ECOS | Environmental Coalition on Standards

Circular Economy

Bioeconomy

Adopted in 2012 and revised in 2018, the Bioeconomy Strategy is the European policy tool binding together all economic activities related to the use of biomass, ranging from food production to bioenergy and to bio-based products. ECOS participates in the development and revision of standards applying to bio-based products, bioenergy, biomass, and sustainability criteria. Our goal is to develop a bioeconomy keeping the carrying capacity of the Earth, while staying within planetary boundaries.

What we are working on

  • Participating in policy discussions on the future of the bioeconomy in the EU, from defining priority sectors to designing policy instruments promoting a circular, sustainable bioeconomy.
  • Ensuring the revision of the European standards within CEN/TC 383 (‘Sustainably produced biomass for energy applications’) will not undermine the objectives of the Renewable Energy Directive II.
  • Developing a transparent, comprehensive and consistent framework applying to the entire supply chain. Such framework should connect raw materials to final products and provide a strong basis for potential environmental claims on such final products.

Related news

  • Digging deep for World Soil Day

    Every day we take soil for granted – but there is a whole world beneath our feet, hidden from our view, that is not only teeming with life but provides invaluable support to human existence. On World Soil Day we focus on the need for robust policy, backed by global standards, to both protect and restore healthy soil to elevate its life-sustaining power.

  • Restoring nature will secure our future – winds of change must set us on the right path

    Nature is all around us – giving and sustaining life. But we must ensure that we see the forest for the trees. The impassioned debate that enveloped the EU’s Nature Restoration Law earlier this month demonstrated the importance of taking a breath and stepping back from the business of our daily routines. We must remember that we owe much to nature. Policymakers and regulators all over the world have a duty to protect it.

  • EU can plant seeds of change with a strong Soil Monitoring Law

    Soil, and the multitude of organisms that live in it, make life on land possible. It provides us with food, with biomass and fibres, and with raw materials. It regulates the water and the carbon and nutrient cycles. Healthy soils are also the largest terrestrial carbon pool on the planet. Coupled with their sponge-like ability to absorb water and reduce the risk of flooding and drought, this makes soil an indispensable ally in climate change mitigation and adaptation.

Contact person

Mathilde Crêpy
Senior Programme Manager+32 2 894 46 68 mathilde.crepy@ecostandard.org

ECOS 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.

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