Press Releases
ESMC’s latest press releases.
Here you’ll find the latest press releases from ESMC. To get in contact with any of the chairmen of the ESMC board or ask for comments on the latest press release:
NEWS ARCHIVE
On Monday (21st October) the European Parliament adopted the final version of the “Regulation on Prohibiting Products made with Forced Labour”. The new EU law will ban all products ― and components in products ― that are proven to have been made with forced labour. For the solar PV market…
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We applaud the essential and timely message of the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen followed by 10 concrete actions, proposed by IEA, to repair, connect and stabilise the energy sector of Ukraine. We appreciate the fact that solar PV has been included in IEA actions as…
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Ahead of the formation of the European Commission the European Solar Manufacturing Council (ESMC) reaches out to the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen to position the EU PV manufacturing among the priorities for the new mandate of the European Commission. The ESMC appeal consist of five…
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Today, the Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA) has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union, marking a significant milestone as it enters into force tomorrow (29th June) across all 27 EU Member States. This enables the Member States to apply the NZIA provisions in public procurements, auctions, and…
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MAY 17 The European Solar Manufacturing Council’s (ESMC) Working Group on Sustainable Solar PV Supply Chains has published the new recommendation paper "Implementation of the NZIA Proposition for Sustainability, Social, and Resilience Criteria." This paper aligns with the European Union's Net Zero Industry Act (NZIA), which aims to bolster European…
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This Wednesday, the European Parliament gave a final green light to new rules obliging firms to mitigate their negative impact on human rights and the environment. The Corporate Sustainable Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), as the adopted legislation is called, mandates companies to integrate due diligence (thoroughly researching and mapping supply…
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Today, the European Parliament adopted the Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA), which is a regulation for mandatory non-price resilience and sustainability criteria to be applied in public procurements, auctions, and other forms of public intervention for net-zero products. ESMC welcomes the NZIA as one of the first EU-wide mandatory legislative initiatives…
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Yesterday the European Parliament adopted, with a broad majority, the long awaited Regulation on Prohibiting Products made with Forced Labour (the Forced Labour Regulation (FLR)). ESMC expects that this new European new law will have a significant positive impact on the solar industry, as it mandates the banning of all…
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Today, the European Parliament adopted, with a broad majority, the long-awaited regulation to prohibit products made with forced labour. This new law could have a significant impact on the solar industry, as it mandates the banning of all products made with forced labour from the European market. It is widely…
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ESMC’s members have asked whether they should participate in ESG standard systems particularly in the newly established Solar Stewardship Initiative (SSI). This topic was discussed at the ESMC Annual General Meeting, on March 11th, with the conclusion that the European PV manufacturing companies do not presently view the SSI as…
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