ECOS has co-signed a letter with other global civil society organisations, labour organisations, investors, and businesses calling for no further weakening of the EU Batteries Regulation Due Diligence Rules as part of the Omnibus IV proposal.
Until now, vehicles have been a model for repairability, often in operation for decades. This is rapidly changing due to overly restrictive vehicle design requirements that prevent more sustainable options, more electronic components, and less access to low-cost spare parts. How could a new EU regulation help the automotive sector make a U-turn?
As Europe decarbonises, batteries (and the materials needed to manufacture them) are in high demand. Used for many different purposes – including electric vehicles (EVs) – batteries must be sustainable and safe while addressing growing environmental concerns that stem from widespread electrification. As well as reducing the carbon footprint of manufacturing, the right solutions will also account for the end of a battery’s life. This report evaluates the revised EU Battery Regulation. How will it help to close the circularity loop, and how can we ensure it is successfully implemented?
ECOS is looking for experts in the field of batteries to represent and defend environmental interests in the development of standards and related policies. Our experts provide us with technical and scientific input and represent ECOS in standardisation processes and multi-stakeholder discussions.
To mark World Standards Day 2022, we have gathered examples of how standards are essential to making change happen in areas of major importance to our transition to an environmentally sustainable world.
Batteries have a crucial role to play in supporting renewable energy and decarbonising transport. However, they do come at a cost to the environment. In a new ECOS report, we set out our recommendations for the EU Battery Regulation and the European Commission’s Standardisation Request M/579.
Batteries have a crucial role to play in supporting renewable energy and decarbonising transport. However, they do come at a cost to the environment. In a new ECOS report, we set out our recommendations for the EU Battery Regulation and the European Commission’s Standardisation Request M/579.
4 NGOs and representatives of waste treatment operators call on the European Commission for a fast and fundamental revision of rules on electronic waste (WEEE Directive).
A coalition of NGOs – Deutsche Umwelthilfe, ECOS, the European Environmental Bureau (EEB) and Transport & Environment – representing some of Europe’s largest green groups at national level call on ministers to improve the Commission’s proposal for a new EU’s Battery Regulation.
In this position paper, environmental civil society organisations (Environmental Coalition on Standards, Transport & Environment, Deutsche Umwelthilfe and the European Environmental Bureau) go through the measures proposed by the European Commission and point out aspects that are either missing or should be improved.
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