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</ref>. In the early 1990s, the region of the City of Graz experienced serious problems caused by air polution; the environmental situation reached a critical stage<ref>http://eportfolio.lib.ksu.edu.tw/user/T/0/T093000023/repository/09A0031.pdf The Case of Municipal Policy Enhancing SMEs through an Environmental Approach</ref>. | </ref>. In the early 1990s, the region of the City of Graz experienced serious problems caused by air polution; the environmental situation reached a critical stage<ref>http://eportfolio.lib.ksu.edu.tw/user/T/0/T093000023/repository/09A0031.pdf The Case of Municipal Policy Enhancing SMEs through an Environmental Approach</ref>. | ||
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<ref>http://www.cpc.at/oeko/oe_WasIst_e.htm CPC-Austria - ECOPROFIT® - The idea</ref>. 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 | 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<ref>http://www.cpc.at/oeko/oe_WasIst_e.htm CPC-Austria - ECOPROFIT® - The idea</ref>. 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<ref></ref>http://eportfolio.lib.ksu.edu.tw/user/T/0/T093000023/repository/09A0031.pdf The Case of Municipal Policy Enhancing SMEs through an Environmental Approach<ref>http://business.metropoleruhr.de/en/consulting-service/information-for-entrepreneurs/oekoprofit.html Wirtschaftsförderung metropoleruhr GmbH - Information for entrepreneurs - Ökoprofit</ref>. | ||
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 [7]. | 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 [7]. | ||