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Chemical industry leaders: we look to new EU Industrial strategy to help us “put the wheels” on the Green Deal

Policy coherence and regulatory predictability are the “one key thing” the EU chemical industry needs in order to help the EU achieve the EU Green Deal objectives. This was the key message conveyed by EU chemical industry leaders – Neil Carr (President, Dow Europe Middle East, Africa and India), Samia Nehme (Vice-President, Shell Chemicals Europe and Africa) and Marco Mensink (Cefic Director General) at the EU Industry Day annual conference organised by the European Commission between 23 and 26 February 2021.   All speakers stressed that policy coherence would help the…

Defining essential use of chemicals – what is at stake?

Among the actions announced in the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability published last year, the European Commission intends to introduce further restrictions to chemicals unless their use is “essential” to society. But whose responsibility will it be to decide what is essential and what not? What should be criteria for “essential” and “non-essential” uses? And could…

New EU chemicals industry data reveals green shoots of recovery, but long-term outlook remains uncertain and stronger EU Industrial Policy is needed to enable large-scale Green Deal investments

Brussels, 24 February 2021 –Cefic, the European Chemical Industry Council, reports that chemical production in the European Union declined by 1,9% in 2020 compared to 2019. The chemical industry’s output is expected to grow by 3% in 2021 and 2% in 2022. However, longer-term economic outlook remains highly uncertain due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and…

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