Table of Contents page 5 of 35 Foreword Mark R acho vides Pr esident Ursula v on der L ey en said I want the E ur opean Gr een Deal to bec ome E ur ope s hallmark A t the heart of it is our c ommitment to bec oming the world s first climateneu tral c ontinent It is also a longterm ec onomic imperativ e those who act first and f astest will be the ones who grasp the opportunities fr om the ec ological transition I want E u r ope to be the fr ont runner I want E ur ope to be the export er of knowledge technologies and best practic e In Dec ember 2019 the E ur opean C ommission announc ed the EU Gr een Deal Because of its cr osscutting impact almost all sectors of the ec onom y will be affected by this new E ur opean initiativ e The E ur opean Gr een Deal enc om passes an ambitious climate change policy agenda to be achiev ed thr ough differ ent initiativ es that will embrac e all activities of the ec onom y and c ollectiv ely affect society and the wa y that businesses operate This is the first time that climate ambition will be translated and enshrined into law Some c ompanies ha v e alr eady r ealised the benefit of both demonstrating c orporate r esilienc e and r eliability in r e sponding to the changed world but also r ec ognising that r elationships ar e k ey Mor e E ur opean c ollaboration and c ollegiality is essential Man y E ur omines c ompanies al r eady meet these goals deplo ying and nurturing the high est standards as y ou can r ead in the following pages That does chime with the E ur opean Gr een Deal and the climate change agenda and alr eady mak es us v ery much part of it Click the image to enlarge Click the image to enlarge