May 15, 2018
Results of the Call For Evidence Barriers to EU industrial decarbonisation - and proposed solutions Download the Report 7 Industries operating within the EU’s Emissions Trading System (ETS) account for some 42% of the bloc’s total CO₂ emissions. Reducing...
Feb 12, 2017
12 February 2017 A Fact Check on ETS reform claims As alternative facts fly around the European institutions as the ETS reform process comes to a close, Sandbag looks at the truth on what the ETS reform might mean for industry. We focus especially on the cement, steel...
Jan 31, 2017
31 January 2017 As the EU debates whether to raise border tariffs on cement, new research shows that a border adjustment mechanism would offer better incentives to cut cement emissions than the current EU ETS free allocation, whilst rewarding companies that produce...
Oct 26, 2016
26 October 2016 Increasing CO2 intensity: Data from the Cement Sustainability Initiative shows that the carbon intensity of EU cement increased from 2008 to 2014. No carbon leakage: Since 2011, the EU cement sector has vastly increased exports of cement clinker...
