On 18 June, the European Commission released a number of documents which will shape the future of sustainable finance in the European Union. Two of them are of particular importance for our work, as they will heavily feed into the development of ISO standards.
This preliminary standardisation request concerns the development of harmonised standards for air conditioners and focuses on methods for measuring and calculating the seasonal space heating and cooling energy efficiencies and the sound power.
2019 has so far seen two national workshops, organised in Cyprus (April) and North Macedonia (June), within the ENgage project, which aims at enhancing the participation of national standardisation bodies and environmental NGOs in standardisation.
In its recent “Conclusions on an EU Industrial Policy Strategy: A Vision For 2030”, the EU Council encouraged all actors involved to make further progress with regard to inclusiveness, legal certainty and predictability aiming at a rapid delivery of the harmonised standards and their benefits to enterprises and consumers.
Our annual General Assembly was held on 12 June 2019 in Brussels, bringing together representatives of our member organisations of the ECOS network including our new members.
Our annual conference took place on 13 June and gathered over 100 participants. This year, we focused on designing plastic for circularity.
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