EcoBusinessPlan Vienna Steps into Environmental Management Thomas HRUSCHKA Municipal Department for...

EcoBusinessPlan ViennaEcoBusinessPlan ViennaSteps into Environmental ManagementSteps into Environmental Management

Thomas HRUSCHKAThomas HRUSCHKAMunicipal Department for Environmental ProtectionMunicipal Department for Environmental Protection

Ebendorferstr. 4, A-1082 Vienna, AustriaEbendorferstr. 4, A-1082 Vienna, AustriaPhone +43-1-4000/88299, Fax +43-1-4000/99/88299Phone +43-1-4000/88299, Fax +43-1-4000/99/88299

[email protected]

About ViennaAbout Vienna

Vienna in FiguresVienna in Figures•capital of Austriacapital of Austria

•1.6 million inhabitants1.6 million inhabitants

•415 km² with 201km² green area415 km² with 201km² green area

•7.7 million tourist overnight-stays 7.7 million tourist overnight-stays

•35.000 SME’s35.000 SME’s

Goal EcoBusinessPlan ViennaGoal EcoBusinessPlan Vienna

Reduced environmental impacts.Reduced environmental impacts.

Less operating costs and competitive advantages for Less operating costs and competitive advantages for attending companies.attending companies.

Better relationship between companies and authorities.Better relationship between companies and authorities.

Improvement of environmental Improvement of environmental situation, by a better performance of situation, by a better performance of enterprises and industries.enterprises and industries.

Vienna uses all

instruments in a combined approach

Vienna uses all

instruments in a combined approach

Legislation and controlLegislation and control

Financial instrumentsFinancial instruments

CommunicationCommunication

Demonstration ProjectsDemonstration Projects

OrganisationOrganisation

TechniqueTechnique

A city has several instruments to A city has several instruments to reach this goal:reach this goal:

The Concept

Continuous Continuous evaluation evaluation of the effects based on of the effects based on analysis of the realized measures (database) and analysis of the realized measures (database) and interviews with samples of the target-groups is interviews with samples of the target-groups is necessarynecessary

LegislationLegislation alone is sometimes alone is sometimes to slow and ineffective to slow and ineffective

EcoBuisnessPlan is an additional EcoBuisnessPlan is an additional voluntaryvoluntary instrumentinstrument

Legislation a. controlFinancialFinancial instrumentsinstruments



TechniqueTechnique

DemonstrationDemonstration

3 Principles of3 Principles ofEcoBusinessPlanEcoBusinessPlan

environmentalenvironmentalprotection paysprotection pays

continues continues

improvementimprovement

different modules for different modules for

different needsdifferent needs

Legislation and Legislation and controlcontrolFinancialFinancial instrumentsinstruments



TechniqueTechnique


EMS are useful, for little companies as well as for EMS are useful, for little companies as well as for large organizationslarge organizations

EMS's implementation is possible, in very practical EMS's implementation is possible, in very practical steps with a short term return of investmentsteps with a short term return of investment

We want to show that:We want to show that:

This means to give This means to give answers to the answers to the companies most companies most important question:important question:

• Co-operation of all stakeholders Co-operation of all stakeholders • Understand enterprises as main actorsUnderstand enterprises as main actors• Bring all partners togetherBring all partners together• Bring all support togetherBring all support together• Offer tailored supportOffer tailored support• Reward good behaviourReward good behaviour

The Guidelines

Legislation and Legislation and controlcontrol

TechniqueTechnique

Financial instruments

Communication

Organisation

Demonstration

yearlyyearlyevaluationevaluation

structurestructure

External validation

of companies

Ecolabel

Tourism

ISO 14001

EcoBonus

EMAS

Ecoprofit

Consul-tants

programmanagement Department Environmental

Protection

MDO

Advisory Board

Vienna Business Promotion Fund

MDO

The Advisory The Advisory BoardBoard

Authority for business procedures 1

Senior experts for the industrial code

1

Austrian Trade Union Federation

1

Vienna Economic Chamber 1Vienna Business Promotion Institute

11

Federal Ministry of the Environment

1Municipal Dept. for

environmental protection

2Experts

Vienna Chamber of

Labor1

environmental effects – costs

institutions/expertsauditors consultants

detection and implementation of environmental measures

The Concept – all ModulesThe Concept – all Modules

ValidationValidation

minimum qualificationPool of ConsultantsPool of Consultants

Data-base of Data-base of Environmental MeasuresEnvironmental Measures

Individual ConsultancyIndividual ConsultancyWorkshopsWorkshops

StartStart• companies get a potential-scancompanies get a potential-scanDuringDuring• carefully selected consultantscarefully selected consultants• workshops individual advise and financial supportworkshops individual advise and financial support• PR PR AfterAfter• incentives (subsidies, award)incentives (subsidies, award)• networkingnetworking

Strategy to Strategy to be effectivebe effective



Organisation

TechniqueTechnique


Professional Professional Public RelationsPublic Relations

brochure documents successesbrochure documents successes

journal for journal for external external target groupstarget groups


Communication


TechniqueTechnique


folders inform about the possibilitiesfolders inform about the possibilities


Communication


TechniqueTechnique


Awards and Awards and Gala for the Gala for the SuccessfulSuccessful

One of the main critical points of Environmental One of the main critical points of Environmental Management Systems:Management Systems:

• Good systemsGood systems

• good systematic structuregood systematic structure

• much work much work

• but often less practical effects but often less practical effects

• on the Environmenton the Environment

Focus EMS: Focus EMS: critical points of EMAS and ISO 14001critical points of EMAS and ISO 14001

Daily‘s company - business

EMAS ISO 14001EMAS ISO 14001

Grounding Environmental Management SystemsGrounding Environmental Management Systems

EcoprofitEcoprofitEPEP EPEP

Modul EcoprofitModul Ecoprofit• environmental check: 8 hoursenvironmental check: 8 hours

• 8 workshops8 workshopso project management, project teamproject management, project teamo waste managementwaste managemento water, waste waterwater, waste watero dangerous substancesdangerous substanceso energy managementenergy managemento traffic, mobility managementtraffic, mobility managemento legal compliancelegal complianceo communication, PRcommunication, PR

• max. 5 days individual consultancymax. 5 days individual consultancy

• time range: 8 monthstime range: 8 months

• report + presentation of measures to advisory board, decision report + presentation of measures to advisory board, decision pro/contra awardingpro/contra awarding

• Validation: 1 year, possibility for re-awardingValidation: 1 year, possibility for re-awarding

Measures out of Measures out of Environmental Management SystemsEnvironmental Management Systems

Focus public institutions:Focus public institutions:

• HTL-Donaustadt (technical high school)HTL-Donaustadt (technical high school)

– Better heating-management: Better heating-management: 3 MWh less3 MWh less energy consumption/year, energy consumption/year, 4.400 € savings4.400 € savings

• Wiengas (city gas supply)Wiengas (city gas supply)

– New method for maintenance of pipes: -> N-injection in pipeline-section: New method for maintenance of pipes: -> N-injection in pipeline-section: zero-methane emission, high safety because no risk of explosionszero-methane emission, high safety because no risk of explosions

• Amtshaus Wien 8 (City-office building) Amtshaus Wien 8 (City-office building)

– Installation of central air-exchange, insulation of the roof, new heating Installation of central air-exchange, insulation of the roof, new heating management systemmanagement system reduction of energy-consumption and emission of reduction of energy-consumption and emission of greenhouse-gases greenhouse-gases

• Krankenhaus Lainz (City-hospital): Krankenhaus Lainz (City-hospital):

– Energy-saving-measures – change of 40 Windows, 80 new Energy-saving-measures – change of 40 Windows, 80 new heating-valves, reconstruction of the aiurcondition:heating-valves, reconstruction of the aiurcondition: reduction of reduction of energy: 320.000 kWh/year, less operating costs € 26.400,-/yearenergy: 320.000 kWh/year, less operating costs € 26.400,-/year

• SWR – KAV Wien (city hospital-textile laundry): SWR – KAV Wien (city hospital-textile laundry):

– Insulation of laundries (reduction of the surface-temperature from Insulation of laundries (reduction of the surface-temperature from 909000C to 40C to 4000 C, Installation of heat exchanger : C, Installation of heat exchanger : reduction of reduction of energy-consumption: 2,05 Mio kWh/year, less operating costs € energy-consumption: 2,05 Mio kWh/year, less operating costs € 30.500,-/year30.500,-/year

• Oesterreichische Nationalbank (Austrian National Bank):Oesterreichische Nationalbank (Austrian National Bank):

– Change of currency (Schilling Change of currency (Schilling Euro) Euro) production of paper- production of paper-pellets: pellets: 310 t money-pellets used as insulation310 t money-pellets used as insulation



• Karl Pawel (transport company) in co-operation with Siemens Karl Pawel (transport company) in co-operation with Siemens SGP (waggon – construction) SGP (waggon – construction)

– Development and use of a reusable packaging for underground-Development and use of a reusable packaging for underground-waggons during worldwide transport (via train and ship):waggons during worldwide transport (via train and ship): reduction of costs, 73% reduction of packaging-ressources reduction of costs, 73% reduction of packaging-ressources

Already 250 waggons are delivered with that system (Boston/USA, Already 250 waggons are delivered with that system (Boston/USA, Australia) and more than 200 will follow within next time. Australia) and more than 200 will follow within next time.

• Druckerei Herold (Newspaper print office)Druckerei Herold (Newspaper print office)

– 33% reducing of maculature (not sellable Newspapers) just by 33% reducing of maculature (not sellable Newspapers) just by smart organisational measures: smart organisational measures: reduction of the use (and waste) reduction of the use (and waste) of paper per year: 500 t, reductions of costs € 200.000,-/yearof paper per year: 500 t, reductions of costs € 200.000,-/year

500.000 m3 drinking water

1.500 t hazardous waste

160.000 t non-harzardous waste

20.000 t CO2

60 Mio. kWh energy

7 Mio. kilometer of transport

12 Mio. EUR management costs Energy for 20.000

Vienna households for one year

Olympic bassin:160 fillings

ResultsResults1998 – 20041998 – 2004

460 companies460 companies

175 x around the earth

16.000 truksin a

190 km lane

Controlling - InstrumentsControlling - Instruments

• Yearly EvaluationYearly Evaluation – standard interview forms, standard interview forms,

Interview calls (e.g. 70 of Interview calls (e.g. 70 of 115 companies)115 companies)

– Analysis of the database of Analysis of the database of environmental measuresenvironmental measures

• Continuous Evaluation of Continuous Evaluation of environmental effectsenvironmental effects (data (data base: analysis of measures) base: analysis of measures)

o benefit for the benefit for the environmentenvironment

o satisfaction of satisfaction of companiescompanies

o work of program work of program managementmanagement

Results of EvaluationResults of Evaluation

< 1 year< 1 year

1-21-2yearsyears

60%5%

10%

2-3 years2-3 years

17%8%

>3 years>3 years

NoNoamortizationamortization

Average pay back-period of company investments:

attitude

technics

finance

Reasons for realisation-restraintReasons for realisation-restraint

Sample: 1000 Projects in 50 branchesSample: 1000 Projects in 50 branches

70%70%

15%15%

15%15%

after Stenumafter Stenum

460

49500

5040

1

2

3

55.000 active companies in Vienna

One „man“ show

EcoBusinessPlan

employess > 1

Number of Companies covered by EcoBusinessPlan Vienna

551

244

1

2

Anzahl der Betriebe, die der ÖkoBusinessPlan bisher erreicht hat (1998-2003)

Companies with 100 employees and more

EBP-Companies with EMAS, ISO 14001, Ecoprofit

Nr. of People >100

34 ISO 1400134 ISO 14001 48 EMAS48 EMAS152 EP152 EP

Finance Structure Finance Structure EcoBusinessPlan ViennaEcoBusinessPlan Vienna

31%

18%

51%

City of Vienna/EBPCity of Vienna/EBPCompaniesCompanies

Business Promotion Business Promotion InstituteInstitute

€ € 500.000,-500.000,-

Federal Ministry of the Federal Ministry of the Environment: 45%Environment: 45%

EU Interreg IIIA: 30%EU Interreg IIIA: 30%

•How companies characterise the participation

Very successful•30%

•successful•59%

•Satisfying•9%

•Exactable•2%

•Not Exactable•0%

The company's benefitThe company's benefit

Cost EffectivenessCost Effectiveness

Legal ComplianceLegal Compliance

Exchange ofExchange ofKnowledgeKnowledge

Improvement of Improvement of Work ProcessWork Process

CompetitiveCompetitiveAdvantageAdvantage

Improving Improving Relationship Relationship to Authoritiesto Authorities

Publicity,Publicity,Better ImageBetter Image

-- we sell-- we sell sucess sucess

-- we get-- we get environmental protection environmental protection

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