Transcript 02.Euromed Conference Krakow April 2015x

EU initiatives related to
digital integration, energy
and resource efficiency
EuroMed Conference
Krakow, 27-28 April 2015
Julio Cardoso
European Commission
DG for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
Textiles, Fashion, Design and Creative industries Unit
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Outline of presentation
 Introduction
 Energy and resource efficiency
 Industry and enterprises
transformation
 Concluding remarks
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Industrial policy
 Secure framework conditions favourable to
industrial competitiveness
o Speed up adjustment to structural changes
o Encouraging entrepreneurship and cooperation between undertakings
o Exploit industrial potential of innovation and R&TD
 Cross-sectoral and sectoral initiatives
o Address societal and global challenges
o Foster more sustainable / clean production
o Increased resource efficiency and promotion of recycling
 Encourage investment in innovation
o Advanced manufacturing
o Digital transformation of industry and enterprises
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Energy efficiency
 Decreasing energy intensity in the EU
o Largely due to efficiency gains
o Not enough to offset energy prices increase
o Less structural shift towards less energy intensive sectors/activities
 2012 Energy Efficiency Directive
o Energy chain (production, distribution/retailing, consumption)
obligations
• Distributors/retailers to achieve 1,5% savings
• Audits of energy consumption
o Energy efficiency targets
• 20% by 2020
• 27% (or greater) by 2030
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Resource efficiency
 Towards a Circular Economy
 Aligned with growth-oriented industrial
policy (smart and clean industry)
o Access to recyclable/secondary raw materials
o Access to new markets (for recycled products)
o Promote Eco-design (energy, water and resource efficiency) &
Eco-innovation
 Boosting recycling
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Recycling
 Recycling facilities/technology available
 Regulatory framework
o When waste ceases to be waste
o Waste shipment
 Materials (e.g. glass, paper) and products
(e.g. clothing)
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Waste to fibre
Shredding
Re-use fabrics
Success stories (PET bottles, fishing nets, mattresses)
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Industry and enterprises
transformation
 Smart and (C)lean manufacturing
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Less energy and resources; waste; emissions (air, water and soil)
Faster and more cost-, energy- and resource-efficient production
 Digital single market
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Reduced (telecomm/transaction) costs
Faster exchange of information (B2B, B2C and B2A)
New business models
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Towards more sustainable
production patterns
 Energy audits
 Advanced manufacturing and bio-based
products
 Reducing GHG emissions
 Improving environmental performance
• Products – Ecolabels/PEFs
• Processes - BREFs
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Enterprises transformation
 Establishing web site/Internet presence
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Product information
e-Commerce
 Connecting to value chain
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New business opportunities, but …
Barriers
 Customers/suppliers may use different technological solutions
(EDI systems)
 Different standards may co-exist
 High costs/low return on investment
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Challenges and opportunities
 Digital integration and cooperation
within/along the value chain
Value chain efficient management (orders, invoicing)
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Fewer encoding errors
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Lower operational costs
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Authentication and traceability of products/raw materials/waste
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 Market opportunities for technical textiles
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Societal needs
Circular economy, energy and climate change
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Concluding remarks
 Successful industry-led initiatives
o eBIZ
o SESEC
 Digital integration likely developments
o e-Labelling
o e-Compliance
 20% target for industry's share of GDP
(by
2020)
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