This investor brief provides an overview of the Clean Industrial Deal (CID) and how its core elements relate to previous PRI policy recommendations.

The CID is the European Commission’s action plan for its next mandate 2024-2029, and a ‘business plan’ for Europe’s transformation (see press release and FAQ). It was launched on 26 February 2025, in parallel to the first two omnibus simplification packages.

The CID focuses on supporting energy intensive industries in their transition, boosting the cleantech sector, and expanding circular business models. It provides concrete actions for six key drivers for the clean transition:

  • Affordable energy, to make EU industrial production competitive and cost-efficient;
  • Lead markets, to create market demand for clean energy products and market differentiation;
  • Financing, to provide public support and incentives while leveraging private finance;
  • Circularity and access to materials and resources, to reduce dependencies, offer more innovative products, and gain more security over the own cleantech value chain;
  • Global markets and international partnership, to strengthen trade relationships in a highly competitive geopolitical environment and grow markets for clean products;
  • Skills and quality jobs for a workforce ready and able to build the innovative circular net zero economy.

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