Recent meetings
| Date | Commissioner / Cabinet | Topic | File |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02 Jul 2025 | Arthur Corbin Cabinet member | EU Clean Industrial Dialogue on Circularity | — |
| 02 Jul 2025 | Arthur Corbin Cabinet member | EU Clean Industrial Dialogue on Circularity | SRC |
| 13 Jun 2025 | Peter Wehrheim Head of Unit | Discussion on circular bioeconomy, bridging innovation to production, funding instruments and legislative bottle necks | — |
| 13 Jun 2025 | Peter Wehrheim Head of Unit | Discussion on circular bioeconomy, bridging innovation to production, funding instruments and legislative bottle necks | SRC |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Vincent Hurkens Cabinet member | Omnibus simplification | — |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Vincent Hurkens Cabinet member | Omnibus simplification | SRC |
| 18 Feb 2025 | Terhi Lehtonen Cabinet member | To hear interest representatives’ view on green policy objectives. | — |
| 18 Feb 2025 | Terhi Lehtonen Cabinet member | To hear interest representatives’ view on green policy objectives. | SRC |
| 12 Feb 2025 | Luis Planas Herrera Cabinet member | Green claims | — |
| 12 Feb 2025 | Luis Planas Herrera Cabinet member | Green claims | SRC |
| 11 Feb 2025 | Miguel Jose Garcia Jones Cabinet member | Simplification and clean industrial deal | SRC |
| 11 Feb 2025 | Miguel Jose Garcia Jones Cabinet member | Simplification and clean industrial deal | — |
| 10 Mar 2022 | Helena Braun Cabinet member | Implementation of EU Circular Economy Action Plan | — |
| 10 Mar 2022 | Helena Braun Cabinet member | Implementation of EU Circular Economy Action Plan | SRC |
| 27 Sept 2021 | Helena Braun Cabinet member | Implementation of the Circular Economy Action Plan | SRC |
| 27 Sept 2021 | Helena Braun Cabinet member | Implementation of the Circular Economy Action Plan | — |
| 03 Feb 2020 | Diederik Samsom Cabinet member | Green Deal and Circular Economy | SRC |
| 03 Feb 2020 | Diederik Samsom Cabinet member | Green Deal and Circular Economy | — |
Mission & Goals
Ecopreneur.eu, the European Sustainable Business Federation, represents around 5,000 SMEs and larger companies committed to sustainability across sectors and EU Member States, many of them pioneering circular business models. With its nine member associations, Ecopreneur.eu advocates ambitious measures, rules and regulations for a low- carbon, circular and socially inclusive economy in Europe and beyond. We advocate a new economic framework in which sustainability is promoted, the environment respected, and ecological principles are followed. Ecopreneur.eu and our members bring concrete experience from pioneering companies into the political debate, show best practice examples that prove the viability of sustainable business models.
EU Legislative Interests
Omnibus Simplification Package, European Green Deal, Clean Industrial Deal, Circular Economy Act, EU 2040 Climate Target, Green Claims Directive, Fossil Fuel Subsidies, Extended Producer Responsibility, Corporate Sustainable Reporting Directive (CSRD), Corporate Social Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR), Green Public Procurement, Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), Right to Repair Directive, Singe Use Plastics Directive (SUPD), Waste Framework Directive (WFD), Waste Shipment Directive, Sustainable Finance Taxonomy, VAT Rate Directive amendment, Green Fiscal Reform, Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)
Communication Activities
Position papers and co-signed letters on most of the topics mentioned above available at https://ecopreneur.eu/advocacy/positionpapers/ A list of publications, presentations and positions include reports on the status of the Circular Economy in EU Member states (2019), on Circular Fashion (2019) and on the importance of sustainable SMEs for the circular economy (2021): https://ecopreneur.eu/publications/
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
We are no (paid) member of any other network, associations, confederations or networks, other than the EU groups mentioned above.
Organisation Members
B Lab Europe: https://bcorporation.eu/ Bundesverband Nachhaltige Unternehmen - BNW e.V. (Germany): https://www.bnw-bundesverband.de/en Change for the Better (Czechia)): https://www.klepsimu.cz/ CireEko (Sweden): https://cireko.se/ Coalition Ecopreneur - Kaya (Belgium): https://www.linkedin.com/company/ecopreneur-belgium/ Entreprendre Vert (France): https://entreprendrevert.org/ Grüne Wirtschaft (Austria): http://www.gruenewirtschaft.at/ MVO Nederland (The Netherlands): https://mvonederland.nl/ New European Reuse Alliance: https://newreusealliance.eu/
Additional Information
Work done in 2023 for the EU projects under HORIZON (ORIENTING.EU) and COSME (Fashion for Change EU) reported earlier for 2020, 2021 and 2022 was partly paid in advance, with pre-payments in 2022, while the rest was paid only after completion of the projects, in 2024. No grant instalments were received in 2023. In 2024, a grant of 250.000 EUR for 2024-2027 was received from Stichting Benevolentia.
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