On 27 April, the European Commission has convened an extraordinary Ecodesign and Energy Labelling Consultation Forum. National experts from EU Member States and other stakeholders, including ECOS, will attend to discuss revised ecodesign rules for space and water heaters. We want sales of ‘stand-alone’ fossil fuel boilers to be phased out. Now is the time to take such a step! Read through our background briefing to discover why and how.
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.
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