PRESS RELEASE: EuRIC joins the European Paper Recycling Council to achieve European Green Deal targets

EuRIC joins the European Paper Recycling Council to achieve European Green Deal targets Getting paper recycling to even higher levels and improving the recyclability of paper based products – this is the main mission of the European Paper Recycling Council, an...

Call for modification of SUPD definitions to achieve Circular Economy objectives

Our commitment is to show that sustainability and competitiveness can go hand in hand which is why our fibre-based products are essential for Europe’s steady and sustainable transition to a Circular Economy while preserving the EU Single Market.  We would like to...
Sustainability & Circularity

Sustainability & Circularity

The European paper industry is building on decades of work done to make its industrial model sustainable and circular, making it one of the most sustainable industries in Europe. It relies on raw materials, pulp derived from processing wood, which is intrinsically...

PRESS RELEASE: Launch of the European alliance for a Green Recovery

Cepi, the Confederation of European paper industries and its members across Europe, strongly support the initiative of Pascal Canfin, Chair of the Environment Committee at the European Parliament, to launch a European alliance for a Green Recovery. Cepi joins 180...
TEG report’s draft technical screening criteria for forestry creates legal uncertainty and ignores the long-term characteristics of forests

TEG report’s draft technical screening criteria for forestry creates legal uncertainty and ignores the long-term characteristics of forests

In the context of the European Commission’s ongoing work on developing a classification system for sustainable investments1, the undersigned organisations would like to express their views on the inclusion of forestry into climate change mitigation activities drawn...

PRESS RELEASE: Circularity is a “no regret option” for the European industrial transition: it is now time to recognise circular low carbon forest-based industries as a strategic value chain!

The Green Deal has to be translated into a business case, strengthening sustainable and circular industrial value chains in Europe, and ensuring that they are considered of strategic importance. For that reason, Cepi, on behalf of the European Paper Industry, applauds...