OECD -DGEG Workshop “Measuring the environmental footprint of SMEs”

Thursday 26 October 2023, online

 

LEAP4SME Coordinator Enrico Biele joined the event with the presentation “Assessing SME energy consumption at national level: methodologies, barriers and result”. This workshop was the first of a series of four seminars organised by OECD together with Portugal’s Ministry of Economy and Maritime Affairs in the framework of the EC-funded (DG REFORM) Technical Support Instrument (TSI) Project “Supporting the green transition of SMEs and green entrepreneurship in Portugal”.

Key questions that the workshop addressed include:

  • What are the levels of energy consumption in SMEs? How are they different from larger companies?
  • What are the main existing methodologies to measure the environmental footprint of SMEs?
  • What are the key methodological barriers and caveats to keep in mind? What are the main improvements needed?
  • What are the main green actions taken by SMEs? How can they be measured?
  • How can banks estimate financed emissions so as to better allocate resources for the green transition?

 

For more details, please check the presentation by clicking here.

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