On 20 September, the Directors of ECOS and our Croatian member, DOOR, met the Director of the Croatian Standardisation Institute (HZN) and his team. This high-level meeting was held to explore how to build a closer relationship between the environmental NGOs community and the Standardisation Institute in Croatia. DOOR, or the Croatian Society for Sustainable […]

Organised by our Greek member ECOCITY, ECOCITY FORUM 2018 “Circular Economy in Smart Cities” is a multilateral event, focusing on the dissemination of the collective global knowledge on circular economy issues, as well as on raising public awareness and mobilising national and regional administration towards interconnectedness of today’s global challenges. The programme will address climate change, […]

ECOS is looking for expert(s) in the field of tyres to represent environmental interests in the development of the Tyre Labelling Regulation. Experts will provide technical and scientific input into discussions, in accordance with the related policy context and ECOS strategy. The nominated experts will be responsible for: Providing technical input e.g. comments on preparatory […]

On 20 september, AccESS partners met in Zagreb for their 4th and penultimate project coordination meeting. After more than 1,5 year of active engagement in standardisation, the partners shared the experiences gathered from commenting on standards, developing national expert networks, engaging with their respective National Standards Bodies, or attempting to train colleagues and fellow NGOs […]

A number of countries are blocking EU proposals that would oblige manufacturers to make certain products, including washing machines and TVs, more easily repairable and recyclable, a map published by ECOS and the EEB reveals. The NGOs reveal the position of each Member State during the negotiations that took place in Brussels over the last […]

ECOS is looking for experts in the field of chain of custody and traceability to represent environmental interests in the development of standards and to assist in supply chain research. Experts will provide technical and scientific input into discussions, in accordance with the related policy context and ECOS strategy. Relevant types of expertise include: Chain […]

Biodegradable and compostable plastics do not prevent plastic pollution and should not be an excuse to keep consuming single-use plastics, the European Parliament recognised in a vote today. The Parliament voted to strengthen the European Commission’s plans to slash plastic pollution, under the European Strategy for Plastics in a Circular Economy launched in January 2018. Speaking on […]

ECOS is looking for a highly motivated Junior Programme Manager to join our team working on energy efficiency (focused on ecodesign) & circular economy (including on bioeconomy) at the European and international level. The position is for a fixed 12-month term, starting asap. Applicants should send a CV and cover letter by no later than […]

ECOS has long been advocating for test methodologies supporting the Ecodesign framework to better reflect real-life conditions and consumer behaviour and has highlighted shortcomings related to current practices in test standards. Even though repeatability and reproducibility are necessary characteristics of test methodologies, they are not sufficient: considering that the purpose of energy labelling is to […]

ECOS is looking for expert(s) in the field of circumvention of Ecodesign and Energy labelling legislation and standards to represent environmental interests in the H2020 ANTICSS project. Experts will provide technical and scientific input into discussions, and review project deliverables in accordance with the related policy context and ECOS strategy.   The nominated experts will […]