ECOS
ECOS - Environmental Coalition on Standards - is an international NGO advocating for environmentally friendly technical standards, policies, and laws.
- The construction sector's massive environmental impacts know no borders - and finding solutions shouldn't either! 💭 From locally-sourced materials to clinker substitutes, we can learn from existing best practices in Africa and scale up solutions. 👀 Learn more: ecostandard.org/news_events/...
- That’s what brings us to a project focusing on Ghana, Kenya, and South Africa. By working together with local organisations and experts, we can raise the inclusion of environmental expertise in standards for the construction sector. 🧑💻 Apply to join us as an expert: ecostandard.org/expert/low-c...
- Europe’s supermarket shelves are filled with brands claiming their plastic packaging as sustainable – but these claims tend to be misleading or inaccurate. How can this happen? ⬇️ 📰 Read about @theguardian.com's investigation here: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- The article looks at how credit mass balance is used by chemical recyclers to inflate the amount of recycled plastic in a product. In other words, it’s a textbook example of #greenwashing. And certain businesses are trying to further normalise it. 🔗 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Want to learn more about credit mass balance and how it can be applied to different sectors? Check out our factsheets! 👀 ➡️ on steel: ecostandard.org/publications... ➡️ on cement: ecostandard.org/publications...
- The #EUProductAct will transform Europe's product policy. Two of its key files will outline how Europeans can access sustainable products: 🔸 New Legislative Framework 🔸 Market Surveillance Regulation They should include: 🔎 Transparency 📄 Harmonised definitions ✅ Compliance Read more ⤵️
- Read 👉 A New Legislative Framework fit for circular economy and the digital transition: ecostandard.org/publications...
- Read 👉 Market surveillance and compliance of products: ecostandard.org/publications...
- 📰 Inclusive standards, our Work Programme for 2026, highlights of our successes from last year - plus calls for experts to work with ECOS and much more in our newsletter: out now! 🔗 145011437.hs-sites-eu1.com/ecos-newslet...
- Standards have a great impact on our society and environment. Including civil society organisations in their development therefore helps build stronger standards! Sign up to our newsletter and learn more: share-eu1.hsforms.com/18wCVUNC9TBK...
- How can the EU make electrification work? For Europe’s security and sustainability, here are the essentials 👇 ecostandard.org/publications...
- Public procurement could be doing more to: ✅ Strengthen competition ✅ Deliver the best value for taxpayers’ money ✅ Support the green and digital transition Find Buy Better to Build Better's recommendations in response to @ec.europa.eu's public consultation: ecostandard.org/publications...
