Reforming the Critical Chemicals Alliance governance
31 civil society organisations have written to the European Commission expressing serious concerns about the Critical Chemicals Alliance (CCA) and calling for fundamental reform of its governance and approach.
Europe needs a resilient chemicals industry, but this cannot be built by keeping business as usual. Industrial policy should support the structural transformation needed to strengthen Europe’s long-term competitiveness while advancing the EU’s climate, environmental and public health objectives.
Signatories of this joint letter are concerned that, in its current form, the Critical Chemicals Alliance:
- Gives disproportionate influence to incumbent industry interests while sidelining civil society and independent expertise.
- Prioritises preserving existing production over the structural transformation needed for Europe’s chemicals sector.
- Fails to integrate the EU’s climate, environmental and public health objectives into its work.
- Risks locking Europe into continued dependence on fossil fuels and fossil-based feedstocks.
- Risks driving further deregulation at the expense of environmental and public health protections.
The European Commission must fundamentally reform the Critical Chemicals Alliance to ensure it is transparent, balanced, and led in the public interest, supporting a genuinely sustainable transition for Europe’s chemicals sector.
Read our joint letter.
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