On November 3–5, the 10th edition of Warsaw Industry Week—one of the largest trade fairs for innovative industrial solutions in Central Europe—took place. The programme of the jubilee event was enriched with additional discussion blocks, including a panel devoted to the relationship between the industry of the future and eco-innovations.
The panel featured members of the GREENSTRAT project: Dominika Narożna, PhD, DSc – Member of the Management Board, Katarzyna Kokocińska, PhD, DSc from the Faculty of Law and Administration at Adam Mickiewicz University and Kamil Pacholczyk, a PhD candidate at the UAM Doctoral School of Social Sciences. The discussion was moderated by Julia Wojciechowska from PPNT.
Participants analyzed the green transformation process from the perspective of decisions made within enterprises. The discussion focused on selecting and verifying the effectiveness of technologies, transitioning from the testing phase to full implementation, and the role of public institutions in creating conditions that reduce corporate investment risk.
The main point of reference for the talks was the GREENSTRAT project – public support instruments for the development and implementation of eco-innovations, funded under the GOSPOSTRATEG XII programme of the National Centre for Research and Development (NCBR). The initiative aims to develop digital, institutional, and regulatory tools that will facilitate public administration in identifying, evaluating, and implementing solutions conducive to the green transformation. The project is carried out by the Poznań Science and Technology Park, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, and the Ministry of Climate and Environment.
Centered around these assumptions, participants examined the change process from the standpoint of decisions made directly within businesses. They discussed how to accurately select pro-environmental technologies, how to verify their effectiveness, and how to smoothly transition from the testing stage to full-scale deployment. Another key thread was the role of public institutions in creating conditions that enable companies to safely take on investment risk.
The conclusions of the discussion confirmed the diagnosis underlying GREENSTRAT. It was pointed out that the efficient implementation of eco-innovations requires simplifying regulations and ensuring procedural transparency on the part of public administration, providing measurement methodologies by the science sector, and support from Business Environment Institutions in guiding companies through the entire implementation process—from identifying needs to making the final investment decision.
