Regulation | 30 May, 2025 at 9:37 AM
EU advances toward 2030 climate and energy goals
EU Member States have significantly closed the gap to achieving the 2030 energy and climate targets.
EU Member States have significantly closed the gap to achieving the 2030 energy and climate targets.
EU's proposal to impose definitive countervailing duties on imports of battery electric vehicles from China has obtained the necessary support from EU Member States for the adoption of tariffs.
The European Commission has approved a €2.7 billion Austrian scheme to support companies active in the industrial sector to decarbonise their production processes.
The European Commission has shared with interested parties the draft decision to impose definitive countervailing duties on imports of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) from China.
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €99.5 million Romanian measure in favor of Nokian Tyres.
The updated Directive on industrial and livestock rearing emissions entered into force on 4 August, revising the former Industrial Emissions Directive (IED).
In 2023, 1.5 million new battery-only electric passenger cars were registered in the EU, raising the total to 4.5 million.
European Union initiatives will make traveling by train in Europe more sustainable.
The European Commission granted a total of €67.4 million in financial aid to support works & studies for cross-border renewable energy projects.
The European Commission has selected 134 transport projects to receive over €7 billion in EU grants from the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF).
European Commission launched the #WaterWiseEU campaign to create a water-resilient Europe by 2050.
The European Commission has imposed provisional countervailing duties on imports of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) from China.
The European Commission has launched the European Solar Academy, the first in a series of EU Academies to be set up under the Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA).
New rules have been approved to completely ban dental amalgams, which contain mercury, and to prohibit the manufacturing, import, and export of other mercury-added products.
The European Commission advanced efforts to support the European hydrogen market by initiating a pilot mechanism.
The European Council has greenlit a series of measures aimed at building a more interconnected and resilient electricity grid across Europe.
The European Council has approved a plan to create a more connected and resilient electricity network across Europe.
The European Commission has approved the fourth Important Project of Common European Interest (IPCEI) under EU State aid rules to support research within the hydrogen value chain.
The European Commission welcomed the final adoption of the Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA), setting the EU on a path to boost domestic manufacturing of key clean technologies.
European Commission voted on the first-ever EU regulations aimed at curbing methane emissions from the energy sector.
Conducted in autumn 2025, the RICS Sustainable Real Estate Survey Europe gathered 112 responses from valuers, developers, investors and other professionals across 30 countries. The findings confirm that ESG has moved from a peripheral concern to a core driver of real estate value, risk and decision-making across Europe.
ProCredit Bank Romania has launched a CO2 Emissions Calculator to help microenterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises quantify and understand their carbon footprint. This initiative reflects the Procredit Group's commitment to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, with client engagement at the core of its Climate Action Strategy.
DSV – Global Transport and Logistics, the world's largest logistics operator, has launched a solar installation at its warehouse in Łozienica, Poland, in partnership with commercial real estate investor Accolade. The installation will meet the energy needs of Poland's first multi-client warehouse equipped with an AutoStore system.
Etem Gestamp, the Sofia-based joint venture between Viohalco Group and Spain's Gestamp Group focused on aluminium extrusion and processing for the automotive industry, and Rezolv Energy, the Actis-backed independent power producer, have signed a 10-year virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) in Bulgaria. The VPPA will see Etem Gestamp buy electricity from Rezolv Energy's 461MW 'Vifor' wind farm, which is about to come onstream in Buzău County, Romania. It is the first cross-border wind PPA that has been publicly announced in Bulgaria.
DP World has launched a five-year coastal restoration programme to create underwater "forests" of native seaweed to boost marine life near the Constanța South Container Terminal on the Black Sea.
