Press release: A New Era for Europe’s Bioeconomy: Coalition Advocates for Circular Solutions Ahead of COP30

by Piotr Pogorzelski | Apr 10, 2025 | Media Resources, Sustainability and Circularity

As Europe gears up for COP30 in Belém, Brazil, a coalition of 20 EU trade associations organised last month in Brussels a significant preparatory discussion. Circular Choices is the largest coalition in Europe’s forest-based bioeconomy sector to date. Over the past...

Press release: Pulp and Paper Industry Showcases Commitment to Phase out Fossil Energies, at European Parliament Event

by Piotr Pogorzelski | Apr 8, 2025 | Industry Transformation, Media Resources

The European pulp and paper manufacturing sector, the fourth largest industrial user of energy in Europe, has achieved a remarkable 46% reduction in CO2 emissions since 2005, successfully decoupling growth from potential climate impacts. However, the EU Emissions...

Cepi Recyclability Test Method Version 3

by Piotr Pogorzelski | Mar 13, 2025 | Sustainability and Circularity

In February 2025, Cepi published version 3 of its Recyclability Laboratory Test Method. The Test Method defines a laboratory procedure emulating the most relevant phases (pulping, screening, sheet formation) of a typical paper mill dedicated to the recycling of the...

EU leadership in bioeconomy as a driver for carbon sequestration

by Tuur Swimberghe | Mar 10, 2025 | Events, Forest Resources

17 March 202515:00 – 18:30 REGISTER HERE The upcoming COP30 is expected to be one of the most consequential climate conferences, with Parties being asked to set ambitious climate targets and the EU planning to send a signal of European leadership.To...

Press release: Cepi publishes update to its European recyclability laboratory test method, tapping the knowledge of 4evergreen alliance and testing labs

by Piotr Pogorzelski | Feb 28, 2025 | Media Resources, Sustainability and Circularity

Cepi has published today an update to its European recyclability test method, a cornerstone of the pulp and paper industry commitment to circularity. It was developed in collaboration with the 4evergreen alliance and actors from the entire paper value chain, including...

Joint Statement: Businesses call on the EU co-legislators to clarify, harmonise and simplify the Green Claims Directive to ensure the adoption of a framework safeguarding businesses’ competitiveness

by Piotr Pogorzelski | Feb 28, 2025 | Sustainability and Circularity

EU policymakers are urged to carefully evaluate options to simplify, clarify and streamline the Green Claims Directive during negotiations, through the lens of the simplification and competitiveness agenda. The introduction of proportionality and legal predictability...