Not all hydrogen is created equal. It can be produced in many different ways — sometimes with high emissions, sometimes nearly emissions-free. Definitions and methods to calculate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from hydrogen need to be accurate and ambitious to avoid greenwashing and support the EU in meeting its 2030 and 2050 climate targets. Setting […]
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Look back on Buy Better to Build Better’s launch event in the European Parliament
To mark the occasion, coalition members and representatives from the EU institutions came together to celebrate the publication of BBBB’s manifesto and discuss the role of green public procurement in aligning sustainability and competitiveness goals under one overarching industrial strategy. Opening remarks | Pierfrancesco Maran, Member of the European Parliament, S&D Green public procurement can […]
ECOS newsletter – June 2025
Celebrating the 2025 African Day of Standardisation
Standards that are developed with due attention to the environment can help to protect the natural ecosystems where raw materials — including transition minerals and agricultural products — are sourced. Given that Africa is an emerging as well as a secondary market for various products and services, standards are also growing in importance there, aiming […]
Don’t scrap Green Claims Directive, NGOs say
Greenwashing is rampant in Europe, with 76% of the products on the EU market carrying an implicit or explicit green claim — and more than half of these claims are misleading, unsubstantiated, or inaccurate, according to research by the European Commission [1]. The European Commission created confusion with a spokesperson stating its “intention” to withdraw […]
Call for experts – Heating appliances in the built environment
ECOS is an international NGO with a network of members and experts advocating for environmentally-friendly technical standards, policies and laws. With 20 years of experience, ECOS represents over 50 national and European members, including the European Environmental Bureau, Friends of the Earth Europe, Transport & Environment and WWF. ECOS is a partner organisation of the […]
Member States fall short of steering the automotive industry on a circular path
Governments voted on a proposal to revise and merge the outdated End-of-Life Vehicles Directive and the 3R Type-Approval Directive into a single Regulation on Circularity Requirements on Vehicle Design and on Management of End-of-Life Vehicles. The proposal aims to strengthen the EU single market while improving the circularity of the automotive sector and reducing the environmental impacts associated with […]
Briefing: Last chance for a strong EU Green Claims Directive
Greenwashing is rampant — Europe needs this law The EU Green Claims Directive [1] is Europe’s chance to eliminate the scourge of greenwashing — a growing and alarming practice of companies misleading consumers about the environmental impacts of products. An enormous 76% of the products on the EU market carry an implicit or explicit green […]
EU agrees to clean up dirty detergents
Used to wash clothes, dishes, and surfaces, we encounter detergents every day. But existing EU rules do not sufficiently protect human health or the environment from harmful substances found in many detergents — much of which travels to our water supply [1]. The revised EU Detergents Regulation — now provisionally agreed — will help to […]
Can AI be efficient and sustainable? Going beyond energy efficiency #EUSEW2025
Electricity demand soared by 4.3% just last year. This is largely due to data centres expanding to facilitate the AI boom, with no signs of this slowing. This has huge social and environmental impacts. Including: More energy consumed – most of it from fossil fuels. More water used – even in places with water scarcity. […]
