ECOS | Environmental Coalition on Standards

News & events

  • 02 February 2022

    ECOS welcomes EU Standardisation Strategy: ‘an unprecedented chance to ensure that standards truly work for the environment’

    By Justin Wilkes
    By Nerea Ruiz Fuente
    By Pamela Tarif

    ECOS – Environmental Coalition on Standards welcomes the EU Standardisation Strategy. It is a unique opportunity for the EU to make standards work for the environment and strive for civil society voices to be properly represented in standard-setting at all levels – international, national and European.

  • 01 February 2022

    EU Standardisation Strategy – what to expect

    By Nerea Ruiz Fuente
    By Ivo Cabral

    On 2 February, Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton will present the European Commission's Standardisation Strategy, emphasising the geostrategic importance of standardisation for the continent. This announcement could become a turning point for standardisation in Europe. How? Why? Take a look at our explainer!

  • 01 February 2022

    The European Commission is looking into measures to reduce microplastics impact on the environment

    By Valeria Botta

    We have just shared with the European Commission our recommendations for the upcoming measures meant to curb microplastic pollution. The new initiative aims to tackle microplastics unintentionally released into the environment, and it will focus on labelling, standardisation, certification and regulatory measures for the main sources of emitting these plastics, including pellets, tyres and textiles.

  • 27 January 2022

    Is it legal for the EU to label gas and nuclear as ‘environmentally sustainable’? Experts doubt it

    By Mathilde Crêpy

    The European Commission is circulating a proposal in which nuclear energy and natural gas would join the EU Taxonomy – an official list of investments considered ‘environmentally sustainable’. In an opinion report published this week, experts from the Platform on Sustainable Finance question whether this is in line with EU law. Why? ECOS Senior Programme Manager and Platform member Mathilde Crêpy explains.

  • 18 January 2022

    Work Programme 2022: a critical year for international climate action

    2022 has the potential to be a critical year for environmental policy, with a focus on international climate action, negotiations for a global treaty on plastics, making sustainable products the norm, and leveraging environmental policy as a key tool of the economic stimulus following the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • 10 January 2022

    Call for Tender – National support to ECOS policy and standardisation work on zero carbon cement & concrete

    By Ioana Popescu

    ECOS seeks to subcontract national support to ECOS policy and standardisation work on zero carbon cement & concrete, in the following countries: France, Germany, Denmark, Belgium, Sweden, and Portugal.

  • 05 January 2022

    Call for Tender – Communications & Public Relations support to coalition work

    By Kasia

    We are looking for a Communications & Public Relations consultant to support the work of a newly-created zero-carbon cement & concrete coalition. Progressive actors will join efforts to help secure an ambitious and effective decarbonisation pathway for the cement and concrete (C&C) value chain, targeting (nearly) zero-carbon by 2040 through policy and standards work.

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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