By Margaux Le Gallou
By Kasia
Meant to prevent greenwashing by giving consumers reliable environmental information on products, the proposal falls short of its original ambition and fails to offer a robust, harmonised methodology for calculating environmental impacts.
By Mathilde Crêpy
Environmental experts publish science-based Taxonomy and appeal to the investor community to use these new criteria instead.
EU institutions have agreed on a groundbreaking Battery Regulation for more sustainable batteries
By Ivo Cabral
By Samy Porteron
By Ioana Popescu
By Mathias Falkenberg
Today, the European Commission has published the second part of its Circular Economy Action Plan. The package includes much needed initiatives on packaging, the so-called bio-plastics, and carbon removals.
Last Thursday and Friday, the European Commission and Member State representatives agreed on new ecodesign requirements for phones and tablets. Right to Repair campaigners celebrate the move but regret a missed opportunity to introduce rules granting people a true right to repair.
On Thursday 17 November, national experts will meet in Brussels to rubberstamp new ecodesign rules for smartphones and tablets.
By marco.grippa
By Ivo Cabral
A timely phase-out of fossil fuel boilers would save 8% of EU gas imports, and avoid a long-term surge in energy bill prices, according to research by organisations supporting the call.
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