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Identifying Green Jobs - Adapting Statistical ClassificationsInternational Conference on Green Growth and Official Statistics

Konrad Pesendorfer

Director General

Seoul 7th July 2011

www.statistik.at Slide 2 | 07.07.2011

Outline

• Green Jobs/green Economy – what do we measure?

• EGSS (Environmental Goods and Services Sector)

Methodology Basic principles of delimitation Output

• Data analysis from different angles

• Some first results

• Challenges


EGSS – What do we measure?

EGSSTechnologies, goods and services that…

Environmental Protection Resource Management

measure, control, restore, prevent, treat, minimise, research and sensitise environmental damages to air, water and soil as well as problems related to waste, noise, biodiversity and landscapes. This includes “cleaner” technologies, goods and services that prevent or minimise pollution.

measure, control, restore, prevent, minimise, research and sensitise resources depletion. This results mainly in resource-efficient technologies, goods and services that minimise the use of natural resources.


EGSS – Output variables

EGSSTechnologies, goods and services that…

Environmental Protection Resource Management

Green JobsEmployment within

the EGSS

Turnoverof the EGSS

Value addedof the EGSS

Exportsby the EGSS

output


EGSS – Delimitation

Delimitation

• End Purpose Criterion: The main purpose of the technology, good or service must be environmental

• Progress Criterion: Integrated technologies and adapted goods should be less polluting and resource-intensive than the equivalent average technology or good used by national standard

• Corporates and the General Government should be covered

Not included:

• Natural risk management activities like flood risk management

• Trade in EGSS to avoid double counting concerning suppliers and distributors and therefore an overestimation of the turnover


EGSS - Delimitation

Goods Services Technology

connected adapted connectedEnv. specific integrated End of pipe

E.g.:• sceptic tanks• Air filters• Pollution

measurement equipment

E.g.:• Maintenance

of sceptic tanks

• Installation of renewable energy technologies

Cleaner Goods:• Electric

vehicles• Silent asphalt• Mercury free

batteries

Resource efficient goods:• Recycled paper• Solar panels• Heat pumps

Correction of Pollution:• Waste water

treatment• Waste

treatment

Resource depletion reduction:• Recycling

technologies

Cleaner Tech.:• Prevent

pollution from the outset

• E.g. organic farming

Resource efficient technologies:• Renewable

energy technologies

Pollution Prevention:• Waste water

management• Waste

management

Resource management:• Reduction of

water leaks• Efficient energy

use activities


Developing the Concept of EGSS

• 1998 - OECD and EUROSTAT handbook “The Environment Industry Manual - Proposed guidelines for the collection and analysis of data on the Environment Industry”

• 2006 - EUROSTAT starts the Task Force on EGSS as integrated technologies and resource management activities gain in importance

• 2009 EUROSTAT data collection handbook “The Environmental Goods and Services Sector” – EGSS


EGSS – fitting with other frameworks

Consistency

• CEPA 2000 Classification (Classification of Environment Protection Activities)

• SERIEE (European System of the Collection of Economic Data on the Environment)

• SEEA (System of Integrated Environmental and Economic Accounting)

New

• CReMA (Classification of Resource Management Activities)


Data presentation/analysis

Economic VariableTurn overValue addedEmploymentExports

Economic SectorCorporates (NACE)

Government Sector

Environ-mental

DomainesEnv. Protection

Res. management

Type of OutputGoods (adapted/connected)Services (Specific/connected)Technologies (integrated/end

of pipe)

EGSS


EGSS

Some first results…


Implementing EGSS

• 2009 first voluntary pilot data collection EGSS reporting year 2008 11 countries supply data on EGSS, only AT, LV and NL for

the reporting year 2008

• AT only two dimensions (employment, turnover)

• 2010 EUROSTAT Discussion of EGSS as a Module of Environmental Accounting (legal base, development 2011)

• 2011 EUROSTAT First official data collection (EU Member States, EFTA and candidate countries), deadline 30th June 2011

• 20?? Implementing the EGSS in the Legal Base on Environmental Accounting


Data Sources on EGSS in Austria

Primary Statistics

• Information on companies specialized to environmental technologies and connected goods

• Survey in the service sector

Secondary Statistics

• Short term statistics (STS)

• Structural business statistics (SBS)

• Business register

• Environmental protection expenditure accounts (EPEA)

• Energy balances

• Additional studies of the environmental domainExpert information


Development 2008/09 Green Economy – Total Economy

EGSS 2009 – selected results Austria

-1,0

+3,7

-3,1

-0,6

-4

-3

-2

-1

0

1

2

3

4

Turnover Employment GDP Overall employment

Chan

ge 2

008

-200

9 in

%

EGSS Total Economy



Employment by economic sector

17,4

11,2

10,4 7,7

7,0

6,7

5,7

5,4

5,2

2,0

Employed in EGSSShares in % Agriculture

Building construction

General Government

Machinery

Energy

Architecture

other construction

Waste treatment

Forestry

Paper products


Results by Type of Output: Goods – Services – Technologies


41,1%38,4%

18,6%

1,8%

41,4%42,5%

12,9%

3,2%

0,0%

5,0%

10,0%

15,0%

20,0%

25,0%

30,0%

35,0%

40,0%

45,0%

Services Goods Technologies Ancillary services

EGSS 2009Shares of Turnover and Employment

Turnover

Employment


Environmental Domaines


-6,8

+1,5 +2,5

+6,3

-8,0

-6,0

-4,0

-2,0

+0,0

+2,0

+4,0

+6,0

+8,0

Turnover Employment

Environmental Protection

Resource Management

Chan

ge 2

008

-200

9 in

%


EGSS – Challenges ahead

• EGSS – relevant information for decision making?

• Moving target – no single lists in EGSS

• Multiple Data sources

• Progress criterion (better than national standards):

Infinity problem International comparison


Conclusions

• EGSS is a sound framework of measuring the size of (parts of) the green economy

• Consistency with existing accounting frameworks

• EGSS only coming out of its pilot phase

• Challenges ahead

Methodogical Coverage Legal framework

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