The European Commission has proposed a 13% target for energy efficiency by 2030, up from the previous 9%. ECOS welcomes the announcement
In a letter sent today, ECOS, EEB and Zero Waste Europe urge the Council of the European Union to appoint the Environment Council as the minister configuration leading on the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR).
The European Parliament's plenary confirmed its negotiating position today, calling for harmonising charging ports and interoperability of fast charging technology for a wide range of small ICT products, including mobile phones, laptops and tablets [1].
ECOS - Environmental Coalition on Standards, European Environmental Bureau (EEB), Transport & Environment (T&E) and Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH) call on the European Commission, Parliament and Council to agree on ambitious environmental targets in the trialogue negotiations starting on April 20th.
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9 environmental organisations have sent a letter to EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen calling for an end on sales of new gas boilers through ecodesign.
ECOS welcomes the ambitious Circular Economy Package launched today by the European Commission
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The European Commission has today, 30 March 2022, set out plans to bring more sustainability to the textile industry - a sector which remains largely under-regulated. But civil society groups are alarmed that the much-anticipated text misses out key human rights aspects from its focus. With environmental and social sustainability being two sides of the same coin, it is a huge missed opportunity that a chapter of the EU Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles seems to have been lost.
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