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CO7 Sustainable Management in small and medium
Enterprises in Heidelberg

• Introduction
• Strategy
• Cooperation with Industry and Commerce
• Conclusions
• Dr. Hans-Wolf Zirkwitz
• www.heidelberg.de

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CITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2010

• Heidelbergs Local Agenda
• Drawn up by Public Participation
• Citizens Workshops
• 360 Amendment Proposals
• Guidelines and Targets
• for Local Activities and Decisions
• Central Objectivs
• Refers to the Aalborg Charta
• Increasing Participation of the Citizens
• Preservation of Heidelbergs Asset
• Achievement of Full Employment
• Protection of Natural Resources

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European Sustainable City
Sustainability as a Creative Process
Responsibility for the Global Climate
Local, regional, international Networking
Indicators for Controlling and Reporting
Community as a Model, Mediator and Promoter
City of Dialogue Communication and Cooperation
Action orientated Local Plans and Concepts
Strategies Integrating social, economic and
ecological aspects
City Development Plan Political Guidelines and
Targets
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Cooperation project Sustainable Management

• Branche specific projects- Hairdressers and
  Environment- Bakeries and Environment-
  Painters and Environment
• Round Table Sustainable ManagementBringing
  together all important local Actors
• Pilot project Sustainable Management- Since
  2001, Networking/ Workshops - 2007 57 SME,
  3.500 Employees
• Coordination and financial Support by the City
  of Heidelberg- Moderation, Analysis and Support
  by
• external Experts

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Criteria to Receive the Label

• Presentation of the environmental guidelines
• Execution of the weakpoint analysis
• Presentation of the environmental program
• Presentation of the organisational structure to
  realize operational environmental protection
  measures
• Compliance with all relevant environment law
  regulations

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Realized Cost Savings Phase III
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Commission - Link to Local Stakeholders
Chamber of Industry and Commerce
Big local enterprises with EMAS/ ISO 14001ff
Chamber of Handicraft
Environmental associations
Scientific instituts
University
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Award Ceremony
Awards by environment minister of the state
ofBaden-Württemberg, Tanja Gönner, and
LadyMayor Beate Weber, WILD-Stiftung, Oct.
10th, 2005
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CONCLUSIONS
Environmental damages will be avoided
or reduced. Costs will be saved by
realization of innovative measures.
Image profit More legal certainty for the
enterprises. Networking, Cooperation,
Partnership Achievement of the Targets of the
STEP/Aalborg Charter in a practical way
Waste
Hazardous Materials
Water Protection
Environmental Protection
Hazardous Incidents
Security
Pollution Control
The Motto Advice and Promotion instead of
Reglementation and Punishment!
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Cooperation project Sustainable Management
Examples for Realized Cost Savings
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Schooling Initiative
Cooperation of participating enterprises withthe
non-profit organisation Orthos e.V. Attended
Schooling Three-way schooling with regular
formation enterprise, trade school
training enterprise Actually 6 young persons
placed as apprentices and interns
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The City of Heidelberg as a model

• The Municipal Utility and Transport Services
  (HVV) are validated according to EMAS since 1996
• The Office of Waste Management and Street
  Cleaning is validated according to EMAS since
  1999
• The International Comprehensive Secondary School
  Hasenleiser (IGH) is validated according to EMAS
  since 2001
• The Fire Department, the Municipal Landscape
  Architects and the Municipal Horticultural
  Establishment will be validated according to EMAS
  in next future

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The City of Heidelberg motivates companies
The administration motivates small and medium
sized enterprises (SME) situated in Heidelberg to
develop an independent environmental manag-ement
system as a prestage to an EMAS or ISO 14.001
validation in the project Sustainable Management
for SME
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Realized Cost Savings and Benefit for the
Environment by Sustainable Management
150.000 p.a.
247 t CO2 p.a.
Balance of first 2 years
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Cooperation project Sustainable Management
Workshops
8. Sustainability regional ecological
development, new working-time regulations
7. Communikation, cooperation
6. Management, controlling
5. Products, public relations
4. Waste, sewage, emissions
3. Climate protection energy check, logistics,
traffic
2. Purchase, storage, hazardous materials
1. Project organisation/ first check
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HEIDELBERG FACTS AND FIGURES

• 140.000 Inhabitants
• 20.000 Foreigners
• 30.000 Students
• 109 km2 Area
• 30 Settlements
• 40 Forests
• 30 Farming land
• 97.500 Jobs 80 Service Sector
• 20 Manufacturing Sector
• 500.000 Tourists
• 3.500 000 Visitors on a Daytrip