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Carbon Contracts for Difference: the urgent boost needed to deploy breakthrough Green Deal technologies

Europe will need to move faster than ever before to achieve a climate-neutral and circular economy by 2050. But with industry’s transformation estimated at 17 – 27 billion euros per year, Carbon Contracts for Difference (CCfDs) could provide the much-needed incentive to accelerate investments to deploy breakthrough Green Deal technologies.   CCfDs are a funding mechanism that offer governments the opportunity to guarantee investors a fixed price…

European Innovation Council: Making Science Fiction Reality

“The ambitions of the EU Green Deal: climate neutrality, circular models, and the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability, are huge. The only solution to achieve these ambitions is innovation. Sometimes we can develop solutions within our companies, but sometimes we need to look outside our boundaries to innovate. Start-ups could be an answer” says Pierre Barthelemy,…

Sectoral pathways will be key to a successful industrial transition Cefic Director General says welcoming the update of the EU Industrial Strategy

Brussels, 5 May 2021 – Welcoming the publication of an updated EU Industrial Strategy, Cefic Director General Marco Mensink said: “The Industrial Strategy is a timely update that brings the EU’s industrial vision more in line with the goals of the Green Deal and ongoing COVID crisis. The pandemic has highlighted the indispensable role of chemicals in…

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Entries for the Responsible Care Awards are now open

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Apply now for the European Responsible Care Awards to show how your organisation is contributing towards achieving climate-neutrality, circularity, while supporting during the pandemic, by caring for the mental health of company employees or accelerating the production of medical devices.

Facts and Figures of the European Chemical Industry

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With over 1.2 million workers, €543 billion turnover and €9.3 billion R&I investments, the European chemical industry is a wealth generating sector of the economy and a major contributor to building a sustainable future for Europe.

The Landscape Of The European Chemical Industry

A Pillar of the European Economy

The help those keen to acquire an accurate picture of the industry, what it does, where, and why, we have produced the "Landscape of the European Chemical Industry". Providing a regional overview and country-by-country snapshots, the challenges it faces and our ambitions for the future. The forces that shape its locations, challenges and solutions are as complex as many of its formulas.

ChemistryCan deliver on the Green Deal

ChemistryCan

The chemical industry develops materials and technologies that can boost your home’s energy efficiency, make 100% recyclable products, build more efficient wind turbines , help preserve wild fish in oceans?.

Chemical Recycling: Making Plastics Circular

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With chemical recycling technologies, the industry has developed complementary solutions to existing mechanical recycling to recycle mixed or contaminated plastic waste that otherwise would be incinerated or sent to landfill.

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Cefic Response to the Consultation on the First Taxonomy Delegated Act

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Cefic views on the Commission’s legislative proposal to amend the Aarhus Regulation

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Cefic is a not-for-profit making organisation, striving to be the most respected and trusted business association in Europe under EU transparency register n° 64879142323-9. It is devoted to promoting a thriving chemical industry that is broadly recognized to provide sustainable, safe and resource efficient solutions, foster prosperity, growth and investments in Europe and provide safe and resource efficient solutions to meet the challenges for future generations.

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