This law will create a stir: The new requirements for sustainability reporting (Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, CSRD) will affect around 50,000 companies in the EU. From 2024, these companies will have to disclose more precise data on their environmental, social, and governance impacts – according to uniform standards. Late on Tuesday evening, the Council, Parliament, […]
On Monday evening, the European Parliament and Council agreed on stricter limits for persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in waste management. The EU is thus setting new limits for three groups of pollutants. The Commission may also revise waste legislation to classify certain wastes as hazardous.At the end of October, the Commission had submitted a proposal […]
Yesterday, the Scientific Advisory Board of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action presented a report in Berlin in which it makes recommendations for the design of the European Supply Chain Act. In particular, it advocates the creation of a list of safe countries of origin. In addition, the Advisory Council does […]
MEPs of the Environment and Economic Affairs Committees in the European Parliament yesterday voted against the Delegated Act under which the European Commission wants to include nuclear power and natural gas in the EU taxonomy. During a joint meeting of the two committees, 76 MEPs voted across political groups in favor of the rejection, four […]
With the aim of multiplying international partnerships in raw materials trade, Franziska Brantner, Parliamentary State Secretary at the German Federal Ministry of Economics, will begin a trip to Chile, Argentina, and Uruguay tomorrow. There, together with an EU delegation, she will meet the respective Ministers for Foreign Trade and Economic Affairs and for Energy and […]
The European Parliament’s resolution against the inclusion of natural gas and nuclear power in the taxonomy is gaining supporters in almost all political groups of the European Parliament. At a joint press conference, Bas Eickhout (Greens/EFA), Christophe Hansen (EPP), Paul Tang (S&D), Emma Wiesner (Renew), and Silvia Modig (GUE/NGL) said that a cross-party alliance supports […]
With great effort, European mining companies are currently trying to shake off their image as a dirty industry. This is also in the interest of politicians. After all, Europe wants to become less dependent on other raw material exporters. Therefore, the European Commission wants to prepare a legislative initiative that, among other things, includes mining […]
To generate green energy and meet climate targets, Europe will need wind turbines, photovoltaic systems, fuel- and solar cells, heat pumps, and batteries. The problem: The necessary raw materials for their production largely come from unstable partners in non-European countries. Many of them are also in short supply and are already not available in sufficient […]
Faster permits, reliable standards, and protection against price dumping: To rebuild magnesium production in Europe, industry representatives are calling for a secure framework. “We see that it is possible to develop these projects,” said Bernd Martens of Verde Magnesium at the RawMaterials Summit of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) in Berlin. Verde […]
The European Parliament’s Committee on Environment voted last week to include municipal waste incineration in the European Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). Until now, it had been exempt. If the MEPs’ plan becomes reality, operators of waste incineration plants would have to buy emission rights for the CO2 emissions they cause from 2026. The goal is to avoid […]