MEP Nils Torvalds: ‘I’m against the power creep in the EU’s forest strategy’

MEP Nils Torvalds: ‘I’m against the power creep in the EU’s forest strategy’

Interview by EURACTIV – read the original here. Nils Torvalds is a member of the centrist Renew Europe group in the European Parliament. He spoke to EURACTIV’s Frédéric Simon ahead of an event organised on 28 September by the European paper industry association...
ARTICLE: What role for forests and the forest-based sector in the EU Green Deal?

ARTICLE: What role for forests and the forest-based sector in the EU Green Deal?

*Article originally published in EURACTIV* The new Forest Strategy is an important piece of the European Commission architecture to deliver on the European Green Deal together with the Fit for 55 package. Everybody agrees that forests play a key role in combating...
EVENT:  What role for forests and the forest-based sector in the EU Green Deal?

EVENT: What role for forests and the forest-based sector in the EU Green Deal?

in partnership with 28 September 202114h – 16h CET Sofitel Brussels Europe (Place Jourdan, 1)* & online livestream *Limited capacity. Registrations to attend in person are closed.Livestreaming will be available. Everybody agrees that forests play a key role in...
Press release: New forest strategy misses the opportunity to maximise climate mitigation effect of the forest-based sector

Press release: New forest strategy misses the opportunity to maximise climate mitigation effect of the forest-based sector

The new Forest Strategy is an important piece of the European Commission architecture to deliver on the European Green Deal. There is a consensus on the need for the new forest strategy to foster a European circular bioeconomy and the sustainability of Europe’s...
Press release: New forest strategy misses the opportunity to maximise climate mitigation effect of the forest-based sector

Press release: “Fit for 55” package is an incomplete toolbox for the industrial energy transition, cautions the paper industry

The European pulp and paper industry fully supports the EU objective to reach climate neutrality by 2050. But the presented today “Fit for 55” legislative package is an incomplete toolbox. Cepi calls on co-legislators to give strong political support to measures that...
Forest Strategy and packaging policy are synergetic

Forest Strategy and packaging policy are synergetic

The paper-based packaging value chain proposes to make better use of the synergies between the EU revised forest strategy and the ongoing policy work on packaging. Without coherent approaches to packaging, circular economy, climate policy and forest strategy, the...