Recent meetings
| Date | Commissioner / Cabinet | Topic | File |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Apr 2026 | Vita Jukne Cabinet member | Scaling Clean Chemistry roundtable | — |
| 22 Apr 2026 | Jessika Roswall Commissioner | Scaling Clean Chemistry roundtable | SRC |
| 22 Apr 2026 | Vita Jukne Cabinet member | Scaling Clean Chemistry roundtable | SRC |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Anna Nykiel-Mateo Cabinet member | Biotech Act II | — |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Anna Nykiel-Mateo Cabinet member | Biotech Act II | SRC |
| 14 Oct 2025 | Vesa Terävä Head of Unit | The new Bioeconomy Strategy 2025 | — |
| 14 Oct 2025 | Vesa Terävä Head of Unit | The new Bioeconomy Strategy 2025 | SRC |
| 26 Aug 2025 | Vita Jukne Cabinet member | EU Chemicals policy, REACH revision | — |
| 26 Aug 2025 | Vita Jukne Cabinet member | EU Chemicals policy, REACH revision | SRC |
| 26 Aug 2025 | Jessika Roswall Commissioner | EU Chemicals policy, REACH revision | SRC |
| 14 May 2025 | Vita Jukne Cabinet member | Water resilience/ revision of the REACH regulation | SRC |
| 14 May 2025 | Pernille Weiss-Ehler Cabinet member | Water resilience/ revision of the REACH regulation | SRC |
| 14 May 2025 | Pernille Weiss-Ehler Cabinet member | Water resilience/ revision of the REACH regulation | — |
| 05 Mar 2025 | Paul Speight Head of Unit | Exchange of views on renewable chemicals and innovation in chemical policy | — |
| 05 Mar 2025 | Paul Speight Head of Unit | Exchange of views on renewable chemicals and innovation in chemical policy | SRC |
| 13 Feb 2020 | Arto Virtanen Cabinet member | Green deal | — |
| 13 Feb 2020 | Arto Virtanen Cabinet member | Green deal | SRC |
| 16 Oct 2019 | Grzegorz Radziejewski Cabinet member | Circular Economy Action Plan | SRC |
| 16 Oct 2019 | Grzegorz Radziejewski Cabinet member | Circular Economy Action Plan | — |
| 15 Nov 2018 | Sebastien Paquot Cabinet member | Single Use Plastics | SRC |
| 15 Nov 2018 | Sebastien Paquot Cabinet member | Single Use Plastics | — |
| 06 Sept 2018 | Kaius Kristian Hedberg Cabinet member | REACH | SRC |
| 06 Sept 2018 | Risto Artjoki Cabinet member | Circular Economy | SRC |
| 06 Sept 2018 | Kaius Kristian Hedberg Cabinet member | REACH | — |
| 06 Sept 2018 | Risto Artjoki Cabinet member | Circular Economy | — |
Mission & Goals
We at Kemira are in the business of chemistry expertise. Safe, sustainable chemistries are a part of good life, ensuring hygiene, safe water, food safety and more. We are the chosen partners for water-intensive industries worldwide, helping our customers design for efficiency, reuse resources, and revitalize natural systems. With over 100 years of experience, we partner with municipal water utilities, pulp, paper, board and tissue producers and companies in the energy sector to deliver visible improvements with our invisible enabler – the chemistry expertise of our 5,000 people.
EU Legislative Interests
Most recently, we engaged mainly in EU policies which belong to: - Water Resilience Strategy - Bioeconomy Strategy - EU Packaging Regulations, such as SUPD and PPWR - BioTech Act 1 - Advanced Materials Act - Industrial Decarbonisation Accelerator Act - Food Contact Material Regulation - Circular Economy Act - Chemicals policies, such as a potential REACH revision - Public Procurement Directive
Communication Activities
Our communication activities are mainly: - Personal discussions with members of the EU institutions - Position papers -participation in public consultations - individual social media posts - contribution in various associations through membership engagement
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
- Cefic (Horizontal and different Sector Groups) - Kemianteollisuus - RCI (Renewable Carbon Initiative)/Nova-Institut GmbH - PPG (Polyelectrolyte Producers Group) - UN Global Compact - 4evergreen - EMPPA (European Moulded Pulp Producers Association) - CEPI aisbl Confed. of European Paper Industrie - Pine Chemicals Association Inc. - Verband der Chemischen Industrie e. - FRANCE CHIMIE GRAND EST Alsace - European Pulp and Paper Chemicals G EPCG - ROUNDTABLE ON SUSTAINABLE PALM OIL - EIT Rawmatariels e.V - Akkuteollisuus ry - ESPP (European Sustainable Phosphorus Platform - EBA (European Biogas Association) - Suomen Biokierto ja Biokaasu ry - Confederation of Finnish Industries - Avfall Sverige