The environmental sector includes activities producing goods or services having the purpose of:
- Protecting the environment by preventing, reducing or eliminating pollution or any other environmental damage (e.g. waste management and the production of related goods, equipment, infrastructures and services).
- Managing natural resources by preserving, maintaining or increasing their stock in order to avoid their depletion (e.g. the production of renewable energy and of related goods, equipment, infrastructures and services).
