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Eco-Counselling Enterprise has developped a variety of references in Belgium, Europe and at international level.
The domains of intervention of Eco-Counselling Enterprise are as follows:
- Cluster Coaching of SME's and very small companies towards the implementation of ISO 14001 and EMAS based on the Ecomapping and EMAS Easy methodology
- Individual coaching of private and public companies regarding environmental and sustanable management
- Revision and simplification of existing environmental management systems
- Training of trainers and consultants to EMS based on the EMAS easy / ISO Easy methodology
- Organisation and mediation of seminars on environmental management and sustainable development at national and international level
- Strategic studies on environmental and sustainable management
- Expertise on green and sustainable public procurement
Coaching for the implementation of ISO 14001 / EMAS
:EMAS Easy MOVE-IT ! • SME 2010 : vous accompagner dans la mise en place d'un système de management environnemental de type ISO 14001 ou EMAS • Nouveau Cycle d'ateliers du BEP Namur > Mettre en place un système de management environnemental ISO 14001 • 14001 Easy - coaching de PME du sud de la Province de Namur • Coaching for the implementation of EMAS in the Federal Beglian Ministry of Mobility and Transport • Implementation of EMAS in the NGO "Groupe One" • Implementation of ISO 14001 within 3 GSM/Unibéton units • Coaching for the implementation of EMAS in the belgian federal ministry of sustainable development • Implementation of EMAS for the belgian federal minister of sustainable development and social economy and its administration (PODDO) • Implementation of ISO 14001 in microenterpries of the agri-food sector in Midi Pyrénées region • Senior consultant coaching on EMAS implementation in 4 EU Directorate General • • Coaching of 3 convois of tunisian companies in the implementation of ISO 14001 • Implementation of EMAS in the Belgian Secretary of State of Energy and Sustainable Development Olivier Deleuze Strategic studies
:Study for the environmental certification of the touristic sector Capacity building of consultants and public bodies
:BE-SMARTER • ECAP seminars in 11 Member States • Become a smarter EMAS consultant for small businesses • South Australia group backs simplified-EMS process for small business • Trainings for wallonian civil serveants on innovative environmental management in agriculture • Training of Recydel's workers on goodhousekeeping and environmental management • Training of belgian federal civil serveant for the implementation of EMAS • Coaching of 25 consultants to implement EMAS Easy in 50 SMEs of 5 new member states • Training on green public procurement policies for estonian civil serveants • Training on Sustainable Management of Industrial Estates for wallonian local authorities • Capacity building seminar for STIC-Indonesia • Organization of a one-week seminar on environmental management for Tunisian officials • SMART Programme : Building capacities for environmental professionals in South Africa • Organisation of conferences around EMAS in 5 new member states • Trainings for wallonian civil serveants on local agenda 21 • SMART Programme - Building capacities for environmental professionals in the Caribbean : prospective study and organisation of a seminar • Training on Sustainable Public Purchasing for wallonian local authorities • Coordinator of a Life Third Countries project for the spreading of ecomapping in the Magreb countries • Trainings for wallonian civil serveants on the implementation of EMAS in local authorities Speaker in high level conferences
:The European EMAS Awards 2008 ceremony took place on 20th November in Brussels • Reporting of the first belgian national workshop on sustainable public procurement • Legal compliance audit of the production site of the ISOBOX company • Safety and environmental audit of 3 sites of a french wine labelling company Publications
:EMASeasy methodology available in 12 languages • Guidelines for the coaching of convois of companies in the implementation of ISO 14001 Other :Budget elaboration and follow-up of proposal at european scale • EMAS toolkit for SMEs
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EMAS Easy MOVE-IT ! sponsor: European Commission
person in charge: Engel Heinz-Werner
duration of the projet: 3 years
end date: 2012-06-30 More info... |
The EMAS Easy MOVE-it! project proposes the EU Eco-Management and Auditing Scheme (EMAS) cluster certification applied to a regional tourist product or service (culture, health, religious). The project clusters different SMEs in a region, who are all part of a value chain of tourism and form a competitive tourism service package, linking cultural, economical, ecological, health and social aspects with their respective added value. The pilot applications cover various types of destinations and clusters in 6 EU member states: Belgium, Germany, Spain, Bulgaria, Cyprus and Estonia.
The project is focusing on active involvement of different stakeholders : local authorities, regional development agencies, chambers of commerce and tourism agencies. The innovation resides in the fact that simple and practical EMAS easy methodology is used in territorial clusters with specific and online guidance to reduce the internal and external transaction costs of the effort of SMEs to implement EMAS. Furthermore, the approach aims to go beyond classical EMAS implementation as it will provide key performance indicators on social, health and economical issues and will be linked to other local and regional schemes and labels (e.g. Green Key, BIO Hotel, EU Eco-Label, regional environmental approaches, etc.).
Key outcomes:
- Increasing the environmental and social performance of touristic destinations (culture, health, religious).
- Coaching of at least 12 clusters in 6 EU members states using EMASeasy approach. Each cluster gathers between 5 and 10 SMEs.
- Electronic support and online platform to lower transaction costs for EMAS implementation for participating SMEs. Online support and clustering SMEs will help reducing transaction costs by 50%.
- Vocational training provided at least for 30 regional development agents and consultants (at least 5 agents per country)
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BE-SMARTER sponsor: Commission Européenne
person in charge: Van Meesche Marcel
duration of the projet: 3 ans
end date: 2010-12-31 More info... |
BE-SMARTER : Business & Electronic Sustainable Management Action Research Training Environment Resources
The BE-SMARTER Network aims to assist in developing and disseminating the next generation of support mechanisms and tools used by consultants, public agencies and certifications organisations to deliver appropriate support to small Businesses EU wide. The Network intends to train 100 environmental consultants in Europe to better coach Small and Medium sized Enterprises for the implementation of environmental management systems (EMS). The BE-SMARTER network is composed of Environmental Management System practitioners organised in 5 differents European countries, of which 2 new member states (Estonia, Hungary, Belgium, Germany, France). |
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SME 2010 : vous accompagner dans la mise en place d'un système de management environnemental de type ISO 14001 ou EMAS country: Belgium
sponsor: IDETA
sector: company
person in charge: Engel Heinz-Werner
duration of the projet: 12 mois
end date: 2010-12-01 More info... sme_2010.pdf |
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Vous souhaitez amorcer une démarche de durabilité au sein de votre entreprise mais vous ne savez comment vous y employer ? IDETA se pose en apôtre du management environnemental dans le cadre du Plan d'actions 'B & Vert'. En effet, IDETA vous propose de suivre les procédures de management environnemental ISO 14001 ou EMAS et de les implémenter au sein de votre entreprise. IDETA, en collaboration avec le bureau de consultance Eco-Conseil Entreprise, utilise une méthodologie éprouvée pour vous aider à intégrer la démarche environnementale dans le quotidien de votre entreprise et que cela devienne naturel pour l'ensemble de votre équipe. Dès janvier 2010, IDETA vous propose un cycle d'ateliers collectifs en management environnemental. |
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ECAP seminars in 11 Member States sponsor: European Commission DG Environment
person in charge: Van Meesche Marcel
duration of the projet: 9 mois
end date: 2010-02-15 More info... |
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Organise 1 day information seminars on ECAP in 11 Member States (Austria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Slovenia, Slovak Republic). The seminars are targeted to business support organisations (SME associations, Enterprise Europe Network contact points, Chambers of Commerce, Agencies for Environmental Services etc.), regional and local authorities, but also as well as individual SMEs as users. The workshops and aim at implementing the actions of the ECAP and provide training to contact persons at national, regional or local level in order to enable them to promote the ECAP initiative towards SMEs and fulfil their role as national contact point or SMEs under ECAP.
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The European EMAS Awards 2008 ceremony took place on 20th November in Brussels sponsor: European Commission
end date: 2008-10-16 More info... |
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The Directorate General Environment of the European Commission will announce the winners of the 2008 edition of the European EMAS Awards on 20th November in Brussels, in the prestigious theatre palace of the art deco Hotel Plaza. The European EMAS Awards 2008 is the most prestigious award in environmental management and has been handed to top companies and local authorities since 2005. This year%u2019s EMAS Awards will focus on the emissions of GHGs, energy consumption and energy efficiency. More than 30 organisations have been nominated from all over Europe for their outstanding performance in terms of using renewable energy, the optimisation of processes with cleaner technologies, etc. More information is available on the official EMAS Awards website or by email. Eco-Conseil Entreprise is facilitating the EMAS Awards. |
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Become a smarter EMAS consultant for small businesses sponsor: European Commission-DG Environment
sector: company
person in charge: Engel Heinz-Werner
end date: 2008-09-16 More info... |
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DG Environment is currently supporting a capacity building program for environmental management consultants in Southern Europe, to better focus on smart and easy implementation of EMAS in small business. In the seven Southern European Member States covered by the program (Spain, Italy, France, Portugal, Cyprus, Malta, Greece), 96% of the businesses are typically small organisations with less than 5 employees. In the next 12 months, Eco-Counselling Enterprise will have to deliver hands-on training courses for a selected number of experienced environmental consultants to enable them to integrate the EMASeasy methodology in their work with SMEs. 35 consultants have to be embedded in networks and organisations and they will trial the easy implementation of the EMAS scheme within 70 small organisations as an integral part of their training. One of the main objectives for the training process is to provide good coverage across the EU of consultants trained in the use of the system and operating in most of the community's languages. Interested consultants will be selected by the European Commission during the month of March. The programme for the next 12 months includes: * Kick off and short meeting with competent bodies and consultants on EMASeasy: March-April 2007
* 3-day EMAS Easy intensive on site course for the selected consultants: May or June 2007
* National Evaluation workshop and dissemination seminar: November 2007
* International workshop in Toulouse, France: March 2008 DG Environment will support the technical costs for the workshops, and the consultants co-finance their contribution in kind by working with the SMEs. The typical sector examples of SMEs that consultants participating in the training process will be bringing in are likely to be: hotels, vineyards, solar panel industries, olive oil producers, construction companies, etc. |
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EMASeasy methodology available in 12 languages sponsor: DG Environnement
person in charge: Engel Heinz-Werner
end date: 2008-06-02 More info... |
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With the maxim "people, 10 pages, 10 days", EMASeasy is designed with small and micro businesses in mind. It is based on the Eco-mapping© concept, where the business is mapped in terms of both location and internal processes to identify its environmental aspects. Using simple and sequential tables and prompts, smaller businesses can develop an Environmental Management System (EMS) and either register for EMAS or achieve certification to ISO 14001. EMASeasy is typically facilitated by a consultant in clusters of, perhaps, five to ten organisations and, apart from the simplicity that the visual mapping process offers, it has proven to be an excellent tool in developing environmental understanding. It has also been demonstrated that certification bodies can achieve certification or verification in clusters in a shorter time than that normally taken. EMASeasy has been developed by Heinz Werner Engel, executive director of the Belgian based consultancy, Eco-Conseil Entreprise and supported by DG Environment. To download the EMASeasy methodology in 12 different languages (English, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Portuguese, Finish, Russian, Hungarian, Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian), just visit the following website. Other languages will be available soon.
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Coaching for the implementation of EMAS in the Federal Beglian Ministry of Mobility and Transport country: Belgium
sponsor: Service Fédéral belge de Programmation au Développement Durable
sector: public institutions
person in charge: Van Meesche Marcel
duration of the projet: 15 mois
end date: 2007-07-01 More info... Communique_presse_SPF_Mobilite_&_Transpors_EMAS.pdf |
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The Belgian Federal Public Service for Mobility and Transport has been registered under the European Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS). This means that the ministry, the first of the larger federal ministries to obtain EMAS, has established a management system which ensures that environmental protection is integrated into its policy, the management of its buildings, its vehicle fleet and its logistics services. The ministry's environmental policy, signed by the Management Committee in June 2006, commits it to minimising the direct environmental impacts of its daily operations; to ensuring that it has a well-functioning sustainable development team; to the systematic integration of environmental protection in the laws and regulations for which it is responsible and, finally, to the pursuit of continual improvement in its own environmental performance. The key measures to reduce the impacts of its day-to-day operations are the prevention and reduction of waste, reduced paper consumption, eco-consumption and sustainable purchasing, reduced energy and water consumption and the implementation and on-going adaptation of the staff mobility and transport plan. |
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South Australia group backs simplified-EMS process for small business country: Australia
sector: public institutions
person in charge: Engel Heinz-Werner
end date: 2007-06-13 More info... Article_Environmental_Manager.pdf |
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Onerous paperwork and complex procedures have proved a barrier to small business implementation of environmental management systems (EMS) in the past. But Adelaide-based, not-for-profit organisation EcoIntegrity says it has found a solution in the form of a European- developed system called ecomapping, and the South Australia Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has become an enthusiastic supporter. The ecomapping concept aims to radically streamline the EMS process while maintaining a system rigorous enough to be a stepping stone to certification against ISO14001 or Europe's EMAS scheme. The process gets staff involved in producing eight site sketch maps on various environmental concerns, such as water use, energy, soil and storage, air and waste. These are augmented with the results of 'two minute' perception surveys of staff, in which they give their views on strengths and weaknesses in the company's environmental performance. The process also involves mapping the site's immediate neighbourhood to identify local impacts. The company then compiles a summary of issues and creates a task list of environmental actions. About 30 people have so far completed the ecomapping course, which comprises three days of training plus a practical exercise. |
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Reporting of the first belgian national workshop on sustainable public procurement country: Belgium
sponsor: Institut Eco-Conseil / SPPDD
sector: public institutions
person in charge: Van Meesche Marcel
duration of the projet: 1 mois
end date: 2006-10-31 More info... |
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Eco-Counselling Enterprise has been involved in the organisation and reporting of the first belgian national workshop on sustainable public procurement. This workshop was organised by the Institut Eco-Conseil for the federal ministry of sustainable development on Monday the 2th of octobre 2006. The aim of this workshop that attracted nearly 200 participants was to focussed on the identification of barriers and opportunities linked to the : - Definition and use of technical criteria in call for tenders, - Internal and externat communication, networking and supporting measures - Benchmarking green public procurement progress The information gathered during this day will contribute to the elaboration of the National Green Public Procurement Action Plan that each member state has to submit to the European Union in 2007. |
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Implementation of EMAS in the NGO "Groupe One" country: Belgium
sponsor: Groupe One asbl
sector: association
person in charge: Engel Heinz-Werner
duration of the projet: 6 mois
end date: 2006-10-01 More info... declaration_EMAS_groupe_one_2006.pdf |
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Coaching for the implementation of EMAS in the NGO "Groupe One" using the method Ecomapping©/EMAS easy |
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Implementation of ISO 14001 within 3 GSM/Unibéton units country: France
sponsor: GSM / Unibéton
sector: company
person in charge: Bois Aurélie
duration of the projet: 10 mois
end date: 2006-09-01 More info... Communique_Presse.pdf |
Three production units of the GSM / Unibéton comapny have implemented a ISO 14001 certified environmental management system following the ISO easy methodology :
- the concrete batching and mixing plant located in Brazza (FR-33) in the South East,
- the Maine de Boixe quarry (FR-16) in the Aquitaine GSM sector
- and the GSM / Unibéton Environment & Mineral Ressources Direction Environnement et Ressources Minérales located in Guerville (FR-78).The goal of the project was both to get the 3 units certified and to develop ISO easy methodologies suitable for quarries and concrete batching and mixing plants. |
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Implementation of ISO 14001 in microenterpries of the agri-food sector in Midi Pyrénées region country: France
sponsor: ARPE / ADEME
sector: company
person in charge: Engel Heinz-Werner
duration of the projet: 18 mois
end date: 2006-01-01 More info... Dossier_de_presse.pdf |
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EMASeasy/ISO 14001easy Convoi for 4 french SME's of the agrifood sector based on Ecomapping: 1. Charcuterie de Millas
2. Le Panache Gascon - Plats Préparés
3. SARL René Pujol - Salaisons
4. EARL Ker En Rochelle - Plats Préparés |
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Senior consultant coaching on EMAS implementation in 4 EU Directorate General country: Belgium
sponsor: KWI Management Consultants Gmbh
sector: public institutions
person in charge: Engel Heinz-Werner
duration of the projet: 36 mois
end date: 2006-01-01 More info... |
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Senior consultant coaching on EMAS implementation in EU services : Secretariat General, OIB, DG Pers & Admin, DG Env. Eco-Counselling Enterprise was member of the pool of experts coordinated by Claire Buckley from KWI Management Consultants Gmbh. |
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Training on green public procurement policies for estonian civil serveants country: Estonia
sponsor: Direction des Relations Internationales Wallonie - Bruxelles
sector: public institutions
person in charge: Van Meesche Marcel
duration of the projet: 3 mois
end date: 2005-12-01 More info... Rapport_GPP_Estonie.pdf |
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Eco-Counselling Enteprise and the Eco-Counselling Training Institute organised a bilateral cooperation project between Wallonia and Estonia on Green Public Procurement (GPP). This project objectives are the following : 1/. To assess the status quo of Green Public Procurement in Wallonia and Estonia on the basis of a survey 2/. To train Estonian delegates on the thematic of green and sustainable public procurement by organising a technical seminar on green public procurement in Estonia on the 8th of November 2005. 3/. To organise a one week exchange seminar of estonian representatives in Belgium. |
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Capacity building seminar for STIC-Indonesia country: Indonesia
sponsor: EPE / EuropAid
sector: company
person in charge: Engel Heinz-Werner
duration of the projet: 1 mois
end date: 2005-09-30 More info... |
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The Sustainable Trade and Innovation Center (STIC) Indonesia is a venture designed to enable developing country producers to benefit from growing market pressures to integrate environmental and social factors into their export strategies. The initiative is led by the Center for Development of Small and Medium Enterprises (CD-SMEs) Kadin Indonesia and European Partners for the Environment (EPE), supported by an European Union. STIC is an alliance between Governments, Business and Civil Society. STIC wants to be a platform for partnership between Companies, Vendors and Buyers, and their stakeholders to mainstream sustainable and fair trades. This program development has been sponsored by the European Union and European Partners for the Environment (EPE). Objectives of STIC Indonesia will be : - Identify new business opportunities
- Reduce costs
- Improve productivity
- Develop joint ventures
- Help Governments to support SME?s interested to develop business inside and outside their country on the basis of environmental and social standards defined as the basis of a sustainable trade?
- Increase human resource capability by training Heinz Werner Engel was part of the expert training team. |
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SMART Programme - Building capacities for environmental professionals in the Caribbean : prospective study and organisation of a seminar country: Trinidad and Tobago
sponsor: Centre pour le Développement de l'Entreprise
sector: company
person in charge: Engel Heinz-Werner
duration of the projet: 8 mois
end date: 2004-11-01 More info... |
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SMART Programme - Building capacities for environmental professionals in the Caribbean : prospective study and organisation of a seminar. The SMART strategic approach for the development of environmental certification in the ACP regions includes three main phases for each ACP region: Phase 1. Gap analysis and prospective study
Review of existing stakeholders and progress in the development of environmental management capacity, mapping out existing know-how and initiatives, and finally assessment of future needs in the local market.
A prospective study on the status of EMS in the Carribbean has been issued in July 2004. Phase 2. International seminar and future actions
Training seminar for regional environmental professionals aiming the transfer of know-how and proven concepts, identification of specific actions for the future and integrate those professionals in an international network. The Seminar was held in Port of Spain, 22-26 november 2004. Phase 3. SMART facility and follow up
Provide further assistance for projects aiming to structure the implementation of Environmental Management Systems in particular in Small and Medium sized enterprises, to promote the development of environmental small business and reinforcing local consultant's capacity and markets. |
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Coaching of 3 convois of tunisian companies in the implementation of ISO 14001 country: Tunisia
sponsor: GTZ - Coopération Technique Allemande
sector: company
person in charge: Engel Heinz-Werner
duration of the projet: 36 mois
end date: 2003-01-01 More info... |
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Coaching of the CITET for implementation of ISO 14001 in 3 convois of tunisian companies (21 companies). Three associates of Eco-Counselling Enterprise were working together on this project : Heinz Werner Engel, Jürgen Paeger and Anne-Françoise Woitchik on the basis of a funding from the german cooperation agency GTZ. 1. Batteries Nour
2. COTUSAL (Sel de mer en vrac et conditionné)
3. AGRICHIMIE/ TAZARAKA (Fertilisants, insecticides et produits phytosanitaires)
4. CJO (Cimenterie)
5. SGP (Plastifiants)
6. SPCD (Produits chimiques et Détergents Unilever)
7. UNPA (Production de pâtes, alimentaires- farine et semoule)
8. SLAMA FRERES (Industrie d'huile, savon et graisse)
9. ADWYA (Industrie pharmaceutique)
10. BELVEDER (Papetier)
11. GEMS (Schlumberger Atelier mécanique)
12. CITET (Centre de technologie de Tunis)
13. TUNISIE LAIT (Produits Laitiers)
14. SOTOLUB (Centre de traitement d%u2019huile usagée)
15. ASTRAL (Akzo Nobel Peinture)
16. SFBT (Coca Cola)
17. STIP (Societe de Pneu tunisienne Pirelli)
18. STEP Choutrana ONAS
19. STEP Hammamet Sud ONAS
20. MISQFAT (injection plastique)
21. SIA (pièces et filtres automobiles) |
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