Launch of the European alliance for a Green Recovery

15 Nisan 2020 - 18:15

At the initiative of Pascal Canfin, Chair of the Environment Committee at the European
Parliament, 180 political decision-makers, business leaders, trade unions, NGOs, and
think tanks have come together to form a European alliance for a Green Recovery.

In the face of the coronavirus crisis, the biggest challenge Europe has faced in peacetime,
with devastating consequences and a shock to the economy tougher than the 2008 crisis,
Ministers from 11 countries, 79 cross-party MEPs from 17 Member States, 37 CEOs, 28
business associations representing 10 different sectors, trade union confederation
representing members from 90 national trade union organisations and 10 trade union
federations, 7 NGOs and 6 think tanks, have committed to working together to create,
support and implement solutions to prepare our economies for the world of
tomorrow.

This first pan-European call for mobilisation on post-crisis green investment
packages will work to build the recovery and transformation plans which enshrine the
fight against climate change and biodiversity as a key pillar of the economic
strategy.

Covid-19 will not make climate change and nature degradation go away. The fight against
this crisis will not be won without a solid economic response. The alliance commits to
participate in the fight and the victory of these two battles simultaneously, and
by doing so, being stronger together.

Signatories:

Jean-Paul Agon, Chairman and CEO, L'Oreal; Alviina Alametsa, MEP, Greens/ EFA; Enzo
Amendola, Italian Minister for European Affairs; Eric Andrieu, MEP, Vice-President of the
S&D Group; Wolfgang Anzengruber, CEO Verbund; Ester Asin, Director of WWF European
Policy Office; Margrete Auken, MEP, Greens/ EFA; Fabrice Barthélémy CEO Tarkett;
Philippe Bastien, President of Glass Europe; Julie Beaufils, Secretary General of EuropeOn,
Laurent Berger, ETUC President; Marcel Bial, Secretary General of European Solar
Thermal Electricity Association; Stéphane Bijoux, MEP, Renew Europe; Izaskun Bilbao
Barandica, MEP, Renew Europe; Michael Bloss, MEP, Greens/ EFA; Per Bolund, Swedish
Minister for Financial Markets and Housing; Simona Bonafe, MEP, Vice-President of the
S&D Group; Anna Lisa Boni, Secretary General of Eurocities; Elisabeth Borne, French
Minister for the Ecological and Inclusive Transition, Biljana Borzan, Vice-President of the
S&D Group at the European Parliament; Gilles Boyer, MEP, Quaestor and Member of the
Bureau for Renew Europe; Tim Brett, President The Coca Cola Company's Western Europe
Business Unit; Jesper Brodin, CEO INGKA group - Ikea; Ariel Brunner, Birdlife; Klaus

Sharing the belief that the economic recovery will only come with massive investments to
protect and create jobs and to support all companies, regions and sectors that have
suffered from the economy coming to a sudden halt, the alliance commits to contribute
to the post-crisis investment decisions needed to reboot and reboost our economy.
Covid-19 will not make climate change and nature degradation go away. The fight against
this crisis will not be won without a solid economic response. The alliance commits to
participate in the fight and the victory of these two battles simultaneously, and
by doing so, being stronger together.

Buchner, MEP, Greens/ EFA; Delara Buckhardt, MEP, S&D; Bertrand Camus, CEO Suez
group; Pascal Canfin, MEP, Chair of the Environment Committee, Renew Europe; Ignazio
Capuano, Chairman of Cepi (Confederation of European Paper Industries); Anna
Cavazzini, MEP, Greens/ EFA; Catherine Chabaud, MEP, Renew Europe; Mohamed
Chahim, MEP, S&D; Olivier Chastel, MEP, Renew Europe; Niels B. Christiansen, CEO The
LEGO Group; Ilana Cicurel, MEP, Renew Europe; Dacian Ciolos, MEP, President of Renew
Europe; Sergio Costa, Italian Minister of the Environment; Katalin Cseh, MEP, VicePresident of Renew Europe; Miriam Dalli, MEP, Vice-President of the S&D Group; Johan
Danielsson, MEP, Coordinator in the Transport Committee, S&D; Paolo De Castro, MEP,
Coordinator in the Agriculture Committee, S&D; Pierre-André de Chalendar, CEO, Saint
Gobain; Petra de Sutter, MEP, Chair of the Committee on the Internal Market and
Consumer Protection, Greens/EFA; Dimitri de Vreeze, Co-CEO and Member of the
Managing Board of Royal DSM; Pascal Demurger, CEO of MAIF; Carole Dieschbourg,
Luxembourg Minister of Environment, Climate and Sustainable Development; Gilles
Disckson, CEO of WindEurope; Sandrine Dixson Declève, Club of Rome; Pascal Durand,
MEP, Renew Europe; Bas Eickhout, MEP, Vice-President & Coordinator in the Environment
Committee, Greens/ EFA; Ismail Ertug, MEP, Vice-President of the S&D Group; Emmanuel
Faber, CEO, Danone; Laurence Farreng, MEP, Renew Europe; Franz Fayot, Luxembourg
Minister of Economy, Cooperation and humanitarian Aid; Fredrik Federley, MEP, VicePresident of Renew Europe; Joao Pedro Matos Fernandes, Portuguese Minister of the
Environment and Energy Transition; Jonas Fernandez Alvarez, MEP, Coordinator in the
Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee, S&D; Martin Forsen, President of EHPA;
Monica Frassoni, President of European Alliance to Save Energy; Helen Fritzon, MEP, VicePresident of the S&D Group; Ignacio Galán, Chairman and CEO Iberdrola; Iratxe Garcia
Pérez, MEP, President of the S&D Group; Leonore Gewessler, Austrian Minister for Climate
Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology; Michel Giannuzzi, CEO
Verallia; Sven Giegold, MEP, Greens/ EFA; Seth Ginther, Executive Director of USIPA;
Sandro Gozi, MEP, Renew Europe; Patrick Graichen, Director Agora Energiewende; Pierre
Gramegna, Luxembourg Minister for Finance; Christophe Grudler, MEP, Renew Europe;
Marc Grynberg, CEO at Umicore; Bernard Guetta, MEP, Renew Europe; Jytte Guteland,
MEP, Coordinator in the Environment Committee, S&D; Lars Hanseid, CEO 3M EMEA;
Bjorn Haugland, CEO of Skift Business Climate Leaders; Martin Häusling, MEP, Greens/
EFA; Valérie Hayer, MEP, Renew Europe; Eero Heinaluoma, MEP, S&D; Helena
Helmersson, CEO H&M Group; Walburga Hemetsberger, CEO at Solar Power Europe;
Christel Heydemann, CEO, Schneider Electric; Martin Hojsik, MEP, Renew Europe; Pär
Holmgren, MEP, Greens/EFA; Peter Hug, Managing Director of European Building
Automation and Control Association; Sophie In't Veld, MEP, Renew Europe; Yannick Jadot,
MEP, Greens/EFA; Agnes Jongerius, MEP, Coordinator in the Employment and Social
Affairs Committee, S&D; Alan Jope, CEO, Unilever; Dan Jorgensen, Danish Minister for
Climate, Energy and Utilities; Jean-Marc Jossart, Secretary General at Bioenergy Europe;
Adrian Joyce, Secretary General of the European Alliance of Company for Energy Efficiency
in Buildings; Radan Kanev, MEP, EPP; Pierre Karleskind, MEP, President of the Fisheries
Committee, Renew Europe; Fabienne Keller, MEP, Renew Europe; Ska Keller, MEP, CoPresident of the of the Greens/EFA; John Keppler, CEO Enviva; Jouni Keronen, CEO of
Climate Leadership Coalition; Werner Kogler, Vice-chancellor of Austria; Miapetra
Kumpula-Natri, MEP, S&D; Philippe Lamberts, MEP Co-President of the of the Greens/EFA;
Pascal Lamy, Honorary President of the Jacques Delors Institute; Benoit Leguet, Managing
Director of I4CE; Nathalie Loiseau, MEP, Chair of the Subcommittee on Security and
Defence, Renew Europe; Torbjörn Lööf, CEO Inter IKEA Group; Isabella Lövin, Swedish
Minister for Environment and Climate, and Deputy Prime Minister; Martin Lundstedt, CEO
Volvo Group; Géraldine Matchett, Co-CEO and Member of the Managing Board of Royal
DSM; Karen Melchior, MEP, Renew Europe; Dr Maria Mendiluce, Interim CEO at We Mean Business; Tilly Metz, MEP, Greens/ EFA; António Mexia, CEO EDP; Iskra Mihaylova, MEP,
Vice-President of Renew Europe; Krista Mikkonen, Finnish Minister for Environment and
Climate; Nick Molho, Executive Director of Aldersgate group; Sabine Nallinger, Managing
Director of Foundation 2° – German CEOs for Climate Protection; Emma Navarro, Vicepresident of the European Investment Bank; Dan Nica, MEP, Coordinator in the Industry
Committee, S&D; Dr. Kai Niebert, President Deutscher Naturschutzring; Ville Niinistö,
MEP, Greens/ EFA; Grace O'Sullivan, MEP, Greens/ EFA; Mari Pantsar, Director of SITRA;
Jutta Paulus, MEP, Greens/ EFA; Diego Pavas, CEO InnoEnergy; Thierry Pech, Managing
Director, Terra Nova; Arturo Pérez de Lucia, Director General AEDIVE; Kira Marie PeterHansen, MEP, Greens/ EFA; Morten Petersen, MEP, Vice-Chair of the Industry Committee,Renew Europe; Sirpa Pietikainen MEP, EPP; Kati Piri, MEP, Vice-President of the S&D Group; Rovana Plumb, MEP, Vice-President of the S&D Group; Brune Poirson, French Secretary of State, attached to the Minister for the Ecological and Inclusive Transition; Paul Polman, Former CEO Unilever; Silviu Popovici, CEO PepsciCo Europe; Teresa Ribera, Vice President of the Spanish Government - Minister for the Ecological Transition and Demographic challenge; Dominique Riquet, MEP, Vice-President of Renew Europe; Michèle Rivasi, MEP, Greens/ EFA; Soraya Rodriguez Ramos, MEP, Renew Europe; Federica Sabbati, Secretary General of European Heating Industry; Mark Schneider, CEO Nestlé; Svenja Schulze, German Minister for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety; Stéphane Séjourné, MEP, Renew Europe; Brad Smith, President of Microsoft; Jean-Dominique Senard, Chairman of the Board of Directors at Renault group;
Sylwia Spurek , M E P, S&D; Francisco Starace, CEO ENEL; Markus Steilemann, CEO
Covestro; Ana Struna Bregar, CEO of Center of Energy Efficient Solutions; Jan Te Bos,
Director General of the European Insulation Manufacturers Association; Steven Tebbe,
Managing Director of CDP Europe; Dr Johannes Teyssen, CEO, E.ON SE; Frauke Thies,
Executive Director of SmartEn; William Todts, Executive Director of Transport &
Environment; Irène Tolleret, MEP, Renew Europe; Nils Torvalds, MEP, Coordinator in the
Environment Committee, Renew Europe; Costas Travasaros, President of Solar Heat
Europe; Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, MEP, Renew Europe; Trio Wendel, Director of CAN
Europe; Laurence Tubiana, President of the European Climate Foundation; Claude
Turmes, Luxembourg Minister for Energy and Spatial planning; Frank van der Vloed, CEO
Signify Europe; Peter Vanacker, CEO Neste; Philippe Vangeel, Secretary General of
AVERE; Marie-Pierre Vedrenne, MEP, Renew Europe; Jean-Marc Vilon, Chairman of
Association Française des Sociétés financières; Juan Virgilio Marquez, Associacion Eolica
Espanola; Luca Visentini, ETUC General Secretary; Ludovic Voet, ETUC Confederal
Secretary; Andrea Voigt, Director General of European Partnership for Energy and
Environment; Emmanuelle Wargon, French Secretary of State, attached to the Minister
for the Ecological and Inclusive Transition; Jayson Warner, Zone President - Europe,
Anheuser-Busch InBev; Jeremy Wates, Secretary General fo the European Environmental
Bureau; Claire Waysand,Executive Vice President and General Secretary of ENGIE ;
Pernille Weiss, MEP, EPP; Eliot Whittington, Director of Corporate Leaders Group; Sarah
Wiener, MEP, Greens/ EFA; Michal Wiezik, MEP, EPP; Tiemo Wolken, MEP, S&D; Stephanie
Yon Courtin, MEP, Renew Europe; Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, MEP, Renew Europe; Carlos
Zorrinho, MEP, S&D.

About AVER:

AVERE (The European Association for Electromobility) is the European association that promotes electromobility and sustainable transport across Europe. Our Members consist of National Associations supporting and encouraging the use of Electric Vehicles and electromobility across Europe. We currently have active members in 17 European countries, notably some of the most successful EV countries like Norway, France, The Netherlands and Belgium. Within these Associations, there are close to 1000 members, ranging from SME’s, OEM’s, and other companies with a commercial interest in electromobility.

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