What Is an Environmental Consulting Business?

Environmental service refers to the service trade activities related to the environment. It is an important branch of modern service industry. It not only occupies a large proportion in the productive service industry, but also plays an important role in the consumer service industry. An important part of the strategic emerging industries during the "Five" period. The level of development of environmental services is an important indicator of the maturity of the environmental protection industry.

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Environmental service refers to the service trade activities related to the environment. It is an important branch of modern service industry. It not only occupies a large proportion in the productive service industry, but also plays an important role in the consumer service industry. An important part of the strategic emerging industries during the "Five" period. The level of development of environmental services is an important indicator of the maturity of the environmental protection industry.

Chinese name

Environmental services

Definition

Environment-related services trade activities

Explanation

An important indicator of the maturity of the environmental protection industry

Core

Environmental quality improvement and pollution control services

Environmental service refers to the service trade activities related to the environment. It is an important branch of modern service industry. It not only occupies a large proportion in the productive service industry, but also plays an important role in the consumer service industry. An important part of the strategic emerging industries during the "Five" period. The level of development of environmental services is an important indicator of the maturity of the environmental protection industry. With the development of environmental protection, the proportion of industries engaged in environmental services will continue to increase, and the development of environmental services will become an important way to realize the transformation of environmental protection industries. Vigorously developing environmental services is of great significance for achieving environmental protection goals, promoting equalization of basic environmental public services, accelerating the upgrading of industrial structures and the transformation of economic development methods.

Analysis Report on China's Environmental Service Industry Market Outlook and Investment Strategic Planning

The report analyzes the development and operation status of China's environmental service industry by using data collected from the market tracking of the environmental service industry.

The development level of the service industry is one of the important indicators to measure the degree of modern socio-economic development and social maturity. During the "Eleventh Five-Year Plan" period, China's service industry has experienced rapid growth, and the status and role of contract energy management and environmental services in economic and social development have become increasingly apparent. During the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" period, the necessity and urgency of China's accelerated development of the service industry have become more prominent. The development of environmental service industry is conducive to the professionalization of pollution control, and to cooperate with effective environmental supervision, and is conducive to maintaining stable environmental quality and preventing environmental risks.

During the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" period, the overall goal of China's environmental service industry development is to accelerate the development of environmental service industries in key areas, innovate environmental service models, optimize the policy environment for environmental service industry development, improve the environmental service support system, and basically establish a new era. The modern environmental service industry system that meets the environmental protection goals and requirements has promoted the transformation of the environmental protection industry.

In the "2000 National Bulletin on the State of Environmental Protection-related Industries" issued by the State Environmental Protection Administration of China, China's environmental service industry was first defined as an environment-related service trade activity, which is specifically divided into environmental technology services, environmental consulting services, and pollution control facilities There are six categories of operation management, waste resources recycling and disposal, environmental trade and financial services, environmental functions and other environmental services.

China's environmental service industry started late. In the early 1990s, it began to take shape. Its development has roughly gone through three stages: pollution treatment technical services, environmental protection services and environmental services. Before the mid-1990s, China's research and design units related to the environmental industry were the main players in the environmental service industry, and the service industry also focused on technical services such as development and design. In the late 1990s, with the continuous development of the national economic construction, a large number of engineering-based environmental engineering companies entered the service industry, and the connotation of the environmental service industry also extended from a single environmental technology service to environmental decision-making, management, investment, and financing And other fields.

In order to implement the "State Council's Decision on Accelerating the Cultivation and Development of Strategic Emerging Industries" and "Several Opinions of the State Council on Accelerating the Development of the Service Industry", accelerate the implementation of the "Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection Industry Development Plan" and the "Environmental Protection System to Further Promote the Development of Environmental Protection Industry" "To support the implementation of the" National Twelfth Five-Year Plan "for environmental protection, guide and promote the sound and rapid development of the environmental service industry, and compile this plan.

The plan is based on professionalization and socialization to meet the environmental protection needs of the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" period as the basic principle. The main line is to comprehensively promote the transformation of the environmental protection industry. The focus is on the development of environmental service industries in key areas, the optimization of the policy environment, and the improvement of the support system. The key points are the six major priorities of socialized professional operation services for the development of pollution control facilities, the focus on the development of comprehensive environmental services, the vigorous promotion of environmental consulting services, the accelerated development of environmental technology services, the progressive development of other environmental services, and the accelerated construction of environmental service support systems. Tasks; clarified safeguard policies such as deepening service sector reform, strengthening policy guidance, and increasing financial support; and proposed four specific measures to advance the implementation of the plan, including raising awareness, implementing assessments, strengthening linkages, and giving play to the role of industry organizations.

Environmental service industry is an important part of environmental protection industry. With the rapid development of economic globalization and environmental globalization, the environmental services industry's share in the international environmental market continues to increase, and it has become the most promising area in the environmental protection industry.

Developing environmental service industry, effectively solving the problem of environmental pollution, and improving environmental quality are not only the inevitable needs of China's energy saving and emission reduction and the construction of a two-type society, but also focusing on the post-international financial crisis period, transforming economic development methods, advancing industrial structure adjustment, and promoting The inevitable choice for the sound and rapid development of China's economic society.

In recent years, with the increase of environmental protection law enforcement and the improvement of the public's environmental awareness, and the construction and operation of urban environmental protection facilities, the demand for environmental services has been expanding. The new type of environmental protection industry in many cases requires a large number of high-tech means, so environmental technology consulting services, information and technology services, environmental training and education, environmental accounting and legal services, pollution prevention facilities operation and contracting services, environmental monitoring automation engineering, and Other service industries for environmental protection purposes will also develop rapidly.

During the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" period, China's investment in the environmental protection industry will reach 3.1 trillion yuan. Key investment projects involve solid waste treatment, desulfurization and denitrification, municipal sewage, sludge, and industrial wastewater. China's environmental service industry faces good development opportunities and has great potential for future growth.

The core is environmental quality improvement and pollution control services

Although the environmental service industry is numerous and inclusive, its core is environmental quality improvement and pollution control services. Other environmental service industries are derived from these two services.

China's environmental service industry includes the following: treatment of water, gas, noise and vibration, solid waste and other pollution. Among them, temporary administrative permits have been set up for the operation of water and gas pollutant treatment facilities. No permits have been provided for noise and vibration treatment services, and hazardous wastes have been operated. License system.

Improving environmental quality and repairing contaminated environmental media, including improving the quality of water bodies and the atmospheric environment, and remediation of soil (site) pollution. Environmental consulting, training and assessment, including engineering consulting, environmental impact assessment, environmental technology assessment, cleaner production audit, environmental practice training, environmental damage assessment, etc.

Environmental certification and conformity assessment, including environmental label product certification, environmental management system certification, organic product certification, ecological construction demonstration evaluation, environmental science and technology achievement award, environmental technology patent evaluation, etc. Environmental monitoring and pollution testing, including socialized environmental monitoring, regular testing of motor vehicle emission control performance, automatic pollutant monitoring facility operations (temporary administrative permits have been set up), etc. Environmental investment and financing and insurance, including corporate environmental financing, environmental protection investment, environmental insurance, etc.

Based on the premise of effective environmental law enforcement supervision, it has a close relationship with city management and public services

At present, there are still some problems in the development of China's environmental service industry, such as the small scale of the industry and the low proportion in the environmental protection industry; the small size of the enterprise and the small number of large, comprehensive service companies; the types of services, socialization and professionalism Low degree.

The environmental service industry is created to meet the needs of responding to and solving various environmental problems. Due to the diversity, breadth and complexity of environmental issues, it is difficult to accurately define the scope of environmental services. Compared with other service industries, the environmental service industry has the following characteristics:

First, the content is broad and the boundaries are fuzzy. Most service products overlap with other service industries, such as environmental consulting, environmental certification, environmental finance, and environmental insurance. For another example, urban domestic sewage treatment and urban domestic waste treatment, which belong to the environmental service industry, also have the nature of urban management services.

Second, it has a close relationship with the basic public services provided by the government, focusing on productive services and relying on environmental law enforcement supervision. Such as pollution control, pollutant monitoring, environmental impact assessment, etc. are all required by law, and their service needs are derived from government law enforcement supervision.

Third, the rights and responsibilities of services are more complicated. The consumer (beneficiary) of the main service is the public, not a specific natural or legal person, and the purchaser of the service (a sewage company or the government) is not the direct beneficiary of the service. Consumers and purchasers of other services are generally the same entity.

The fundamental purpose of developing the environmental service industry is to use market-oriented, industrialized, and socialized methods to promote the resolution of various environmental problems, and ultimately to improve environmental quality.

The development of China's environmental service industry is still in its infancy, and management, norms, and systems need to be researched and explored.

In order to further promote the development of environmental protection industries, including environmental services, the Ministry of Environmental Protection has mainly carried out the following work:

First, in cooperation with the National Development and Reform Commission, the Twelfth Five-Year Plan for Energy-Saving and Environmental Protection Industry Development Plan has been formulated, which has identified key development areas for environmental protection technology and equipment, environmental protection products and environmental services, and has now been submitted to the State Council for approval.

Second, the 2011 National Environmental Protection and Related Industry Survey will be conducted in conjunction with the National Development and Reform Commission and the National Bureau of Statistics. The investigation is about to officially begin, and a survey announcement will be issued in the first half of 2013.

Third, the organization organized the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan for the Development of Environmental Service Industry", and has so far completed the work of soliciting opinions. The "12th Five-Year Plan" development goal proposed in the draft is: the average annual growth rate of output value reaches 40%, and the service industry in the The proportion in the environmental protection industry reached 30%.

Fourth, in order to explore the development path of the environmental service industry that suits the national conditions, remove the obstacles to the system and mechanism that hinder the development of the service industry, and give full play to the enthusiasm of the service industry in promoting the development of the service industry, the Ministry of Environmental Protection will carry out environmental service industry pilot work.

At present, the development of the environmental service industry in China is still in its infancy, and its understanding of its development law, status, and role is still immature. In-depth research and exploration are needed in management, norms, and systems.

In the process of developing the environmental service industry, we must also deal with its relationship with environmental protection manufacturing. Only by combining intangible technology and tangible carriers can we realize industrialization. Environmental protection product and equipment manufacturing is an important content of strategic emerging industries and environmental protection industries. Therefore, while promoting the development of environmental service industry, manufacturing industry should not be ignored.

In addition, in terms of solving environmental problems, the environmental service industry has certain limitations and must be combined with other management methods. For example, the social operation of pollution treatment facilities cannot be separated from strict law enforcement and supervision.