by Piotr Pogorzelski | Jul 7, 2022 | Forest Resources, Industry Statistics, Industry Transformation, Media Resources, Product Innovation, Product Safety, Sustainability and Circularity
Cepi’s annual statistics for the European pulp and paper industry published today offer a unique view of the current state of the market for pulp and paper products and the industry’s performance. They also allow for an objective analysis of deeper trends behind the...
by Piotr Pogorzelski | Jul 1, 2022 | Industry Transformation, Media Resources, Sustainability and Circularity
Representatives of the European paper value chain gathered yesterday in Brussels have pledged to recycle 76% of all paper consumed by 2030. The commitment was taken during the 8th edition of the European Paper Recycling Awards which saw two projects, breaking new...
by Piotr Pogorzelski | Jun 23, 2022 | Forest Resources, Industry Transformation, Media Resources
The EU Parliament has now adopted its mandates for negotiations on the revision of the emissions trading scheme (ETS), the EU’s main carbon pricing tool, and the carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM). Both are instruments to attain the EU’s 2030 climate...
by Piotr Pogorzelski | Jun 22, 2022 | Forest Resources, Media Resources
A Regulation on nature restoration has now been tabled by the EU Commission, the first European legislation addressing biodiversity in three decades. Parts of the proposed regulation would be relevant to the management of forests. Cepi, the Confederation of European...
by Piotr Pogorzelski | Jun 9, 2022 | Forest Resources, Media Resources, Product Innovation, Sustainability and Circularity
The EU Parliament approved yesterday a very ambitious, yet realistic, target for how much CO2 European forests should help remove from the atmosphere. The goal could be reached only by adapting our forests to climate change threats and increasing their annual growth,...
by Piotr Pogorzelski | May 17, 2022 | Energy Transition and Green Deal, Forest Resources, Industry Transformation, Media Resources, Product Innovation, Sustainability and Circularity
The European Parliament’s ENVI Committee (has voted today on a series of key pieces of the ‘Fit for 55’ package, which was proposed last year by the European Commission. The legislative package aims to cut the EU’s CO2 emissions by 55 percent until 2030. The outcome...