International Thin-Film Solar Industry Association

EU Legislative Interests

Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) Initiative; EU Green Deal; Environmental performance of products & businesses – substantiating claims; Horizon Europe; Renovation Wave Strategy; Circular Economy Action Plan; Sustainable Products Initiative; EcoDesign Directive; EcoLabel; WEEE Directive; RoHS Directive; REACH; Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability; Safe and Sustainable-by-Design criteria for chemicals, materials and products; Essential Use Concept; EU Industrial Policy; Green Public Procurement; Sustainable Corporate Governance; Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive; Sustainable Finance Taxonomy; Net Zero Industry Act; Regulation on prohibiting products made with forced labour on the Union market

Communication Activities

PEF Pilot involvement Expert input paper – Eco-design & Energy Labelling for Photovoltaic Modules, Inverters and Systems in the EU (ETIPC PV, SolarPowerEurope, PVthin, European Solar Manufacturing Council, IECRE) PVthin Position paper on Environmental performance of products & businesses – substantiating claims PVthin Position paper on Sustainable Products Initiative PVthin Position paper on Forced Labour in the Solar PV Supply Chain​ PVthin Position paper on the proposed inclusion of lead in REACH Authorisation List ​

Interests Represented

Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members

Member Of

Alliance for Sustainable Management of Chemical Risk ASMoR— Participation on an advisory basis

Organisation Members

Von Ardenne; LPKF; 5N Plus; First Solar; Solliance; Oxford PV; Saule Technologies

Additional Information

PVthin is a not for profit organisation funded by the members of the association which provide funding according to their annual turnover and according to the statutes and the by-laws of the association.