 50001–Support environmental innovation

• Annual goal–150 participants per year–450 measure in the databank–15 new implemented EMSs

Information on „Ecomanagement LA“

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• Simple structure: 3 levelsPioneer:

Small enterprises and small municipalities receive 2 days of funded project consultation

-> result: 1 measure in database

Profi: Medium enterprises, tourism enterprises, education centres and

municipalities receive 4 days of funded consultation

-> 3 measures in database

Champion:

Industrial firms, large municipalities and hospitals receive up to 8 days of funded consultation

-> 3 measures in data base & EMAS + ISO

Structure

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Our success in images

We save the drinking water for 290.000 bath

tubs per year

Enough gas for 1.600 households for 1 year!

We save the residual waste of 330 persons

per year and the hazardous waste of

720 persons per year

Enough electricity

for nearly 1700 family homes for 1 year!

We save the CO2 of 12.400 cars / year

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Why is our best practicesuccessful?

• SIMPLE Funding Structure (3 Levels – that’s it)

• Annual possibility to participate

• Incentive for a recurring participation – annual award, signed certificate by politician for promotion, newsletter

• Input of ALL environmental and climate effects in the database

• Open pool for qualified consultants

• Quality assurance (of consultants)