📅 8 April 2025
Brussels, Belgium
The Commission’s recently adopted Competitiveness Compass charts a clear course for the EU. It underscores the importance of ensuring sustainable prosperity in its competitiveness agenda while preserving its unique social market economy. Succeeding in this transition will the EU safeguard its sovereignty, economic security, and global influence.
As the continent transitions towards a net-zero economy, shaping a favourable market to develop and manufacture the clean technologies for this transformation is key. This is not just imperative to meet the EU’s climate neutrality target but a significant opportunity for the EU to build a clean, innovative, and competitive economy in a carbon-constrained world.
The forthcoming Clean Industrial Deal will play a central role in putting Europe on its desired path. It aims to secure the EU as an attractive location for manufacturing, including energy-intensive industries, and to promote cleantech and new circular business models.
This year’s Cleantech Conference will explore the Clean Industrial Deal and how Europe is going to navigate the much-needed investment for decarbonization. Notably, the conference will discuss how decarbonisation through innovation, thanks to initiatives like the Innovation Fund, can give the EU the upper hand in the race to climate neutrality.
