Pavel Misiga

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What is eco-innovation and its contribution to
sustainable industrial system?
Pavel Misiga Eco-innovation and Circular
Economy DG Environment - European Commission
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The global environmental challenge
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From the challenge to a solution
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The role of Eco-innovation in the Green Economy
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What is eco-innovation?

• Types of eco-innovation
• Incremental vs Systemic/disruptive
• Product
• Process
• Commercialisation/marketing
• Organisational
• Social
• System

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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

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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)

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Source Ellen MacArthur Foundation, 2012
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Thank you for your attention Policyhttp//ec.eur
opa.eu/environment/ecoap/index_en.htm Funding
http//ec.europa.eu/environment/eco-innovation/a
bout/index_en.htm http//ec.europa.eu/environ
ment/life/themes/environment.htm
http//ec.europa.eu/research/horizon2020/index_en.
cfm?pghome Useful links to other EU initiatives
http//www.eco-innovation.eu/
http//www.ecopol-project.eu/