Press Release: Green Action Plan for SMEs: turning environmental challenges into business opportunities

The European Commission adopted on the 2 July 2014 a Communication Green Action Plan (GAP) for SMEs: Enabling SMEs to turn environmental challenges into business opportunities. The Action Plan presents a series of SME-oriented actions proposed at European level to help exploit the business opportunities that the transition to a green economy offers, by improving resource efficiency of European SMEs, supporting green entrepreneurship, exploiting the opportunities of greener value chains, and facilitating market access for green SMEs.

The Green Action Plan complements the Green Employment Initiative, which proposes a roadmap for supporting green jobs creation across the EU, and with the Circular Economy Package and Waste Target Review.

• Primary Source

European Commission: RAPID: MEMO/14/452: Green Action Plan for SMEs: combining a lasting recovery with a resource-efficient European economy http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-14-452_en.pdf

European Commission: DG Enterprise and Industry: Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs): Green Action Plan for SMEs http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/sme/public-consultation-green-action-plan/index_en.htm

ESO: Background information: SMEs: feedback on Green Action Plan http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-smes-feedback-on-green-action-plan/

ESO: Background information: Environment/industrial policy: Live and work in better buildings http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-environment-industrial-policy-live-and-work-in-better-buildings/

ESO: Background information: Commission outlines measures to maximise job opportunities in the green economy http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-employment-commission-outlines-measures-to-maximise-job-opportunities-in-the-green-economy/

ESO: Background information: Environment: Higher recycling targets to drive transition to a Circular Economy with new jobs and sustainable growth http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-environment-higher-recycling-targets-to-drive-transition-to-a-circular-economy-with-new-jobs-and-sustainable-growth/

European Commission: RAPID: SPEECH/14/527: Speaking points by Environment Commissioner Janez Potočnik on Circular Economy http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-14-527_en.pdf

ESO: Background information: Communication From The Commission To The European Parliament, The Council, The European Economic And Social Committee And The Committee Of The Regions Green Action Plan For SMEs Enabling SMEs to turn environmental challenges into business opportunities http://www.europeansources.info/record/communication-from-the-commission-to-the-european-parliament-the-council-the-european-economic-and-social-committee-and-the-committee-of-the-regions-green-action-plan-for-smes-enabling-smes-to-tur/

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