📢 CLG Europe and more than 130 companies from across over 18 EU countries and beyond have launched today a joint letter to EU policymakers, calling for the effective implementation of the #CleanIndustrialDeal.
This united voice includes major companies like SSAB, Signify, ROCKWOOL Group, AVEVA, Vattenfall, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners, VELUX, Volvo Cars, Iberdrola, EDF, Nexi Group, Unilever, investors such as Triodos Bank, DPAM, Mirova, representing over €236 billion in assets under management, SMEs, start ups, business networks and industry associations.
This comes at a critical moment, just one week ahead of the European Council meeting (23–24 October), where EU leaders will discuss competitiveness, the twin transition and the proposed 90% emissions reduction target by 2040.
🌍 The global race for clean industrial leadership is accelerating. Europe must act now to stay ahead, with clear direction, stable regulation and strategic investment.
In the letter, the signatories emphasise: “Regulatory stability does not mean inertia – it means simplifying where possible, while preserving a clear, credible long-term direction.”
The letter outlines a business roadmap for resilience and competitiveness, and a way to #InvestInEUStrengths, urging action in eight priority areas:
✅ A 90% climate target by 2040 to signal long-term ambition
✅ Affordable clean energy and electrification to cut costs and boost independence
✅ Lead markets and public procurement for low-carbon products
✅ Accelerated cleantech deployment and strategic investment
✅ Mobilising investments to crowd in private capital and bridge the investment gap
✅ Circular economy as a strategic asset
✅ Speeding up the twin digital and green transition enhance productivity
✅ Cohesion and fairness to ensure the transition benefits all Europeans
Europe has the talent, innovation and industrial base to lead the clean transition. The Clean Industrial Deal must become the engine of Europe’s global leadership in clean industrialisation.
📄 Read the letter and explore how businesses, business networks, and investors are calling for a future-fit EU industrial strategy: https://lnkd.in/dfWqgs8m
Ursula von der Leyen, Wopke Hoekstra, Dan Jørgensen, Teresa Ribera, Stéphane Séjourné, Kurt Vandenberghe, Jan Dusík, Peter Van Kemseke, Olivia Gippner, Terhi Lehtonen, Arthur Corbin, Estelle Göger, Maive Rute, Valere Moutarlier, Marta Balossino, Søren Jacobsen, Radan Kanev, Tom Berendsen, Christophe Grudler MEP, Nicolás González Casares, Sara Matthieu, Angelika Niebler, Thomas Pellerin-Carlin, Elisabetta Gualmini, Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy
