Raw Materials Policy Between Supply Security and Resource Conservation – FÖS Background Paper

In its new background paper, “Raw Materials Policy Between Supply Security and Resource Conservation”, the Forum Ökologisch-Soziale Marktwirtschaft (FÖS) examines the role of economic policy instruments in shaping raw materials policy.

The paper highlights that a future-oriented raw materials policy requires a carefully balanced mix of policy instruments that takes into account the specific characteristics of different raw materials while better aligning environmental, industrial, and supply security objectives.

Read the full paper here: 2025-05_FOES_Rohstoffpolitik_zwischen_Versorgungssicherheit_und_Ressourcenschonung.pdf