EU Green Deal

This week the European Commission proposed a new guidance for a sustainable blue economy in the European Union, which is key to both the Recovery Plan and European Green Deal. Frans Timmermans, Executive Vice-President for the Green Deal said: “Healthy oceans are a precondition for a thriving blue...

The EU Action Plan: ‘Towards Zero Pollution for Air, Water and Soil ’ has been adopted by the European Commission. The new plan is a key part of the EU Green Deal and the primary focus of this year’s EU Green Week, which is the EU’s largest annual event on environmental policy, in June. The strategy...

Thanks to their versatility, plastics have become key materials in strategic sectors such as packaging, building and construction, transportation, renewable energy, medical devices, and even sport products. There are about 60 , 000 European companies in the plastics industry, mainly SMEs, employing...

Strengths and weaknesses of different innovation ecosystems to find and propose solutions for improvement and better coordination in Europe

On June 5th and 6th, the launch and presentation of the European innovation project MixMatters will take place at the AINIA facilities in Paterna, Valencia. The agri-food industry produces 113 million tons of biological waste per year in the European Union alone. These waste materials contain...

The official launch of the European project B-Resilient will take place on the 14th of September in Brussels. More than ever, we are conscient that we live in a world of limited resources! Global challenges like the environmental crisis the world is facing today, aggravated by the supply chain and...

Are you ready to enter URBAN TECH Programme How the acceleration programme works? URBAN TECH supports the acceleration of competitive success of European SMEs through market launch of new or significantly improved products and services with higher value (with higher quality, increased access, eco...

HempCluB goal is to enhance the potential of hemp to replace fossil resources in many industries, supporting sustainable and green business models.

Technological Corporation of Andalusia (CTA) has become a member of the European public-private partnership A.SPIRE for cross-sectoral collaboration in R&D and the knowledge transfer between industrial sectors. The objective of A.SPIRE is to ensure the development of enabling technologies and the...

The Catalan Energy Cluster (CEEC) together with the European Commission have organized a virtual day in Brussels to bring the latest developments in environmental, energy and mobility policies to CEEC members. The day began with an institutional welcome by Esther Izquierdo, President of the CEEC, by...

The European Commission has revealed proposals to modernise European Union (EU) legislation on batteries, delivering its first initiative among the actions announced in the new Circular Economy Action Plan. Batteries that are more sustainable throughout their life cycle are key for the goals of the...

The European Commission has unveiled the European Union (EU) Strategy on Offshore Renewable Energy as it steps up efforts to make the Union climate neutral by 2050. The Strategy proposes to increase Europe's offshore wind capacity from its current level of 12 GW to at least 60 GW by 2030 and to 300...