Environmental Pact Bavaria
The Bavarian Environmental Pact is a five-year cooperation agreement between the Bavarian State Ministry for the Environment and the Bavarian economy, which was first signed on October 23, 1995 and is represented by the Bavarian state level of the organizations Bayerischer Handwerkstag eV , Bayerischer Industrie- und Handelskammertag and the Association of Bayerischen Wirtschaft eV as well as individual companies from handicraft businesses to global corporations.
The work of the environmental pact consists in the voluntary commitment of the partners to save resources and use environmentally friendly technologies with the aim of achieving "environmentally friendly economic growth ". For this purpose, there are topic-specific working groups which, with the help of external experts, formulate goals and make recommendations for implementation.
The meaning of the project is controversial, which is also evident from the rapidly decreasing number of companies involved. While 4731 partners were still involved in the environmental pact in November 2007, there were only 1303 participants in August 2016.
In the course of the project, an Information Center UmweltWirtschaft (IZU) was set up, which provides companies with information on corporate environmental protection, a funding program for companies that want to introduce an environmental management system or take advantage of environmental advice, and industry-specific guidelines with best practice information.
Web links
- Official website
- More than a paper tiger - what has the Bavarian Environment Pact achieved so far? ( Memento from February 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), Bayern 2, notebook, radio broadcast on February 26, 2015
Individual evidence
- ↑ More than a paper tiger - what has the Bavarian Environment Pact achieved so far? ( Memento from February 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), Bayern 2, notebook, radio broadcast on February 26, 2015.
- ↑ Umweltpark Bayern: participant database