A Brussels Effect for battery sustainability · Yanan Liang, Edgar Hertwich, Robert Istrate, Antonio Valente, Ranran Wang
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An EU battery regulation can help drive toward a widely shared evidentiary system for sustainability governance Yanan Liang1, Edgar Hertwich2,3, Robert Istrate1, Antonio Valente4, Ranran Wang1,5,6 T he global battery industry, central to clean-energy transitions, is entering a new phase, shaped not only by technology and finance but also by how sustainability is evidenced. The European Union’s Batteries Regulation (EU 2023/1542) codifies this shift by mandating specific rules for product life-cycle data, calculation rules, and verification procedures for greenhouse gas emissions, material circularity, and responsible sourcing (1). It signals an emerging “Brussels Effect”: The EU can globalize not only substantive rules, such as carbon footprint thresholds, but also the evidentiary system through which compliance is demonstrated. …
摘自《科学》(Science)第393卷 第6813期 · 2026年8月20日,Yanan Liang, Edgar Hertwich, Robert Istrate, Antonio Valente, Ranran Wang。仅引用开头一小段供了解文章,版权归原刊所有,全文请阅读原刊。