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Voluntary approaches and resource efficiency in the Czech Republic

Voluntary approaches and resource efficiency in the Czech Republic. Pavel Ruzicka, MoE CZ 14/10/2011, ACT CLEAN, Berlin. Source: EEA. Voluntary approaches. Activities of enterprises that aim at improvement of environmental performance go beyond legislative requirements (on voluntary basis)

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Voluntary approaches and resource efficiency in the Czech Republic

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  1. Voluntary approachesand resource efficiencyin the Czech Republic Pavel Ruzicka, MoE CZ 14/10/2011, ACT CLEAN, Berlin

  2. Source: EEA

  3. Voluntary approaches • Activities of enterprises that • aim at improvement of environmental performance • go beyond legislative requirements(on voluntary basis) • focus on preventive activities • Environmental management systems • Cleaner production • Environmental labelling

  4. Cleaner production • Resource efficiency in production processes • energy and material flows, waste, emissions • focus on causes of environmental impacts • CZ: • implemented from 1990s • International declaration (1998) and National CP programme (2000)

  5. Example: Ceramic industry • Energy and material flows analysis • Technological and organizational measures • Results: • Energy, water, natural gas, emissions, clay, waste • Financial benefits

  6. Environmental management systems • Systematic approach to management of environmental issues (incl. resource efficiency) • ISO 14001 x EMAS • CZ: • dynamic development of ISO 14001 • EMAS implemented in 1998

  7. Example: Electrical engineering • Environmental performanceand ecodesign of products • Circuit breaker • Arrangement of components,materials used • Results: • 42 % reduction of weight (+ materials) • 70 % reduction of energy consumption • Financial benefits

  8. Environmental labelling • Environmental characteristics of products • resource efficiency criteria as well • three types of labelling • CZ: • national and EU ecolabel • movement in EPD

  9. Current activities • Implementation of Ecodesign Directive • Green Public Procurement • Projects on „Initial review of SCP potential“

  10. Green Public Procurement • EC Communication: Public procurement for better environment (2008) • CZ: Rules for GPP (2010) • environmental requirements that must be followed • selected product categories • ecolabelling

  11. Initial review of SCP potential • Complex diagnosis of enterprise • analysis of company’s processes, products, management systems, relations with stakeholders, etc. • identification of key areas forimprovement • identification of relevant instruments • design of particular projects

  12. Initial review of SCP potential • Developed and tested in 2007 – 2008 • pilot projects • training of SCP managers • regional information centres • Projects in progress • up to 45 enterprises included • training of SCP managers • new regional information centre

  13. Thank you for attention

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