aream Press release

The EU's taxonomy is designed to name good and bad, provide investors with a framework for sustainable investments, and direct more money into sustainable technologies and companies. The rules have just been further developed, with new environmental targets and additional economic sectors included. "The EU taxonomy has thus taken a step forward, but it lags a few years behind the industries that are already operating sustainably", says Markus W. Voigt, CEO of aream Group. "Investors are being unsettled rather than directed in some places."

In the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, electricity prices reached unprecedented heights. However, the situation has been calming down for several months, and recently electricity has become cheaper. “For consumers, this is good news”, commented Markus W. Voigt, CEO of the aream Group. “However, it cannot be assumed that electricity will soon be as cheap as it was before the crisis.”

Lots of sunshine with high wind levels: May was a very good month for renewable energies in Germany. In Europe, the situation looks different: "In Italy, with the heavy rainfall, and also in Spain, solar radiation was significantly lower than usual, decreasing by 14 and 30 percent, respectively", says Markus W. Voigt, CEO of the aream Group.

Bureaucracy, high taxes, digitization, disrupted supply chains, a shortage of skilled workers and the implementation of a sustainability strategy: industrial companies in Germany have to contend with a number of challenges. Added to this are now extremely tense and volatile energy markets. But this can be tackled: More and more companies are choosing to produce their own green power. "Insourcing energy production has great advantages", says Markus W. Voigt, CEO of aream Group. "On this path, however, companies need an experienced partner to make sure they get where they want to go."