bio expertise
Because scientific issues are both more visible and more complex, and because there are also still huge uncertainties, the impact of environmental policies can sometimes be difficult to appreciate and to measure. This is why BIO offers its scientific expertise and its knowledge of the economic world to contribute to a political decision-making process that is both enlightened and justified by solid bases.
Thus, thanks to its unique expertise in measuring the environmental impacts of products, services, sectors and decisions in general, coupled with its expertise in economic analysis and econometrics, BIO Intelligence Service is one of the preferred partners of many of the European Commission’s Directorate Generals, including the DG Environment, DG Energy, DG Enterprise and Industry, DG Research, DG Taxation, and more. At European level, BIO has also carried out projects for the European Parliament, the Committee of the Regions and the European Environment Agency.
At national level, BIO is regularly involved in French policy making, notably through the many studies it has performed for the Ministry of Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and the Sea (MEDDTL), and for the ADEME, as well as in British policy with projects for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and for the Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP).
Ex-ante or ex-post evaluations of public environmental policies often require a rigorous inventory and in-depth analysis of existing practices in the area in question. BIO has developed extensive expertise in this field, notably from the many socio-economic and techno-economic studies it has performed, plus its benchmarking of sectors in Europe and throughout the world and its management of national sectoral observatories, such as those for PCBs, refrigerating fluids, and the WEEE sectors, for example.
In addition, BIO can draw on a network of European and International experts in order to ensure the reliability, precision and updating of its data on a wide range of environmental themes and sectors, from sustainable consumption and production to waste management, via energy efficiency, the management of risks relating to chemical substances, biodiversity, natural resources and sustainable agricultural practices.
bio vision
To regulate the environmental impacts caused by human activities, public authorities intervene in increasingly broader areas, from defining recycling targets for a given waste flow, to more complex policies in the sectors of responsible production and consumption, biodiversity, etc.
If the current environmental challenges are to be met, there will be a need for public policies that strike a fair balance between scientific justification, social acceptability, industrial constraints and economic realism.
To achieve this, decision makers need to base their interventions on suitable instruments that provide knowledge, make forecasts and suggest actions. In light of this, BIO wished to contribute its expertise to political and economic decision makers in order to ensure effective protection of the environment.
An evaluation means analysing the results of an intervention by the public authorities to establish whether the actions achieved the goals that had been set. There can be three objectives to this approach: understanding the impacts of a programme, a measure or an intervention by estimating its costs and benefits from an environmental, economic and social perspective; assessing the success or failure of an intervention; providing information for the decision-making process with the aim of adapting public policy or reorienting strategy.
As a leading consultancy firm, we offer advice to all those involved in implementing public environmental policies, on both a national and European level, in order to measure the environmental impact of policy decisions. For BIO Intelligence Service, the evaluation of public environmental policies that are in project form, underway, or completed is a tool that has strategic and operational scope, and which offers clear, precise, transparent recommendations that can be directly applied by decision makers.
Highlights
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2009, European Commission (DG ENV)Implementation of the Environmental Liability Directive and related financial security issues
In 2009, following a previous study carried out in 2008, BIO Intelligence Service was chosen to examine the implementation effectiveness [...]
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2008, European Commission (DG ENV)
Financial security within the Environmental Liability Directive
In 2008, BIO Intelligence Service carried out a study on financial security within the Environmental Liability Directive. The Environmental Liability [...]
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2010-2011, European Commission (DG ENV)
Review of the RoHS Directive
In 2008, BIO Intelligence Service conducted a study for the review of the RoHS Directive, which restricts the use of [...]
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2007, European Commission (DG INFSO)
Study of the impacts of ICT on energy efficiency
BIO Intelligence Service conducted a study for the DG INFSO to evaluate how Information and Communication Technology (ICT) may contribute [...]
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2009-2010, European Commission (DG ENV)
Soil biodiversity: functions, threats and tools for decision makers
BIO Intelligence Service has carried out a study seeking to show decision makers why it is important to take soil [...]
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2009-2010, FNTPGreenhouse gas emissions calculation tool
The French National Federation of Public Works (FNTP) tasked BIO Intelligence Service with creating a more complete and pertinent version [...]
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2008-2009, European Commission (DG ENV)
EC Waste Prevention Guidelines
BIO Intelligence Service was commissioned to provide support materials to help Member States establish national waste prevention programmes. The [...]
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2009-2010, European Commission (DG ENV)
EC Preparatory Study on Food Waste in the EU27
BIO provided the European Commission with more detailed information about the causes, quantities and environmental impacts of food waste generated in the EU
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2009-2010, European Commission (DG ENV)Relationship between Natura 2000 and other pro-biodiversity initiatives
This pilot EU study highlights the diversity of initiatives that can be used to facilitate the integration of biodiversity protection into the wider landscape.
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New projects
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2010-2011, City of ParisBilan Carbone®: the carbon footprint of the City of Paris
The City of Paris chose BIO Intelligence Service to calculate the carbon footprint of all municipal facilities for the year [...]
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2009-2010, European Commission (DG ENV)
Review of the thematic strategy on the use of natural resources
BIO Intelligence Service conducted the study to evaluate the implementation of the European Thematic Strategy on the Sustainable Use of [...]
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2009-2010, French Ministry for the Environment and ADEMEStudy of the potential for recycling rare metals
BIO Intelligence Service conducted this study for the ADEME, to analyse the ways in which recovery and recycling of rare [...]
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2009-2010, European Commission (DG ENV)
Status report on construction waste management in Europe
BIO Intelligence Service produced a report for the European Commission on the current state of construction waste management in Europe. [...]
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2010-2011, European Commission (DG ENV)
Review of the Community Strategy Concerning Mercury.
BIO Intelligence Service conducted a study for the European Commission to support the review of the Community Strategy Concerning Mercury, [...]
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2010-2011, European Commission (DG ENV)Ex situ conservation of wild species in the European Union
BIO Intelligence Service conducted the study to analyse the relevance of a European strategy for the ex situ conservation of [...]
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2010-2011, ADEME
Assessment of policies for the promotion of sustainable production and consumption
BIO Intelligence Service performed an assessment of French public policies aimed at promoting sustainable production and consumption. The ADEME chose [...]
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2010-2011, European Commission (DG ENV)
Policies to Encourage Sustainable Consumption
BIO Intelligence Service is the leader of this study that aims to design policy options to promote sustainable consumption. This [...]
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2009, ADEME
Used oils in Europe and around the world
BIO Intelligence Service was chosen by ADEME to conduct a review of the used oil collection and recycling management systems [...]
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2010, ADEMEMarket share of eco-labelled products awarded the NF Environnement label and the EU Ecolabel
BIO Intelligence Service has developed a market share calculation methodology specifically for eco-labelled products. This methodology can be reproduced year [...]
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2010-2011, DefraFungi in drinking water and implications for human health
BIO Intelligence Service performed a literature review for Defra’s Drinking Water Inspectorate in order to ensure that knowledge on fungi [...]
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2009-2010, European Commission (DG ENV)
EC Preparatory Study on Food Waste in the EU27
BIO provided the European Commission with more detailed information about the causes, quantities and environmental impacts of food waste generated in the EU
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2010, European Commission (DG ENV)
Resource efficiency indicators and targets
Setting targets for resource use and resource efficiency in the EU
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2010, European Commission (DG ENV)
The Key Contributions to Resource Efficiency
BIO Intelligence Service has assessed in quantitative terms the extent to which recycling, waste prevention and improvements in product design [...]
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2009-2013, European Commission (DG ENV)
Towards Sustainable Management of Resources – framework contract
BIO Intelligence Service is currently leading a framework contract to assist the European Commission in providing the necessary knowledge for [...]
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