Overwhelming support from over 120 organisations and individuals, including environmental and consumer groups, occupational health experts, and three Goldman Environmental Prize winners has been given to the Declaration on Waste Containing Nanomaterials produced by ECOS, and partners CIEL and Öko-Institut.  The declaration sets out demands to ensure that a precautionary approach is taken with waste […]

ECOS welcomes the opportunity to comment on the preliminary draft Annual Union Work Programme for Standardisation for 2017.  Overall, ECOS believes the AUWP adequately reflects the EU priorities in the major environmental areas. We would like to express our support for planned and on-going activities in key environmental areas, such as climate change, the circular […]

A+ is the worst label you’ll find on a fridge on the EU market today. Market data shows confused consumers buying the most inefficient models in worryingly high numbers, despite energy efficiency being the number one factor shoppers look for. The A-G scale has become completely redundant and needs to be reset as soon as a revision […]

The ECOS-EEB Coolproducts campaign continues to provide technical and political assistance to the revision of the Energy Label, working closely alongside the campaign’s national partners and the European consumer organisations to have a positive impact on this policy reform. Reverting back to an A-G scale as soon as possible is crucial. Each costly delay results […]

Participants from the European Parliament, the European Commission, and various stakeholder organisations involved in standardisation debated the Joint Initiative on European Standardisation (JIES) on April 20, at a lunch debate organised by CEN-CENELEC and hosted by IMCO Vice-Chair MEP Catherine Stihler (S&D). JIES aims to modernise the standardisation system and bolster the public-private partnership between European […]

ECOS warmly welcomes the adoption by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) today of an Opinion on the 2016 Annual Union Work Programme for European standardisation. Successfully put forth by Rapporteur Patrick Liébus, President of EBC, the Opinion focuses on inclusiveness, a key principle that should be implemented in the standardisation system. In a […]

The future Renewable Energy Directive should actively promote the electrification of transport. This is the key message from the Platform for Electro Mobility in its response to the public consultation on a new Renewable Energy Directive (RED). Francesco Gattiglio, EU affairs officer at the European battery manufacturers’ association, Eurobat, said on behalf of the Platform: […]

ECOS is looking for experts in the fields of Solid Recovered Fuels, Sludge, and Water to represent environmental interests in the development of standards. The expert(s) will represent ECOS in the following groups: CEN/TC 308 on Sludge Characterisation and Management, in particular WG 1 ‘Process control methods’ and WG 2 ‘Guidelines for good practice in the […]

11 NGOs, including ECOS, have called on the European Parliament to introduce 10 key changes to get the circular economy back on track. These ten changes can maximise the potential of a circular economy and eliminate loopholes that could be used by Member States to avoid necessary action. By following these key steps, discussions regarding […]

For the past three years, ECOS has participated in a project to renew a set of CEN standards to support the EPBD recast, requested by the European Commission. In an area of wide national divergence in terms of approach, ECOS maintained a strong and ambitious objective: to contribute towards more energy efficient buildings in Europe by […]