Environmental goods and services sector accounts

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to present the results of the pilot project on the environmental goods and services sector accounts (EGSS). It was conducted in Poland in 2015. This account is compatible with the ESA standards and includes the production activities of a national economy that generate environmental products that have been produced for the purpose of environmental protection and resource management. Data are collected according to classification of economic activities, classes of the classification of environmental protection activities and the classification of resource management activities.

Green jobs. Concept analysis and situation in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country

“…De acuerdo con el manual de Eurostat de 2016, para identificar las actividades medioambientales, conviene revisar la clasificación nacional de actividades económicas (CNAE) en detalle, y actualizarla de manera periódica, a medida que se producen cambios. A modo de ejemplo puede citarse un país que no contaba con fabricantes de aerogeneradores y donde se instala una fábrica para ello (Eurostat 2016a).…”

The circular economy and the Green Jobs creation

“…The definition of the EGSS, which is used in this paper, was published in 2009 in the "EGSS handbook" (Broniewicz and Domańska 2016) in explaining what the environmental goods and services are. In the proposed approach, these goods and services related to environmental protection are distinguished based on the main goal's criterion.…”

“…In the proposed approach, these goods and services related to environmental protection are distinguished based on the main goal's criterion. The EGSS aim is to protect the environment or manage resources (Moldvay et al 2013;Broniewicz and Domańska 2016). "Also critical is the producer's awareness of environmental requirements and the creation of environmentally friendly products, the use of products in harmony with the environment, and offering them in markets that take environmental conditions into account" (Eurostat 2015;Broniewicz and Domańska 2016).…”

“…Then environmental products can be the primary, secondary or auxiliary manufacturer's production and serve EP or RM. The green terminology also introduces the environmental producers' concept, which refers to producers involved in pro-environmental solutions (Broniewicz and Domańska 2016).…”