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The transport sector accounts for around a quarter of the EU’s total greenhouse gas emissions, with road transport responsible for the majority. As a company dependent on efficient logistics, Amazon is taking concrete steps to decarbonise its operations and support Europe’s climate ambitions. Across several Member States, the company is expanding its fleet of zero-exhaust emission vehicles, investing in electric trucks and delivering packages by lower-emission rail freight. These initiatives demonstrate how innovation in transport can combine operational efficiency with environmental responsibility. Read the full story on Invested in Europe. 

Construction and demolition waste accounts for more than a third of all waste generated in the EU, much of which ends up in landfills. Nearly 30 years ago, Paroc, a subsidiary of Owens Corning, began to help change this trajectory by launching one of the first stone wool recycling programmes in Sweden. Through the REWOOL system, stone wool offcuts from production and construction sites are collected, sorted and recycled into new insulation products. This approach supports circular economy business models, reduces reliance on virgin raw materials and improves building sustainability ratings. Customer demand continues to grow as REWOOL expands into new markets. Read the full story on Invested in Europe. 

Although the European Chemicals Agency’s updated Background Document improves the universal per and polyfluoroalkyl substances restriction, it disregards PFAS’ diverse properties and uses, fails to adequately apply the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals Regulation’s risk-based principles, proposes arbitrary general exemption timelines that do not reflect individual sectors’ realities, threatens to cause major disruptions across European supply chains and creates regulatory uncertainty, discouraging investment and innovation within the EU.