Confederation of European Paper Industries
Budget
€500 — €0
EP Access
10
accredited persons
Staff
11
6.25 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & Goals
Cepi is the European association representing the paper industry. We offer a wide range of renewable and recyclable wood-based fibre solutions to EU citizens: from packaging to textile, hygiene and tissue products, printing and graphic papers as well as speciality papers, but also bio-chemicals for food and pharmaceuticals, bio-composites and bioenergy. Through its 19 national associations, Cepi gathers 480 companies operating 856 mills across Europe and directly employing more than 175,000 people. We are a responsible industry: 91% of our raw materials are sourced in Europe and certified as sustainable, 92% of the water we use is returned in good condition to the environment. . We are the world champion in recycling at the rate of 79.3%. At the forefront of the decarbonisation and industrial transformation of our economy, we embrace digitalisation and bring 20 billion value addition to the European economy and €5.5 billion investments annually.
EU Legislative Interests
- Forestry and Natural Resources (LULUCF, Forest Strategy) - Environment (Industrial emissions, Water policy, Fertilisers) - Recycling and Waste (Waste Framework Directive and Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive) - Circular Economy (Plastics Startegy) - Product Policy - Research and Innovation Policy (Horizon Europe) - Energy and Climate Action (Long-term climate-neutrality Strategy 2050, Emissions Trading System, Energy Efficiency, Energy Union, Renewable energy, Resource Efficiency) - Food contact materials - Transport (EU mobility packages, Trans-European networks) - Sustainability - Trade - Bioeconomy - Employment and Social Policy - EU industrial policy and competitiveness - Sustainable finance and investment
Communication Activities
Latest statistics (2024): https://www.cepi.org/cepi-key-statistics-2024/ Cepi Industry Manifesto 2030 (2020): https://www.cepi.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Cepi-2030-Industry-Manifesto.pdf On-going initiatives: • GreenSource: Europe’s forest fibre industry contribution to climate neutrality (https://www.eugreensource.org/) • Energy Solutions Forum • REINVEST2050: https://reinvest2050.eu/ • Circular Choices: https://www.circularchoices.eu/ Events (https://www.cepi.org/events/): • Cepi Bioeconomy LAB (biennial) • European Paper Recycling Awards (biennial) • RE-INVEST2050, Advancing low-carbon innovation in the forest fibre and paper industry (biennial) • European Bioeconomy Conference (annual) - https://bioeconomyconference.eu/
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
https://www.cepi.org/about-cepi/partners-networks/
Organisation Members
AUSTROPAPIER www.austropapier.at COBELPA www.cobelpa.be ACPP www.acpp.cz FFIF www.forestindustries.fi (39671713910-36) COPACEL www.copacel.fr DIE PAPIERINDUSTRIE https://www.papierindustrie.de/ (496070817037-69) Evihe https://evihe.com/en/ CSAOSZ www.en.csaosz.hu/ ASSOCARTA www.assocarta.it Royal VNP www.vnp.nl Norsk Industri www.norskindustri.no SPP www.spp.pl CELPA www.celpa.pt ROMPAP rompap.romania@gmail.com ZCPP SRwww.paper.sk Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia www.gzs.si ASPAPELwww.aspapel.es SFIF www.forestindustries.se (355702910008-47) CPI www.paper.org.uk (453515910702-95) The following companies are member of the CEPI Board: Billerud Burgo DS Smith (314594018405-77) Heinzel Group Holmen Mayr-Melnhof Metsä group (962687110415-94) Mondi Norske Skog Progroup SAICA Sappi (891751020903-63) SCA (811973020584-68) Smurfit Westrock Europe (03607212990-30) Stora Enso (834721317163-08) UPM Kymmene (861194311863-31)
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.