The objectives of this study are to estimate the size and the structure of the eco-industries in Schleswig-Holstein and to analyse the potential for eco-industries in this region to grow. According to this, a survey amongst the suppliers of environmental goods and services in the Federal State of Schleswig-Holstein and an analysis of the demand side on the European, national and regional level was carried out. This will be accomplished by interviews with selected firms and experts from the environmental sector. Building on the results of this investigation recommendations for policy to promote eco-industries in Schleswig-Holstein were developed.
Survey with the suppliers of environmental goods and services; interviews; secondary statistics and workshop.
Survey: UMFIS and "Eco-World"; Environmental Expenditures: Statistisches Bundesamt and Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein .
The market for environmental goods and services has a volume of about 183 bn Euro in the European Union and 57 bn Euro in Germany. Harmonisation of environmental law in the accession states generates a demand of around 10 bn Euro yearly. About 9.950 employees are working in the environmental industry in the Federal State of Schleswig-Holstein earning a turnover of around 2 billion Euro. Important environmental innovations were found in the fields of hydrogen power, marine engineering and marine resources amongst several other technological areas. Also green products and ecological agriculture are getting more and more important for the Federal State. Offshore wind energy plants will be a major future market for the environment industry of Schleswig-Holstein which depends highly on the further development of this renewable energy. For the further promotion of eco-industries in Schleswig-Holstein a closer co-operation with the neighbour Federal State and Hanseatic City of Hamburg and an emphasis on assistance programmes for foreign markets were proposed.
Peter Glasow, Matthias Schulz-Kleinfeldt, Johann Wackerbauer (2006): The Eco-Industries of Schleswig-Holstein in 2004: Structure and Perspectives. Summary (PDF, 79 KB).
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