Design, deployment, and use of a suite of instruments and a series of activities, i.e. a platform, aimed at developing and exchange network of best practices involving the "best in class" private enterprises, the academic research institutions, business networks, and the wider business community, with a special focus on SMEs.
Funder: European Commission (EU FP7)
Duration: June 2013 - May 2016
Background
To address the challenge of spreading green business practices among European enterprises, a consortium of six European organisations has taken the initiative, within the EU FP7 programme, to establish a Green Economy Network – GreenEcoNet - with a particular focus on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
The GreenEcoNet project developed the first European wide platform (greeneconet.eu) to strengthen the current dialogues within the private sector, as well as between the private sector, EU and Member State policy makers and the research community on issues related to the green economy.
To do so, GreenEcoNet built a network and an online platform to exchange best practices in greening businesses. These practices are posted as online case studies showing why a green business practice was undertaken, how this was done in terms of planning, design and operation, what opportunities and barriers were identified, and who was responsible for tasks. In order to optimise learning from proven practice, a user-friendly navigation system supports SMEs search for specific themes, items, locations, etc.
Read more: Download the GREENECONET Project Factsheet (PDF 
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Contact:
Corrado Topi - Email: corrado.topi@york.ac.uk
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