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Växjö’s need for an EMS
• To get control over all resources, not only the financial
• To systematize and get a more efficient work with environmental issues
• To increase environmental awareness among both politicians and administration
• To set a good example
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ecoBUDGET
• An EMS for politically steered organisations
• Covers the geographical area as well as the organisation
• An imitation of the financial budget system
• Contains no monetary values• Flexible system with few
restrictions
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ecoBUDGET cornerpillars
Steering documents
Ambitions in environmental issues?
Ecological budget (adopted by the assembly)
What are our targets?
Internal budgets and action plans
(boards & municipality owned companies)
PlanPlan
Routines for EMS- Political directives- Organisation- Responsibilities- Quality assurance
DoDo
CheckCheck
Half year account and annual account
Sums up work and data
Work according to action plans and gather data
ActAct
How to improve?
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Integration in the financial system
Municipality budget
Boards and companies
Assembly
Internal budgets &
actionplans
Half year account
Annual report
Annual account
Half year account
•Assembly targets
•Board and company specific targets
Budget material
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Internal budget and action plan
Fossil Fuel Free Växjö
Stefan Blomkvist33364462Tonnes CO2 Fossil CO2 emissions from transport and service
Responsible boss
Plan2010
Budget2006
Result2003
Result 1999
UnitIndicator
Decreased CO2 –
emissions by 2,84 tonnes
+2 916400 0002006-12-31Ingvar EekDuring 2006 two gasoline cars will be exchanged to renewable fuels
Decreased CO2 –
emissions by 2,64 tonnes
9 10020 0002006-12-31Stefan BlomkvistEcoDriving education for newly employed staff and staff who did not attend the last education (15 persons)
How much the action contributes to reach the budgeted target
Calculated economic saving for the action (SEK)
Costs for the actions in 2006 (SEK)
Date when the action is to be completed
Responsible staff
Action to reach the budget 2006
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Budget indicators (1)
• Area of ecologic agriculture in relation to total agriculture area (%)
• Biologic treatment of organic waste (tonne)• Use of printing/copying paper (sheets)• Purchase of ecologic foods in relation to total foods (%)• Protected land area in relation to total land area (%)• Area of productive forest maintained according to FSC or
corresponding in relation to total productive forest (%)• Nitrogen and phosphorus emissions to the Mörrum river
(tonne)
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Budget indicators (2)
• Share of city-close pastureland owned by the municipality that is grazed (%)
• Emissions of fossil CO2 per inhabitant (kg/inh)• Use of electricity per inhabitant (kWh/inh)• Number of cyclists per day in a measuring point (no.)• Number of travels per year by public transports in the
city (no.)• Number of travels per year by public transports in the
county (no.)• Use of mineral oil for heating in the municipal
administration (m3)• Emissions of fossil CO2 from transports in the municipal
administration (tonne)
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Type of indicators
Geographical indicators •Public city transports (journeys with public city buses/year)•Area of ecologic agriculture in relation to total agriculture area (%) (%)
Common indicators•Fossil carbon dioxide emissions from transports and service (tonnes CO2/year)•Use of oil for heating (m3)
Sector specific indicators•Nitrogen and phosphorus emissions to the Mörrum river drainage area (tonnes/year)
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Environmental report
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Challenges with ecoBUDGET
• The terminology
• Integration with other steering documents
• Internal/ external audit
• Too flexible system
• Management system
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Advantages with ecoBUDGET
• Continuous arena for environmentalContinuous arena for environmentaldiscussionsdiscussions
•Financial integration gives statusFinancial integration gives status
• Systematic in planning, Systematic in planning, implementation and follow-up of the implementation and follow-up of the environmental resultsenvironmental results
• Enhances the knowledgeEnhances the knowledge
• Cross-departmental contactsCross-departmental contacts
• Flexible systemFlexible system
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Future
• Improve the EMS by tackling challenges
• Integrate democracy issues, equality issues, integration issues, health and child issues
• Inspire other municipalities to use ecoBUDGET