5 Amendments of Sari ESSAYAH related to 2012/2294(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recalls Parliament’s resolution on developing the job potential of a new sustainable economy (2010/2010(INI)), which ‘calls… for the adoption…of the ILO’s definition, according to which all jobs which promote sustainable development are green jobs; points out that the definition includes, firstly, jobs which directly reduce consumption of energy and resources, protect ecosystems and biodiversity and minimise waste production and air pollution and, secondly, all jobs which reduce the environmental footprint; recognises that, owing to the relative nature of the definition, the job potential cannot be definitively determined’; considers, therefore, that eco-innovations have an important place in all industrial and manufacturing sectors, and cannot be restricted to specific areas of production;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights the wide spectrumvariety of employment opportunities at varying skills lpotential offered by eco- innovations; takes into account the jobs in eco-design and in research, devels opmened up by eco-t and innovation work and the bioeconomy, particularly with regard to recycling/reuse processing, eco-design, and investment in the knowledge sectoknowledge industry which call for a high level of education, but also the tasks in the production sector which require less schooling; notes, however, that eco- innovations which improve or amend the production chain can be proposed or made by any worker;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the importance of eco- innovations which can be applied at the level of dwellings, properties and farms, because they enable citizens’ own active participation and the job-creating activities of micro-businesses, e.g. in the local treatment and re-use of waste, in energy production and saving and in other areas of eco-innovation;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses that commercial activity based on eco-innovation must in the long run be sustainable in business terms, and must not rely on public support mechanisms which distort competition and which have an input-to-output ratio that is of questionable value in promoting eco-innovations;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls for the exploitation of the best eco-innovations to be promoted particularly in developing countries, where for example a more effective process for the production of charcoal, composting toilets, the use of renewable energy sources, water purification systems and many other innovations may significantly and at a relatively low cost improve the quality of life, enhance health and promote sustainable entrepreneurship and employment;