Findings

Short claims about what the tracked measures mean for a sector. Every measure a finding cites, and every figure it prints, is checked against the underlying data before the finding can be published.

2026-08-19

The packaging regulation applies directly to the food and beverage industry, not just the companies that make packaging.

36 of the packaging regulation's measures name the food and beverage sector directly.

5 measures · Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation · chemicals and refining = 21.6% of plastics converting inputs

Food, drink and tobaccoPlastics convertingChemicals and refining

2026-08-18

74 new obligations for plastic packaging makers, with no support to match.

The packaging regulation places 74 requirements and prohibitions on the companies that make plastic packaging.

8 measures · Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation

Plastics converting

2026-08-18Mixed basis

The carbon border mechanism never names carmakers, but the metals it prices supply 5.1% of what automotive buys

The carbon border mechanism's extension to combined metal products never mentions carmakers.

2 measures · CBAM extension · automotive = 9.5% of steel output

AutomotiveSteelAluminium and metals