The latest edition of the Retail Forum for Sustainability was held on 11th December in Brussels, on the day Commission President Von der Leyen laid down its vision on how “to transform EU's economy and society to put it on a more sustainable path.”

The European Commission is considering the preparation of possible Implementing Acts laying down minimum quality standards for treatment of Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment (WEEE).

The current ePrivacy proposal has generated great uncertainty across all of these industries, whose efforts to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) risk being jeopardised by an incoherent ePrivacy text.

Italians working on digital policies in Brussels rang the alarm that their home country is lagging behind on indicators, such as the level of regular internet users, digital skills and services. The latest statistics show that also another 14 EU states are below the EU average score of 52.5.

Industry4Europe, a coalition of 149 sector Associations representing the diversity of the EU’s industrial base, today published its new Joint Paper ‘A long-term strategy for Europe’s industrial future: from words to action’. 

The discussion on #CircularStandards is alive and APPLiA will continue to contribute to it.