ECOS | Environmental Coalition on Standards

News & events

  • 30 November 2023

    Join the ECOS team – Programme Manager, Buildings

    We are looking for a highly motivated Programme Manager to join our Buildings and Industry team and drive our high-impact work towards a sustainable and circular built environment.

  • 24 November 2023

    Call for tender – Driving public purchase towards truly green construction products and materials

    ECOS is seeking to subcontract an organisation/consultancy to deliver a study for an evidence-based report on EU Green Public Procurement criteria.

  • 26 October 2023

    Building bridges between the environment and consumers – we are taking on a new role at ISO

    ECOS has been approved as a liaison to ISO’s committee on consumer policy, also known as COPOLCO. In a world increasingly attuned to the importance of environmental protection and sustainability, the connection between consumer concerns and the environment is stronger than ever. Our new role at ISO will help to reinforce it – on a global scale.

  • 25 October 2023

    CALL FOR EXPERTS – Green Public Procurement for construction products

    ECOS is looking for experts in the field of Green Public Procurement (GPP) to represent and defend environmental interests, with a focus on construction materials. Experts will provide ECOS with relevant expertise and support in policy processes through the drafting of policy and legal recommendations on the role of different European and national (green) procurement laws currently under development.

  • 16 October 2023

    E-waste is going to waste – but a new international standard could change that

    By Fanny Rateau

    E-waste, or WEEE, (waste from electrical and electronic equipment) is the fastest-growing and most complex waste stream worldwide. A new international standard for the sustainable management of e-waste will set requirements to achieve the best environmental outcome by focusing on the recovery of products, components, and materials.

  • 13 October 2023

    Getting to know standards – World Standards Day 2023

    By Lloyd Evans

    To mark World Standards Day 2023, we are offering a closer look at three standards to demonstrate how ECOS maximises their potential to address environmental issues.

  • 11 October 2023

    CALL FOR EXPERTS – Batteries

    ECOS is looking for experts in the field of batteries 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.

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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