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Center for International Environmental Law
@ciel.org

Civil society orgs @eeb.org & @chemsec.bsky.social left the 🇪🇺 Critical Chemicals Alliance #CCA. "Critical" should mean helping to secure what society needs, not serving as a shield for corporate interests or a backdoor for weakening the policies driving the transition to a #ToxicFreeFuture. Read👇

European Environmental Bureau🍃@eeb.org

🚨 The EEB is withdrawing from the Critical Chemicals Alliance (CCA) ahead of its 8 October General Assembly EEB joined with a simple principle: “critical” should mean securing what people and the environment need – not protecting whatever Europe produces today Here’s why 🧵�

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Center for International Environmental Law
@ciel.org

The alliance is not addressing the chemical sector’s key challenges; it is perpetuating them. The European Union should not be using public money to lock in production of toxic chemicals that its own policies are seeking to phase out.

Center for International Environmental Law
@ciel.org

What's needed for the EU to develop a credible criticality framework for a #ToxicFreeFuture? Truly protect people & the environment by ‼️ Reducing genuine supply vulnerabilities, ‼️ Accelerating safer alternatives, and ‼️ Directing public investment towards a sustainable European chemicals industry.