Environmental goods and services (EGS) is an industry sector devoted to solving, limiting or preventing environmental problems. EGS companies may be involved in manufacturing and/or services related to water or air pollution, waste management, recycling, renewable energy, monitoring, analysis and assessment, or a number of other goods and services. The provision of EGS generally accounts for 2-3% of GDP developed economies. The development of an EGS industry in transtion economies is instrumental in eliminating preventable diseases, enhancing quality of life, protecting natural resources and attracting in-bound investment. Many sustainable development goals are also facilitated by a healthy EGS industry.

There is not a clearly accepted definition or classification system for EGS, but healthy debates have existed amongst government and private sector analysts, international organizations, NGOs and trade policy negotiators since the early 1990s. The mission of this environmental goods and services information exchange is to advance this debate, and provide a foundation for the facilitation and promotion of trade and commerce in environmental goods and services in the APEC region and worldwide.