ECO-INNOVATION

When business
meets environment
The European Unions Eco-Innovation initiative bridged the gap
between research and the market. It helped innovative green
ideas become fully-edged commercial prospects, ready for
use by business and industry. The results shown are based on
a sample of Eco-Innovation projects.

1.2 billion
Global monetised
environmental
savings

Every euro of
funding expected
to generate 21.5
revenues

full time jobs

created per project

and 4 safeguarded, including

the whole supply chain

21.5

2.4 million
tonnes of raw
materials saved
lling 111000
standard shipping
containers

198
the 2012 use
of water in the
domestic sector
of 2.8 million
Spanish
inhabitants

million m 3
water saved

2.2

million tonnes
of oil eq. of energy saved

1.18
million
tonnes less waste

equivalent to nal annual

energy use of the total
Danish industry

out of which 29 500 tonnes hazardous

5 sectors
50% 35% 15%
Micro

( 0 -10 employees )

Green
Business

Sustainable
Building
Products

Material
Recycling

Food
& drink

Water

Results for 185 projects, indicated by the projects for two years aer completion.
Revenues from sales based on the projected business revenues at the second year
of projects closure and then constant aerwards for another three years; they exclude
production and labour costs but account for deadweight, market displacement and
complementarity, supply chain eects and an optimism bias.

77 %

Private sector

Small

(10 - 50 employees)

Medium

(50 - 250 employees)

68 % SME S
https://ec.europa.eu/easme/

Executive
Agency for
SMEs

ISBN: 978-92-9202-201-3
Catalog number: EA-04-16-600-EN-N
DOI: 10.2826/05293
European Union 2016