Meet Maria Sunér – CEO of Svemin, the Swedish Association for Mines, Mineral and Metal Producers.

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Svemin is an industry association for mines, and manufacturers of metals and minerals in Sweden. Svemin represents around 40 businesses with over 13 000 employees within manufacturing, prospecting and technology. 

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Maria Sunér is the CEO of Svemin, the Swedish Association for Mines, Mineral and Metal Producers since 2019. Ms Sunér has a profound background from the business sector and has held several positions at the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise, as well as for the Swedish Association of Energy producers. She has collaborated extensively with Business Europe and Euroelectric in her former positions. She has also worked for the Worldbank and Eon. Ms Sunér is an honorary member of the Swedish Royal Academy of Engineering, a vice chair of the Energy and Environment Committee for Business at the OECD, and a member of the World Energy Council International Advisory Group.

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This year at #ETER2022 Forum Maria Sunér will speak about Minerals and metals are indispensable to reach the Green Deal goal.

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Minerals and metals are indispensable to reach climate-neutrality by 2050, but they can only be considered green if they are produced sustainably. The EU has created an extensive regulatory framework on environmental protection, mine closure plans, waste management plans, social responsibility as well as transparency requirements which need to be observed throughout the supply chain.  The more ambitious climate targets are set, the more metals and minerals are needed for a clean energy transition.