Kora Kristof / Peter Hennicke Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy and the project partners of the MaRess - consortium Final Report on the Material Efficiency and Resource Conservation (MaRess) Project Core results of the „Material Efficiency and Resource Conservation“ (MaRess) Project Paper 0.4 Wuppertal, December 2010 ResourceEfficiency ISSN 1867-0237 Contact to the Authors: Dr. Kora Kristof / Prof. Dr. Peter Hennicke Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy D - 42103 Wuppertal, Döppersberg 19 Phone: +49 (0) 202 2492 -183, Fax: -198 Email: [email protected] Wuppertal, Dezember 2010 MaRess – Content of the Final Report Final Report on the Material Efficiency and Resource Conservation (MaRess) Project Contents A. Brief Overview of the Material Efficiency and Resource Conservation (MaRess) Project and Its Outcomes B. Potentials for Increasing Resource Conservation and Resource Efficiency Executive Summary of Task 1 “Analyse the Potential for Innovative Lead Products, Lead Technologies and Lead Markets That Increase Resource Efficiency” Executive Summary of Task 2 “Metallic Ores, PGM and Infrastructures” C. Policy Proposals for Conserving Resources and Increasing Resource Efficiency Core strategies for a successful resources policy and proposed instruments to accelerate implementation: Executive Summary of the policy proposals emerging from the MaRess project (Executive Summary of Task 7 “Policy Recommendations and Policy Papers”) Executive Summary of Task 3 “Innovative Resource Policy Approaches to Designing Framework Requirements” Executive Summary of Task 4 “Innovative Resource Policy Approaches at the Microeconomic Level: Enterprise-Related Instruments and Starting Points” Executive Summary of Task 12 “Consumer and Customer-Oriented Approaches to Increasing Resource Efficiency” Executive Summary of Task 14 “Ecodesign Directive” Page 1 MaRess – Content of the Final Report D. Analysis of the Impact of Instruments to Promote a Successful Resources Policy Executive Summary of Task 5 “Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis of the Economic Effects of an Accelerated Resource Efficiency Strategy” Executive Summary of Task 6 “Indicators, Bottom-up Models, and Scenarios” E. Resource Efficiency in Practice: Implementation, Agenda Setting and Successful Communication Executive Summary of Task 10 “Further Development, Maintenance and Support of the Resource Efficiency Network” Executive Summary of Task 9 “Sector-Oriented Dialogues to Promote the Development of Lead Resource-Efficiency Markets Based on Integrated Technology Roadmaps” Executive Summary of Task 13 “Communicating Resource Efficiency: Success Factors and Approaches” Executive Summary of Task 8 “Conferences” Executive Summary of Task 11 “Advisory Committee” Page 2 Kora Kristof / Peter Hennicke Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy Brief Overview of the Material Efficiency and Resource Conservation (MaRess) Project and its Outcomes Brief Overview of the core results of the „Material Efficiency and Resource Conservation“ (MaRess) Project Paper 0.5 Wuppertal, December 2010 ResourceEfficiency ISSN 1867-0237 Contact to the Authors: Dr. Kora Kristof / Prof. Dr. Peter Hennicke Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy D - 42103 Wuppertal, Döppersberg 19 Phone: +49 (0) 202 2492 -183, Fax: -198 Email: [email protected] Wuppertal, Dezember 2010 MaRess – Brief Overview of the Material Efficiency and Resource Conservation Project and Its Outcomes Brief Overview of the Material Efficiency and Resource Conservation (MaRess) Project and its Outcomes Contents 1 Overview of the Project and the Tasks Assigned to It __________________ 3 1.1The Starting Point_________________________________________________ 3 1.2Project Goal _____________________________________________________ 3 1.3The Project Design________________________________________________ 4 1.4The Project Team_________________________________________________ 5 1.5The Project Management, the MaRess Steering Group and Professional Monitoring of MaRess _____________________________________________ 5 1.6The Project Advisory Committee _____________________________________ 7 1.7Further Information and Downloads ___________________________________ 8 1.8Contacts ________________________________________________________ 8 2 The Key Outcomes of the Material Efficiency and Resource Conservation (MaRess)Project _____________________________________ 8 2.1The Problems to Be Solved _________________________________________ 8 2.2The Opportunities: Today’s Scarcities Are Tomorrow’s Markets _____________ 9 2.3The Policy Options: What Can and Should Politicians Do? ________________ 12 2.4The Potentials: What Can Business Enterprises Do? ____________________ 16 2.5Options for Action: What Can Each Individual Do? ______________________ 17 3 Common Theme Running Through the Final Report __________________ 18 4 Literature______________________________________________________ 19 Page 1 MaRess – Brief Overview of the Material Efficiency and Resource Conservation (MaRess) Project and Its Outcomes Figures Fig. 1: Design of the MaRess Project ___________________________________ 4 Fig. 2: Development of the Proportion of Wages and Materials Costs (incl. Energy) in the Manufacturing Industry in Germany in % ______________ 10 Tables Tab. 1: MaRess Project Team _________________________________________ 5 Tab. 2: Consortium Partners Responsible for Tasks, Division of Responsibilities between Project Managers and Professional Monitors from the BMU and UBA (as of: end of 2010) ________________________ 6 Tab. 3: Members of the MaRess Advisory Committee _______________________ 8 Tab. 4: Core Strategies, Prioritised Policy Instruments and Estimated Budget Impact _____________________________________________________ 14 Tab. 5: Overview of Options for Increasing Resource Efficiency ______________ 16 Tab. 6: Conclusions Regarding the Key Potentials for Increasing Resource Efficiency___________________________________________________ 17 Tab. 7:Basic Strategies for Resource-Efficient Consumption ________________ 18 Page 2 MaRess – Brief Overview of the Material Efficiency and Resource Conservation Project and Its Outcomes Brief Overview of the Material Efficiency and Resource Conservation (MaRess) Project and Its Outcomes 1 Overview of the Project and the Tasks Assigned to It 1.1 The Starting Point The extraction and exploitation of resources, the associated emissions and the disposal of waste pollute the environment. The increasing scarcity of resources and the high and fluctuating prices of raw materials can lead to major economic and social dislocation in every country on Earth, combined with a growing risk of conflicts over raw materials. Competitive disadvantages arising from the inefficient use of resources endanger the development of businesses and jobs. A strategy for increasing resource efficiency can limit all these problems, which is why this subject is increasingly becoming a key issue in national and international politics. As yet, however, consistent strategies and approaches for a successful resource efficiency policy have been lacking. Against this background the German Federal Environment Ministry and the Federal Environment Agency commissioned thirty-one project partners, under the direction of the Wuppertal Institute, to carry out the research project Material Efficiency and Resource Conservation (MaRess, project number 3707 93 300, duration 2007 to 2010). 1.2 Project Goal The project goal was thus to make substantial progress in obtaining knowledge and formulating policy to increase resource efficiency and conserve resources. Addressing four key issues, it • identified potentials for increasing resource efficiency, • developed target group-specific resource efficiency policies, • gained new insights into the effects of policy instruments at the macro- and micro- economic level, • provided scientific support for implementation activities, engaged in agenda setting and communicated findings to specific target groups. Page 3 MaRess – Brief Overview of the Material Efficiency and Resource Conservation (MaRess) Project and Its Outcomes The MaRess project’s target groups are politicians (e.g. the EU, the German government, the German federal states or Länder, local authorities), business (e.g. enterprises, employers’ associations, trades unions), civil society (e.g. NGOs, foundations, academics and other multipliers), and the media. 1.3 The Project Design The Tasks assigned to the MaRess project focused on these four key issues. Fig. 1 gives an overview of the 14 Tasks. Fig. 1: Design of the MaRess Project Page 4 MaRess – Brief Overview of the Material Efficiency and Resource Conservation Project and Its Outcomes 1.4 The Project Team Thirty-one partners from scientific institutions, business and civil society participated in the MaRess project. Tab. 1 gives an overview. Tab. 1: MaRess Project Team Non-university research institutions Wuppertal Institute (Project Management) IFEU Borderstep Institute IOeW CSCP (UNEP / Wuppertal Institute Collaborating Institut für Verbraucherjournalismus Centre) IZT ECN (Energy research Center of the Netherlands) Oekopol FhG IAO Trifolium FhG UMSICHT ZEW GWS (Institute of Economic Structures Research) Universities FU Berlin – FFU TU Darmstadt – PTW Hochschule Pforzheim – IAF TU Dresden – ILK RWTH Aachen – LFA Universität Kassel – upp SRH Hochschule Calw Universität Lüneburg – CSM TU Berlin – IWF Companies BASF AG – GUP/CE Daimler AG