ECOS | Environmental Coalition on Standards

News & events

  • 09 December 2024

    Call for experts – Biodiversity in food and agriculture

    ECOS is looking for experts on biodiversity in the Food and Agriculture sectors 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.

  • 02 December 2024

    Look back on our Annual Conference 2024: Building blocks for the future

    By Katarzyna Krok
    By Tudor Cherhat

    From how construction products are designed and how their environmental information is disclosed to the way public purchasing decisions are made, pathways to sustainable construction are within reach. Yet, they remain underexploited. This year – against the background of renewed institutions and bringing together key stakeholders from industry, civil society, and policymakers - the 14th edition of our annual conference focused on key leverages to implementing ambitious construction policies and standards in the EU.

  • 27 November 2024

    From arithmetic to ambition: How to use hydrogen emissions data to reduce its environmental impact

    By Anastasia Tsougka
    By Alison Grace

    With hydrogen high on the political agenda, hydrogen producers are under pressure to measure and report on their environmental impacts. How can they do so effectively? And more importantly: how can they use this knowledge to reduce emissions? Calculators have limits — ambition must be added separately for the numbers to have any use.

  • 21 November 2024

    Call for experts – Ecodesign of electronics and horizontal material efficiency

    By Mathieu Rama

    ECOS is looking for ecodesign experts in the field of electronics and ICT products 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 now!

  • 21 November 2024

    UN Plastics Treaty: A defining moment in the global fight against plastic pollution

    By Mariana López Dávila

    World leaders are on their way to Busan, South Korea, for a historic negotiation: INC-5, the final round of negotiations for a UN treaty to end plastic pollution. What can we expect? How can a plastics treaty confront plastic pollution at its root, protect health, and preserve the environment? Read our blog to find out.

  • 20 November 2024

    Powering up sustainably: EU proposes new rules on External Power Supplies

    By João Antonucci Rezende
    By Mathieu Rama

    Many of the devices we use—from electric toothbrushes and shavers to laptops, mobile phones, and tablets—have built-in batteries that must be fed electricity by an external source. Known as ‘External Power Supplies’, these products are covered by ecodesign regulations that are about to be updated. The European Commission has just published a draft revision of this legislation. What does the draft get right, and what must still be improved?

  • 14 October 2024

    Meet some of the standards that are all around us – World Standards Day 2024

    By Alison Grace

    Our lives are touched by standards in many unseen ways. From the ground we walk on and the appliances in our homes to the food on our plates – standards are everywhere! ECOS seeks to make them better for the environment. Read on to get to know some of the standards we’ve been working on this year.

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