ECOS | Environmental Coalition on Standards

News & events

  • 13 July 2026

    Call for experts on methane emissions

    ECOS is looking for experts in the field of methane emissions to represent and defend environmental interests in the development of standards and related policies. Our experts provide us with technical and scientific input and represent ECOS in standardisation processes and multi-stakeholder discussions. Apply by 6 September!

  • 08 July 2026

    WATCH: Eco-fashion? New EU ecodesign rules for apparel

    By Luca Boniolo
    By Emily Best

    The EU’s Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) will require mandatory minimum ecodesign requirements for apparel and a Digital Product Passport for all garments. Watch the webinar recording as we assess the timeline and progress of this delegated act and discuss opportunities to get involved. 

  • 29 June 2026

    Watch it again: Green digitalisation and sustainable ICT products in Africa

    By Marxine Waite
    By Mathieu Rama
    By Alison Grace

    Watch our two webinars, which tackle green digitalisation in the African region, with a focus on Kenya. African and European stakeholders attended to discuss global policy and standards, with a shared goal of resilient, green, and digital economies.

  • 25 June 2026

    Meet our new member from Nigeria!

    By JP Antonucci Rezende

    Community Action Against Plastic Waste is a Nigerian organisation active across different regions of the Global South, working on plastic waste and policy solutions.

  • 10 June 2026

    No nature, no future: Why biodiversity standards matter

    By Samy Porteron
    By Lloyd Evans

    Nature is the living system that makes all economic activity possible. From clean water, filtered by forests, to birds controlling crop-eating insects, nature quietly sustains us every day. Businesses and governments therefore have a lot to gain from understanding how their decisions impact ecosystems. Life’s intrinsic right to exist is inalienable and rules to protect it need monitoring to check that they are effective. But how do we measure impacts on biodiversity? And how can we use that information to improve how we steward ecosystems?

  • 08 June 2026

    Petrochemicals need defossilisation as much as decarbonisation

    By Fernando Tonon
    By Jean-Luc Wietor
    By Katarzyna Krok

    Most of our daily lives have come to rely on petrochemical products: plastic packaging, car parts, building materials, synthetic clothing, electronics, paints, detergents, medical equipment… the list goes on. The industry brands itself as the “mother of all industries” for a reason: it sits behind countless products and value chains. And the climate footprint is massive.

  • 04 June 2026

    Vacancy: Programme Officer – Product Policies

    We are looking for a highly motivated Programme Officer to join our Circular Economy & Nature team as soon as possible. The successful candidate will work on standardisation, policy developments, and project management related to ecodesign and energy labelling, in the framework of the EU’s Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR), with a focus on textiles, apparel, and footwear.

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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