Pavel Misiga

Eco-innovation and Circular Economy

DG Environment - European Commission

What is eco-innovation and its contribution

to sustainable industrial system?

The global environmental challenge

From the challenge to a solution

The role of Eco-innovation in the Green Economy

What is eco-innovation?

Types of eco-innovation:

Incremental vs Systemic/disruptive

Product Process Commercialisation/marketing Organisational Social System

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

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)

Source: Ellen MacArthur Foundation, 2012

Thank you for your attention

Policyhttp://ec.europa.eu/environment/ecoap/index_en.htm

Funding

http://ec.europa.eu/environment/eco-innovation/about/index_en.htm

http://ec.europa.eu/environment/life/themes/environment.htm

http://ec.europa.eu/research/horizon2020/index_en.cfm?pg=home

Useful links to other EU initiatives http://www.eco-innovation.eu/

http://www.ecopol-project.eu/