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International
Workshop on "Business and the Environment" 2005
Businesses for a Reduce-Reuse-Recycle
Economy: Current Status and Future Prospects -A Japanese and
German Dialogue-
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The workshop, which was
held as part of "Deutschland in Japan 2005/2006", consisted
of five presentations, including two guest speakers
from Germany and three resource persons from Japan.
At the concluding session, there was a lively discussion
about the current status and future prospects of Businesses
for a Reduced-Reused-Recycled Economy in Japan and Germany.
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22 November 2005 (Tue.)
14:00-17:30 |
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JICA Hyogo International
Centre (2nd floor, capacity of 70 people) Kobe, Hyogo
prefecture, Japan |
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English and Japanese
(with simultaneous translation) |
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IGES Kansai Research
Centre
Hyogo Prefectural Environmental Create Center public
Corporation |
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Summary
Report: "3R Policy
in Japan and Germany"
Yasuhiro Kanda (IGES Kansai Research Centre) 503KB
The report systematically indicated administrative organizations
and policy system of the businesses for a reduced-reused-recycled
economy in Japan and Germany at the national, state, prefecture
and municipal levels. According to the report, local governments
in Japan have developed their own policies in accordance with
national Fundamental Law for Establishing a Sound Material-Cycle
Society and the Fundamental Plan based on the Long-Term General
Plan. It also states that in Germany policy focuses on sustainable
strategy and Local Agenda 21, and that Germany develops its
3R policy with an integrated view on reducing the waste output
and increasing the resources/energy efficiency.
Session I: "3R Business Trends"
Raimund Bleischwitz (Wuppertal Institute)224KB
Along with introducing the four types of environmental businesses
in Germany (end-of-pipe type, renewable energy, integrated production
type, innovative type), it was reported that there has been
progress in making more efficient use of materials and the country
is considering establishing the German Material Efficiency Agency.
It was also reported that it was important to have a unified
policy concerning waste management, resources use, climate change
and so on, and that there is a need for regional technology
clusters and business participation.
Takashi Gunjima (IGES Kansai Research Centre/ Doshisha University)1.2MB
This presentation that stressed the need for progressive Eco-innovation,
taking into consideration higher environmental cost due to investmental
needes, unemployment and delays industrial structure conversion.
. It was also reported that eco-innovation includes infrastructural
innovation to promote reindustrialization and intellectual innovation
to promote deindustrialization. It was furthermore stated that
Businesses for a Reduced-Reused-Recycled Economy is taking momentum
because of environmental laws and regulations.
Session II: "Promoting
Local Industry"
Astrid Becker (NRW Japan K.K. - Japan office of the state
of Nordrhein-Westfalen (NRW))
It was reported that there is an organization in NRW State called
"efficiency agency" that conducts PIUS for small and
medium sized businesses both on environmental performance and
cost performance for products and the production process. It
was also mentioned that PIUS has been introduced by Japanese
businesses as well. Thinking that biomass gas will be an important
source of energy in the future, there are currently 140 bio
gas facilities operating in NRW, and there are plans to build
another 100.
Ryota Hidaka (Hyogo Prefecture Environmental Create Center
Public Corporation)2.7MB
The Hyogo Eco Town Vision was approved by the Ministry of Economy,
Trade and Industry and the Ministry of Environment as an initiative
for realizing zero emission in April 2003. It was reported that
research conferences on systems that use biomass and hydrogen
and on creating businesses that specialize in recycling of construction
waste are being held. Various themes such as safety of raw materials
use, creating a demand for recycled products were also introduced
as viable businesses opportunities.
Concluding Session
Participants are keen in knowing the details of material flow
analysis in Germany and new EU directives concerning waste management.
The speakers from Germany also expressed an interest in the
current state of recycling and the Eco Town Project in Japan.
Finally, senior researcher Yasuhiro Kanda expressed a desire
for Hyogo Eco Town to take global needs into consideration such
as the one world policy of NRW State and spoke of the need to
promote further research exchange between Japan and Germany,
who lead the world in 3R initiative. |
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Agenda and presentaion materials
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Opening
Akihiro Amano, Director,
IGES Kansai Research Centre |
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14:05-14:30
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Report:
3R policy in Japan and Germany503KB
Yasuhiro Kanda, Senior Policy Researcher, BSS
Project, IGES Kansai Research Centre |
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Session I: 3R
Business Trends
Germany224KB
Raimund Bleischwitz, Co-Director, "Material
Flows and Resource Management", Wuppertal
Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy,
Germany
Japan1.2MB
Takashi Gunjima, Sub-Project Leader, BSS Project,
IGES Kansai Research Centre/ Professor, Doshisha
University |
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- 15:20-15:30 Recess
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Session
II: Promoting Local Industry
Germany
Astrid Becker, President, NRW Japan K.K. / Director,
Japan office of the state of Nordhein-Westfalen
(NRW), Germany
Japan2.7MB
Ryota Hidaka, Deputy General Manager and Senior
Researcher of R&D Division, Hyogo Prefectural
Environmental Create Center Public Corporation |
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Concluding
Session |
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Closing
Hiroshi Matsugi, Executive Director, Hyogo Prefectural
Environmental Create Center Public Corporation |
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Programme
and profile of speakers1.7MB
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