Nanomaterials and chemicals such titanium dioxide are ever-present across Europe in products such as children’s toothpaste, clothing and food packaging, without the risks being fully understood. Unfortunately, we learnt this month that the European Commission may challenge this decision by the French government by deciding to maintain harmonisation of additives at EU level and facilitate […]

In the last few months, ECOS and the Austrian Energy Agency (AEA) have been carrying out a stakeholder consultation, which has allowed the project to collect around 40 cases of circumvention from market surveillance authorities, industry, consumer associations, environmental NGOs and testing labs. Based on the information gathered ANTICSS will now decide on the product […]

For the second time within five years, ECOS submitted a liaison application to join a subcommittee of IEC TC 61 “Safety of household and similar electrical appliances”. The Committee is responsible for the development of standards which currently block the uptake of climate-friendly alternatives to fluorinated gases, thus also hampering the smooth implementation of climate […]

The Declaration calls for a comprehensive strategy to address circularity in buildings – a key consumption area making significant environmental impacts. An expert multi-stakeholder platform is needed and it should address the role of products and buildings, obstacles to deepen and broaden circularity in the sector and what policies and tools could support this. The […]

The overall objective of the Committee is “standardisation in the field of Circular Economy to develop frameworks, guidance, supporting tools and requirements for the implementation of activities of all involved organisations, to maximise the contribution to sustainable development”. During the meeting, Programme Manager Lindsey Wuisan presented our work on circular economy. Discussions focused on the […]

Our Programme Manager Mélissa Zill and Communication Officer Pia Cencig took part in the meeting and presented the first ideas for the project’s communication work package, which ECOS is leading on. Coordinated by the Portuguese Energy Agency ADENE, HARP will build on the results of previous projects to develop an application for consumers to obtain […]

Adopting sustainability requirements for batteries is crucial, as the electrification and decarbonisation of various sectors, such as mobility and energy storage, depends on the rechargeable battery technology. Lithium-ion batteries represent a rapidly growing global market which warrants an EU level response to avoid lock in to linear sub-standard industrial patterns and give a competitive advantage […]