The Commission’s draft for the Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA) is currently being processed in Parliament and the Council at an enormous pace. Ultimately, the trilogue negotiations should be completed as early as December. If possible, the first applications for strategic raw materials projects should be received in the first quarter of next year, said […]
Yesterday, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) launched a consultation on bureaucratic obstacles at EU level in the area of ecological transformation. Until July 3, associations, organizations, companies and citizens are invited to participate via an online questionnaire. There, they can name existing or missing EU regulations that currently lead to bureaucratic obstacles […]
In Berlin and Aachen, it was hard to miss the visit of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy yesterday. In the morning, Zelenskiy thanked Chancellor Scholz and President Steinmeier for their support and at the same time asked for further funds, including the delivery of modern fighter jets – in the afternoon, he accepted the International Charlemagne […]
Exactly eight weeks ago, the EU Commission presented its legislative proposal for Critical Raw Materials. Rapporteur Nicola Beer (FDP) has now completed her draft report at a rapid pace. It is to be discussed next Monday, in the Industry Committee of the European Parliament, Table.Media already has the draft.The Commission’s proposal goes overall in the […]
The international packaging trade expo Interpack is taking place in Düsseldorf these days. Circular economy and resource conservation are listed as “hot topics” at the event. “Sustainability is the No. 1 topic in the packaging sector and related process industries,” said Thomas Dohse, Director of Interpack, in the run-up to the event. “We are meeting […]
The rapporteur for the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation in Parliament, Frédérique Ries (Renew), wants to scrap the reuse targets for the take-away sector. Yesterday, she presented her draft report to the Environment Committee, calling this aspect the “Gordian knot” of the debate. The shadow rapporteurs of the Social Democrats and the Greens sharply criticized […]
The EU Commission wants to create a legal framework for ESG ratings by rating agencies and make ratings clearer and more transparent. A legislative proposal is to be presented in mid-June. There are now around 150 agencies worldwide that offer ESG ratings. The largest and most important players, on which the market is heavily focused […]
The ESG ratings business is now a billion-dollar market: More and more investors want to invest their money in sustainable funds and companies and are, therefore, increasingly making their investment decisions on the basis of such sustainability ratings. The EU Commission now wants to create a legal framework for this market. In its impact analysis, […]
Greenpeace and a group of other NGOs today filed lawsuits against the EU Commission at the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg. Greenpeace Germany and seven other Greenpeace country offices are suing against the inclusion of nuclear power and natural gas in the EU taxonomy, while ClientEarth, WWF EU, Friends of the Earth Germany (BUND) […]
Two parliamentary elections, two neck-and-neck races: In Finland, the Social Democrats led by Prime Minister Sanna Marin lost yesterday despite gains, and in Bulgaria (in the fifth election in two years), no winner had been determined even late in the evening. Read more in the news section.German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is traveling to Romania today. […]