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Finland focuses on future prosperity through cleantech growth  
13/11/2013
Finland focuses on future prosperity through cleantech growth  
Finland is already considered a global leader in eco-innovation and the development of new clean technologies. According to figures from the Finnish government, about 2,000 companies operate in its cleantech sector, generating annual exports of €12 billion, or 20% of Finland's total exports. But...
Finland
No landfill, no incineration: municipalities commit to zero waste
04/12/2013
No landfill, no incineration: municipalities commit to zero waste
A European initiative involving municipalities, companies and citizens' groups is encouraging its members to commit to the elimination of residual waste, thereby ending landfill and incineration as waste management practices. Zero Waste Europe...
Eu
Catering project seeks eco-innovative suppliers
17/12/2013
Catering project seeks eco-innovative suppliers
A pan-European project involving partners from Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden and the United Kingdom is testing how the power of procurement can be used as a lever to create greater sustainability in the catering trade. The activities of the INNOCAT (Procurement of Eco-Innovative...
Eu
Eurostat publishes first resource efficiency scoreboard
17/12/2013
Eurostat publishes first resource efficiency scoreboard
The European Commission's statistical service Eurostat has published the first-ever resource efficiency scoreboard, comparing European countries using a set of 30 indicators covering natural resource consumption. The scoreboard is headlined by an indicator for resource productivity, which shows...
Eu
EU centre helps eco-entrepreneurs enter India's vast cleantech market  
15/01/2014
EU centre helps eco-entrepreneurs enter India's vast cleantech market  
European Union cleantech entrepreneurs looking for opportunities in India can consult the The centre was established in 2008 under the coordination of EUROCHAMBRES, the European Association of Chambers of Commerce and Industry. It is based in the Indian capital, New Delhi, with satellite...
Eu
Horizon 2020 kicks off
15/01/2014
Horizon 2020 kicks off
The European Commission has published the first calls for proposals under Overall funding* will rise from about €50 billion under FP7 to €78.6 billion (current prices) for Horizon 2020. In environmental terms, the emphasis in Horizon 2020 is on...
Eu
Shaping eco-innovation: some first lessons from ECO-INNOVERA  
15/01/2014
Shaping eco-innovation: some first lessons from ECO-INNOVERA  
The participants in ECO-INNOVERA are agencies from 20 European countries that organise research programmes. They wanted to improve research project selection processes, so that key environmental, social and economic considerations are designed-in from the outset. If this is done effectively, it...
Eu
Organic farming goes in circles  
27/01/2014
Organic farming goes in circles  
A Slovakian eco-entrepreneur wants to promote outside his home country a system for the mechanical cultivation of agricultural soils that can work entirely without oil as an energy input. Soil cultivation is generally done using heavy machinery such as tractors. While these have greatly...
Slovakia
Crisis and unemployment? Eco-innovation is a green solution for jobs
27/01/2014
Crisis and unemployment? Eco-innovation is a green solution for jobs
A recent report by MEP Karin Kadenbach (Austrian, S&D) calls on Member States and the European Commission to boost eco-innovation in order to spur growth and create new green jobs throughout Europe. The concept of ‘green jobs’ needs to be better defined and include sectors other than...
Eu
Polish region sets its sights on bio-economy growth
18/03/2014
Polish region sets its sights on bio-economy growth
The eastern Polish region of Lubelskie is putting smart specialisation at the heart of its economic development strategy for the 2014-2020 period, and eco-innovation is set to play a significant role. Lubelskie was a partner in the Innovation strategies for smart specialisation (known as RIS3...
Poland

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