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Subject: EU Taxonomy must contribute to building the Green Deal on solid foundations
Dear
Following up to our earlier exchange on this important subject and the ongoing review
process within the EU Commission, I would like to reiterate our strong concerns about the
way the manufacturing of (mineral wool) insulation is classified in the draft EU Taxonomy
Delegated Act for climate change mitigation and adaptation. In this context, please find
attached, an op-ed by the Eurima-Board published on EURACTIV last week on how the EU
Taxonomy must contribute to building the Green Deal on solid foundations.
For your convenience, please find it available here and attached.
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Hoping that the abovementioned issue is indeed considered in the ongoing process by the
European Commission, we remain available to further discuss with you our suggestions and
support the Commission in its further effort to design and review the EU Taxonomy.
Your sincerely,
European Insulation Manufacturers Association
On behalf of the EURIMA Board members
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EU Taxonomy must contribute to
building the Green Deal on solid
foundations
DISCLAIMER: Al opinions in this column re ect the views of the author(s), not of EURACTIV Media
network.
Stakeholder Opinion
Decarbonising the building sector will make or break Europe’s Green Deal. Thankfully,
renovations are enjoying some much-deserved limelight. But there is one very important
detail which could slow down our hard-won progress, warns the European Insulation
Manufacturers Association (EURIMA).
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If the EU is to hit its 55% emissions cut goal for 2030, the building sector wil have to scrub its
emissions by 60%. That means better-built buildings and lots of renovations, as quickly as possible.
The current rate of overhauls is wel behind the required pace.
We also need such renovations so that people living in leaky homes can escape energy poverty, kids
in schools enjoy healthier conditions and patients in hospitals recover faster. And we know that every
€1 mil ion invested in building renovation creates around 18 jobs.
Renovations are not cheap but thankful y, the EU is starting to put in place initiatives, rules and, most
importantly, sources of funding that mean the ambitious Renovation Wave stands a chance of being a
great success.
One of those initiatives is the EU taxonomy for sustainable activities, a comprehensive set of rules
that is designed to guide investments into green projects and provide the Green Deal with the
nancial boost required to slash emissions and stick to the Paris Agreement.
The European Commission is now putting the nal touches to the taxonomy, building the delegated
acts that wil provide al the criteria needed, ahead of probably publishing it this spring.
But the current draft shows that insulation materials, one of the key solutions in the Renovation
Wave’s arsenal, have been re-categorized. Instead of being included under “energy e ciency
equipment”, they are now listed in the far less speci c “other low-carbon tech” category.
This may seem unimportant when you consider the Commission has to contend with more high-
pro le issues. But it is important, as it risks misrepresenting renovation’s potential and confusing
markets.
A technical expert group initial y recommended that insulation be led under the energy e ciency
equipment category – which is where you would expect it – but that advice, as wel as feedback
provided by industry during the public consultation, has not been so far incorporated.
It would be more than odd not to include insulation under the energy e ciency heading, when
insulation is actual y the sine qua non technology that wil enable other equipment in the e ciency
category to deliver the required energy performance.
The bottom line is that EU Taxonomy should provide clear and logical guidance to investor
community. But the current text of the delegated act risks sending contradictory signals to investors
by ignoring the role of insulation as energy-e ciency technology. Keep in mind that insulation can
save up to 200 times the amount of CO2 produced during its entire production chain!
Thankful y, this is an easy x.
There is just about enough time for the Commission to get it right, before the nancial community is
misled and starts underestimating the added value of one of our most e ective climate technologies.
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Solid foundations are starting to take shape. The EU Renovation Wave sets a clear direction to
decarbonize our building stock, the ‘energy e ciency rst’ principle is nal y taking hold in
policymaking, governments are upping investments in renovations and, quite simply, we have the
technology to achieve what we need to do.
Meeting our climate goals wil need al of our resources and instruments aligned and in step. Given al
the bene ts for jobs, air quality, energy poverty and emission cuts, the taxonomy dossier has to
support the Renovation Wave – and with some minor adjustments, it wil .
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