Climate Policy Engagement Analysis
Climate Policy Engagement Overview: The European Non-ferrous Metals Association (Eurometaux) appears to be highly engaged on climate policy in the EU and takes predominantly negative positions on key climate legislation in the EU, although with some positive engagement on renewable energy and energy efficiency legislation.
Top-line Messaging on Climate Policy: Eurometaux engages with broadly negative positions on climate policy in its top-line messaging, with some positive advocacy. Despite supporting the EU’s 2050 climate neutrality target in a January 2025 press release, the association’s Director General Guy Thiran signed the February 2024 Antwerp Declaration, which does not clearly support the EU’s goal of climate neutrality by 2050, emphasizing risks of carbon leakage and deindustrialization. In a June 2024 open letter, the Director General did not seem to support EU Green Deal policies, by advocating against prescriptive regulations. InfluenceMap did not detect positions on the UN Climate Treaty in 2023-25.
Engagement with Climate-Related Policies: Eurometaux takes a mix of supportive and unsupportive positions on climate change legislation in the EU. The association supported more stringent rules and stronger penalties in the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) for importers in an article published in the Financial Times in August 2023. However, in a January 2025 position paper, it advocated against including indirect emissions of aluminum in the scope of the policy, in misalignment with the EU Commission. The association consistently advocated against reducing indirect cost compensation in the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), for example in a March 2025 meeting with EU Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera, and a January 2025 position paper.
The association’s engagement with renewable energy legislation is predominantly positive. Eurometaux supported scaling up renewable energy in a January 2023 position paper, and the association consistently supported measures such as Power Purchase Agreements to boost the deployment of renewables in the EU Electricity Market Design reform, for example in December 2024 joint recommendations.
Eurometaux has taken some positive positions on circular economy-related policies. In an April 2025 industry joint letter, the association advocated for policymakers to increase the ambition of the proposed EU Regulation on Vehicle Design and Management of End-of-Life Vehicles, including through more stringent requirements to facilitate reuse and high quality recycling of components. In an April 2024 op-ed, President Evangelos Mytilineos broadly supported measures such as the EU Critical Raw Materials Act to improve recycling of critical raw materials.
Positioning on Energy Transition: Eurometaux appears to broadly support the energy transition and the decarbonization of industry, however with significant exceptions. Director General Guy Thiran signed a joint letter in June 2024, which broadly supported industry electrification alongside a ramp up of renewable energy. In another June 2024 joint letter, Eurometaux supported replacing fossil fuels and scaling up renewables to support industry decarbonization. The association recognized the role of critical minerals in energy transition technologies in a position paper published in January 2025, while also supporting the transition towards renewable energy.
However, Eurometaux did not support prioritizing non-fossil flexibility schemes in the EU Electricity Market Design reform in December 2024 joint recommendations. In a December 2023 joint industry statement, Eurometaux advocated for the EU Net Zero Industry Act to incentivize a broader scope of technologies to be included, without clarifying the impact on the policy’s ambition.
InfluenceMap collects and assesses evidence of corporate climate policy engagement on a weekly basis, depending on the availability of information from each specific data source (for more information see our methodology). While this analysis flows through to the association’s scores each week, the summary above is updated periodically. This summary was last updated in Q2 2025.