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Global Joint CEPI – IndustriAll position “Free trade and fair competition for growth and jobs in Europe” In spite of the difficult economic context and an increased competition in the global markets, the European pulp, paper and board industry remains a world leader and a net exporter as well as the provider of 1.5 million direct and indirect jobs in Europe. EU markets have been fully open since January 2004, unlike some […] CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 30 May 2016 Global The day Aristotle said: “The Tiered Approach doesn’t work” This article appeared in the Parliament Magazine issue no 435, 30 May 2016 Aristotle often used the reduction ad absurdum to show the untenable consequences one would ensue from accepting the item at issue. If he was alive and would hear about the Tiered Approach in the ETS review, we would probably have engaged in […] CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 30 May 2016 Global What next for our industry? A recarbonisation revolution This article was written by Petri Vasara from Pöyry Management Consulting. Pöyry is one of our Partners. Read more about them here. Our industry faces exciting times ahead. The world needs a ‘recarbonisation revolution’ of global material flows as we must increase biomass and decrease non-renewable materials such as metals and minerals in the movement of […] CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 30 May 2016 Global Human chain to stop incinerator in Gipuzkoa On Sunday May 29 2016 citizens in Gipuzkoa have come together to hold hands in a human chain uniting thousands of citizens against the proposal to build an incinerator in Zubieta. 5000 people were needed to create this human chain from the Oncologic Hospital and the Regional government but the support for the action has […] Zero Waste Europe · 30 May 2016 Global Strong industry concerns on the ITRE Draft Opinion on the EU-ETS Reform post-2020 and other thought experiments putting industries at risk of carbon leakage Tiering is not the solution The undersigned energy-intensive industries express their strong concerns regarding the proposal to introduce “tiered approaches” to carbon leakage protection, as introduced in the ITRE Draft Opinion. According to all forecasts, “tiering” is not needed. All forecasts, including the Commission’s Impact Assessment, predict that a shortage of free allowances is highly […] CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 22 May 2016 Global Why revamping recycling measurement is no simple task Since the European Commission unveiled its Circular Economy (CE) package last December, there has been significant discussion around the proposed legislation. And perhaps the most vexed topic to date has been how best to calculate recycling rates in the EU and whether to include reuse activities in that determination. Reloop Platform · 17 May 2016 Global EU Bioenergy: Time to follow the Waste Hierarchy Zero Waste Europe’s response to the public consultation on the EU’s post-2020 sustainable bioenergy policy. Today, the Zero Waste Europe network and many other organisations around the world have called on the European Commission to use the Waste Hierarchy to guide the EU’s post-2020 sustainable bioenergy policy and phase out harmful subsidies that support energy […] Zero Waste Europe · 10 May 2016 Global ETS Review: Five comments and proposals on the ITRE draft opinion On 26 April the ITRE rapporteur published the draft opinion on the Commission proposal to review the Emission Trading System. While the report includes some positive proposals, other aspects still need to be improved. In some cases, some proposed solutions would need to be thoroughly thought through, as they would have the unintended consequence of […] CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 3 May 2016 Global Zero Waste Europe AGM 2016 Poster of Zero Waste Croatia, new member of Zero Waste Europe On the weekend of the 23rd and 24th of April, Zero Waste Europe held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) with the participation of most of the members of the ZWE network. Held in Ljubljana, Slovenia, the first ‘Zero Waste European Capital’ and the European […] Zero Waste Europe · 29 Apr 2016 Global Network of Zero Waste Towns Meeting in Ljubljana Erick Oblak opening the Network of Zero Waste Towns Meeting Foto: Maša Kores On Thursday 21st and Friday 22nd Ljubljana, the 2016 European Green Capital, and first Zero Waste European Capital, played host to municipal representatives, entrepreneurs, zero waste campaigners and experts as part of the Network of Zero Waste Towns Meeting. The conference was […] Zero Waste Europe · 29 Apr 2016 Global Reaction to the tiered approach to carbon leakage protection The signatories (see below), energy-intensive industries express concerns regarding the so called “tiered approach” to carbon leakage protection under the EU ETS The tiered approach1 would reserve free allowances for some sectors at the expense of others. It goes against the principle set in the October European Council Conclusions that best performing companies in ETS […] CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 18 Apr 2016 Global Global Forest Products Industry is Part of the Solution to Climate Change São Paulo – The International Council of Forest and Paper Associations (ICFPA) and its members welcome the signing of the landmark United Nations agreement to tackle climate change, set to take place on April 22. The agreement urges countries to implement policies that would allow them to keep a global temperature rise below 2 degrees […] CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 17 Apr 2016 Global Zero Waste Europe sign international declaration on ‘waste containing nanomaterials’ Zero Waste Europe have joined over 80 international signatories in calling for waste containing nanomaterials to be classified as ‘hazardous waste’. Read the press release and full declaration here. Declaration: Precautionary Approach Critical on Waste Containing Nanomaterials (Geneva) – In today’s Declaration on Waste Containing Nanomaterials, the Center for International Environmental Law (CI… Zero Waste Europe · 14 Apr 2016 Global Our leadership and governance - The World Economic Forum World Economic Forum — Circular Economy · 13 Apr 2016 Global Accenture - The World Economic Forum World Economic Forum — Circular Economy · 13 Apr 2016 Global Professor Klaus Schwab - The World Economic Forum World Economic Forum — Circular Economy · 13 Apr 2016 Global Bioeconomy 2.0 will help lead the EU’s renewable revolution – with the right support On the occasion of ‘BioEconomyUtrecht2016’, the fourth Bioeconomy Stakeholders’ Conference, the European Bioeconomy Alliance (EUBA) calls on the EU to lead a worldwide transition towards a renewable, low-carbon economy. Europe has all of the means necessary to become a global leader in the bioeconomy, if its potential is realised and embraced by European policy makers. […] CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 11 Apr 2016 Global Running on empty: What business, government and citizens must do to confront South Africa’s water crisis The post Running on empty: What business, government and citizens must do to confront South Africa’s water crisis appeared first on Changing Markets . Changing Markets Foundation · 7 Apr 2016 Global The EUBA warns against a tiered approach to the carbon leakage list A number of the sectors which are fundamental to the implementation of the EU Bioeconomy strategy, represented by the European Bioeconomy Alliance (EUBA), are identified as being subject to the risk of carbon leakage under the Commission’s proposal for the ETS post 2020. These are: starch, oilseeds and protein meals, pulp and paper and sugar. […] CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 4 Apr 2016 Global Joint declaration by a group of industry associations “2016, time to deliver… an ambitious power market reform” The signatories of this declaration gather leading associations and industry groups with a clear stake in Europe’s energy policy. We share the conviction that only a flexible and dynamic energy system, making the best use of innovative and distributed supply and demand options, can ensure a cost-efficient and sustainable transition towards a decarbonised energy system. […] CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 3 Apr 2016 Global European paper industry launches revised Paper for Recycling Quality Control guidelines The Confederation of European Paper Industries (CEPI) has revised its guidelines on Paper for Recycling quality control, with recommendations for Paper for Recycling suppliers and paper mills. The objective of the guidelines publication is to achieve greater harmonisation, to improve the implementation of the EN 643 Standard and to facilitate commercial relationships between paper mills […] CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 3 Apr 2016 Global European Paper Industry continues to reduce its carbon emissions Preliminary estimates based on today’s publication of the Verified Emissions and Compliance Data for the year 2015 show that carbon emissions in the pulp and paper industry in 2015 fell by at least 1% compared to 2014. Compared to 2005, the year the EU Emission Trading Scheme came into force, absolute emissions fell by 27%. […] CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 31 Mar 2016 Global EU ETS: Three reasons why the Tiered Approach is bad for the EU economy The non-paper jointly drafted by the French and British government on tiered free allocation arbitrarily determines which sector has a future in Europe and which sector has a future outside Europe. Specifically, the proposal has three major critical points: 1. It is unjustified from both an economic and a fairness perspective The proposal pretends to […] CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 30 Mar 2016 Global European Investment Bank faces criticism over financing Cardiff incinerator The European Investment Bank (EIB) has been heavily criticised for its role in the funding of an incinerator owned by Viridor in Cardiff. The bank is expected to finance the incinerator to the cost of £110 million in what the local group Cardiff Against the Incinerator (CATI) have called a ‘corrupt decision’ and a ‘disgrace’. […] Zero Waste Europe · 30 Mar 2016 Global Gasteiz Zero Zabor respond to Vitoria-Gasteiz MSW Plan This blog was written by Gasteiz Zero Zabor in the Basque Country. We have translated and republished the article from their website. If you have been involved in zero waste events or work across Europe, we would love to hear your story. Please send any potential blog posts to matt@zerowasteeurope.eu. Gasteiz Zero Zabor 19/02/16 The […] Zero Waste Europe · 30 Mar 2016 Global Positive signs for zero waste in Madrid Zero Waste is on the agenda at the region of Madrid. Despite the negative situation, positive changes are expected. Ferran Rosa, Zero Waste Europe Policy Officer Last Friday 18th March, the Assembly of Madrid hosted a conference on Zero Waste. The aim was to present the initiatives already taking place in the Region of Madrid, […] Zero Waste Europe · 30 Mar 2016 Global #EUBioenergy consultation: time to see the trees for the forest Today, most of the renewable energy produced in Europe is bioenergy, not without a great deal of controversy and debate. Bioenergy, mostly coming from burning agricultural waste, forestry, and also the organic fraction of municipal solid waste or ‘urban biomass’, has been deemed a ‘false solution’ by many NGOs, high-level scientists and impacted local communities. […] Zero Waste Europe · 30 Mar 2016 Global The new PPWD: legislating for the past or for the future? An analysis of the new EC proposal on Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive (PPWD) On December 2nd the European Commission (EC) presented the new legislative proposal aiming to amend waste directives and move the EU towards a Circular Economy. However if one analyses the text of the proposal on Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive (PPWD) […] Zero Waste Europe · 21 Mar 2016 Global Joint press release on the International Day of Forests-“Forests and Water” “To build a sustainable, climate-resilient future for all, we must invest in our world’s forests.”– UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon The European forest owners, managers, forest industry and professionals, represented by key stakeholders of the European forest sector: CEPF, Copa-Cogeca, ELO, EUSTAFOR, CEI-Bois, CEPI, FECOF, UEF and USSE, welcome the declaration by the UN General Assembly […] CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 20 Mar 2016 Global Hands-on Circular Economy – An inspiring paper mill visit with permanent representation officials The Dutch Presidency of the Council of the European Union organised a field trip for Industry and Environment Council working group members to illustrate the Circular Economy, one of the Presidency’s top priorities. The Presidency chose the state-of the-art paper mill in Roermond, The Netherlands. The mill is operated by Smurfit Kappa and its raw […] CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 20 Mar 2016 Global EU Bioenergy Sustainability Criteria The sustainable forest management framework has evolved and strengthened over time balancing a market based demand for wood products and bioenergy with the other environmental and climate functions of the forest. More recently, the EU policy framework to support the use of energy from renewable sources has led to a strong increase of bio-energy use […] CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 13 Mar 2016 Global EucoLight at Light+Building, Frankfurt, Germany Light + Building is the world’s biggest trade fair for lighting and building-services technology. About 2,500 exhibitors take part at the Frankfurt Fair and Exhibition Centre and almost one in two of the over 210,000 visitors comes from outside Germany. EucoLight, the European association of lighting WEEE compliance schemes will be present at Light+Buidling through […] L'articolo EucoLight at L… EucoLight · 8 Mar 2016 Global Circular Economy for paper: Better design and management guidelines A World Economic Forum publication in collaboration with industry The European paper industry was invited to collaborate with the World Economic Forum (the Forum), the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and the McKinsey Center for Business and Environment on Circular Economy to produce a white paper with guidelines on design and management for circularity. The new publication […] CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 1 Mar 2016 Global Design and Management for Circularity – the Case of Paper The European paper industry was invited to collaborate with the World Economic Forum (the Forum), the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and the McKinsey Center for Business and Environment on Circular Economy to produce a white paper with guidelines on design and management for circularity. The new publication provides essential guidance to all actors in the supply […] CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 1 Mar 2016 Global European Commission keeps wasting energy on “waste-to-energy” European Commission keeps wasting energy on “waste-to-energy” Ferran Rosa, Policy Officer In December 2015, the European Commission launched the Circular Economy Package, which aims to bring a major shift in waste management, product and process design policies and consumption patterns that minimize the landfill and incineration of waste. Less than two months after, on […] Zero Waste Europe · 29 Feb 2016 Global Zero waste press conference against landfill in Debagoiena, Basque Country Zero waste activists hold press conference in Debagoiena, in the Basque Country A group of citizens from Debagoiena held a press conference on February 16 in front of the Community of Debagoiena with the slogan “Landfill no!”. Among people who took part were members of Zero Waste Gipuzkoa (Zero Zabor). They emphasized that Debagoiena is […] Zero Waste Europe · 29 Feb 2016 Global Croatian municipalities adopt ‘Zero Waste 2020’ strategy Since 2006 the seven municipalities of the lower Međimurje (The City of Prelog and the municipalities of Kotoriba, Donja Dubrava, Donji Vidovec, Sveta Marija, Goričan and Donji Kraljevec) have been developing a joint waste management system. Organised by the municipally owned company Pre-Kom, waste has been separately collected in the region since 2007. With the […] Zero Waste Europe · 29 Feb 2016 Global Zero Waste speeds up in Croatia after Zelena akcija / Friends of the Earth Croatia Conference On Wednesday 24 February, representatives of the city of Prelog and six surrounding municipalities signed the European “Zero Waste 2020” strategy at a conference in Prelog organised by NGO Zelena akcija / Friends of the Earth Croatia and the communal waste company PRE-KOM. In signing the strategy, the local authorities – which are already leaders in […] Zero Waste Europe · 26 Feb 2016 Global EUTR implementation report fails to tackle loophole on printed products CEPI, together with INTERGRAF (European Federation for Print and Digital Communication) published a press release commenting on the implementation report of the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) published by the European Commission last week. Judging it as a missed opportunity, the two associations are disappointed that the inclusion of printed products is not recommended strongly enough […] CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 25 Feb 2016 Global Position Paper: The Circular Economy Package and European food waste policy We propose the following recommendations for implementation of robust action on food waste within the Circular Economy Package Click here to see the full policy position in PDF We, the undersigned, support the aspirations of the European Commission’s Circular Economy Package to create a Europe that can dramatically cut its food waste. There are positive […] Zero Waste Europe · 24 Feb 2016