Enterprise & Industry Magazine | Number 2 (2008)

Summary:

The main feature of this issue of the E&I magazine explains in detail the benefits of the Kopernikus initiative, a set of activities previously known under the title Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES).

Other articles in this issue look at the new strategy to promote sustainable industry, at a package which will make cars and heavy vehicles safer, at the Electra report (which seeks to make electrical equipment more environmentally friendly), at an initiative which will assist small business in managing innovation, and at a recent study which aimed to identify measures that can help European SMEs improve their competitiveness on an international level.

Table of Contents:

• Editorial
• Kopernikus: observing our planet for a safer world
  • Managing land and water
  • Supporting civil protection
  • Emergency response
  • Healthy atmosphere
  • Mitigating climate change
  • Managing marine resources
• Sustainable industry for a competitive Europe
• Paving the way for safer and greener cars
• Sustainability for the electrical and electronic sector
• Helping entrepreneurs IMProve their innovation management
• Broadening horizons for Europe’s SMEs
• News in brief & upcoming events