To meet global challenges, governments are intervening and regulating more than ever. Sooner rather than later, your market will be impacted. Our focus on specific policy areas lets us understand your challenges more profoundly — and be more effective.
Energy policy is at the heart of the climate transition. The Renewable Energy Directive III, the revised ETS framework of Fit for 55, ETS2 covering buildings and road transport, and the geopolitically driven REPowerEU Plan are the drivers behind new business creation in the energy industry — alongside emerging debates on bioenergy sustainability criteria, cross-border RE financing and small modular reactors (SMR).
Through the European industrial strategy and the Green Deal Industrial Plan — with its Net-Zero Industry Act, Critical Raw Materials Act and electricity market reform — the EU aims to keep European industry leading in the green and digital age. The Chips Act targets doubling the EU's global semiconductor market share from 10% to at least 20% by 2030.
The transition pathway for the chemical industry aims to safeguard the continent's 4th-largest industrial sector. REACH already has a huge impact, and initiatives such as the proposed wide PFAS ban and the new F-Gas Regulation raise the stakes further for cooling, heating and process-driven industries.
The 2023 Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy centres on green and digital transformation. Strengthened CO₂ standards set a 100% reduction target for new cars and vans from 2035, the heavy-duty CO₂ framework is under discussion, and the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation sets targets for zero-emission infrastructure roll-out.
The Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) enables the EU to lead in peace-keeping, conflict prevention and international security. Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) supports joint capacity building between member states, and the €8 billion European Defence Fund funds joint, cross-border military R&D.
Critical Raw Materials are indispensable for strategic sectors — renewables, digital, space and defence. The Critical Raw Materials Act secures sustainable supply, while CBAM, a central pillar of Fit for 55, equalises the carbon price between domestic products and imports, with certificate obligations from 2026.
The Digital Markets Act and Digital Services Act reshape the rules for large platforms and online content. The Data Governance Act and Data Act increase trust and fairness in data sharing, while the GDPR remains the world's toughest privacy and security law for any organisation handling EU data.
NIS2 advances a high common level of cybersecurity across the EU, tightening risk-management, reporting and information-sharing obligations for medium and large entities in essential sectors. The pending Cyber Resilience Act aims to ensure more secure hardware and software products with digital elements.
The EU Taxonomy classifies sustainable activities, the CSRD broadens sustainability reporting to more companies and listed SMEs, SFDR improves transparency of sustainable finance, and the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive anchors human-rights and environmental duties in corporate governance.
We turn policy developments into opportunities and protect your position along the way.
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