ECOS | Environmental Coalition on Standards

News & events

  • 24 October 2022

    Joint letter in defence of EU standards for corporate sustainability reporting

    ECOS and 35 other organisations, representing civil society organisations and trade unions, urge the European Commissioner to stay committed to the development and adoption of an ambitious and urgent framework to improve and standardise corporate disclosure on sustainability matters in the EU.

  • 17 October 2022

    Call for tender – Determining Paris-Aligned Carbon Budgets and Transition Pathways for Key Circular Economy Product Value Chains

    ECOS is looking for a firm to conduct a study that will determine Paris-aligned carbon budgets for select product value chains, as well as model different transition pathways to determine the most effective policy mix to meet carbon budgets.

  • 14 October 2022

    World Standards Day 2022: Five areas where standards make a real difference

    By Ivo Cabral
    By Sabela González

    To mark World Standards Day 2022, we have gathered examples of how standards are essential to making change happen in areas of major importance to our transition to an environmentally sustainable world.

  • 13 October 2022

    After much ink spilt, the EU is about to crack down on made-to-break printers

    By Mathieu Rama
    By Ivo Cabral

    Small electrical devices are the focus of this year’s International E-Waste Day, taking place today, on 14 October. It is a perfect day to celebrate that the EU will soon develop a regulation for printers – a product at the origin of countless headaches. The lack of rules results in thousands of tonnes of printers and cartridges turning into waste too early every year.

  • 10 October 2022

    ECOS Discussion Paper: 6 steps to amend the CPR

    By Federica Pozzi

    No other industry in the EU consumes more resources, energy and produces more waste by weight – and is a formidable polluter - than the construction industry. Ahead of the European Parliament's public hearing on 'Making the Internal Market for Construction Products fit for the 21st century', ECOS recommends six steps to amend the CPR.

  • 10 October 2022

    We are hiring! Membership Manager

    We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Membership & Network Manager to lead our efforts to maintain, grow and engage our network of 50+ member NGOs, building thriving and empowering relationships, ensuring international growth and a smooth internal communications flow. Apply before 4 November!

  • 04 October 2022

    Ambitious Minimum Energy Performance Standards (MEPS): A no regret option

    By Michael Neaves

    ECOS and 15 other leading industry players, NGOs, think tanks and investors are calling Members of the European Parliament to adopt ambitious Minimum Energy Performance Standards in the EPBD recast.

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