In a Nutshell What is the EU ETS? The EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) is a market-based approach for setting a price for carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. It works on a ‘cap and trade’ basis whereby a ‘cap’, or limit, is set on the total greenhouse gas (GHG)...
In a Nutshell What is the IAA? The EU Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA) is a proposed Regulation aimed at strengthening the competitiveness and accelerating the decarbonisation of EU manufacturing. It specifically targets energy-intensive industries (EIIs), net-zero...
In a Nutshell What is the EU CRCF? The EU Carbon Removals and Carbon Farming Regulation (CRCF) provides a voluntary regulatory framework for the certification of permanent carbon removals, carbon farming and carbon storage in products. The framework has been developed...
In a Nutshell The Industrial Decarbonisation Bank (IDB) is expected to be a EUR 100 billion EU initiative designed to finance the industrial green transition. What is the Industrial Decarbonisation Bank? Born from the Clean Industrial Deal (CID), the IDB aims to boost...
In June 2025, the file has been paused and should therefore be considered as inactive. In a Nutshell The Directive for the Substantiation of Explicit Environmental Claims (Green Claims Directive) is a legislative proposal that aims to address and reduce greenwashing...
