Duncan GiddensJune 2015

iDepend

A tool forChoosing

Interventions

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Business value chain

Business

Skills and knowledge

TechnologyCustomersSuppliers

Natural environment

Shareholders/ financiers

Citizens, civic/

community groups, media

Other businesses/

trade groups

Products and services

Requirements

Products and services

Requirements

Investment & returns

Sectoralcooperation & competition

Influences on business environmental performance

Source: Draft Instrument Selection Guide, Defra 2013

Reputational pressure & stakeholder involvement

Sustainable resource/

ecosystem service use constraints

Regulatory model

Choose intervention(s)

Evaluate intervention(s)

Desired state or outcome

Use intervention(s)

How do you use choose the right interventions?

How can iDepend help?

Inspections

Guidance

Recognition and rewards

Management Systems

Standards

Sanctions

Financial incentives

Advice

1. Model approach for choosing interventions

2. iDepend Modelling Tool

3. User guide to help choose interventions for environmental regulation

4. Resources on Regulatory Evidence Network (REN)

Choosing Interventions Toolkit

What is the Issue?: current, desired, what needs to change?Who is the target business community?: Identify; Assess; Segment into groupsWhat interventions are available? Currently used, what else is

available? what suits each business group?Who can deliver interventions? What are your remit, powers etc?

Which other delivery agents might be used? Preferred interventions and delivery agents for each business

group:

Choosing Appropriate

Interventions

Problem and Outcomes

Depe

nden

cies

Possible Interventions

Possible Delivery Agents

Final Outputs

Model for choosing interventions

1. Cloud based and intuitive • On the internet, easy to use and free of charge• Anyone can access the basic tool• IMPEL members have additional features

2. Dependency modelling tool• Define goals to be achieved• Assemble dependencies • Identify critical dependencies (‘risks’)• Likelihood of achieving the goals

3. Aid to decision making • Improves understanding and visibility of issues• Enables different interventions to be compared• Allows models to be developed and shared with other users• Stores information and provides an audit trail

iDepend Modelling Tool

External influences incentives good business behaviour

Several Interventions are available

Delivery agents available

Let’s see this in a dependency model

Desired state. Eg environmental or regulatory outcome

Businesses behaviour and response is favourable

How do you decide what is most important?

Environmental management system effective in assuring

compliance

Regulatory tools fit for purpose

Training given to regulator’s

staff

Compliance rules clear

and understood

Expectations for EMS

communicated to staff Internal audits

carried out by company

Compliance checked and

acted on

Strong political support

Use of EMS cost effective for regulator

Operator willing and competent

Regulator willing and competent

Regulatory process for using EMS

clear

Training given to operator’s

staff

Regulator‘s management committed to using EMS

Build a dependency model to show critical dependencies

GOAL

Environmental management systems

are effective in assuring compliance

Operator willing and competent to use EMS

Regulator willing and competent to use EMS

1st order dependencies 2nd order dependencies 3rd order dependencies

Compliance checked and

acted on

Regulatory process for using EMS clear and understood

Regulator’s management committed to using EMS

Compliance rules for EMS clear and understood Training given to

operator’s staff

Internal audits carried out

Management act on audit results

Expectations communicated to operator’s staff

Regulatory tools fit for purpose

Strong political support

Use of EMS cost effective for regulator

Training given to regulator’s staff

Predict how an intervention might improve the chances of achieving your goal

1. Regulatory Evidence Network (point of access, user guide and webinar):

https://connect.innovateuk.org/web/evidence/idepend

2. Final IMPEL report:

http://impel.eu/projects/choosing-appropriate-interventions-phase-3.

3. iDepend resources - http://www.cambrensis.org 4. Lead contact - duncan.giddens@environment-agency.gov.uk.

Useful links and information