SPIN - Sustainable Production through Innovation in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)

The project is led by the German Federal Environment Agency and is expected to run during 2009-2011.

SPIN aims at identifying and testing appropriate incentives for SMEs to apply eco-innovations and increase the exploitation of the innovation potential. Company performances can be made substantially more sustainable in terms of environmental, economical and social performance through technical and organisational innovations. This will lead to the creation of public benefits and private profits whilst reducing economic and environmental costs. The project will identify eco-innovational highlights and support their dissemination and deployment. SPIN will reach out to more than 2000 SMEs in the region and assemble a database of best practices. The project will elaborate and test a transnational action plan enhancing the application of eco-innovations throughout the BSR.

Database of innovational highlights has already been developed and is now being filled in. Country reports on SMEs needs have been completed. The project is mentioned as a flagship project in the Action plan accompanying the EU BSR Strategy.

Project web site: www.spin-project.eu

Contact:

Lead Partner
Daniel de Graaf
Federal Environment Agency (UBA)
Wörlitzer Platz 1, 06844 Dessau-Roßlau (Germany)
Tel: +49 (0) 340 2103-3407
Fax: +49 (0) 340 2104 3407
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