Clean Industrial Deal
The Clean Industrial Deal is a strategic growth plan designed to reindustrialise the EU, with a focus on decarbonising energy-intensive sectors and innovating clean technologies.
It outlines short-, medium-, and long-term actions to foster a greener, cleaner, and more competitive industrial environment. The Deal identifies six key business drivers: affordable energy, lead markets, financing, circularity and material access, global markets and international partnerships, and skills development.
Why is it important?
The Deal supports the EU’s ambitions to accelerate the green transition by promoting:
- Lower energy costs
- Green lead markets
- Sustainable and circular materials
- Better access to investments
The Deal’s actions are critical for ensuring that European industries remain competitive in a decarbonised global economy.
The EPMF supports the overall objectives of the Clean Industrial Deal. As the Commission and Member States work to implement the various initiatives outlined within the Deal, we believe it is imperative that the Deal:
- Ensures that precious metals benefit from support for lead markets, access to affordable clean energy, green hydrogen, and circularity measures.
- Promotes development of “end of waste” criteria, export limits on critical raw material waste, and creates incentives for increased metal scrap use.
- Advocates for clear regulatory alignment between the Clean Industrial Deal and chemicals management, including the upcoming REACH revision.
The EPMF will actively participate in the Clean Industrial Dialogue on Circularity to represent precious metals industry interests.
