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Office of Environmental Protection, Trade Supervison and Energy

5th Sustainable Cities and Towns Conference Seville, 21 –24 March 2007

CO7: Sustainable Management in small and medium Enterprises in Heidelberg

Introduction

Strategy

Cooperation with Industry and Commerce

Conclusions

Dr. Hans-Wolf Zirkwitzwww.heidelberg.de



CITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2010

Heidelbergs Local Agenda Drawn up by Public Participation

Citizens Workshops 360 Amendment Proposals

Guidelines and Targets for Local Activities and Decisions Central Objectivs

Refers to the Aalborg ChartaIncreasing Participation of the CitizensPreservation of Heidelbergs AssetAchievement of Full EmploymentProtection of Natural Resources



City Development Plan – Political Guidelines and Targets

Strategies Integrating social, economic and ecological aspects

Action orientated Local Plans and Concepts

City of Dialogue – Communication and Cooperation

Community as a Model, Mediator and Promoter

Indicators for Controlling and Reporting

European Sustainable City

Local, regional, international Networking

Sustainability as a Creative Process

Responsibility for the Global Climate



Cooperation project „Sustainable Management“

Branche specific projects:- „Hairdressers and Environment“- „Bakeries and Environment“- „Painters and Environment“

Round Table „Sustainable Management“Bringing together all important local Actors

Pilot project „Sustainable Management“:- Since 2001, Networking/ Workshops - 2007: 57 SME, 3.500 Employees-Coordination and financial Support by the City of Heidelberg- Moderation, Analysis and Support by external Experts



Criteria to Receive the Label

Presentation of the environmental guidelines

Execution of the weakpoint analysis

Presentation of the environmental program

Presentation of the organisational structure to realize operational environmental protection measures

Compliance with all relevant environment law regulations



Realized Cost Savings Phase I+II0

2000

040

000

6000

080

000

Abfall/ Rohstoffe Energie/ Kraftstoff Wasser

Eu

ro

150.000 €

275 t CO2



Commission - Link to Local Stakeholders

Chamber of Industry and Commerce

Chamber of Handicraft

University

Big local enterprises withEMAS/ ISO 14001ff

Environmental associations

Scientific instituts



Award Ceremony

Awards by environmentminister of the state ofBaden-Württemberg, Tanja Gönner, and LadyMayor Beate Weber, WILD-Stiftung, Oct. 10th, 2005



CONCLUSIONS

Environmental damages will be avoided or reduced.

Costs will be saved by realization of innovative measures.

Image profit

More legal certainty for the enterprises.

Networking, Cooperation, Partnership

Achievement of the Targets of the

STEP/Aalborg Charter in a practical way

The Motto: Advice and Promotion instead of Reglementation and Punishment!

Waste

HazardousMaterials

WaterProtection

SecurityHazardousIncidents

Pollution Control

Environmental Protection



Cooperation project „Sustainable Management“:

Examples for Realized Cost Savings

Energy saving by optimization of the lighting system940€ /a

Energy management for the computer system

230 € /a

250€ /aUsing the cooling system only when needed

15.000 € /a Bisection of the residual waste amount

1150€ /aOptimization of the heating system



Schooling Initiative

Cooperation of participating enterprises withthe non-profit organisation Orthos e.V.:„Attended Schooling“:Three-way schooling with• regular formation enterprise,• trade school• „training enterprise“

Actually 6 young persons placed asapprentices and interns



The City of Heidelberg as a model

• The Municipal Utility and Transport Services (HVV) are validated according to EMAS since 1996

• The Office of Waste Management and Street Cleaning is validated according to EMAS since 1999

• The International Comprehensive Secondary School Hasenleiser (IGH) is validated according to EMAS since 2001

• The Fire Department, the Municipal Landscape Architects and the Municipal Horticultural Establishment will be validated according to EMAS in next future



The City of Heidelberg motivates companies

The administration motivates small and medium sized enterprises (SME) situated in Heidelberg to develop an independent environmental manag-ement system as a prestage to an EMAS or ISO 14.001 validation in the project “Sustainable Management for SME”



Realized Cost Savings and Benefit for the Environment by „Sustainable Management“

150.000 € p.a.

247 t CO2 p.a. Balance of first 2 years



Cooperation project „Sustainable Management“:

Workshops

1. Project organisation/ first check

2. Purchase, storage, hazardous materials

3. Climate protection: energy check, logistics, traffic

4. Waste, sewage, emissions

5. Products, public relations

6. Management, controlling

7. Communikation, cooperation

8. Sustainability: regional ecological development, new working-time regulations



HEIDELBERG – FACTS AND FIGURES

140.000 Inhabitants

20.000 Foreigners 30.000 Students

109 km2 Area30% Settlements40% Forests 30% Farming land

97.500 Jobs 80% Service Sector

20% Manufacturing Sector

500.000 Tourists

3.500 000 Visitors on a Daytrip

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heating system slide

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