Earth Overshoot Day — when humanity has consumed more resources than the Earth’s capacity to regenerate them — arrives earlier and earlier every year. That’s largely because so many products we consume are short-lived, disposable, inefficient, toxic, or unrepairable. This reality is a choice we have collectively made, not an inevitability. Choosing instead to produce […]
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If a tree falls in the woods… we need to know about it
The European Parliament is negotiating on the proposed EU Regulation on a monitoring framework for resilient European forests – often known as the Forest Monitoring Law. Forest monitoring is essential to improve forest health and track progress against EU-wide environmental objectives and climate targets. We need EU policymakers to approve a complete and coherent system […]
ECOS newsletter – December 2024
2024 – An ambitious environmental agenda
Stronger international presence – ECOS in Africa Environmental challenges are not constrained by borders. To amplify our global impact we opened a new Africa office in Nairobi, Kenya earlier this year. We are establishing partnerships and alliances with local and regional organisations and standardisers to exchange knowledge about policy, standards, and environmental concerns in the […]
Call for experts – Electromobility
Application deadline: 20 January 2025 ECOS seeks to subcontract someone to provide technical expertise and support regarding electromobility in general and in particular the technical standards needed to facilitate smart charging. The nominated experts will: Represent ECOS and the environmental interest within CENELEC/TC205, CENELEC/TC69x, IEC/TC69, IEC/TC23/SC23K and ISO/TC22/SC31 participate to the WG meetings on behalf […]
Call for experts – Biodiversity in food and agriculture
Application deadline: 25 January 2025 The food and agriculture sectors depend on biodiversity for their survival. Decades of over exploitation of natural resources, pollution of water and soil, and the application of chemical pesticides have contributed to the current degraded status of ecosystems. From biodiversity-friendly sourcing of agricultural raw materials to addressing biodiversity at the […]
Call for experts – Biodegradation and composting
Application deadline: 6 January 2025 ECOS works to reduce the global plastic footprint and ensure clean material loops in a circular economy by engaging in international policy and standards development. We are an official observer to the negotiations on an international plastic treaty, and advocate for ambitious EU policies, laws and standards to reduce plastic […]
Call for experts – Fishing gear
Application deadline: 6 January 2025 ECOS works to reduce the global plastic footprint and ensure clean material loops in a circular economy by engaging in international policy and standards development. We are an official observer to the negotiations on an international plastic treaty, and advocate for ambitious EU policies, laws and standards to reduce plastic […]
Call for experts – WEEE (e-waste)
Application deadline: 6 January 2025 ECOS is looking for experts in the field of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) to represent and defend environmental interests in the development of standards and related policies. Our experts provide us with technical and scientific input and represent ECOS in standardisation processes and multi-stakeholder discussions. ECOS works to […]
Call for experts – Plastic recycling
Application deadline: 6 January 2025 ECOS works to reduce the global plastic footprint and ensure clean material loops in a circular economy by engaging in international policy and standards development. We are an official observer to the negotiations on an international plastic treaty, and advocate for ambitious EU policies, laws and standards to reduce plastic […]
