Tag: annual conference

• ECOS newsletter – September 2024

  We’re excited to announce that registration is open for our conference in November. We will be discussing construction and green public procurement - join us for this hybrid event! This month we have also been expanding the work of our ECOS Africa office. We are working with local and international partners to leverage policies and standards to address plastics pollution in the region. We are also celebrating a new standard for the circular design of fishing gear; learn more in our September newsletter!

• Making sustainable products the norm – ecodesign as a tool for change

  In March, the European Commission presented an ambitious package of regulatory proposals to implement its Circular Economy Action Plan. The proposal for a Regulation on Ecodesign for Sustainable Products (ESPR) extends ecodesign to a broad range of sectors, including textiles and construction products, finally addressing negative environmental impacts embedded in products by design. However, work needs to be done so that the package lives up to its full potential.

• Making sustainable products the norm – ecodesign as a tool for change

  In March, the European Commission presented an ambitious package of regulatory proposals to implement its Circular Economy Action Plan. The proposal for a Regulation on Ecodesign for Sustainable Products (ESPR) extends ecodesign to a broad range of sectors, including textiles and construction products, finally addressing negative environmental impacts embedded in products by design. However, work needs to be done so that the package lives up to its full potential.

• Ecodesign as a tool for change – join our Annual Conference!

  Our 2022 Annual Conference will be a unique opportunity to discuss how to ensure the new Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation lives up to its full potential, and to finally make sustainable products the norm everywhere.

• Save the date! Conference on Circularity in Construction – postponed to 29 Septemer!

  Our conference will explore how the construction sector can deliver the ambition of the EU’s Circular Economy Action Plan. The event will bring together a wide range of industry and environmental stakeholders to discuss current challenges and identify policies, laws and standards that can transform the construction sector from an environmental problem to part of the solution.