@andreasbrieger.bsky.social
EU Public Affairs | Climate, Energy, Environment | Engaged in making the Green Deal a success story for planet, people and prosperity
📢 #SMEs support the #EU2040 climate goal - but they require the right conditions to deliver:
✅ Clarity & planning security: Stable, predictable rules enable long-term #investment
🌍 Reliable carbon credits
🔁 Cross-sector flexibility allows SMEs to adapt & cut emissions
@teresaribera.ec.europa.eu
📢 SMEunited is currently seeking an Executive Assistant to the Secretary General and President. This full-time position is based in Brussels and the person will report directly to the Secretary-General.
➡️ Apply here by 1 September: www.smeunited.eu/about-us#jobs
#hiring
📣 This week’s #SME recap:
🔁 #CleanIndustrialDialogue on circularity
🎓 SMEs push for stronger #apprenticeship recognition
🧭 SME-friendly Quality Jobs Roadmap
♀️ Focus on women’s economic empowerment
📘 #ConsumerLawReady 2025
📢 We’re hiring!
➡️ Enjoy the read: mailchi.mp/smeunited/ne...
@ec.europa.eu
Realsatire aus Köln: „Statt besser zu werden, sollen die Spielplätze nun besser heißen.“
www.sueddeutsche.de/meinung/koel...
#SMEs are key to the circular transition – but the business case still doesn’t add up - President Salminen at the #CleanIndustrialDialogue.
The #CircularEconomyAct must:
🔹 #ThinkSmallFirst
🔹 Cut VAT for 🍃 products
🔹 Simplify rules
🔹 Boost circular hubs
▶️ More: www.smeunited.eu/news/clean-i...
💧 #Water is both a basic necessity and a vital resource for #SME resilience, continuity & #competitiveness.
However, droughts, floods & policy gaps are putting small businesses at risk.
▶️ SMEunited calls for SME-centred water action: www.smeunited.eu/admin/storag...
@jessikaroswall.ec.europa.eu
Entrepreneurs feel overwhelmed, unheard & overlooked, President @petrisalminen.bsky.social at today’s General Assembly. #SMEs welcome the pledge to cut red tape - now promises must turn into action.
▶️ More: www.smeunited.eu/news/smart-l...
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#ThinkSmallFirst
📣 This week’s #SME recap:
✅ Smart rules & less red tape
✅ Future-proofing Europe’s #water system
✅ #SMEs & fair #ETS2 rollout
✅ Resilience in energy-intensive sectors
✅ #SustainableFinance Survey
✅ #Hiring: Senior Policy Advisor
➡️ Enjoy: mailchi.mp/smeunited/ne...
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Time for cold and short showers or the good old washcloth. The #SME perspective on #WaterResilience:
💡 Encourage innovation in water efficiency
🚭 Apply proportional application of polluter pays principle
⚠️ Include SME support channels
➡️ Read our press release: www.smeunited.eu/news/making-...
#SMEs are a crucial part of the EU ecosystem- economically and politically.
👍 Couldn’t agree more with Paulina Dejmek-Hack, Head of Cabinet of Commissioner @jessikaroswall.ec.europa.eu
🐝 @smeunited.bsky.social will continue to make a buzz on #circulareconomy, #waterresilience, and #greening
"SMEs will make or break the EU’s #decarbonisation targets", says @andreasbrieger.bsky.social at the Renew Europe Stakeholder Roundtable.
✅ Roadmap & funding for #SMEs in #CleanIndustrialDeal
✅ Circular Economy Act & #ThinkSmallFirst
✅ Decouple gas from electricity
Finally, I made it to this years #EUGreenWeek on #CircularEconomy. Somehow everyone decided to invite me to parallel sessions.
You can meet @smeunited.bsky.social today:
🎤 14-15:15 Session on industrial Symbiosis
🗣️ 15:15 at the @ecesp.bsky.social booth
💧 The #WaterResilience Strategy must empower #SMEs to boost water efficiency.
By applying the #ThinkSmallFirst principle, it should support the smallest companies with targeted incentives & tools to tackle pressures on Europe’s freshwater ecosystems.
➡️ More: www.smeunited.eu/news/making-...
We all support fighting intentional #greenwashing. However, the current state of the #GreenClaims Directive is notion line with the think-small-first principle. We need a real simplification for #SMEs.
04.06.2025 12:50 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Konsumgewerkschaften? Da überschätzt jemand den Solidaritätswillen von Arbeitnehmer:innen wenn es um Arbeitsbedingungen anderer geht. Leider.
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SMEunited's position paper on affordable energy calls for:
✅ Tailored financial relief
✅ Simplified access to renewables
✅ Energy-sharing opportunities
✅ Decoupling electricity & gas prices
➡️Read the full position paper here: www.smeunited.eu/publications...
#SMEs #GreenDeal
📣 This week’s #SME recap:
✅ Sector Committee pushes for SME-friendly policies
✅ Exchange with the European Chemicals Agency
✅ Making the #GreenDeal work for #SMEs
✅ Solutions for #BiocidalProduct Regulation challenges
➡️ Enjoy the read: mailchi.mp/smeunited/ne...
@ec.europa.eu
You worry about the effects of #GreenDeal legislation on #competiveness of #SMEs? Here are @smeunited.bsky.social suggestions how to foster a workable and smart implementation, while staying firm on the targets. Enjoy the read!
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#PeaceNow
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📣 Weekly #SME recap:
✅ #AI Continent Action Plan
✅ Tailoring #CleanIndustrialDeal for SMEs
✅ #Finance concerns for SMEs
✅ #VSME & trickle-down effect
✅ Position Paper on #Omnibus 1 #sustainability reporting
✅ SBS study on #SMEs in #renewable energy
➡️ Read more: mailchi.mp/smeunited/ne...
What’s your part in implementing the #CleanIndustrialDeal?
#ECESP @ecesp.bsky.social
The #CleanIndustrialDeal must
💬 apply think-small-first, not one-size-fits-all
🤺 support #SMEs machete through the funding and reporting jungle
👫 foster collaboration and collective action on the ground
#ECESP #StakeholderDialogue
@ecesp.bsky.social
“The #VSME must be simple and usable without extra support”, said Sophia Zakari at the EFRAG Outreach event. It’s key to help entrepreneurs understand #ESG rules without added burden.
➡️Read more: smeunited.eu/news/vsme-ad...
#CSRD #SMEs
Kick-off for the #cleantech2025. What does the #CleanIndustrialDeal for you? @euclimateaction.bsky.social
08.04.2025 07:48 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Das wird die Exportmächte Lesotho und Saint-Pierre und Miquelon hart treffen. Degrowth mal anders.
03.04.2025 17:32 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Laut Adenauer Stiftung gefährdet postkoloniale Kritik den gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt. "geschichtsbewusst" nennt sich das dann. Ein klein wenig Horizonterweiterung täte da auch nicht schlecht. www.kas.de/de/web/gesch...
28.03.2025 10:55 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Die #CDU sollte sich mal mit Arbeitslosen-Initiativen auseinandersetzen, die @spdde.bsky.social mit ihrem sozialen Gewissen.
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After having been sworn in on the Draghi report, Commissioner Jørgensen is working on fast tracking the green transition. Nice duet.
26.03.2025 16:42 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Where’s Walsmann? Interesting discussion on energy policy at Wirtschaftsrat and KAS. Gender balance to be improved, though.
26.03.2025 16:19 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
📣 Our weekly #SME recap:
✅ #SMEs & Europe’s #security
✅ #SMEIntergroup must think like entrepreneurs
✅ Action needed on Savings & Investment Union
✅ Cutting red tape - SME views
✅ #Omnibus proposal & food sector impact
➡️ Enjoy the read: mailchi.mp/smeunited/ne...
#SIU #TSS #ThinkSmallFirst
