by Piotr Pogorzelski | Apr 10, 2024 | Energy Transition and Green Deal, Media Resources
The EU Parliament put today its stamp of approval on the EU’s carbon removal certification framework. The regulation provides guiding principles for a set of methodologies, still in development, to certify processes to remove carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere....
by Piotr Pogorzelski | Mar 20, 2024 | Energy Transition and Green Deal, Forest Resources, Industry Transformation, Media Resources, Product Innovation, Sustainability and Circularity
The European Commission released today a communication on ‘Boosting biotechnology and biomanufacturing in the EU’. The publication was a positive sign for the members of the Circular Choices coalition, a group of 20 EU trade associations representing providers of...
by Piotr Pogorzelski | Mar 14, 2024 | Industry Transformation, Media Resources, Sustainability and Circularity
Until recently the idea of a forest-based sector and of a circular bioeconomy seemed to have gone out of favour in EU policymaking. But the sector has demonstrated a high level of resilience in time of crisis and showed the advantage of being able to rely on local...
by Piotr Pogorzelski | Feb 20, 2024 | Energy Transition and Green Deal, Industry Transformation, Media Resources
Today 73 industry leaders spanning almost 20 industrial sectors presented ‘the Antwerp Declaration for a European Industrial Deal’ to Belgian Prime Minister, Alexander De Croo and Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen. The declaration underlines the commitment of...
by Piotr Pogorzelski | Feb 19, 2024 | Media Resources, Sustainability and Circularity
The Awarding Ceremony of the 9th Edition of the European Paper Recycling Awards took place today at the European Parliament Brussels and was hosted by MEP Susana Solís Pérez. The event takes place every two years with the goal to highlight and reward European...
by Piotr Pogorzelski | Feb 14, 2024 | Industry Statistics, Media Resources, Sustainability and Circularity
Suffering from an adverse macro-economic context, production of pulp and paper in Europe has experienced a decline in 2023. It was due to several compounding external factors: a poor economic environment, destocking and still high energy costs, as shown by the Cepi...