Industry leaders have gathered in Antwerp to ask for leadership and bold action to boost industrial competitiveness in Europe. Cement Europe supports the call for action addressed at government leaders ahead of their informal retreat on 12 February in Alden Biesen.

The Antwerp Call for Action highlights that European industries face persistently high energy and carbon costs, as well as unfair trade practices. This finding is in line with what Cement Europe has identified as the triple impact of structurally high energy prices, carbon, and regulatory cost on the competitiveness of our industry.

On carbon cost, Cement Europe calls for both short and long-term security through the following four measures:

ETS revenues must be channelled back to the ETS-sectors to support their decarbonisation pathways. The cement industry alone is expected to pay between €100 billion to €160 billion into the ETS over the next ten years. Allocating these resources to de-risk major transformation projects will help ensure that the industry remains competitive and future-proof.

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