In this new policy brief, UNEP FI and the European Banking Federation (EBF) share seven potential policy levers to help strengthen the investment case for the EU chemical sector and help it attract finance for its sustainable transition.

The brief discusses the sector’s market and decarbonization challenges and how new policy packages anchored in the European Green Deal—including the 2025 EU Chemicals Industry Package and the 2025 Clean Industrial Deal (CID), supported by the Industrial Decarbonization Bank—present opportunities by aiming to create the policy certainty and financing tools needed for large-scale sectoral transformation.

This is the first in a new EU sectoral policy brief series developed by UNEP FI and EBF, intended to strengthen the connection between financial institutions, policymakers, and the real economy.