Solar Ireland 2025
The Solar Stewardship Initiative will be attending Solar Ireland 2025 on 2nd October in Dublin.
Upcoming Events
London Climate Action Week
The Solar Stewardship Initiative will be taking part in London Climate Action Week 2025 from 21-29 June.
Solar Power Finland
The Solar Stewardship Initiative will be attending the Solar Power Finland event on 22 May 2025 in Helsinki. SSI Standards and Certification Lead, Julija Menise will be speaking on the session at 15:45 on sustainability and circularity, covering traceability and transparency in the solar value chain.
Past Events
SSI attended InterSolar Europe 2025
The Solar Stewardship Initiative attended InterSolar Europe – The World’s Leading Exhibition for the Solar Industry – on May 7 – 9 2025.
2025 OECD Forum on Responsible Mineral Supply Chains
The SSI participated in the annual OECD Forum on Responsible Mineral Supply Chains from 5 – 7 May 2025 in Paris.
SSI attends the WindEurope Event
Julija Menise, Standards and Certification Lead, represented the SSI at the WindEurope event in Copenhagen on Wednesday 9 April 2025.
SSI attended Solar and Storage Live UK
We attended Solar and Storage Live 2025 on Tuesday 2 April 2025 at ExCel London.
SSI at the SolarPower Summit in March 2025
The SSI attended the SolarPower Summit at the Albert Hall, Brussels. We attended on 26-27th March to hear directly from decision-makers, engage with industry experts, and connect with peers.
Driving Effective Due Diligence: Omnibus Unpacked
The SSI attended the RBA’s Driving Effective Due Diligence: Omnibus Unpacked, event from 1.30pm – 5.30pm (CEST) at the Renaissance Brussels Hotel. This was an in-person event, co-hosted by MEP Voss. The event served as a platform for stakeholder debate around the EU Simplification Omnibus package as it relates to the EU Corporate Sustainability Due … Continued
StareBEI | Online Webinar organised by EIB and the University of Trento
Julija Menise spoke on the StareBEI Webinar on 13 March 2025. This has been organised by the EIB, in collaboration with the University of Trento, conducting a seminar on the topic: “Leading the sustainable transition: multilateral financial institutions and supply chains governance”. The event brought together internal and external experts on supply chain sustainability, both … Continued
SSI at Solar Quality Summit 2025: Elevating Solar Excellence
The Solar Stewardship Initiative (SSI) is proud to have participated in the Solar Quality Summit 2025, hosted by SolarPower Europe on February 18-19 2025 at the Hyatt Regency Barcelona Tower.
Solar Stewardship Initiative Unveils Traceability Standard at Sustainable Solar Europe 2024
The Solar Stewardship Initiative (SSI) is set to make waves at the upcoming Sustainable Solar Event on 12 December 2024 in Brussels. As a leading advocate for responsible solar practices, the SSI will officially launch its new Supply Chain Traceability Standard during the event.
Solar&Storage UK (Birmingham)
Join us at Solar & Storage Live between 24-26 September 2024, to discover how SSI is shaping the future of clean energy.
Join us at RE+ – North America’s Premier Green Energy Event!
The Solar Stewardship Initiative (SSI) is excited to announce our participation in RE+, the largest green energy event in North America, in Anaheim, CA between 9-12 September 2024.
Solar Stewardship Initiative debut at Intersolar 2024
This year saw the Solar Stewardship Initiative (SSI) debut at Intersolar Europe, the yearly solar industry trade show in Munich, Germany (18-21 June). We made the most out of the event with an insightful presentation by Alexia Ruvoletto, Head of Secretariat, at the Intersolar conference, and our first in-person SSI Board meeting.
OECD Responsible Mineral Supply Chain Forum 2024
This year, Alexia Ruvoletto and Julija Menise from the SSI Secretariat participated in the annual OECD Forum on Responsible Mineral Supply Chains. In addition to meeting with several civil society organisations and international organisation representatives, Alexia and Julija attended the session on ‘Human Rights Due Diligence in Upstream Mineral Supply Chains of Solar & Wind Energy Sectors,’ organised by the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR) and the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre.
Sustainable Solar Europe 2023
Join us in person in Brussels for the annual gathering of professionals and policymakers working to take solar sustainability to the next level. Topics range from sustainable project development, to tackling sustainable supply chains. This year’s edition will mark the official launch of the Solar Stewardship Initiative. Attendees will get in-depth knowledge of industry best practices, regulatory and policy updates, surrounded by a great environment for networking opportunities.
The Solar Stewardship Initiative: Join the future of sustainable solar
Join us for our webinar on 9 November at 14:00 CET, to learn more about the SSI system, its governance, and how your organisation can join. Following the pilot, the public consultation, and the publication of the SSI ESG Standard, the Solar Stewardship Initiative is now welcoming members (manufacturers, developers, installers, purchasers in the solar value chain), and other stakeholders to apply to the Stakeholder Advisory Group (SAG). SolarPower Europe and Solar Energy UK launched the Solar Stewardship Initiative in October 2022, with the goal of ensuring and demonstrating responsibility, transparency, and sustainability across the solar value chain.
Have your say on Supply Chain Sustainability
As part of the development of the SSI ESG Standard, the Solar Stewardship Initiative opened to public multistakeholder consultation in Q2 2023. Alexia Ruvoletto, Senior Policy Advisor at SolarPower Europe, presents the draft Standard to participants and explains how interested parties can provide feedback to the first solar supply chain standard of its kind.
How can we drive a more responsible, transparent, and sustainable solar value chain?
The Solar Stewardship Initiative held its launch webinar in October 2022. With introduction from Walburga Hemetsberger, CEO at SolarPower Europe and Giulia Giudi, the Solar Energy UK SSI Co-ordinator, this webinar sets out the SSI roadmap to a complete supply chain sustainability solution. Alexia Ruvoletto, Senior Policy Advisor at SolarPower Europe, takes participants through each step in the SSI journey.