Identifying Green Jobs - Adapting Statistical Classifications

1. Identifying Green Jobs - Adapting Statistical Classifications Konrad Pesendorfer Director General Seoul 7th July 2011 International Conference on Green Growth and Official Statistics

2. Outline • Green Jobs/green Economy – what do wemeasure? • EGSS (Environmental Goodsand Services Sector) • Methodology • Basic principlesofdelimitation • Output • Data analysisfrom different angles • Somefirstresults • Challenges

3. EGSS – What do wemeasure? EGSS Technologies, goodsandservicesthat… Environmental Protection Resource Management measure, control, restore, prevent, treat, minimise, research and sensitise environmental damages to air, water and soil as well as problems related to waste, noise, biodiversity and landscapes. This includes “cleaner” technologies, goods and services that prevent or minimise pollution. measure, control, restore, prevent, minimise, research and sensitise resources depletion. This results mainly in resource-efficient technologies, goods and services that minimise the use of natural resources.

4. EGSS – Output variables EGSS Technologies, goodsandservicesthat… Environmental Protection Resource Management output Green Jobs Employmentwithinthe EGSS Turnover ofthe EGSS Value added ofthe EGSS Exports bythe EGSS

5. EGSS – Delimitation Delimitation End Purpose Criterion: The main purpose of the technology, good or service must be environmental Progress Criterion: Integrated technologies and adapted goods should be less polluting and resource-intensive than the equivalent average technology or good used by national standard Corporatesand the General Government should be covered Not included: Natural risk management activities like flood risk management Trade in EGSS to avoid double counting concerning suppliers and distributors and therefore an overestimation of the turnover

6. EGSS - Delimitation Goods Services Technology connected adapted Env. specific connected integrated End ofpipe • Pollution Prevention: • Wastewatermanagement • Wastemanagement • Resourcemanagement: • Reductionofwaterleaks • Efficientenergyuseactivities • Cleaner Tech.: • Preventpollutionfromtheoutset • E.g. organicfarming • Resourceefficienttechnologies: • Renewableenergytechnologies • Correctionof Pollution: • Wastewatertreatment • Wastetreatment • Resourcedepletionreduction: • Recycling technologies • Cleaner Goods: • Electricvehicles • Silentasphalt • Mercury freebatteries • Resourceefficientgoods: • Recycledpaper • Solar panels • Heatpumps • E.g.: • Maintenance ofsceptictanks • Installation ofrenewableenergytechnologies • E.g.: • sceptictanks • Air filters • Pollution measurementequipment

7. Developing the Concept of EGSS 1998 - OECD and EUROSTAT handbook “The Environment Industry Manual - Proposed guidelines for the collection and analysis of data on the Environment Industry” 2006 - EUROSTAT starts the Task Force on EGSS as integrated technologies and resource management activities gain in importance 2009 EUROSTAT data collection handbook “The Environmental Goods and Services Sector” – EGSS

8. EGSS – fitting with other frameworks Consistency CEPA 2000 Classification (Classification of Environment Protection Activities) SERIEE (European System of the Collection of Economic Data on the Environment) SEEA (System of Integrated Environmental and Economic Accounting) New CReMA (Classification of Resource Management Activities)

9. Data presentation/analysis Environ-mental Domaines Env. Protection Res. management Economic Variable Turn over Value added Employment Exports EconomicSector Corporates (NACE) GovernmentSector Type of Output Goods (adapted/connected) Services (Specific/connected) Technologies (integrated/end ofpipe) EGSS

10. EGSS Somefirstresults…

11. Implementing EGSS 2009 first voluntary pilot data collection EGSS reporting year 2008 11 countries supply data on EGSS, only AT, LV and NL for the reporting year 2008 AT only two dimensions (employment, turnover) 2010 EUROSTAT Discussion of EGSS as a Module of Environmental Accounting(legal base, development 2011) 2011 EUROSTAT First official data collection (EU Member States, EFTA and candidate countries), deadline 30th June 2011 20?? Implementing the EGSS in the Legal Base on Environmental Accounting

12. Data Sources on EGSS in Austria Primary Statistics Information on companies specialized to environmental technologies and connected goods Survey in the service sector Secondary Statistics Short term statistics (STS) Structural business statistics (SBS) Business register Environmental protection expenditure accounts (EPEA) Energy balances Additional studies of the environmental domain Expert information

13. EGSS 2009 – selectedresults Austria Development 2008/09 Green Economy – Total Economy

14. EGSS 2009 – selectedresults Austria Employmentbyeconomicsector

15. EGSS 2009 – selectedresults Austria Resultsby Type of Output: Goods – Services – Technologies

16. EGSS 2009 – selectedresults Austria Environmental Domaines

17. EGSS – Challengesahead • EGSS – relevant informationfordecisionmaking? • Movingtarget – nosinglelists in EGSS • Multiple Data sources • Progress criterion (betterthan national standards): • Infinityproblem • International comparison

18. Conclusions • EGSS is a soundframeworkofmeasuringthesizeof (partsof) thegreeneconomy • Consistencywithexistingaccountingframeworks • EGSS onlycoming out ofitspilotphase • Challengesahead • Methodogical • Coverage • Legal framework

19. Identifying Green Jobs - Adapting Statistical Classifications Konrad Pesendorfer Director General Seoul 7th July 2011 International Conference on Green Growth and Official Statistics