Sylvain Lhôte takes up duty as Director General

Sylvain Lhôte takes up duty as Director General

As of 5 September, Sylvain Lhôte is at the helm of CEPI. Appointed by CEPI’s Board in June 2016, Sylvain brings 25 years of government and public affairs expertise working with leading material technology and manufacturing industries on climate and energy policies,...

What next for our industry? A recarbonisation revolution

This article was written by Petri Vasara from Pöyry Management Consulting. Pöyry is one of our Partners. Read more about them here.  Our industry faces exciting times ahead. The world needs a ‘recarbonisation revolution’ of global material flows as we must increase...
Bioeconomy 2.0 will help lead the EU’s renewable revolution – with the right support

Bioeconomy 2.0 will help lead the EU’s renewable revolution – with the right support

On the occasion of ‘BioEconomyUtrecht2016’, the fourth Bioeconomy Stakeholders’ Conference, the European Bioeconomy Alliance (EUBA) calls on the EU to lead a worldwide transition towards a renewable, low-carbon economy. Europe has all of the means necessary to become...

The EUBA warns against a tiered approach to the carbon leakage list

A number of the sectors which are fundamental to the implementation of the EU Bioeconomy strategy, represented by the European Bioeconomy Alliance (EUBA), are identified as being subject to the risk of carbon leakage under the Commission’s proposal for the ETS post...

Hands-on Circular Economy – An inspiring paper mill visit with permanent representation officials

The Dutch Presidency of the Council of the European Union organised a field trip for Industry and Environment Council working group members to illustrate the Circular Economy, one of the Presidency’s top priorities. The Presidency chose the state-of the-art paper mill...

Role specification for the position of Director General at CEPI

As announced in a press release last month, current Director General Marco Mensink will leave his role in CEPI on 15 March 2016 to take up the role of Director General in CEFIC, the chemical industry trade federation. Here is a document describing the role...