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Join the think tank meeting on promoting environmental technologies and competitiveness without legislation. Explore ways to support pro-active companies and consumers, focusing on communication and technology neutrality. Set objectives to lift standards and drive innovation at different levels. Justify the PT concept for reducing environmental risks and fostering market improvements. Discuss the implementation process and additional tools including Green procurement and eco-design actions.
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PERFORMANCE TARGETS–CLEAN, CLEVER AND COMPETITIVE A think tank meeting 29/9-04 – 1/10-04 in Göteborg on a mission from DG-Environment. Participants from several major European research institutes and universities.
Background “Improve market conditions” • Create, promote and focus ambitions regarding environmental technologies • No legislation • Improve competitiveness? • PT not isolated from other activities • A common concept for market actors • Toprunner in Japan - benchmark
Background (cont.) • Market – two parts – producers and customers • Producers, the pro-active companies need support, mostly in form of a better/guaranteed market • Consumers, the pro-active consumers need guidance and more consumers could be inspired
Description (cont.) • Products, processes and services ! • Easily communicated - clear signal • A common concept for all actors • Technology neutral • Long-termed and progressive
Description (cont.) • Objective: • Promote innovation and/or • Lift the average and/or • Phase out the worst • Several levels? • Toprunner ?
Description (cont.) • Aggregation level • Possible to be combined with • eco-labelling • eco-design • policy instruments of different types • …….
Justification of the PT concept • Reduction of environmental pressures and risks • Clear signals to producers and customers/purchasers for continuous improvement • Reward the first movers and the well performing producers, and perhaps punish the laggards • Create market for driving innovation • Improve competitiveness on the globalizing markets • Unwanted side-effects that have to be taken into account when the target system is designed, and in the following up process.
Implementation • Suggestion for a process High level group ETAP Selection of applications Diff. stakeholders Design of targets Good analytical work Diff. stakeholders Comm/ DG-Env decision Comm/ DG-Env decision EPET Evalu- ation Selection of more applications
Implementation • Aims of targets i) Promote innovation Ii) Lift the average and/or Iii) Phase out the worst Differentiated levels? Toprunner: 10% best today – average tomorrow ! LEV in California - a hybrid system ”Learning by doing” – Design group
Implementation • Additional tools • Green procurement • Technology procurement (contest) • Eco-labelling • Ecodesign actions • life cycle costing calculations • Other ETAP actions • …….
Implementation • Additional tools (cont.) • Public awareness campaigns • Educational efforts • Policy instruments of different types like legislation or economic incentives • …….
Implementation • Monitoring important • Time perspectives – case-dependent • If possible – link to other objectives • Selection of products • Large env. impact • New env. technologies available or nearly available • Follow up systems – legislation? • ……….
Way forward ! • Pilot cases (see process chart) • Technology foresight studies very useful • Start with well defined cases – move on to a more systemic approach • EPET could guide the process • A specific on PTs in production processes, in relation with the IPPC scheme • A correlation with IPP is necessary
