A Ramboll study, commissioned by ECOS, shows that an industry-aligned low-carbon concrete quota can be as high as 80% - 16 times higher than the current 5% proposal put forward by the European Commission - with minimal project level costs.
Europe has all the tools necessary to ensure public money rewards innovative technologies, including low-carbon concrete. It only needs equal political ambition to be reflected in the Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA).
Press release, Brussels | The EU’s new Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA) deprioritises decarbonisation with insufficient and unclear public procurement measures for clean industrial products and low quotas for concrete and steel, environmental group ECOS says. Mainstreaming green public procurement is the EU’s most powerful climate solution, with the power to make or break Europe’s climate credibility. Stifling its potential will be a missed opportunity, ECOS explains.
ECOS is looking for experts to help us secure an ambitious and effective decarbonisation pathway for cement and concrete value chains in Ghana, Kenya, and South Africa.
Companies have a key role in tackling climate change by reducing their greenhouse gas emissions. Ensuring credible and accurate Chain of Custody models in Environmental Attribute Certificates is key to this.
Press release | The EU could slash emissions from concrete and steel by 19 million tonnes—almost half—by ensuring public authorities make better public purchases, a new study reveals [1]. The data also shows that products with lower emissions are cost-effective. The EU should not miss this opportunity to unlock public procurement’s green and economic potential, says environmental NGO ECOS, who commissioned the study [2].
The European Parliament has endorsed a revised EU Construction Products Regulation (CPR) that shifts action to the implementation phase instead of introducing mandatory requirements right away. The agreed law takes some timid steps forward, but without the comprehensive measures that are needed it is a far cry from the jump-start on decarbonisation that progressive voices have been calling for.
Standards are essential to the well-functioning of the European internal market. This is not different for the construction sector, which heavily relies on standards to assess the performance of products placed and traded on the internal market. With the right set of standards in place, clean technologies and innovation become a key vector for decarbonisation.
Today, the European Parliament’s ENVI Committee voted to speed up decarbonisation by introducing requirements that would cover the environmental impact of cement in the proposed Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR)[1].
We are seeking for national support to ECOS standardisation and policy work on zero carbon cement & concrete - Deadline: 20 March 2023
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