Press release: To support the EU’s most sustainable industries, the ‘fine print’ in the CO₂ market revision will be crucial

by Piotr Pogorzelski | Feb 2, 2023 | Industry Transformation, Media Resources

The EU carbon market forms the cornerstone of Europe’s plan to reduce its CO2 emissions by 55% until 2030, from a 1990 baseline. Final agreements on its mechanisms, published today, show that a number of ‘delegated acts’ will still be required to provide much-needed...

Press release: Cepi welcomes European Commission’s fossil-averse proposal on carbon removal certification

by Piotr Pogorzelski | Nov 30, 2022 | Forest Resources, Industry Transformation, Media Resources, Product Innovation, Sustainability and Circularity

The proposal for a regulation on carbon removal certification presented today by the European Commission recognises several essential principles preventing such mechanism to devolve into greenwashing. The upcoming regulation builds on the synergies between the...

Press release: European Commission proposal on packaging and packaging waste could build a world class circularity model where reuse and recycling are complementary  

by Piotr Pogorzelski | Nov 30, 2022 | Industry Transformation, Media Resources, Product Innovation, Sustainability and Circularity

A proposal for a revised Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, tabled today by the European Commission, builds on the performance of the EU industry’s recycling model for paper and board packaging. The paper industry now calls for a science-based evaluation of...

Press release: Cepi welcomes BASF as its newest partner

by Piotr Pogorzelski | Nov 10, 2022 | Energy Transition and Green Deal, Industry Transformation, Media Resources, Product Innovation, Product Safety, Sustainability and Circularity

BASF SE is the latest addition to Cepi’s partnership programme with pulp and paper industry suppliers, reinforcing Cepi’s position as a key player in the process of defining a new, greener and more circular industrial model for the EU. Cepi is the Confederation of...

Press release: Cepi joins forces with actors across the paper value chain and testing labs to update its European test method for paper recyclability

by Piotr Pogorzelski | Oct 7, 2022 | Industry Transformation, Media Resources, Product Innovation, Product Safety, Sustainability and Circularity

Cepi has unveiled today the update of its European harmonised recyclability test method, developed in collaboration with actors from the entire paper value chain, including specialised testing laboratories. Essential to the project was the support of 4evergreen...

Press release: Renewable, biogenic carbon should be favoured by the future EU certification scheme for carbon removals

by Piotr Pogorzelski | Oct 6, 2022 | Energy Transition and Green Deal, Forest Resources, Industry Transformation, Media Resources, Sustainability and Circularity

In advance of the release of the EU’s certification scheme for carbon removals, the first to be developed at international scale by a public body, Cepi presented a position paper outlining its views on this important tool to reach the European Union’s net zero carbon...