Flash Eurobarometer 549 (SMEs, Resource Efficiency and Green Markets)

Attitudes of SMEs towards green markets and resource efficiency.<br>Topics: actions taken with regard to resource efficiency: save water, save energy, use predominantly renewable energy, save materials, switch to greener suppliers of materials, minimize waste, sell residues and waste to another company, recycling within the company, design products easier to maintain / repair / reuse, other, none; planned implementation of selected of the aforementioned measures in the next two years; impact of the undertaken resource efficiency actions on production costs in the last two years; percentage of annual turnover invested on average per year in more resource efficiency; use of renewable energy sources; percentage of energy consumed generated on-site; types of support relied on with regard to the efforts to increase resource efficiency: own financial resources, own technical expertise, external support, other; types of external support with regard to the efforts to increase resource efficiency: public funding, private funding from banks / investment companies / venture capital funds, private funding from friends and relatives, advice or other non-financial assistance from public administration, advice or other non-financial assistance from private consulting and audit companies, advice or other non-financial assistance from business associations and clusters, advice or other non-financial assistance from supply chain partners, other; difficulties encountered when trying to set up resource efficiency actions: complexity of administrative or legal procedures, difficulty to adapt environmental legislation to the company, technical requirements of legislation not being up to date, difficulty in choosing the right resource efficiency actions for the company, cost of environmental actions, lack of specific environmental expertise, lack of supply of required materials / parts / products or services, lack of demand for resource efficient products or services, complexity associated with environmental labelling and certification, complex environmental reporting requirements, other, none; most useful issues with regard to increasing resource efficiency; business strategy in place to reduce carbon footprint and become climate neutral or negative; actions taken with regard to becoming climate neutral; share of recycled materials in own products; policy to extend life span of products: for all products, only for some products, no policy; offer of green products or services: company offers green products or services, company plans to do so in the next two years, no plans; percentage of these green products or services in annual turnover of latest available fiscal year; types of support relied on with regard to the production of green products or services: own financial resources, own technical expertise, external support, other; types of external support with regard to the production of green products or services: public funding, private funding from banks / investment companies / venture capital funds, private funding from friends and relatives, advice or other non-financial assistance from public administration, advice or other non-financial assistance from private consulting and audit companies, advice or other non-financial assistance from business associations and clusters, advice or other non-financial assistance from supply chain partners, other; most useful issues with regard to expanding range of green products or services; most useful issues with regard to launching a range of green products or services. Demography: information about the company (limited to activities in the own country): number of employees, number of full time employees working in green jobs some or all of the time; development of number of employees over the last three years; difficulties finding and hiring staff with the right skills in the last two years; year of company establishment; development of turnover in the last three years; total turnover in 2023; selling of products and / or services. Additionally coded was: respondent ID; country; NACE-Code; region; nation group; weighting factor.中小企业（Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, SMEs）对绿色市场与资源效率的态度。<br>主题涵盖：资源效率相关行动举措，包括节水、节能、主要使用可再生能源、节约物料、转向绿色物料供应商、减少废弃物产生、将残废料转售至其他企业、企业内部回收、设计便于维护/维修/再利用的产品，以及其他举措、无相关举措；未来两年内计划落实上述部分选定举措的情况；过去两年间开展的资源效率行动对生产成本的影响；年均投入于资源效率提升的年度营业额占比；可再生能源使用情况；现场发电占总能耗的比例；资源效率提升工作依托的支持类型：自有资金、自有技术专长、外部支持、其他；资源效率提升工作的外部支持类型：公共资金、来自银行/投资公司/风险投资基金的私人融资、来自亲友的私人融资、公共管理部门提供的咨询或其他非金融援助、私营咨询与审计公司提供的咨询或其他非金融援助、行业协会与产业集群提供的咨询或其他非金融援助、供应链合作伙伴提供的咨询或其他非金融援助，以及其他支持；开展资源效率行动时遇到的困难：行政或法律程序复杂度、难以适配企业的环境立法、立法技术要求滞后、难以选择适配企业的资源效率行动方案、环境行动成本高昂、缺乏专业环境技术专长、所需物料/零部件/产品或服务供应不足、资源高效型产品或服务的需求匮乏、环境标签与认证流程复杂、环境报告要求繁琐，以及其他困难、无相关困难；提升资源效率最具实效的方向；为减少碳足迹、实现气候中和或负排放所采取的经营战略；为实现气候中和所开展的行动；自身产品中回收物料的占比；延长产品生命周期的政策：覆盖所有产品、仅覆盖部分产品、无相关政策；绿色产品或服务的提供情况：企业已提供绿色产品或服务、企业计划在未来两年内提供、暂无相关计划；最新财年中绿色产品或服务营收占年度营业额的比例；绿色产品或服务生产依托的支持类型：自有资金、自有技术专长、外部支持、其他；绿色产品或服务生产的外部支持类型：公共资金、来自银行/投资公司/风险投资基金的私人融资、来自亲友的私人融资、公共管理部门提供的咨询或其他非金融援助、私营咨询与审计公司提供的咨询或其他非金融援助、行业协会与产业集群提供的咨询或其他非金融援助、供应链合作伙伴提供的咨询或其他非金融援助，以及其他支持；拓展绿色产品或服务品类最具实效的方向；推出绿色产品或服务系列最具实效的方向。<br>企业人口统计信息（仅限本土经营活动）：员工总数、部分或全部时间从事绿色岗位的全职员工数量；过去三年间的员工规模变化情况；过去两年间招聘具备匹配技能的员工时遇到的困难；企业成立年份；过去三年间的营业额变化情况；2023年总营业额；产品与/或服务的销售情况。<br>此外还编码了以下字段：受访者ID、国家、NACE行业分类代码（NACE-Code）、地区、国家组别、权重因子。