ECOS | Environmental Coalition on Standards

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  • 28 November 2025

    UNEA-7: Shaping an ambitious global environmental agenda

    By Marxine Waite
    By Alison Grace
    By Emily Best
    By Rita Tedesco

    The seventh session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-7) will bring together all 193 UN Member States in Nairobi, Kenya in December 2025 to address common environmental challenges. Accredited NGO observers, including ECOS, will join them. What can we expect? We outline the environmental potential of two key resolutions: on sustainable use of AI and sound management of chemicals and waste.

  • 18 November 2025

    Vacancy: Programme Manager – Energy Transition

    We are looking for a highly motivated Programme Manager to work on the energy transition, including its links with circular economy. The successful candidate will report to ECOS Senior Programme Manager, Energy Transition. Apply today!

  • 06 November 2025

    Call for experts – bioeconomy and nature

    We are seeking experts in fields related to bioeconomy and nature, such as forestry or agriculture - including food/feed, bioenergy, or biomaterials. Deadline 1 February 2026

  • 20 October 2025

    Vacancy: Membership & Events Officer

    Are you looking for a meaningful career opportunity in a dynamic and influential NGO? Join our passionate team and help make a positive impact on shaping international rules to protect the planet! We are looking for a highly motivated Membership & Events Officer to join our Communication & Membership team, starting January 2026, for a one-year contract.

  • 14 October 2025

    Standards need to work for everyone – here’s how we do it

    By Amina Aissani
    By Lloyd Evans

    World Standards Day this year focuses on the power of partnership and the impact of working together. The development of standards can enable meaningful collaboration between industries, governments, and civil society, but a lack of representation of diverse and relevant expertise from civil society organisations risks the adoption of standards which may not be fit for purpose.

  • 30 September 2025

    Building a European Affordable Housing Plan with what we have

    By ECOS
    By Natuur en Milieu
    By Lund University

    Europe is facing a double challenge: reaching energy, climate, and circularity goals while also ensuring affordable, accessible, and healthy housing. Too often, these two challenges are put against one another. However, for a built environment that works for people and nature, the upcoming European Affordable Housing Plan (EAHP) should take advantage of how environmental and social aspects can work together. With fellow experts from Natuur & Milieu and Lund University, we look at how tackling inefficient use of empty or underused buildings can ensure affordable housing and reduce environmental impacts.

  • 09 September 2025

    Harmonisation of ISO and GHG-P standards must raise the quality bar

    By Thea Lyngseth
    By Benja Faecks

    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.

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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