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SMEs as Actors in Regional Environmental Management (REMAS model)

SMEs as Actors in Regional Environmental Management (REMAS model). National Contact Point. for Eco-efficient Technologies and Management Systems. i n Central Mining Institute (GIG). Dr. Włodzimierz A. Sokół Director of NCP ACT CLEAN and SPIN Manager.

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SMEs as Actors in Regional Environmental Management (REMAS model)

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  1. SMEs as Actors in Regional Environmental Management (REMAS model) National Contact Point for Eco-efficient Technologies and Management Systems in Central Mining Institute (GIG) Dr. Włodzimierz A. SokółDirector of NCPACT CLEAN and SPIN Manager IFAT 2010 – Decentralized Wastewater for SMEs, ACT CLEAN Transnational Industry Workshop, 16.09.2010, Munich, Germany IFAT 2010 – Decentralized Wastewater for SMEs, ACT CLEAN Transnational Industry Workshop, 16.09.2010, Munich, Germany

  2. Offers Demands The network of National Contact Points for SMEs European Network for SMEs NCP key role:matchmaking of offers and demands SPIN ACT CLEAN Slovenia IFAT 2010 – Decentralized Wastewater for SMEs, ACT CLEAN Transnational Industry Workshop, 16.09.2010, Munich, Germany

  3. SMEs in Poland • In Poland in 2007 1.777.076 enterprises were active i.e.: • 0-9 employees – 1.713.194(96,4%) • 10-49 employees – 45.184(2,5%) • 50-249 employees – 15.452(0,9%) • >249 employees – 3.246 (0,2%) Number of MSP active in different sectors of economy in 2006 (in %) IFAT 2010 – Decentralized Wastewater for SMEs, ACT CLEAN Transnational Industry Workshop, 16.09.2010, Munich, Germany

  4. SMEs needs in Poland • Needs defined on basis of weaknesses of present situation of SMEs: • access to adequate knowledge of the impact on environment of • different company operations • access to environmental technologies and tools available for reduction • of negative impact on environment of production and service processes • improvement of capability of human resources • extended cooperation with R&D sector • access to knowledge of existing external financial resources available • for co-financing eco-innovation projects • awareness of the impact of the EU and Polish environmental • regulations on companes activity • access to adequate knowledge of existing legal requirements IFAT 2010 – Decentralized Wastewater for SMEs, ACT CLEAN Transnational Industry Workshop, 16.09.2010, Munich, Germany

  5. SMEs needs in Poland • SMEs needs from the point of view of specific impacts on environment: • consumption of energy • emission of gasses to air • discharge of waste water • produce of waste • consumption of water • emission of noise • A lot of SMEs explore the technologies related: • recycling and waste management (50%) • water and waste-water management (38%) • production of clean energy (18%) • access to adequate knowledge of existing legal requirements IFAT 2010 – Decentralized Wastewater for SMEs, ACT CLEAN Transnational Industry Workshop, 16.09.2010, Munich, Germany

  6. In Central Mining Institute the workshop to verify company demand on environmental technologies and needs were held with participation of representatives of SMEs Needs of SMEs identified by application of Risk Management approach IFAT 2010 – Decentralized Wastewater for SMEs, ACT CLEAN Transnational Industry Workshop, 16.09.2010, Munich, Germany

  7. Resources of information related eco-innovation • The following sources of knowledge outside own branch related innovative technologies are pointed out by SMEs: • Trade meetings and conferences (46%) • Centres for transfer of technologies (11%) • Data base of patents (4%) • Other sources of information (28%) IFAT 2010 – Decentralized Wastewater for SMEs, ACT CLEAN Transnational Industry Workshop, 16.09.2010, Munich, Germany

  8. Introduction to REMAS Sustainable development seems to be a very popular slogan used by politicians and regional managers but how to achieve it in practice it is usually question without easy answer. To achieve sustainable development in regional scale by permanent improvement of quality of environment, quality of life, pollution prevention and conservation of natural resourcesthe Regional Environmental Management System (REMAS) was developed and initiated in Silesia region. RESCUE Workshop - Cardiff, 8th September 2004 IFAT 2010 – Decentralized Wastewater for SMEs, ACT CLEAN Transnational Industry Workshop, 16.09.2010, Munich, Germany

  9. Introduction to REMAS REMAS is oriented on integration the efforts of all significant regional actors to maintain permanent improvement of regional and local environmental performance by creating and implementing coherent environmental policies, measurable objectives and targets and environmental protection programs in communes, counties and in the whole region taking into account national environmental policy IFAT 2010 – Decentralized Wastewater for SMEs, ACT CLEAN Transnational Industry Workshop, 16.09.2010, Munich, Germany

  10. Actors of REMAS Regional Leader: Management of Voivodship Local Leaders:Top managers from key enterprises, mayors of counties, communities and representatives of business associations Supporting organizationsRepresentatives of National and regional ecological funds, commercial banks, research organizations, chambers of commerce Regional Coordinator Operator of REMAS Organizations responsible for environmental monitoring and supervision Ecological Non Governmental Organizations Environmental Management Systems Representatives of regional and local environmental education Enterprises Auditors of local EMS (ISO, EMAS) Communities Counties Institutional incentives Management of information Voivodship IFAT 2010 – Decentralized Wastewater for SMEs, ACT CLEAN Transnational Industry Workshop, 16.09.2010, Munich, Germany

  11. Origin of REMAS model Classic CP Waste Minimization Procedure Model of ISO 14001 ISO 14031 /EMAS • REMAS model: • 3 easy and uniform procedures based on main requirements of ISO 14001 and ISO 14031 or EMAS • specific tools in view software for monitoring, • collecting and assessing data and management • of environmental information in region • and creation institutional incentives IFAT 2010 – Decentralized Wastewater for SMEs, ACT CLEAN Transnational Industry Workshop, 16.09.2010, Munich, Germany

  12. State How to integrate? Region/Voivodeship Internationalcontext Legal, financial and administrative incentives Counties Coherent Coherent Reviewing & correcting actions Environmental policy Communities Enterprises Reviewing and environmental performance evaluation Environmental objectives Programming Evaluation Identification Project Cycle Management Environmental targets Identifying significant aspects and priorities Implementation Appraisal Financing Environmental management program Calculating and analyzing indicators Implementation of programs Monitoring and collecting data Supply of eco-efficient technologies and tools Technological needs - demand

  13. Procedure PR3: Management of Environmental Information & Integration of activity of Actors Environmental Management System Procedure PR2: Environmental Performance Evaluation Procedure PR1: Environmental Management Reviewing and environmental performance evaluation Organizing the system Identifying significant aspects and priorities Environmental policy Assessment criterions Environmental objectives Calculating and analyzing indicators Environmental targets Calculating methods Environmental management program Completing data sheet periodically Monitoring and collecting data Realization of environmental management program Commune 1 Interested parties Commune k CP ISO14001/EMAS ISO 14031/EMAS Exchangeable Environmental management system on intermediate level - the counties Institutional mechanisms: legal, financial and organizational Environmental management system on regional level the voivodship IFAT 2010 – Decentralized Wastewater for SMEs, ACT CLEAN Transnational Industry Workshop, 16.09.2010, Munich, Germany

  14. REMAS procedures Environmental management procedure (PR1) takes advantages of CP (Waste Minimization Procedure) and satisfy basic ISO 14001/EMAS requirements. It is applied for preparation of environmental: policy, objectives and targets, environmental management programs and they implementation. All targets are defined and implemented according specific scheme like EU Project Cycle Management scheme Environmental performance evaluation procedure (PR2) – apply ISO 14031 and ISO 14001 or EMAS requirements and a set of tools available for monitoring, collecting and assessing data, reviewing the organization impact on environment, selecting and calculating environmental performance indicators, identifying significant aspects and priorities and conducting environmental performance evaluation with comparison to planed quality of environment, IFAT 2010 – Decentralized Wastewater for SMEs, ACT CLEAN Transnational Industry Workshop, 16.09.2010, Munich, Germany

  15. The procedure PR1 and PR2 has got unique structure, templates for reporting and the same text useful for any organization – only the name of organization, its logo and the name of a key personnel (director, president, mayor etc.) is updated. The data base and set of indicators are exchangeable - the same for communities, counties and the region, but for the enterprises are adopted taking into account size and character of the company (big, SMEs), their activity, impact on environment and legal obligations. REMAS procedures IFAT 2010 – Decentralized Wastewater for SMEs, ACT CLEAN Transnational Industry Workshop, 16.09.2010, Munich, Germany

  16. REMAS procedures Management of environmental information procedure (PR3) – is specific procedure only. It describes collecting and reviewing environmental data and information respectively between the management levels and between main actors of regional management system. This procedure supports monitoring and predicting pollutions (air, water, waste, noise etc), complying legal requirements by enterprises and other users of environment, collecting funds from fees being paid by pollutants and users of environment that are distributed then by Marshal of the voivodship on accounts of existing in Poland system of environment funds. This 3 procedures are supported by integrated software – REMAS - SOZAT. The set of initial sustainable indicators were developed for monitoring implementations of environmental management programs. This software is developed by medium company ATMOTERM S.A. from Opole with cooperation with RNT Ltd micro company from Cieszyn. IFAT 2010 – Decentralized Wastewater for SMEs, ACT CLEAN Transnational Industry Workshop, 16.09.2010, Munich, Germany

  17. System of Environmental Protection Funds in Poland Fees & fines = 100 % National Fund ~30 % Marshal of the voivodship County Budget ~10 % Users of Environment and pollutants Commune Budget ~20 % Each of 16th the Voivodship Funds ~40 % Income From other resources Repayment of given loans capital and interest 174 million EURtotal capital Reproduction mechanism of financial capability of the Fund for supporting next environmental projects 81 million EURExpenses Preference loans subsidies RESCUE Workshop - Cardiff, 8th September 2004 IFAT 2010 – Decentralized Wastewater for SMEs, ACT CLEAN Transnational Industry Workshop, 16.09.2010, Munich, Germany

  18. Procedure (PR3) - Software Management ofenvironmental protection programs Accounts of environmental funds: National, Voivodship and county and community acc. Share of fees 6 Checking emissions Voivod. Env.supervision 5 Interested parties call for payments 4 REMAS Website Marshal of the voivodship Declarations of emissions and payments Integrated software Bookkeeping of payments SOZAT-data base of emissions, pollutants and payments REMAS - procedures and env. protection program Payment of fees Verified data and information on pollutions, payers and management programs 12 2 9 10 3 List of active companies Counties Companies Statistic office Integrated software 1 Operator REMAS SOZAT REMAS registration 8 11 7 Aggregated environmental data and information Communities Verification of payers Integrated software SOZAT REMAS Controlling and predicting environmental fees IFAT 2010 – Decentralized Wastewater for SMEs, ACT CLEAN Transnational Industry Workshop, 16.09.2010, Munich, Germany

  19. Communities initiated REMAS in the Silesia voivodship (dark pink color) between 2002-2007 • Basic data of the Silesia voivodship: • 12.294 km2 – 3,9 % of area of Poland • 166 communes: 48 urban, 97- rural • 21 mixed urban/rural • 36 counties: 17 rural, 19 urban • 4.865,5 mln inhabitants – 12,6 % of • Polish population RESCUE Workshop - Cardiff, 8th September 2004 IFAT 2010 – Decentralized Wastewater for SMEs, ACT CLEAN Transnational Industry Workshop, 16.09.2010, Munich, Germany

  20. REMAS software Logo Example of welcoming page Uniform procedures IFAT 2010 – Decentralized Wastewater for SMEs, ACT CLEAN Transnational Industry Workshop, 16.09.2010, Munich, Germany

  21. REMAS software Documents ready for use (templates) Teem for EMS Implementation, Set of Indicators, Register of Priorities, Register of Significant Aspects, Environmental Policy, Register of Objectives and Targets, Environmental Management Programs, Reviewing Implementation of Objectives &Targets, Environmental Performance Evaluation Report, IFAT 2010 – Decentralized Wastewater for SMEs, ACT CLEAN Transnational Industry Workshop, 16.09.2010, Munich, Germany

  22. REMAS software Example of set of Indicators IFAT 2010 – Decentralized Wastewater for SMEs, ACT CLEAN Transnational Industry Workshop, 16.09.2010, Munich, Germany

  23. Set of Indicators for the region, counties and communities IFAT 2010 – Decentralized Wastewater for SMEs, ACT CLEAN Transnational Industry Workshop, 16.09.2010, Munich, Germany

  24. Presenting results on maps IFAT 2010 – Decentralized Wastewater for SMEs, ACT CLEAN Transnational Industry Workshop, 16.09.2010, Munich, Germany

  25. SOZAT software SOZAT is a software created by ATMOTERM S.A. (www.atmoterm.com) that assists and supports procedures PR2 and PR3. The system is user-friendly and can be employed by businesses of all sizes (including SMEs), operating in all areas of industry. SOZAT simplifies data collection, data analysis, permit applications, environmental fee calculations and reporting procedures RESCUE Workshop - Cardiff, 8th September 2004 IFAT 2010 – Decentralized Wastewater for SMEs, ACT CLEAN Transnational Industry Workshop, 16.09.2010, Munich, Germany

  26. SOZAT is an integrated environmental suite of modules which together contain the most critical types of industrial environmental emissions and impacts such as: • ECO2Suite • ISO 14000-SOZAT • Air emission module • Waste module • Water module • Wastewater module • and helps to ensure the community, county or company, including SMEs, remains compliant with all of today’s environmental management standards. IFAT 2010 – Decentralized Wastewater for SMEs, ACT CLEAN Transnational Industry Workshop, 16.09.2010, Munich, Germany

  27. SOZAT software IFAT 2010 – Decentralized Wastewater for SMEs, ACT CLEAN Transnational Industry Workshop, 16.09.2010, Munich, Germany

  28. SOZAT software Air module Waste module IFAT 2010 – Decentralized Wastewater for SMEs, ACT CLEAN Transnational Industry Workshop, 16.09.2010, Munich, Germany

  29. SOZAT software Water module Waste water module CO2 emission register IFAT 2010 – Decentralized Wastewater for SMEs, ACT CLEAN Transnational Industry Workshop, 16.09.2010, Munich, Germany

  30. Conclusions • REMAS seems to be a very useful tool for integration activity of regional and local governments with activity of SMEs. The system was initiated in lot of communities and counties in a pilot Silesian Voivodship in Poland • REMAS tools - procedures and software are useful for any organization including SMEs. In Poland REMAS model was implemented in 3 big companies (mines) and then in medium company (taking into account the employment) i.e. funding organization - the Voivodship Fund For Environmental Protection and Water Management in Katowice. • The new edition of REMAS software is just now tested to motivate local and regional governments to organize this system and to involve SMEs to this process IFAT 2010 – Decentralized Wastewater for SMEs, ACT CLEAN Transnational Industry Workshop, 16.09.2010, Munich, Germany

  31. References • Sokol W.A.: “Implementation of sustainable development principles in industrial regions by means of environmental management procedures on example of mining”, NICOLE Workshop, Amsterdam 9-10 November 2000 • Piotrowski Z., Sokol W. and other: ”Technologies of Cleaner Production in mining industry” Library of Waste Management School”, Krakow 2003 • Sokol W.A.:“Reduction of greenhouse effect as task of the regional environmental management”.The First International Congress for the Control of Greenhouse Effect”, 3rd - 6th October 2002, Strasbourg • Sokół W.A.:“Regional environmental management on industrial sites”. ”International Industrial Ecology Conference of the Visegrad Countries, Budapest, 8 June 2004 IFAT 2010 – Decentralized Wastewater for SMEs, ACT CLEAN Transnational Industry Workshop, 16.09.2010, Munich, Germany

  32. Contact National Contact Point for Eco-efficient Technologies and Management Systems Central Mining Institute 40-166 Katowice Plac Gwarków 1 www.actclean.gig.eu tel/fax:+48 32 259 22 11 w.sokol@gig.eu Dr Włodzimierz A.Sokół D I R E C T O R Manager of the Projects ACT CLEAN and SPIN IFAT 2010 – Decentralized Wastewater for SMEs, ACT CLEAN Transnational Industry Workshop, 16.09.2010, Munich, Germany Sokół W.A: „Polish National Contact Point for Small and Medium Enterprises”. National Contact Point for Eco-efficient Technologies and Management Systems in Central Mining Institute:

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