Activities of Isabella ADINOLFI related to 2023/2115(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Gender aspects of the rising cost of living and the impact of the energy crisis (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the gender aspects of the rising cost of living and the impact of the energy crisis
Amendments (57)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 32 a (new)
Citation 32 a (new)
– having regard to the report on ensuring European transportation works for women (A9-0239/2023),
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas economic speculation has contributed to the increase of energy costs;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas women living in rural areas, inland areas and areas at high risk of depopulation are more susceptible to fall into energy poverty;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas rural areas are particularly exposed to the problem of energy poverty, due to the relatively lower incomes of households located in rural areas compared to those in urban areas as well as the specific energy needs of farmers’ households; whereas this problem is exacerbated for women due to the gender pay gap;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F c (new)
Recital F c (new)
Fc. whereas increasing women’s access to sustainable energy and opportunities is a pre-requisite for poverty alleviation and women’s economic empowerment worldwide;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F d (new)
Recital F d (new)
Fd. whereas women disproportionately bear the burden of energy poverty, as they face significant health and safety risks from household air pollution, and from a lack of lighting;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F e (new)
Recital F e (new)
Fe. whereas according to a WHO study, women have a higher relative risk than men of developing adverse health outcomes due to exposure to smoke from solid fuels, including COPD and lung cancer (WHO, 2014);
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas the existing gender gaps in access to finance, information, technology, goods and services, and markets translate into additional investment risks that could put off potential business angels and access to corporate funding; whereas addressing these gender-differentiated risks will unleash the potential of women entrepreneurs in sustainable energy and contribute towards the achievement of multiple Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs);
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Recital H b (new)
Hb. whereas women founders of enterprises are more likely to hire female workers, thus fostering a positive cycle of gender equality;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas according to the UN, women can be powerful agents of change in the clean energy transition, and this goes hand in hand with a market- oriented, business friendly economic approach;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J b (new)
Recital J b (new)
Jb. whereas creating an enabling environment for women’s entrepreneurship and sustainable energy will require collaborating with a broad range of stakeholders from within the private sector;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J c (new)
Recital J c (new)
Jc. whereas achieving the transition to clean energy will require an integrated approach that links women entrepreneurs to a range of stakeholders to successfully scale up their sustainable energy ventures;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas solar energy can offer a solution not only to the current energy crisis, but can also have a positive impact on gender equality and equity worldwide;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K b (new)
Recital K b (new)
Kb. whereas women in the energy sector tend to work more in firms where wages are lower, more so than in the non- energy sector;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K c (new)
Recital K c (new)
Kc. whereas just 20% of senior management roles are held by women in the energy sector; whereas fewer women are hired into senior roles in energy than in most other industries;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K d (new)
Recital K d (new)
Kd. whereas women currently play an insufficient role at a management level of energy companies and that their full inclusion would serve to promote innovation and implement new ways of management;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K e (new)
Recital K e (new)
Ke. whereas according to the World Economic Forum the energy sector is battling a regrettable lack of female STEAM graduates, which reduces the pool of potential applicants;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K f (new)
Recital K f (new)
Kf. whereas the energy transition can gain from women’s human capital;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1
Subheading 1
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to deliver on the positive commitment made by President von der Leyen to promote gender equality in all policymaking; calls for a European Green Deal and just and socially fair transition that works for all by developing a gender- transformative intersectional strategy to address energy poverty, and by increasing public investment in social, affordable and energy-efficient housing;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for the Member States and the EU to urgently guarantee affordable utilities and food for low-income households and, in particular, for those facing intersectional discrimination; stresses that no one should have to freeze in the height of winter or overheat in the scorching summer months and calls for the Member States and the EU to ban energy disconnections;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls for the Member States and the EU to urgently ensure affordable utilities for women driven SMEs, in particular, for those facing intersectional discrimination; stresses that women entrepreneurs should not pay the price of the green transition and international conflicts;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls for the Member States and the EU to promote regional enterprises and enterprises strongly linked with the surrounding territory in which women often find seasonal employment; Underlines that these women should not assume an unfair burden of economic speculation nor of the green transition;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Recognises that female driven enterprises and local enterprises with a strong percentage of women workers are often a vital part of the production of goods essential in the context of the Mediterranean diet and therefore the health of EU citizens and should therefore be safeguarded;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. Recognises how rapidly falling renewable energy technology costs and new business models mean that decentralized energy solutions hold great promise to accelerate sustainable energy access for women in all their diversity;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Member States to increase public investment in policies that, directly or indirectly, aim to counteract the negative effects of the cost of living crisis on women in all their diversity, to protect victims of gender-based violence and guarantee access to high-quality public services for care, education, health, including sexual and reproductive health and rights, and housing, and to protect victims of gender-based violence;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Member States to close the existing gender gaps in access to finance, information, technology, goods and services, and markets and ensure that women have equal access to business angels and adequate corporate funding;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls on Member states to ensure that no artificial speculative bubble is created at the consistent detriment to the welfare of women;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to assess and propose, where appropriate, new legislative acts to counmitigater the financialisation of housing markets and to stop speculators from making housing unaffordable;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission to assess and propose, where appropriate, new legislative acts to stop speculators from making access to energy unaffordable for women;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Highlights that access to electricity plays a fundamental role in poverty reduction and in ensuring full and equal participation in society; calls for the EU and the Member States to recognise the right to energy;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Underlines that electricity powered instruments and platforms have become indispensable in the overall process of providing formal education and training for women and girls in all subjects;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Points out that the selection process for access to high education as well as to a wide variety of work positions is often partially or entirely carried out online or relying on electricity powered platforms; regrets the negative impact this has especially on young women;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Notes that the gender aspect of energy poverty may give rise to a disparity in access to technology and may hinder the digital literacy of women and girls, in all their diversity;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. Calls on the Commission to ensure that women living in rural areas, inland areas and areas at high risk of depopulation are not disproportionately affected by energy poverty;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission’s Directorate-General for Energy to develop a gender action plan that ensures that all EU energy legislation, including the right to energy sharing as mentioned in Directive (EU) 2018/2001, integrates the gender dimension and develops specific measures and targeted funds to combat the feminisationgender perspective of energy poverty;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Highlights the immediate need to recognise the potential of women entrepreneurs in sustainable energy and the requirement to contribute towards the achievement of multiple Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs);
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Regrets that according to the UN, the potential of women as entrepreneurs is under-utilized within the energy sector;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Highlights how women entrepreneurs have enormous potential to lower customer acquisition and energy servicing costs and drive decentralised, pro-growth solutions;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)
Paragraph 11 c (new)
11c. Calls on the Commission to promote women sustainable energy entrepreneurs;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 d (new)
Paragraph 11 d (new)
11d. Highlights women’s productive use of sustainable energy, particularly in agriculture and micro-enterprises, and recognises how their role will become ever greater with an increased take-up of STEAM related subjects;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 e (new)
Paragraph 11 e (new)
11e. Calls on Members States to improve access to finance for women entrepreneurs, particularly by strengthening traditional and innovative financial intermediation services (e.g. direct and directed lending, credit enhancement mechanisms, capacity development for commercial banks, integrated web-based platforms and business venture capitalists);
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 f (new)
Paragraph 11 f (new)
11f. Calls on the Member States to partner with a range of financial institutions and ICT-based financial service providers which work with energy companies to promote financial innovation and deepen financial markets;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 g (new)
Paragraph 11 g (new)
11g. Stresses the persisting need to support and promote appropriate training and awareness-raising courses for women to ensure the creation of a cohort of individuals capable of acting in an environmentally sustainable manner; Calls on the Commission to encourage the exchange of good practices and turbocharge the creation of positive cooperation in the field of the green industry;
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 h (new)
Paragraph 11 h (new)
11h. Calls on the Commission to encourage the participation of women, in all their diversity, in the STEAM sector; to this end, notes the need to create adequate training courses in STEAM subjects and to encourage the participation of women and girls in order to create a productive, positive and concrete link between acquiring knowledge and developing skills essential to foster innovation and progress in the fields of circular economy and sustainable business models and the regeneration of areas in need of rejuvenation;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 i (new)
Paragraph 11 i (new)
11i. Underlines the importance of fostering constant gender sensitive research and innovation in the renewable electricity industry;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Welcomes one of the Commission’s key objectives within its EU solar energy strategy, which seeks to make EU solar energy systems more competitive and resilient; notes that this is of utmost importance to women who are disproportionately affected by the energy crisis;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Calls on the Member States to identify any barriers which prevent women from working with solar, wind power, geothermal and hydroelectric energy;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 c (new)
Paragraph 13 c (new)
13c. Welcomes the initiatives of private companies who are helping women become solar, wind power, geothermal and hydroelectric energy entrepreneurs, which has endless benefits for the women involved, and the wider community at large;
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 d (new)
Paragraph 13 d (new)
13d. Recognises how solar, wind power, geothermal and hydroelectric energy is giving more women access to energy, particularly in rural areas;
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 e (new)
Paragraph 13 e (new)
13e. Recognises how with solar, wind, geothermal and hydroelectric powered light operating in hours of darkness, women’s perceived safety in the street increases, with greater visibility and illumination of potential aggressors;
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 f (new)
Paragraph 13 f (new)
13f. Calls on private companies within the energy sector to ensure that solar, wind power, geothermal and hydroelectric energy technology, and its female innovators, are empowered to support the energy transition;
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 g (new)
Paragraph 13 g (new)
13g. Calls on the respective education authorities within Member States to encourage girls and give them confidence that the energy sector represents an exciting, prosperous career, and that they have the skills to develop and be productive in the energy sector as employees, leaders, innovators and pioneers;
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 h (new)
Paragraph 13 h (new)
13h. Recognises that the ultimate objectives of inclusion, equality and achieving gender balance remain unmet; in this regard, calls on the Commission to provide appropriate tools for the vocational training of women and their successful integration into the labour market, with particular regard to female entrepreneurship; calls, furthermore, on the Commission to develop effective awareness-raising campaigns on issues such as gender inequality and discrimination;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 i (new)
Paragraph 13 i (new)
13i. Calls on Member States to promote gender-inclusive energy planning and policies by increasing women’s participation in policy formulation, including fiscal planning, developing targeted policy measures and linking energy policy-making with other sectors, such as the STEAM aspects of education;
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 j (new)
Paragraph 13 j (new)
13j. Welcomes the fact that UNEP and UN Women have joined forces, as the leading environmental and gender equality agencies in the United Nations system, to develop a Global Programme to promote Women’s Entrepreneurship for sustainable energy; Calls on the Commission and relevant EU agencies to take note of this programme and promote similar sustainable entrepreneurial energy objectives within the EU;
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 k (new)
Paragraph 13 k (new)
13k. Calls on the EIGE to collect data that will provide solid evidence to evaluate the impact of different entrepreneurial market transformation strategies for women in all their diversity within the energy sector;