Eurogypsum supports the European Commission’s ambition to accelerate industrial investment and decarbonisation, with the proposal for an Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA).
A key enabler for building renovation and urban densification projects, including vertical extensions, gypsum is sourced responsibly in Europe, handled efficiently and recycled multiple times in a closed loop. Gypsum recycling facilities are being deployed across Europe, leading to increasing volumes of secondary raw materials in our processes.
Gypsum-based lightweight construction products, such as plaster or plasterboard, are manufactured in Europe, with short transportation distances to the markets, and have a relatively low carbon footprint. Furthermore, the European gypsum industry is gradually decarbonising its production, speeding up the process to a fully decarbonised building stock in Europe.
Our industry is also dedicating efforts to use water in the most efficient way possible when manufacturing plasterboard.
In the meantime, the construction product manufacturing sector is increasingly exposed to unfair competition from outside the EU, largely due to overcapacity in other markets and an unlevel playing field, especially regarding energy and carbon costs.
In order for our industries to compete fairly and speed up buildings’ upgrades and Europe’s move to climate neutrality, a circular and water efficient economy, industry investments into decarbonised production, water efficiency and recycling capacities should be facilitated.
We believe that the IAA has the potential to support the transition and would invite European institutions to consider the following elements, when negotiating on the Act:
Find out more in our position paper: