ECOS | Environmental Coalition on Standards

News & events

  • 29 July 2025

    From Policy to Progress: Methane Regulation Hits One-Year Mark

    Press release | New NGO coalition unveils first members and launches EU methane regulation implementation tracker.

  • 23 June 2025

    Don’t scrap Green Claims Directive, NGOs say

    Press release | European consumers need a strong Green Claims Directive to deter false claims, but concerning and unverified reports suggest the proposal is in jeopardy. If policymakers do not reach an ambitious agreement, greenwashing will continue, say environmental groups ECOS, ClientEarth, Carbon Market Watch, and the European Environmental Bureau.

  • 17 June 2025

    Member States fall short of steering the automotive industry on a circular path 

    Press release | Today, Europe’s Environment Ministers bowed to the automotive industry by voting to weaken a crucial regulation to make the automotive sector more circular, warn environmental NGOs.

  • 12 June 2025

    Briefing: Last chance for a strong EU Green Claims Directive

    Press briefing | On 23 June, EU negotiators are slated to meet for the last time to finalise the proposed Green Claims Directive. What can we expect? What will make the directive environmentally ambitious? Find out in our briefing — or get in touch for more.

  • 11 June 2025

    EU agrees to clean up dirty detergents

    Press release | EU negotiators have reached a provisional agreement on the revised Detergents Regulation. This updated law improves on previous measures. However, it does not do enough on substances that do the most harm to human and environmental health — including (micro)plastics, phosphates and phosphorus, allergens, and endocrine-disruptors.

  • 21 May 2025

    Europe must ‘buy better to build better,’ says new coalition on green public procurement

    Press release | Industry, business associations, public authorities, and civil society unite in new coalition calling for green public procurement to drive sustainable construction through smarter public spending in the EU: ‘Buy Better to Build Better’.

  • 08 May 2025

    JRC’s flawed recycling study fails to support circular policy

    Press release | A new report, commissioned by the Rethink Plastic alliance, ECOS, and Zero Waste Europe, exposes serious methodological failures in a recent study by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) on plastics recycling technologies. 

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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