By putting the accent on the combined goal of increasing sustainability and economic growth, the new Circular Economy Action Plan (CEAP 2.0) sets the basis for an innovation-driven policy agenda, which must encourage both ambitious and economically viable solutions to scale up the circularity of the EU economy.

EUROPEN supports the objective of the review which must be carried out in line with the policy objectives of the European Green Deal and the new Circular Economy Action Plan, which set the basis for an innovation-driven policy agenda to pursue sustainable growth and encourage both ambitious and economically viable solutions to scale-up circularity and contribute to climate neutrality.

“The Single Market is fundamental to deliver a circular economy and the European Green Deal” said EUROPEN Managing Director Francesca Stevens, “President von der Leyen reminded us that the Single Market cannot be taken for granted and called for giving it a boost and tearing down barriers. We could not agree more, but what we see on the ground is continued erosion of the Single Market.”

EUROPEN, is pleased to announce the appointment of Francesca Stevens as Managing Director per 1 June 2020. Ms. Stevens joins EUROPEN with twenty years of experience in public affairs roles, most recently with Arconic where she led Government Affairs and Business Development in the European region.

EUROPEN members are doing their utmost to maintain the necessary supply of food and hygiene products as well as medicines to citizens throughout Europe during the COVID-19 pandemic. To guarantee the continued uninterrupted flow of (packaged) goods, the Commission needs to recognise packaging and its raw materials as essential and to open the designated priority lanes, the “green lanes” for their intra-EU transport.