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CLG Europe develops credible, ambitious positions amongst its membership and deploys effective strategic communications to engage with the highest levels of policy audiences.

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Response to Circular economy monitoring framework - Revision

3 Jun 2022

The current monitoring framework gives a helpful snapshot view of various key trends for the circular economy. This is helpful to understand the rates of areas such as self-sufficiency of raw materials, recycling rates and re-introduction of recycled material into the ecosystem. We suggest building upon this set of indicators to include a wider array of monitoring functions to understand the circular economy more broadly, as well as supporting the monitoring of the impact of newer circular economy policy initiatives. Please see further details in our attachment.
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Meeting with Aleksandra Tomczak (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans), Anthony Agotha (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans), Damyana Stoynova (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans), Diederik Samsom (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans), Stefanie Hiesinger (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

27 Apr 2022 · RePowerEU

Meeting with Barbara Glowacka (Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson)

28 Jan 2022 · To discuss the main findings of CLG new briefing, with a focus on energy, and how they could support our priorities.

Meeting with Virginijus Sinkevičius (Commissioner) and

29 Oct 2021 · To discuss environmental and climate issues ahead of the COP26.

Meeting with Mauro Raffaele Petriccione (Director-General Climate Action)

18 Jun 2021 · Fit for 55 package

Meeting with Kurt Vandenberghe (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen)

19 May 2021 · Fit for 55

Meeting with Diederik Samsom (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

11 May 2021 · Keynote speech on the European Green Deal at the "event CLG Europe and the Green Growth Partnership"

Meeting with Katherine Power (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness)

22 Feb 2021 · Sustainability

Response to Sustainable Products Initiative

16 Nov 2020

The Corporate Leaders Group Europe, a leading cross-sectoral business voice convened across the EU in support of a climate neutral economy, welcomes the sustainable products initiative and the revision of the Ecodesign Directive, as we believe that the Commission should make its new sustainable product policy framework a priority legislative initiative and set ambitious environmental design parameters including on the carbon footprint and material efficiency of key industrial materials. CLG Europe recognises the need to have in place not only an ambitious sustainable product policy framework that better incentivises final products that are more circular, cleaner and more energy efficient during their ‘in-use' phase but also a framework that better incentivises the production of base materials and the manufacturing of final products themselves in a cleaner and more energy and material efficient manner. The Commission should give particular attention to: Measures that can directly incentivise clean innovation such as the development of performance requirements for ultra-low carbon and circular materials/products; Performance-based public procurement standards in order to drive demand towards low embodied carbon products and materials (and which could also help influence procurement in the private sector.); and labelling requirements that better inform consumers about the life cycle emissions of the final products. The sustainable products initiative should give special attention to heavy industry – in particular steel, cement and chemicals – as the measures required to decarbonise heavy industry are essential for the broader effort to achieve a net-zero economy in Europe by 2050. The sustainable product initiative should also aim to contribute to a green economic recovery as European industry has been severely hit by the Covid-19 crisis and it requires deep process, product and business model transformations as Europe transitions to a net zero emission, resource-efficient economy. Further, a more circular economy is expected to have a positive impact on the overall economy and on labour markets. References: University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL). (2019). Forging a carbon-neutral heavy industry by 2050: How Europe can seize the opportunity, Cambridge, UK: The Prince of Wales’s Corporate Leaders Group. University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL). (2020). How the EU Industrial Strategy and Circular Economy Action Plan can support the decarbonisation of European industry, Cambridge, UK: CLG Europe. University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL). (2020). Maximising the benefits: Economic, employment and emissions impacts of a Green Recovery Plan in Europe. Technical Report. Cambridge, UK: CLG Europe. University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL). (2020). The Green Deal and Europe’s recovery: Building a prosperous, resilient and climate neutral EU through business and political action, Cambridge, UK: CLG Europe. University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL). (2020). Working towards a climate neutral Europe: Jobs and skills in a changing world. Technical Report. Cambridge, UK: CLG Europe.
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Meeting with Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President) and European Environmental Bureau and

27 Oct 2020 · Business and investor support for higher ambition and the just transition

Meeting with Alina-Stefania Ujupan (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager)

26 Jun 2020 · To discuss green deal, jobs and skills for digital transformation

Meeting with Kurt Vandenberghe (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen)

22 Jun 2020 · European green deal

Response to A EU hydrogen strategy

8 Jun 2020

CLG Europe welcomes the development of an EU strategy on hydrogen. The focus of the strategy should be on outlining an approach that supports the manufacturing, deployment and infrastructure needs associated with bringing only the cleanest forms of hydrogen to market and to consider this as part of a wider EU strategy to help decarbonise EU industry. Hydrogen has to be able to demonstrate that it can be a sustained and sustainable part of a net zero economy. The EU hydrogen strategy must also take account of the wide range of other measures that will support the decarbonisation of EU industry, in particular key levers such as: increasing efficiency of materials and energy use, and materials substitution for low embodied carbon options; capturing and permanently storing residual CO2 emissions and adopting circular economy approaches to recirculate inputs and using clean electricity from other renewable energy sources.
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Meeting with Helena Braun (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

5 May 2020 · EU Green Deal and crisis recovery

Meeting with Alina-Stefania Ujupan (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager)

10 Jan 2020 · Green deal and digitalisation

Meeting with Peter Wehrheim (Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan), Tom Tynan (Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan)

16 Dec 2018 · Zero emissions future

Meeting with Robert Schröder (Cabinet of Commissioner Carlos Moedas)

29 Nov 2018 · Decarbonisation strategy

Meeting with Karmenu Vella (Commissioner) and

28 Nov 2017 · blue economy financing principles

Meeting with Karmenu Vella (Commissioner) and

2 May 2017 · Blue Economy Financing Principles

Meeting with Karmenu Vella (Commissioner) and

24 Feb 2017 · Blue Economy financing, Our Ocean Conference 2017

Meeting with Karmenu Vella (Commissioner)

25 Nov 2016 · Ocean Governance, Blue Economy

Meeting with Maroš Šefčovič (Vice-President) and

29 Sept 2016 · State of play of the Energy Union