Press release: European Pulp and Paper Industry Urges Freeze on EU ETS Benchmarks

Press release: European Pulp and Paper Industry Urges Freeze on EU ETS Benchmarks

by Piotr Pogorzelski | Jun 15, 2026 | Energy Transition and Green Deal

Like other manufacturing sectors and many national governments, the European pulp and paper industry has called on the European Commission to maintain the current EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) benchmark values for the 2026-2030 period. It could otherwise lose an...
Press release: European Pulp and Paper Industry Urges Freeze on EU ETS Benchmarks

Press release: Europe’s Circular Forest-Based Sector Calls for a Coherent Post-2030 Climate Framework’

by Piotr Pogorzelski | Jun 11, 2026 | Energy Transition and Green Deal

The European forest-based sector is championing a ‘bio-based carbon economy’, highlighting how responsibly managed forests and circular, value chains can support the EU’s climate goals and industrial competitiveness, all at the same time. At the...
Joint statement calling for a cap on network tariffs for energy-intensive industries

Joint statement calling for a cap on network tariffs for energy-intensive industries

by Piotr Pogorzelski | Jun 1, 2026 | Energy Transition and Green Deal

Energy-intensive industries (EIIs) form the backbone of critical and strategic value chains that underpin the EU economy and society, including transport, construction, power generation, batteries, semiconductors, and defence. They are indispensable to the energy and...
Alliance of Energy Intensive Industries Joint Position Paper on the EU Electrification Action Plan

Alliance of Energy Intensive Industries Joint Position Paper on the EU Electrification Action Plan

by Piotr Pogorzelski | Feb 24, 2026 | Energy Transition and Green Deal

Energy-intensive industries (EIIs) provide direct employment to around 2.6 million people in the EU and represent the foundations of critical and strategic value chains for the EU economy and society. The current economic and energy outlook of the European Union is...
Energy Intensive Industries Joint statement: Preventing Irreversible Deindustrialisation: Europe Must Act Now on Energy and Carbon Costs

Energy Intensive Industries Joint statement: Preventing Irreversible Deindustrialisation: Europe Must Act Now on Energy and Carbon Costs

by Piotr Pogorzelski | Feb 6, 2026 | Energy Transition and Green Deal

Europe needs competitive energy-intensive industries Energy-intensive industries (EIIs) form the backbone of critical and strategic value chains that underpin the EU economy and society, including transport, construction, power generation, batteries, semiconductors,...
Recalibrating the EU ETS before 2030 to safeguard the global competitiveness of Europe’s circular bioeconomy

Recalibrating the EU ETS before 2030 to safeguard the global competitiveness of Europe’s circular bioeconomy

by Piotr Pogorzelski | Jan 27, 2026 | Energy Transition and Green Deal

Cepi’s call for a targeted reopening of the EU ETS Directive before 2030 Cepi brings together the pulp and paper industries of 19 Member States, representing almost 850 pulp, paper and board mills, including around 140 biorefineries across Europe. Our sector directly...
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