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This time, in #UnwrappingPPWR, we're diving into the realm of labelling with Sevrine Pereira.

"Can joint industry initiatives help relaunch competitiveness?" asked EUROPEN's Secretary General Francesca Stevens to AmCham EU's Policy Director Thibaut L’Ortye.

EUROPEN's Secretary General Francesca Stevens summarises the 5 priorities of the Joint European Industry Manifesto.

As European elections approach, the urgency of deindustrialisation and threats to European competitiveness are at the forefront. Industry bodies and business leaders are joining their voices to revitalise competitiveness, drive innovation, and position Europe as a global leader in the twin digital and green transition. EUROPEN’s Francesca Siciliano Stevens invited Thibaut L'Ortye from the American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union (AmCham EU) and Konstantinos Panitsas from the Conference Board to a LinkedIn live discussion to bring diverse perspectives and expertise to the table.

Marzia Scopelliti provides insights on PPWR #wasteprevention requirements.

Sevrine Pereira talks about the concept of recyclability under PPWR.

Marzia Scopelliti talks about the #stateofplay of the #PPWR and EUROPEN's initial analysis of the Regulation.

A strong Single Market is a key enabler of packaging circularity, able to create greater economies of scale and support investments in innovation, and is our best ally to reverse Europe's external dependencies. Its continued functioning remains crucial to the global competitiveness and green transition of our economy.

The PPWR should set requirements to build up adequate sorting, collection and recycling infrastructure across Europe to enable the recycling of packaging that is already recyclable by design. As the first step of the recycling process is collection, the PPWR needs to set out clearly that all packaging complying with Design for Recycling criteria, adopted as per the proposal, shall be collected for recycling.

2021 has been a major year of change for EUROPEN. Listen to Francesca Stevens, EUROPEN Secretary General, as the year comes to a close.

2021 has kept us on our toes. As the year is drawing to a close, there is no better time to pause and look back at the work that has been carried out by the entire packaging value chain to advance packaging sustainability.

On Thursday 14 October 2021, EUROPEN held a webinar on "The Single Market: the key to unlock the Green Deal", kindly hosted by MEP Maria Spyraki. The Single Market is the engine of the European Union, allowing people, goods and services to move and operate freely driving closer economic and political cooperation across the continent for almost 30 years. However, diverging rules at national level and a lack of coordination and enforcement at European level are undermining the values it was built upon. New national trade barriers are restricting access and stifling cross-border trade, hindering the free flow of goods and services across Europe and jeopardising not only Europe’s economic recovery but it’s green transition. Our outstanding panelists explored how we can address these internal market barriers, establish proper enforcement of the rules at EU level, and ensure effective cooperation between all institutional actors to make the Single Market fit for the green transition.

EUROPEN's Secretary General Francesca Stevens explaining the impact of EU legislation on businesses and the importance for the EU to recognise the role industry plays to deliver the circular economy transition, the Green Deal, digital transformation, and what tools are needed to achieve this.

“I was really impressed when I joined [EUROPEN] to see the level of participation, the level of expertise, and that’s very much what defines EUROPEN”. Francesca Stevens, Managing Director, about EUROPEN’s new chapter in a critical moment of the evolution of legislation on packaging.

“The changes we are making need to be fit for the future – for people and for the planet.” EUROPEN’s Managing Director explains why now is the time for robust stakeholder dialogue across a range of EU policy areas under review.