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PERFORMANCE TARGETS – CLEAN, CLEVER AND COMPETITIVE

PERFORMANCE TARGETS – CLEAN, CLEVER AND COMPETITIVE. A think tank meeting 29/9-04 – 1/10-04 in Göteborg on a mission from DG-Environment. Participants from several major European research institutes and universities. Background. “Improve market conditions”

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PERFORMANCE TARGETS – CLEAN, CLEVER AND COMPETITIVE

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  1. PERFORMANCE TARGETS–CLEAN, CLEVER AND COMPETITIVE A think tank meeting 29/9-04 – 1/10-04 in Göteborg on a mission from DG-Environment. Participants from several major European research institutes and universities.

  2. Background “Improve market conditions” • Create, promote and focus ambitions regarding environmental technologies • No legislation • Improve competitiveness? • PT not isolated from other activities • A common concept for market actors • Toprunner in Japan - benchmark

  3. Background (cont.) • Market – two parts – producers and customers • Producers, the pro-active companies need support, mostly in form of a better/guaranteed market • Consumers, the pro-active consumers need guidance and more consumers could be inspired

  4. Description (cont.) • Products, processes and services ! • Easily communicated - clear signal • A common concept for all actors • Technology neutral • Long-termed and progressive

  5. Description (cont.) • Objective: • Promote innovation and/or • Lift the average and/or • Phase out the worst • Several levels? • Toprunner ?

  6. Description (cont.) • Aggregation level • Possible to be combined with • eco-labelling • eco-design • policy instruments of different types • …….

  7. Justification of the PT concept • Reduction of environmental pressures and risks • Clear signals to producers and customers/purchasers for continuous improvement • Reward the first movers and the well performing producers, and perhaps punish the laggards • Create market for driving innovation • Improve competitiveness on the globalizing markets • Unwanted side-effects that have to be taken into account when the target system is designed, and in the following up process.

  8. Implementation • Suggestion for a process High level group ETAP Selection of applications Diff. stakeholders Design of targets Good analytical work Diff. stakeholders Comm/ DG-Env decision Comm/ DG-Env decision EPET Evalu- ation Selection of more applications

  9. Implementation • Aims of targets i) Promote innovation Ii) Lift the average and/or Iii) Phase out the worst Differentiated levels? Toprunner: 10% best today – average tomorrow ! LEV in California - a hybrid system ”Learning by doing” – Design group

  10. Implementation • Additional tools • Green procurement • Technology procurement (contest) • Eco-labelling • Ecodesign actions • life cycle costing calculations • Other ETAP actions • …….

  11. Implementation • Additional tools (cont.) • Public awareness campaigns • Educational efforts • Policy instruments of different types like legislation or economic incentives • …….

  12. Implementation • Monitoring important • Time perspectives – case-dependent • If possible – link to other objectives • Selection of products • Large env. impact • New env. technologies available or nearly available • Follow up systems – legislation? • ……….

  13. Way forward ! • Pilot cases (see process chart) • Technology foresight studies very useful • Start with well defined cases – move on to a more systemic approach • EPET could guide the process • A specific on PTs in production processes, in relation with the IPPC scheme • A correlation with IPP is necessary

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