A Multi-Year Project
with the Canada West Foundation (Vancouver Office)

Examples of 'environmental impact' on a SME can include: - a seasonal business operation (e.g. ski resort) which saw its typical ski season either disappear altogether, or shift into a non-traditional data range - with a lot of its seasonal workers loosing their employment.  - an intense Storm that devastated the traditional operating area for a tourist operator, such as a park, even if his/her business survived - an unexpectedly strong series of hurricanes, tornados or floods that damaged the business' location and operation directly - less obvious, but still measurable,  impacts relate to higher insurance costs, higher energy use costs (i.e. for air conditioning), or an extra levy to be paid by the business to shore up local dikes, or agricultural operators who might find either too little or too much water available.   - preventative steps a business takes, be it the installation of 'scrubbers' for exhaust it may be producing, or an expanded recycling program.  - Finally, there are other 'more general' costs which still have an impact but which may be harder to quantify - such as higher taxes by regional or national government to pay for environmental programs.

Section 1 - Company Baseline Information

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1 - What Country and province/state/region are you located in ?
examples: Canada/BC,  France/Auvergne,  China/Anhui, USA/Colorado 




2 - How many employees does your firm have ?
(full-time equivalent)

1 2-5 6-20 21-50 51-250 251 or more

  
3 - Approximate turnover / gross sales in latest year
please choose equivalent currency option, and then the range of turnover

EURO US $ 50,000 or less 50,001 to 250,000 250,001 to 1 million Between 1 million and 5 million Above 5 million
   
  
4 - What industry is your business in ?
please use terms such as "Wholesale, foodstuffs", "Tourism, skiing", "Business Services, Accounting" etc.

 

  
5 - Do you consider your business to be seasonal ? (i.e. ski resort operator)

yes no



Section 2 - Impact of Environmental Changes on Business

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1 - Has your business experienced any major disruption over the last three years due to unusual environmental events ? ('unusual' means for your area, compared to the last twenty years) 

yes no

  
2 - If yes to the above, was this a single unusual event, or more than one ?

single more than one

  
3 - Please briefly describe the major event(s)
(i.e flood, heat wave/drought, lack of snow in winter etc)


  
  
4 - Would you describe the direct impact of the event(s) on your business as mostly: 

negligent - slightly disruptive significant - disruptive severe - caused my business shutdown for a period

5 - If you business operations were not directly or only marginally affected, did your business still suffer due to your customers or suppliers being hard hit, or due to other factors, such as a disruption of transportation networks near you ?   Please answer yes or no. If you answer with yes, please provide a brief comment as to the indirect impact

     
6 - Please approximate any loss of your business revenues as a result of unusual environmental event(s) as a percentage of typical annual revenues:

less than 5% 6-10% 11-25% 26-50% more than 50%

 
7 - Please choose an appropriate range to express your estimate of your increased business costs due to environmental events and climate change (i.e. rebuilding after a destructive event, higher insurance costs, special municipal levies, added equipment costs to clean emissions and/or save energy) 

0% 1-5% 6-10% 11-25% over 25%

8 - Other comments you may want to add about unusual environmental events and climate change
Please specify (space for up to 250 characters)

Please press 'submit' when you are done

 

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