08/06/2026
💡🏭What guides Europe's climate investments and competitiveness?
One key factor is the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS).
Evli is part of a joint statement by 80 Nordic companies and investors, calling on EU policymakers: the EU ETS must be strong, predictable, and consistent in order to support investments, innovation, and fair competition in Europe.
In the Nordic Business Call 80 large companies, with annual revenues of €303 billion and employing 653 000 people, underline that clean competitiveness is already a reality. The Nordic experience demonstrates how early investment, technological leadership and market integration can deliver both industrial resilience and rapid decarbonisation at scale.
The call highlights key priorities for EU decision makers:
✅ Secure a predictable and consistent EU Emissions Trading System that supports industrial transformation, innovation and fair competition, without penalising early movers that invested in decarbonisation ahead of others.
✅ Channel ETS auctioning revenues back to industries and transport operators to finance innovation and the investments required for the transition.
✅ Provide a credible long-term framework that gives investors confidence, strengthens productivity, lowers energy costs and reinforces Europe’s strategic resilience. Nordic business stands ready to co-invest, co-innovate and co-deliver within a stable and technology neutral policy framework.
Full statement and list of signatories available at https://www.clc.fi/nordic-call