Survey on Financing and Growth of Small and Medium Enterprises

Environmental and clean technology goods and services of enterprise, status

Environmental and clean technology goods and services refers to goods and services that can be used to maintain or improve the quality of the environment.

Enterprise refers to the highest level of the Business Register statistical hierarchy. In alignment with the System of National Accounts, it is defined as an institutional unit that directs and controls the allocation of resources relating to its operations, and for which financial statements are maintained from which international transactions, an international investment position and a financial position for the unit can be derived. Enterprises can be corporations, quasi-corporations, institutions, or unincorporated businesses such as sole proprietors or partnerships. For incorporated enterprises, financial statements can be consolidated.

The data for this variable are reported using the following classifications and/or lists:

• Clean technology status