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SME Guide on Eco-innovation
12 April 2013
A practical guide to eco-innovation
addressed to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is now published. The
booklet overviews emerging business opportunities eco-innovation has to offer
to companies that reconsider business models, develop new products,
technologies or services, or improve production processes. The guide summarises
key business issues, questions and lessons learnt for SMEs as well as presents
selected eco-innovation good practices.
This guide is divided into six
sections. The opening chapter introduces the concept of eco-innovation. The
focus then shifts to the key issues, challenges and opportunities of
eco-innovation for SMEs. The guide includes sections on:
business model and value
proposition
process eco-innovation
product eco-innovation
getting eco-innovations on the
market
online resources for
eco-innovation.
This guide is addressed above all to
companies that have not yet embarked on any eco-innovation activity, but are
interested in exploring the potential offered by eco-innovation for their
business or new business idea. The publication will be equally useful for
business support organisations providing-or planning to provide-eco-innovation
support and coaching services to SMEs.
The guide can be downloaded at: http://www.eco-innovation.eu/images/stories/Reports/sme_guide.pdf
