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— last modified 21 July 2017 The members of the Global Green Finance Council (GGFC) support the transition to a sustainable economy and, during a recent meeting, welcomed the interim…

GlassFibreEurope, the European Glass Fibre Producers Association (APFE) and Tech-Fab Europe (TFE), have called on all actors in the glass fibre value chain to stand united in the fight against…

— last modified 20 July 2017The European Transport Workers? Federation (ETF) and the European Cockpit Association (ECA) met with the Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc and the Employment Commissioner Marianne Thyssen…

In the vote on import approval for a new variety of genetically engineered soybeans in Brussels on 12 July, Germany was the only country which abstained.  According to well informed…

— last modified 14 July 2017On 11 July, two Committees in the European Parliament voted on their Opinions on European Commission’s proposal for a Copyright Directive: the Committee on Culture…

— last modified 13 July 2017 WWF applauds today’s decision by the European Commission to take Poland to European Court of Justice because of the increased logging in the Bialowieza…

— last modified 06 July 2017The European Parliament today called on the Commission to produce an EU implementation strategy for the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and to analyse the…

— last modified 06 July 2017Copa and Cogeca, CELCAA and FoodDrinkEurope welcome the announcement made at today´s EU-Japan Summit on the ‘in principle’ agreement of an EU-Japan trade agreement, saying…

— last modified 05 July 2017The EU’s biggest investors are partly aligned with the Paris agreement’s climate target of keeping global warming well under 2°C but still invest too much…

— last modified 03 July 2017The final step of the adoption of the EU Waste legislative package is in the informal Trilogue phase. The European Parliament, the Council and the…