The European Container Glass industry welcomes the European Parliament’s Environment (ENVI) Committee vote amending the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) to promote full packaging circularity. But industry remains deeply concerned that Intellectual Property Rights for packaging are not protected. The risk is that packaged products will start to look the same. Creative designs and iconic shapes will gradually disappear, and commercial value will be squandered because brands can no longer stand out from each other on the shelves.

The Permanent Material Alliance - regrouping the Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging (APEAL), European Aluminium, the European Container Glass Federation (FEVE) and Metal Packaging Europe - welcomes the European Parliament’s Environment Committee support for more ambitious recyclability measures in the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR).

The European Commission's proposal for the Green Claims Directive is laying the groundwork for major packaging industry change. To guide printers and packaging manufacturers through the new regulations, B2B marketing communications specialist PHD Marketing has shared its insights and top tips for success.

At the Global Gateway Forum, European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Olivér Várhelyi and European Investment Bank (EIB) President Werner Hoyer formalised a financial package under which the European Commission will provide an investment grant of €12 million for the EIB Global project to rehabilitate and modernise two key sections of railway line in Moldova.

At the Global Gateway Forum, EU Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Olivér Várhelyi and European Investment Bank (EIB) President Werner Hoyer signed part of a financial package to improve education infrastructure in Armenia. The package will include a grant of €10 million provided by the European Commission through EIB Global.

Financing of EUR 434 million to support the delivery of more than 2,700 new high quality, affordable student beds in Ireland

EUR 200 million long-term European Investment Bank financing to support accommodation construction and refurbishment investment at Irish universities and technological universities agreed during EIB President’s visit to Ireland
First ever dedicated student accommodation funding deal between European Investment Bank and Housing Finance Agency welcomed by Minister for Further and Higher Education Simon Harris

A diverse network of more than 450 global experts at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting of the Global Future Councils 2023 highlighted the value of interdisciplinary and multistakeholder solutions to economic, technological, societal and environmental challenges in the face of geopolitical and economic uncertainty.

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