EPA Cleaner Greener Production Programme: Experiences, Impacts and Outcomes for Participant Organisation

CGPP Report - Dr Rachel Hilliard, Dr Suchitra Pal and Valerie Parker

Summary: CGPP report - EPA Cleaner Greener Production Programme: Experiences, Impacts and Outcomes for Participant Organisations. Authors: Dr Rachel Hilliard, Dr Suchitra Pal and Valerie Parker, Centre for Innovation & Structural Change NUI Galway.

Summary

Over 69 organisations were surveyed in this project ranging from the very early participants in 2001 up to the 2008 awardees. The key findings were impressive and overall tells a very good EPA funding story of efficient & sustainable resource consumption and usage, with significant environmental improvements:

• 76% of organisations continue to see a benefit and maintain their CGPP projects
• 65% of organisations identified improved competitive advantage from their CGPP project
• 90% of organisations would participate in CGPP again