Europe is not building enough new wind energy to reach its energy and climate targets. According to WindEurope’s Annual Statistics 2021, the EU built only 11 GW of new wind farms in 2021 and is set to build 18 GW a year over 2022-26. But the EU needs 30 GW a year of new wind to meet its 2030 renewables target. The slow expansion rate is impacting on Europe’s wind energy supply chain.
23 February 2022 - The European Commission unveiled its Data Act proposal today, which aims at ensuring fair data access and use, as well as empowering consumers to remain in control over their data. The proposal sets out horizontal data access and use principles and confirms that these will be complemented by legislation addressing sector-specific challenges.
Brussels/Frankfurt, 23 February 2022 – Thilo Brodtmann, Executive Director of VDMA, comments on the EU Commission's proposal for a directive on corporate sustainability due diligence:
The study carried out by Wageningen University and Research and commissioned by CropLife Europe released at the end of January 2022 concludes that the implementation of the F2F and Biodiversity strategies in the EU Green Deal would compromise the European agri-food sector to "lower agricultural yields, to price increases, less European exports and more imports of agricultural products from outside Europe”.
Tuesday, February 15, 2022 — Statement from the PETCORE-Europe’s President – Antonello Ciotti
Dear Members of PETCORE-Europe, Associates and Business Colleagues,
I am taking the baton from Stephen Short with a lot of enthusiasm for the work done so far, and at the same time with a clear awareness on the increasing challenges ahead of us.
Friday, February 11, 2022 — The Tray Circularity Evaluation Platform (TCEP), created by PETCORE Europe in 2021, was aslo supported by tray manufacturers, the European Association of Plastic Recycling & Recovery Organizations (EPRO) and Plastics Recyclers Europe (PRE).
Almost a year after a large majority of the European Parliament backed ambitious and binding rules for companies to identify and mitigate their human rights and environmental impact, the European Commission is finally publishing the draft EU law on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence, otherwise known as ‘due diligence.’
Sophie Hubert devient la nouvelle Directrice commerciale d’IQ-EQ France, avec pour mission de poursuivre le développement de l’entreprise dans le pays.