Citation
(2012), "EU eco-innovation needs more support", Management of Environmental Quality, Vol. 23 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/meq.2012.08323aaa.014
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2011, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
EU eco-innovation needs more support
Article Type: Feature From: Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal, Volume 23, Issue 1.
Levels of innovation in the environmental sector are more promising than in the EU as a whole, but businesses still need more support from policy makers, according to a European Commission report. The “Innovation Report,” the first in an annual series, shows the EU spends more public money per capita on environment-related research than anywhere else in the world. It also accounts for 40 percent of patents for technologies linked to climate change.
But continued progress is dependent on demand for green technologies. Policy makers can help through smarter regulation and by greening their own procurement policies.
Spending on all types of R&D increased to 2 percent of EU GDP in 2009 but is still short of Europe's 3 percent target. The report can be seen at: http://ec.europa.eu/research/innovation-union/pdf/competitiveness-report/2011/iuc2011-full-report.pdf