The Environment industry in Sweden 2003 Mats Eberhardson, Statistics Sweden

Disposition Background and definition Environmental areas and classifications Results – Employment & former unempl. Results–Education & Income Results– Export & Turnover Future plans

Background Database at Statistics Sweden since reports from Statistics Sweden No work between Work since 2003: Better routine for updating Establishments (earlier companies)

Last published report New report finished this spring Can be downloaded at

Definition The general definition given by OECD/Eurostat is as follows: ”The environmental goods and services industry consists of activities which produce goods and services to measure, prevent, limit, minimise or correct environmental damage to water, air, and soil as well as problems related to waste, noise and eco-systems. This includes cleaner technologies, products and services which reduce environmental risk and minimise pollution and resource use.”

Environmental Industry Environ- mentally labelled products ”CORE INDUSTRIES” NACE 25.12, 37, 41, and 90 Other environmental products Ex. filter, hydraulic turbines Establishments in POLLUTION MANAGEMENT Establishments in RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Establishments in CLEANER TECHNOLOGIES AND PRODUCTS Environmental management systems Ex: ISO 14001, EMAS, FSC

Environmental activity Pollution Management: Air pollution control, Waste water management, Waste management, Monitoring/control etc., Soil and groundwater, Noise and vibration Cleaner Technologies and Products : Cleaner/resource efficient Technologies, Cleaner/resource efficient Products Resource Management : Indoor air pollution, Water supply, Recycled materials, Renewable energy, Heat/energy saving and management, Sustainable agriculture and fisheries, Sustainable forestry, Eco tourism, Other resource management

Data No new survey Only data from existing registers –Business register, VAT-register, labour statistics, foreign trade statistics (Statistics Sweden) –Data from different industry-specialised organisations (cf. manufacturers of equipment for waste management) –Other Swedish business registers (outside Statistics Sweden)

Content in the database Identification number of enterprises and establishments Environmental activity Level of environmental activity (primary, secondary) Turnover and exports Age and sex Employment Income and former unemployment Level and orientation of education Geographical distribution

Primary and secondary establishments Primary – the main activity is included in the definition (> 50 %) Secondary – have important environmental production, but secondary

Number of establishments -03

Employment - 03

Share of employed in the environmental industry of the total employed in the municipality. Black = 5-25 % Dark grey = 2-5 % Light grey = 0,5-2 %

Educational level - 03

Educational level - by region

Level of education & income

Former unemployed Using received unemployment-compensation last year (01)

Turnover - 03

Exports - 03

Export to EU and non-EU countries 2003

Future work Report for 2003 will be published in short Report for 2004 – published in 2006 Continuous updating Time-series in the future New product dimension