EUROPEAN ALLIANCE FOR A GREEN RECOVERY
At the initiative of Pascal Canfin, Chair of the Environment Committee at the European Parliament, 180 political decision-makers, business leaders, trade unions, NGOs, and think tanks have come together to form a European alliance for a Green Recovery.
This first pan-European call for mobilisation on post-crisis green investment packages will work to build the recovery and transformation plans which enshrine the fight against climate change and biodiversity as a key pillar of the economic strategy. Sharing the belief that the economic recovery will only come with massive investments to protect and create jobs and to support all companies, regions and sectors that have suffered from the economy coming to a sudden halt, the alliance commits to contribute to the post-crisis investment decisions needed to reboot and reboost the economy.
The signatories of the letter represent millions of employees from Europe’s renewable energy and energy efficiency value chains across the electricity, heating, cooling, building and transport sectors as well as supportive associations.
They call on the EU Commission to:
- Fully integrate the proposed economic stimulus packages and the European Green Deal (as proposed by the European Council). Investments in a zero-carbon infrastructure and innovative solutions are the best and most cost-effective route to economic recovery on a national and supranational level while at the same time preparing the grounds for a secure and sustainable energy system.
- Bring forward the necessary investments for rapid recovery.
- Use the stimulus packages to accelerate investments in energy efficiency, renewable heating and cooling, electricity, mobility, zero-carbon buildings, and industrial processes.
- Ensure ongoing supply of clean energy and ongoing investments in energy transition can continue in the current pandemic as essential services.
Ministers
- Enzo Amendola, Italian Minister for European Affairs
- Per Bolund, Swedish Minister for Financial Markets and Housing;
- Elisabeth Borne, French Minister for the Ecological and Inclusive Transition
- Sergio Costa, Italian Minister of the Environment
- Carole Dieschbourg, Luxembourg Minister of Environment, Climate and Sustainable Development
- Franz Fayot, Luxembourg Minister of Economy, Cooperation and humanitarian Aid
- Joao Pedro Matos Fernandes, Portuguese Minister of the Environment and Energy Transition
- Leonore Gewessler, Austrian Minister for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology
- Pierre Gramegna, Luxembourg Minister for Finance
- Dan Jorgensen, Danish Minister for Climate, Energy and Utilities
- Werner Kogler, Vice-chancellor of Austria
- Isabella Lövin, Swedish Minister for Environment and Climate, and Deputy Prime Minister
- Krista Mikkonen, Finnish Minister for Environment and Climate
- Brune Poirson, French Secretary of State, attached to the Minister for the Ecological and Inclusive Transition
- Teresa Ribera, Vice President of the Spanish Government – Minister for the Ecological Transition and Demographic challenge
- Svenja Schulze, German Minister for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
- Claude Turmes, Luxembourg Minister for Energy and Spatial planning
- Emmanuelle Wargon, French Secretary of State,
attached to the Minister for the Ecological and Inclusive Transition
Companies
- 3M EMEA
- Aldersgate group;
- Anheuser-Busch InBev
- Covestro
- Danone
- E.ON SE
- EDP
- ENEL
- ENGIE
- Enviva
- European Investment Bank
- H&M Group
- Iberdrola
- INGKA group – Ikea
- InnoEnergy
- Inter IKEA Group
- L’Oreal
- MAIF
- Microsoft
- Neste
- Nestlé
- PepsiCo Europe
- Renault group
- Royal DSM
- Saint Gobain
- Schneider Electric
- Signify Europe
- SITRA
- Suez group
- Tarkett
- The Coca Cola Company’s Western Europe Business Unit
- The LEGO Group
- Umicore
- Unilever
- Verallia
- Verbund
- Volvo Group
- We Mean Business
Associations
- AEDIVE
- Agora Energiewende
- Associacion Eolica Espanola
- Association Française des Sociétés financières
- AVERE
- Bioenergy Europe
- CAN Europe
European Climate Foundation - CDP Europe
- Center of Energy Efficient Solutions
- Climate Leadership Coalition
- Confédération of European Paper Industries
- Corporate Leaders Group
- European Alliance of Company for Energy Efficiency in Buildings
- European Alliance to Save Energy
- European Building Automation and Control Association
- European Environmental Bureau
- European Heating Industry
- European Insulation Manufacturers Association
- European Partnership for Energy and Environment
- European Solar Thermal Electricity Association;
- Eurocities
- EuropeOn
- Foundation 2° – German CEOs for Climate Protection;
- Deutscher Naturschutzring;
- Glass Europe
- I4CE
- Skift Business Climate Leaders
- SmartEn
- Solar Heat Europe
- SolarPower Europe
- Terra Nova
- USIPA
- WindEurope
MEPs
- Alviina Alametsa, MEP, Greens/ EFA
- Eric Andrieu, MEP, Vice-President of the S&D Group
- Margrete Auken, MEP, Greens/ EFA
- Stéphane Bijoux, MEP, Renew Europe
- Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, MEP, Renew Europe
- Michael Bloss, MEP, Greens/ EFA
Simona Bonafe, MEP, Vice-President of the S&D Group - Biljana Borzan, Vice-President of the S&D Group at the European Parliament
- Gilles Boyer, MEP, Quaestor and Member of the Bureau for Renew Europe
- Klaus Buchner, MEP, Greens/ EFA
- Delara Buckhardt, MEP, S&D
- Pascal Canfin, MEP, Chair of the Environment Committee, Renew Europe
- Anna Cavazzini, MEP, Greens/ EFA
- Catherine Chabaud, MEP, Renew Europe
- Mohamed Chahim, MEP, S&D
- Olivier Chastel, MEP, Renew Europe
- Ilana Cicurel, MEP, Renew Europe
- Dacian Ciolos, MEP, President of Renew Europe
- Katalin Cseh, MEP, Vice-President of Renew Europe
- Miriam Dalli, MEP, Vice-President of the S&D Group
- Johan Danielsson, MEP, Coordinator in the Transport Committee, S&D
- Paolo De Castro, MEP, Coordinator in the Agriculture Committee, S&D
- Petra de Sutter, MEP, Chair of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, Greens/EFA
- Pascal Durand, MEP, Renew Europe
- Bas Eickhout, MEP, Vice-President & Coordinator in the Environment Committee, Greens/EFA
- Ismail Ertug, MEP, Vice-President of the S&D Group
- Laurence Farreng, MEP, Renew Europe
- Fredrik Federley, MEP, Vice-President of Renew Europe
- Jonas Fernandez Alvarez, MEP, Coordinator in the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee, S&D
- Helen Fritzon, MEP, Vice-President of the S&D Group
- Iratxe Garcia Pérez, MEP, President of the S&D Group
- Sven Giegold, MEP, Greens/ EFA
- Sandro Gozi, MEP, Renew Europe
- Christophe Grudler, MEP, Renew Europe
- Bernard Guetta, MEP, Renew Europe
- Jytte Guteland, MEP, Coordinator in the Environment Committee, S&D
- Martin Häusling, MEP, Greens/ EFA
- Valérie Hayer, MEP, Renew Europe
- Eero Heinaluoma, MEP, S&D
- Martin Hojsik, MEP, Renew Europe
- Pär Holmgren, MEP, Greens/EFA
- Sophie In’t Veld, MEP, Renew Europe
- Yannick Jadot, MEP, Greens/EFA
- Agnes Jongerius, MEP, Coordinator in the Employment and Social Affairs Committee, S&D
- Radan Kanev, MEP, EPP
- Pierre Karleskind, MEP, President of the Fisheries Committee, Renew Europe
- Fabienne Keller, MEP, Renew Europe
- Ska Keller, MEP, Co-President of the of the Greens/EFA
- Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, MEP, S&D
- Philippe Lamberts, MEP Co-President of the of the Greens/EFA
- Nathalie Loiseau, MEP, Chair of the Subcommittee on Security and Defence, Renew Europe
- Karen Melchior, MEP, Renew Europe
- Tilly Metz, MEP, Greens/ EFA
- Iskra Mihaylova, MEP, Vice-President of Renew Europe
- Dan Nica, MEP, Coordinator in the Industry Committee, S&D
- Ville Niinistö, MEP, Greens/ EFA
- Grace O’Sullivan, MEP, Greens/ EFA
- Paulus, MEP, Greens/ EFA
- Kira Marie Peter-Hansen, MEP, Greens/EFA
- Morten Petersen, MEP, Vice-Chair of the Industry Committee, Renew Europe
- Pietikainen MEP, EPP
- Kati Piri, MEP, Vice-President of the S&D Group
- Rovana Plumb, MEP, Vice-President of the S&D Group Dominique Riquet, MEP, Vice-President of Renew Europe
- Michèle Rivasi, MEP, Greens/ EFA
- Soraya Rodriguez Ramos, MEP, Renew Europe
- Stéphane Séjourné, MEP, Renew Europe
- Sylwia Spurek , MEP, S&D
- Irène Tolleret, MEP, Renew Europe
- Nils Torvalds, MEP, Coordinator in the Environment Committee, Renew Europe
- Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, MEP, Renew Europe
- Marie-Pierre Vedrenne, MEP, Renew Europe
- Pernille Weiss, MEP, EPP
- Sarah Wiener, MEP, Greens/ EFA
- Michal Wiezik, MEP, EPP
- Tiemo Wolken, MEP, S&D
- Stephanie Yon Courtin, MEP, Renew Europe
- Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, MEP, Renew Europe
- Carlos Zorrinho, MEP, S&D.
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