We also expanded our portfolio of work areas, which now includes such topics as cement and environmental finance. In addition, 2018 confirmed our position as an important actor working towards an inclusive and transparent standardisation system. We were also very pleased to welcome two new member organisations to the ECOS network, and to start working with environmental NGOs in […]

ECOS is very pleased to welcome a newly-approved standard that will allow larger quantities of climate-friendly alternatives to fluorinated gases in commercial refrigeration. The positive vote was confirmed last week in the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). Fewer barriers to natural refrigerants The newly-approved international standard IEC 60335-2-89 provides safety requirements for commercial refrigerating appliances and contains […]

  ECOS is looking for experts in the field of treatment and recycling of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment and batteries to provide us with technical input and represent ECOS position in the development of standards.     The nominated experts will: Identify best practices related tocollection, logistics, preparation for reuse, depollution as well as […]

Earlier this year, the European Commission adopted improved energy labels for a number of domestic and commercial appliances. As Europe works towards revamping this well-known EU guide to better products, ECOS argues it is high time for the Energy Label to also inform consumers on the durability and repairability of products, and help meet the […]

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ECOS is looking for a highly motivated Programme Manager to join our team to work on Ecodesign and Energy Labelling. Download the full job description here. Your main tasks will be to: Manage our activities aiming to include ambitious environmental aspects in European policies and standards related to Ecodesign and Energy Labelling Select and manage […]

We’re looking for a highly motivated Operations Director to join our team! The Role  Due to a recently growing Secretariat a new senior position of Operations Director has been created. Reporting directly to the Executive Director, and a member of the Executive Management Team, the position will also be accountable to the Executive Committee of […]

On 13 March, the European Commission decided to label palm oil based biofuels as “high ILUC risk”, that is, causing significant displacement of agricultural production onto forests and peatlands. With this decision, the Commission underlined the magnitude of the adverse indirect effects of palm oil in biofuels, such as biodiversity loss and increased GHG emissions. […]

The EU Plastics Strategy is now more than a year old, and the policy measures it announced are, for the most part, being implemented. The iconic Single Use Plastics Directive introducing restrictions and requirements for the most common plastic products found on European beaches is soon to be officially adopted. Various other measures, such as […]