Activities of Pernille WEISS related to 2020/2077(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
New Circular Economy Action Plan (debate)
Amendments (6)
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Reminds the Commission that buildings in the EU are responsible for 40% of our energy consumption and 36% of greenhouse gas emissions, which mainly stem from construction, usage, renovation and demolition; underlines that maximizing energy efficiency in the EU building stock plays a key role when undertaking future measures; welcomes, in this regard, the Commission's "Renovation Wave" and underlines that building renovation, together with a strong life-cycle approach in line with the circular economy principles, also is an opportunity to undertake safety checks and ensure sustainability in buildings together with resource efficiency, thermal comfort and improved air quality;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls on the Commission, as a supporting measure to the Commission's “Renovation Wave”, to develop a “EU Climate Calculator” (ECC) that ensures an accurate and easy understandable labelling for industrial materials, products and services; stresses that the ECC should ensure a level-playing field for the key actors that are a part of such a ‘holistic approach’ and underlines that this would open up for positive behavioural affects by EU citizens, industries, and SMEs; stresses that the concept must be based on the principles of circular and lifecycle economy in order to drive demand for climate-friendly goods “made in Europe”, strengthening the competitiveness of the EU ; suggests the Commission to use already known scientific methods when estimating GHG emissions, e.g. with inspiration from its “Product Environmental Footprint”;
Amendment 105 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Reminds the Commission about the European Parliament's adoption position on a "European Climate Law" which suggests the establishment of sector-specific "Climate Partnerships" at Union level which will bring together key stakeholders (e.g. from the industry, NGOs, research institutes, SMEs, trade unions and employers' organisations) and should facilitate a sharing of best practices by European "decarbonising first movers" and work as the central consulting body to the Commission when adopting its future climate-related legislative proposals;
Amendment 116 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is of the opinion that the transition towards a digital economy in all sectors can reduce their environmental footprint, while also boosting the green transition; highlights the importance of creating incentives for IoT, predictive maintenance, servicification and product- service systems for accelerating new circular business models; points out that measures are nevertheless needed to deal with the short- and medium- term costs of the transitions and to make them just;
Amendment 132 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Asks the Commission to support a digital transition that builds on maximising the value of data and deploying digitally- enabled solutions to permit the sustainable use of resources and to maintain the value of products and materials for as long as possible; encourages the introduction of digital product passports, accompanied with appropriate platforms for collection and maintenance of data in the context of the European data space.