The Impact of Clean Production on Employment in Europe:
An Analysis Using Surveys and Case Studies (IMPRESS)

TSER Progamme, Contract SOE-1-CT-98-1106
Starting Date: November 1998, Duration 24 months

Objectives:

The primary objective of the IMPRESS project is to establish a Europe-wide methodological framework for analysing the impact of clean production on employment. In addition, the project will produce empirical results on impacts of cleaner production on employment through own research. This consist of:

– Examination of the relationship between eco-innovation, employment and competitiveness based on an analysis of European innovation data banks,

– in-depth case studies conducted within selected industrial and service sectors,

– customised surveys on eco-innovation,

– comparative analysis of the survey and the case study results.

An internet discussion group on the topic of clean technology and employment will be established.

Intended outcomes:

The principal deliverables of IMPRESS will take the form of publications in books, journals, newspapers and magazines aimed at European researchers, policy makers and industrialists. Two workshops, one dealing with methodology and the other with policy aspects and results, will be organised.

Co-ordinator:

Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW), Germany, Dr. Klaus Rennings

Partners:

• Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), Italy, Matteo Bartolomeo
• Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT), Netherlands, Anthony Arundel
• Victoria University of Manchester, United Kingdom, Prof Ian Miles

Associated Partner:

• Institute of Empirical Economic and Social Research, Olten School of Economics and Business Administration, University of Applied Sciences Solothurn