S&D Group leader Iratxe García and vice-president Eric Andrieu, together with former Danish prime minister and co-chair of the Independent Commission for Sustainable Equality (ICSE) Poul Nyrup Rasmussen today presented the second Progressive Society report The Great Shift at a press conference in the European Parliament.*

Good intentions are ‘disconnected from the pace of climate action that is urgently needed’, says new research

Global research among 3,000 accountants and finance professionals reveals that just 15% say their organisations have set targets to be net zero compliant by 2050 – and only 38% say their organisation will be willing to invest much more than today in addressing climate change over the next three to five years.

Scaling up business action for nature

30 Nov - 1 Dec 2021 – VIRTUAL EVENT

Registrations are open

The Farm to Fork strategy is possibly the last call we have to make the whole food production system in Europe healthier - with less pesticides, antibiotics, and fertilizers; more sustainable; protecting biodiversity; more just; with decent remuneration for our farmers and decent working conditions in the food chain; and last but not least up to our commitment to defend the environment and fight climate change. To reach the ambitious goals set by the Green Deal, the agricultural sector, as other economic sectors, has to make its contribution.

Today, manufacturing, mining and energy trade unions, under the umbrella of industriAll European Trade Union, are launching a Europe-wide mobilisation, calling on the European institutions and national governments to make fundamental improvements to the social dimension of the Green Deal. The campaign will take place from 25 October - 10 November 2021.