The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Business Advisory Council (ABAC) would like to find out the challenges businesses in the region face when engaging in trade in environmental goods and services, and what sort of measures governments and the private sector can adopt to better facilitate green trade. The results of this survey will inform and contribute to recommendations that will be submitted to APEC government officials and leaders in a report.
 
Environmental goods and services can be defined as products and services that can help achieve environmental and climate protection goals, such as (but not limited to) generating clean and renewable energy, improving energy and resource efficiency, controlling air pollution, managing waste, treating wastewater, monitoring the quality of the environment, and combatting noise pollution. (Source: The World Trade Organization).
 
We invite company representatives that are responsible for exporting environmental goods and providing environmental services overseas. The survey will take approximately 10-15 minutes to complete.
 
The deadline to submit this survey is 16 June 2023 (extended from 31 May).
 
*By submitting your responses to this questionnaire, you agree that ABAC Singapore (Singapore Business Federation) may collect, use and disclose your personal data, as provided in this form, to verify the authenticity of the responses in accordance with the Singapore Personal Data Protection Act 2012 and our privacy policy (available on our website here). Please email ir@sbf.org.sg if you wish to correct your personal data or withdraw consent to the collection, use or disclosure of your personal data.

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* 1. Name

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* 2. Company / Organisation Name

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* 3. Designation / Area of purview

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* 4. Email address

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* 5. Does your company engage in trade in environmental goods and services? Select all relevant options.

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* 6. Briefly describe how your company is engaged / thinking of engaging in trade in environmental goods and/or services. (Optional)

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* 7. Industry

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* 8. Where is your headquarters located?

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* 9. Which economy does your company have presence in? Select all relevant options.

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* 10. Which economies are you currently exporting environmental goods to? Select all relevant options.

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* 11. Which economies are you interested to export environmental goods to in the future? Select all relevant options.

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* 12. Which economies do you currently provide environmental services to? Select all relevant options.

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* 13. Which economies are you interested to provide environmental services to in the future? Select all relevant options.

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* 14. What considerations did you or your company have when deciding to export your environmental goods and/or provide environmental services to the economies you have selected above? Rank the options below from Most Important (1) to Least Important (10).

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* 15. What challenges did you encounter when trading in environmental goods? Select all relevant options.

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* 16. What challenges did you encounter when providing environmental services overseas? Select all relevant options.

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* 17. Please provide examples and elaborate on your answers above. (Optional)

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* 18. What measures do you think both the government and private sector can consider adopting to promote trade in environmental goods? Select all relevant options.

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* 19. What measures do you think both the government and private sector can consider adopting to promote trade in environmental services? Select all relevant options.

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* 20. Please provide examples or elaborate on your answers above. (Optional)

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* 21. APEC in 2012 committed to the APEC List of Environmental Goods to reduce tariff rates of 54 goods to 5 percent or less by the end of 2020, with the intention to improve access to environmental technologies and contribute to green growth and trade liberalisation. Since then, there have been talks to update and expand the list given the advancements of technology and innovation. What are the Top 3 environmental goods that should be included in the list?

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* 22. APEC is exploring the possibility of developing an APEC List of Environmental Services, similar to the 2012 APEC List of Environmental Goods that would facilitate trade in environmental goods. What are the Top 3 types of environmental services that should be included in the list?

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* 23. The APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) plans to organise several engagements to gather feedback from businesses on their experiences in trade in environmental goods and services, and initiate discussions with policymakers on the issue. Please indicate your interest to participate in the events below.

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