Climate Change Data

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Environmental
• Social
• Governance

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• High production costs of microalgae-based products compared to chemical synthesis or extraction from plants.
• Insufficient European domestic demand for microalgae-based products.
• Difficulties in achieving commercial authorization of algae-derived products in the EU due to complex novel food regulations.
• Suboptimal climatic conditions in Europe for large-scale microalgae production (high rainfall, low sunlight hours and intensity, low temperatures).
• High labor costs, lack of venture capital, low entrepreneurial activity, high land costs in Europe.

Mitigation Strategies

• Technological breakthroughs in microalgae research (improving production systems, strain selection, extraction procedures).
• Increased cooperation between research organizations and companies.
• Exploring opportunities for using wastewater streams as nutrient sources for microalgae production.
• Leveraging European policies (emission trading schemes, climate change adaptation strategies, neighborhood policies) to support microalgae development.
• Focusing R&D programs on cost reduction and upscaling of production systems.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Media Pluralism
• Media Independence
• Media Sustainability

Social Achievements

• Increased public support for private news media in some Member States in recent years.
• Expansion of VAT reductions to cover digital news media in most countries.
• Enhanced focus on regional and local media in some countries.
• Enhanced focus on innovation support and more widespread support to startups (including native digital news media).

Governance Achievements

• Increased transparency in the allocation of funds, particularly for state advertising (in some countries).

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Decreasing revenues for private news media due to shifts in advertising markets and subscription models.
• Political pressures compromising editorial independence and freedom.
• Erosion of trust in news and news fatigue.
• Technological pressures from online news consumption and social media.
• Media concentration and oligarchic ownership structures.
• High production costs for smaller news media.
• Lack of evidence on the effectiveness and efficiency of financing practices.
• Funding practices that disproportionately support legacy media.
• Economic difficulties for regional and local news media, creating news deserts.
• Challenges in allocating funding fairly and providing technology-neutral support.
• Lack of transparency regarding state advertising distribution.

Mitigation Strategies

• Increased public support for private news media in some Member States.
• Reforms of funding models and approaches.
• Expansion of VAT reductions to cover digital news media.
• Enhanced focus on regional and local media.
• Enhanced focus on innovation support and support for startups.
• Increased technology neutrality in support.
• Focus on journalist employment as an eligibility or award criterion.
• National reviews of funding needs and evaluations of existing schemes.
• Improving transparency in public financing, including for state advertising.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• SDG 16: Peace, justice and strong institutions

Supporting independent and pluralistic media contributes to a well-functioning democracy and accountable political systems.

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Economic Development
• Social Inclusion
• Technological Advancement
• Environmental Sustainability

Environmental Achievements

• Reduced chemical and artificial fertilizer use through drone-based precision agriculture.
• Improved water usage efficiency through IoT-enabled irrigation systems.

Social Achievements

• Increased access to healthcare in remote areas through drone delivery of medical supplies.
• Improved financial inclusion through mobile money and blockchain-based financial services.
• Enhanced agricultural productivity leading to improved livelihoods for smallholder farmers.

Governance Achievements

• Development of a harmonised regional regulatory framework for ICT in West Africa.
• Initiatives to promote open data and data sharing platforms.
• Exploration of blockchain technology for transparent and secure governance processes.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Lack of access to finance for MSMEs.
• Inadequate ICT infrastructure and internet connectivity.
• Skills gaps and lack of human capital.
• Weak governance systems and regulatory frameworks.
• Data privacy and security concerns.
• Climate change impacts on agriculture.

Mitigation Strategies

• Recommendations for government interventions, private sector initiatives, and development partner support.
• Initiatives to promote investment in training and skills development.
• Development of regional and national strategies for 4IR adoption.
• Efforts to improve ICT infrastructure and internet access.
• Development of harmonised data protection frameworks.
• Promotion of precision agriculture and other climate-smart technologies.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks

• Climate change impacts on agriculture

Opportunities

• Development of climate-smart technologies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• Goal 2: Zero Hunger
• Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy
• Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
• Goal 13: Climate Action

The report highlights how 4IR technologies can contribute to achieving these SDGs.

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

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Environmental Achievements

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Social Achievements

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Governance Achievements

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Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

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Mitigation Strategies

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Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement

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Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks

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Transition Risks

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Opportunities

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Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Null

Certifications: Null

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

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Sustainable Products & Innovation

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Awards & Recognition

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Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Circular Economy
• Climate Change
• Resource Efficiency
• Pollution Reduction

Environmental Achievements

• Decreased greenhouse gas emission intensity in the EU textile ecosystem between 2015 and 2019.
• High recovery and recycling rates in the textile and construction ecosystems (around 50% and >70% respectively), although this includes reuse of materials in lower value applications.
• Overall reduction of emissions by 30% in EIIs between 1990 and 2018.

Social Achievements

• Not disclosed

Governance Achievements

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Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Excessive waste generation and pollution in textile, construction, and energy-intensive industries.
• Low fibre-to-fibre recycling rates in the textile industry (less than 1% globally).
• High reliance on lower-value material reuse in construction and textile recycling.
• Significant GHG emissions from material extraction, manufacturing, and use in construction and energy-intensive industries.
• High energy consumption in the production of chemicals, steel, plastics, ammonia, and cement.
• Release of microplastics from synthetic textiles.
• Lack of funding to support textile recycling technologies.
• Lack of effective disassembly technologies for textiles.
• High costs of disassembly, recycling machinery, and transportation in the textile sector.
• Consumer acceptance of recycled textiles.
• Capacity issues in processing textile waste efficiently.
• Uneven textile waste collection and sorting across countries.
• Lack of interconnection between stakeholders in the textile value chain.
• Global competition challenges in textile recycling.
• Backfilling practices in construction waste management.
• High up-front costs for acquiring equipment, materials, and know-how in construction.
• Lack of economies of scale and unfavorable financing models for secondary materials in construction.
• High transportation costs for demolition waste.
• Copper contamination in steel scrap.
• Low recycling rates for plastic waste in the chemical industry.
• Hazardous waste use in chemical recycling processes.
• Potential microplastic issues from biotechnological recycling of plastic waste.
• Lack of appropriate sources of finance for circular industrial technologies.
• Insufficient flexibility of regulations or standards.
• Excessive perceived economic risks in circular innovation.
• High innovation costs.
• Lack of customer responsiveness to new goods or services.

Mitigation Strategies

• EU Strategy for Sustainable Textiles.
• Revised Construction Product Regulation.
• Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation.
• Digital product passports.
• EU extended producer responsibility scheme.
• Measures to tackle microplastic release from textiles.
• Mandatory separate collection of textile waste by 2025.
• Investments in recycling hubs.
• Development of advanced copper removal technologies from steel.
• Eliminating inefficient end-of-life recycling practices.
• Developing integrated DRI and EAF production technologies.
• Developing EAF mini-mills.
• Strategic Research and Innovation Plan for Chemicals (SRIP).
• Materials 2030 Roadmap.
• EU critical raw materials act.
• Recovery and Resilience Facility.
• Horizon Europe.
• InvestEU.
• LIFE programme.
• Innovation Fund.

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement

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Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks

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Transition Risks

• Not disclosed

Opportunities

• Development of energy-efficient products.

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Null

Certifications: Null

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• Goal 7 (Affordable and clean energy)
• Goal 9 (Industry, innovation and infrastructure)
• Goal 12 (Responsible consumption and production)
• Goal 13 (Climate action)

Initiatives contribute to these goals by promoting resource efficiency, reducing pollution, and transitioning to a circular economy.

Sustainable Products & Innovation

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Awards & Recognition

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