Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 5 July 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals - Net Zero Industry Act

Dr. Neil Walker:

I will just add a footnote to that. The ecodesign for sustainable products regulation is making its way through the process, and that will transform matters. To date, everything has been about tailpipe solutions, such as deposit-and-return schemes, etc. Most of the environmental footprint of the product is baked in at the design stage. There has not been enough focus on that.