The outcome of any negotiation depends on who sits at the table. Environmental stakeholders must be included for standardisation to be effective. Smooth collaboration between companies, workers, consumers, civil society, and environmental groups is the key to delivering standards and EU policies that work for everyone and strengthen the single market. Here’s how.
The International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) and the Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG-P) decision to create common emissions accounting standards has the potential to streamline and simplify procedures. However, this must be done in a way that lifts climate ambition, write Carbon Market Watch’s Benja Faecks and ECOS’s Thea Lyngseth.
In the name of "simplification", the European Commission wants to roll back vital environmental protections with an "Environmental Omnibus" – and they’re asking for your opinion. We have just ten days to speak up before it’s too late. Tell them to keep their hands off nature.
Report by ECOS with Open Future. How data centre expansion risks derailing climate goals and how to fix it. An analysis of the environmental impacts of data centres, the solutions to this, and possible EU policy responses.
Download the pdfECOS is an international network of environmental NGOs. Our members support our mission to defend environmental interests in the development of standards and product regulations. The ECOS membership package offers a range of benefits and unique access to information and events. Meet our members, learn about the ECOS membership packages and find out about how to become a member.
Become a MemberECOS is co-funded by the European Commission and EFTA
Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or EISMEA. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
