Post Type Archives: News & Events
Ecodesign: A more sustainable EU single market is coming
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 because so many products we consume are short-lived, disposable, inefficient, toxic, or unrepairable — with consumers often not offered viable alternatives. Until now, EU measures on sustainable product design focused […]
Europe must ‘buy better to build better,’ says new coalition on green public procurement
A new coalition on green public procurement (GPP) — Buy Better to Build Better (BBBB) — launches today at an event in the European Parliament [1]. Bringing together 35 stakeholders from across the construction value chain, civil society, and public authorities, the coalition aims to make green public procurement the default approach in Europe’s construction […]
Here’s how your next smartphone will be longer-lasting and easier to repair
From 20 June 2025, consumers will be able to benefit from smartphones and tablets that are both longer-lasting and more easily repairable thanks to new rules. It will also be much easier to choose more durable phones, thanks to a new energy label with repairability and reliability scores. Where do these rules come from? In […]
Watch it again! Never beyond repair: How an EU standard drives product repairability
Standard EN45554:2020 on repairability. It’s in the French repair index. It’s in EU ecodesign and energy labelling requirements for smartphones. It’s in sustainability labels. How can it be improved to bring us closer to a universal right to repair? With their members and other stakeholders, ECOS and ANEC hosted a webinar on 3 April 2025 to […]
JRC’s flawed recycling study fails to support circular policy
Brussels, 8 May 2025 – A new report, commissioned by the Rethink Plastic alliance, ECOS, and Zero Waste Europe, exposes serious methodological failures in a recent study by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) on plastics recycling technologies. The new report, “Scrutinising Scientific Standards” authored by Dr Andrew Rollinson and endorsed by leading environmental […]
ECOS newsletter – April 2025
New VCMI guidance risks justifying carbon offsetting and delaying real corporate climate action, NGOs say
The Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative (VCMI) [1] has published new guidance for companies on Scope 3 emissions (indirect emissions from a company’s value chain) [2]. It allows a company to rely on carbon credits to claim progress towards their climate targets until as late as 2040 — a date with no basis in science […]
Watch it again! Webinar on making repair affordable
Our webinar brought together experts from ECOS, the Right to Repair Europe coalition, the European Commission, and industry stakeholders to explore how horizontal ecodesign measures can help to drive down the cost of spare parts. Making Repair Affordable: How to Tackle the Price of Spare Parts Speakers included Mathieu Rama from ECOS, Cristina Ganapini from […]
First ESPR Working Plan kick-starts a more sustainable EU single market
*** For background on the ESPR, refer to this written briefing, or get in touch to speak with an ECOS expert *** The Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) [1] is a major piece of legislation that will benefit consumers of almost all products [2] put on the EU single market, by ensuring sustainable design […]
