ECOS | Environmental Coalition on Standards

Become a Member

Tag: sustainable timber buildings

  • Shaping the future of sustainable construction

    In this briefing, we review recent and upcoming developments in EU policy and standards that are relevant to forestry, timber, and construction and explore the untapped potential of public procurement to drive demand for sustainable construction materials.

  • Position paper – No shortcuts for carbon storage in products

    Our latest position paper critically assesses the risks and opportunities for managing carbon emissions and storing carbon in construction timber and concrete. Before storage-based incentives, we recommend EU policymakers focus existing policies on defining and incentivising sustainable timber and low-carbon cement and concrete through circular and sustainable sourcing measures, effectively achieving the same environmental goal without venturing into tricky accounting.

  • ECOS Report – Seeing the forest through the trees: How sustainable timber buildings can help fight the climate crisis

    New ECOS report on sustainable timber constructions explains how policy and standards can support the mutual improvement of the ecological functions of forests via ecological forest management, and decarbonise the building sector through a reasonable use of circular and sustainably-sourced timber.

ECOS is co-funded by the European Commission and EFTA Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or EISMEA. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.

Website by