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In response, the Environmental Department of the City of Graz and the University of Graz cooperated to develop and implement a local environmental management initiative in the City of Graz using integrated environmental technologies to strengthen small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) economically and simultaneously improve the local environment [4]. This resulted in 1991 by project ÖKOPROFIT (ÖKOlogistics PROjekt Für Integriete Umwelt-Technik), the ECOPROFIT (ECOlogical PROject For Integrated environmental Technology) which shifts environmental policy from the "end of pipe" stage to the "in process" stage and helps to protect the environment and reduce costs for business by methodological supporting companies of all kinds and sizes to introduce and improve its environmental management schemes [3, 5]. | In response, the Environmental Department of the City of Graz and the University of Graz cooperated to develop and implement a local environmental management initiative in the City of Graz using integrated environmental technologies to strengthen small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) economically and simultaneously improve the local environment [4]. This resulted in 1991 by project ÖKOPROFIT (ÖKOlogistics PROjekt Für Integriete Umwelt-Technik), the ECOPROFIT (ECOlogical PROject For Integrated environmental Technology) which shifts environmental policy from the "end of pipe" stage to the "in process" stage and helps to protect the environment and reduce costs for business by methodological supporting companies of all kinds and sizes to introduce and improve its environmental management schemes [3, 5]. | ||
The model ECOPROFIT has been adopted as itself by towns and municipalities all over Austria and abroad or modified to | The model ECOPROFIT has been adopted as itself by towns and municipalities all over Austria and abroad or modified to local different circumstances while the main approach remained the same [8]. For the first time it was implemented in Germany as part of the Munich Agenda 21 [5, 6]. The ECOPROFIT approach is used in Graz, Vienna, Vorarlberg, Klagenfurt in Austria, Munich, Berlin, Hamburg, Dortmund, Aachen, and 60 more cities in Germany, Ljubljana, Maribor in Slovenia, Modena in Italy, Pécs in Hungary, Gurgaon in India, Bucaramanga, Medellín in Colombia, Incheon, Busan in Korea, Panzihua in China as a model of cooperation of the community with regional companies [8]. | ||
The City of Graz has received a number of international awards for the project ECOPROFIT. The project received the "European Sustainable City Award 1996" and the "Dubai International Award for Best Practices to improve the Living Environment 2002". It was also a finalist in the "Bremen Partnership Award Contest 2001" [7]. By awarding EU the City of Graz has become the first European Sustainable City [9]. | The City of Graz has received a number of international awards for the project ECOPROFIT. The project received the "European Sustainable City Award 1996" and the "Dubai International Award for Best Practices to improve the Living Environment 2002". It was also a finalist in the "Bremen Partnership Award Contest 2001" [7]. By awarding EU the City of Graz has become the first European Sustainable City [9]. | ||