The proposal for an Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) [1] is unprecedented – aiming to make all products sustainable by default. In today’s vote, the European Parliament has demonstrated willingness to go even further, giving a clear signal that Europeans demand sustainable products. The existing Ecodesign Directive has already successfully reduced the emissions and improved the circularity of many products since its entry into force in 2009. This update will extend those proven victories and sustainability requirements to many more sectors – driving forward implementation of the European Green Deal.
Today, the European Parliament’s ENVI Committee voted to speed up decarbonisation by introducing requirements that would cover the environmental impact of cement in the proposed Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR)[1].
Today, the European Parliament sent a clear message that the fashion industry needs to transform its harmful practices and respect social rights and the environment.
A new ground-breaking study [1] by the multi-stakeholder Alliance [2] modelled different mitigation scenarios, in which the clinker-to-cement ratio in Europe incrementally decreases to 60%, 50%, or 40% by 2050, resulting in significant CO2 reductions of more than half, in what has so far been seen as a hard to decarbonise sector.
The European Parliament's IMCO Committee has chosen not to slash the environmental impacts of construction products under the Construction Products Regulation (CPR). The report was approved with a large majority of MEPs, a decision that will have negative impacts on the environment for decades to come – if adopted in plenary. MEPs have agreed to grant special treatment to construction products, unlike textiles, electronics, or plastics, which are all on the path to becoming sustainable by default.
Environmental experts urge substantial improvements to the controversial EU Taxonomy Act to ensure science-based criteria and preserve environmental integrity.
The European Parliament has today sent a clear message to the fashion industry by voting in support of measures to tackle overproduction in a vote that improved the EU Textile Strategy.
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