Integrating experiences and recommendations in
Eco-innovation for Sustainable Production and
Consumption
Harmonization of Policies
recommendations for the integration of
Sustainable consumption and
production in the MED area
The Project
Bridging projects
Bridging projects
The Positioning
Emerging recommendations/1
Actors/beneficiaries
Emerging recommendations
European Union
1. EU must address Member States to new frontiers and trajectories in SCP;
2. EU must favour a harmonization of standards and norms, circulating BATs and information on projects
and plans, and designing benchmarking on SCP policies.
Local Authorities
3. a higher and continuous involvement of local authorities must be pursued, since SCP policies are
pivotal to regional sustainable development;
4. local authorities must act as promoters for SCP; for instance with IA, supporting examination of needs,
administrative facilitations and regulation relief.
SMEs and other firms
5. Supporting SMEs with innovative financing instruments, even involving the bank system;
6. Stimulating networks to increase SMEs possibilities to compete on international markets;
7. IAs should provide innovative services and improved infrastructures, to help SMEs to improve their
performances and become more competitive;
8. Promoting CSR as an opportunity and (long term) competitive advantage;
9. Developing training programs and provide technical support to fill the gap in terms of SMEs lack of
knowledge on SCP policies.
Emerging recommendations/2
Actions
Emerging recommendations
10. SCP policies must evolve toward a higher integration (both of European, national and regional levels, and on use of different instruments);
11. Technical committees should compare and harmonize among competent offices and their reciprocal experiences;
Integration
12. Implementing a widespread integrated approach for reducing impacts from agribusiness;
13. Stimulating the settlement of unitary management of IAs;
14. Disseminating R&D outputs in the private and public sector;
15. Improving cooperation among research centres, SMEs and local bodies to bridge the gap between theoretical research and territorial needs;
Dissemination and
education
16. Implementing social marketing initiative and campaigns on SCP;
17. Funding pilot to apply SCP in different contexts, test the problems, show the benefits, and encourage the spreading of positive experiences;
18. Granting and monitoring IPPC permits through the dissemination of BATs.
19. Implementing incentives, even in not monetary forms, to award targeted organizations and reach exact objectives,;
Incentives
20. Allowing experimental operations corresponding to a long term strategy and aiming at being then disseminated;
21. Improve the IPPC Directive implementation in the Mediterranean area, even as a reference for regions not yet implementing it;
IPPC
22. Adopting the EU IPPC scheme through the strengthening of four key measures (BAT guidance, financial incentives, capacity building, improvement of
information availability and exchange), for gradual voluntary actions;
23. Promoting ecodesign processes by applying this methodology into local authorities services as a reference for companies;
24. Promoting and strengthening GPP;
25. Support the application of LCA thinking and ecodesign methodology;
Ecodesign, GPP and
LCA
26. Designing green products and services based on high quality environmental data;
27. Collecting, developing, and harmonize National life cycle inventories and databases to improve the productive sectors of the Mediterranean area;
28. Implement environmental assessments (carbon footprint) of solid waste management system;
28. Investment in the education system to enhance the long-term absorptive capacity of the Mediterranean countries to sustain eco-innovation;
Eco-innovation
29. Encouraging eco-innovation in companies, particularly SMEs, by creating a platform which promotes the transfer of technologies and best
environmental management practices
From current to potential trends
The last mile
The final (lacking) Chapter
“Actors, stakeholders and horizontal commitment for the
implementation of SCP Policies in the Mediterranean”
To be written from… now
The last mile
Questions about
1) Weakness of SCP Policies
2) Role and involvement of stakeholders
3) Instruments and tools to be implemented
World Cafè
Three groups rotating in three thematic tables:
Production
Processes
Group 1
Products and
consumption
Group 2
Industrial
areas
Group 3
Stakeholders
Group 3
Group 1
Group 2
Tools
Group 2
Group 3
Group 1
Weakness
25’ per round + 5’ at the end for Reporters and facilitators
At last round, before to leave, 5’ to fill a questionnaire on
SCP Policies
Francesco Silvestri
Luna Beggi
Francesca Villani
Vincenzo Barone
www.eco-eco.it