ECOS

ECOS is looking for experts with an in-depth knowledge of: 🔄 Circularity aspects – repairability, remanufacturing, refurbishment, reuse, durability and other related processes, as well as ecodesign requirements for furniture. 🛋️ Furniture sector standards and policies at EU and/or national or international level 🧪 The presence and use of substances of concern, e.g. flame retardants and plastic products in furniture, and how to reduce/remove these aspects. Learn more and apply here: https://lnkd.in/eZ6PJGPQ

The EU must decarbonise heating and cooling by 2040 if it is to reach a climate neutral economy by 2050. As a member of the Cool Heating Coalition, we're calling on the European Commission and its newly re-elected President Ursula von der Leyen to: 🍏Commit to implementing the Green Deal ambitiously 🎯Publish a heating and cooling action plan 🛡️Task the Energy Commissioner with delivering a just heating and cooling transition 💰Allocate sufficient and socially targeted funding to enable workers and citizens to participate fully in the transition Read the letter: 🔗https://shorturl.at/t6l32 #CoolHeatingRevolution

🔎 What’s next for ecodesign in the EU? 📗 Today the EU Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation enters into force. The #ESPR aims to make products #sustainable by default by improving their environmental performance and transparency - helping to push the most polluting products off the market. 👇 Learn more in the comments.   📅 Later this year, the new #Ecodesign Forum will be established and the first ESPR working plan will be adopted in early 2025. The ban on the destruction of unsold clothing and #textiles will apply in 24 months.   🏗️ Products with the biggest environmental impacts will be addressed in the upcoming delegated acts, such as iron, steel, #chemicals, textiles, furniture, tyres, detergents, paints, electronics, and energy-using appliances.   🛣️ The EU has unlocked a new era of #sustainable products - but a lot must still be finalised in secondary legislation and standards. How the ESPR is implemented will make a huge difference to effective ecodesign rules in the EU – and we’ll be there every step of the way.

📣 Call for tenders! We're looking to contract an expert in a project focused on promoting a sustainable built environment that serves society! Does it sound like you or someone you know? 📅 Apply before 15 September!  🔗 Find all the details on our website: https://lnkd.in/eRejgW_w

✅ Fact vs myth ❌ ❄️Heat pumps are very efficient in even the coldest weather – many of the coldest countries in the EU contain a high share of households with heat pumps. 🔗Read the myth-buster: https://lnkd.in/d6qPPFdD

Bringing our economies within planetary boundaries requires an urgent shift in how investments are done. ↗ Sustainable finance policies need a compass to direct investments towards activities that are proven to benefit the environment. That’s where Independent Science Based Taxonomy comes in, steering EU #taxonomy criteria with science-based - not commercially interested - recommendations. 👀 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gJQavcfv

European leaders, you hold the key to shaping our future 🌍 We need your decisive leadership to champion a Green, Social, and Industrial Deal! The intertwined crises of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution affect people across all nations. This is not a partisan issue but a collective responsibility. 📊 84% of Europeans support EU action, so the mandate from citizens is clear: we need a Green and Social Deal fit for a one-planet economy - a new European Pact for the Future. 🟢 European leaders must take responsibility, build on the achievements of the Green Deal, and ensure a future of climate neutrality, zero pollution, and thriving ecosystems. You can help to secure a sustainable and prosperous future for all Europeans - simultaneously addressing environmental challenges, enhancing economic resilience, creating jobs, and promoting social equity. ✍️ Join us in endorsing the Pact and leading Europe towards a sustainable, thriving future⤵️ 🔗 https://lnkd.in/dxyY76uH #EUPact4Future European Environmental Bureau

📢 Climate targets must focus on reducing greenhouse gas emissions within companies’ and countries’ own boundaries.    But the growing trend towards carbon offsetting is bending that rule, including the public statement of the Science Based Targets initiative’s Board of Trustees.    ✊ Today, 80+ civil society organisations are calling on carbon accounting bodies and climate target-setting bodies to curb this dangerous trend.    Read more in our joint statement: https://lnkd.in/ef-J_Uy6

📢 The science is clear: carbon offsetting is not a reliable tool for tackling the climate crisis. And today, 80+ civil society organisations are calling on climate target-setting bodies, including Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), to stick to science. 👉 Our joint statement: https://lnkd.in/ef-J_Uy6

Today is a historic day for sustainably designed products in the EU, with the countdown to #ESPR implementation now on⏲️ How can we make this law as effective as possible❓   The ESPR, Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation, aims to make products sustainable by default by improving their environmental performance and transparency. 🙌 This will help push the most polluting goods off the market.   ☂️A lot of products will be brought under the #ecodesign umbrella, including some with the biggest environmental impacts like iron, steel, chemicals, textiles, furniture, tyres, detergents, paints, electronics, and energy-using appliances.   We're approaching a new era of sustainable products🌄 but a lot of the details must still be finalised in secondary legislation and standards. We’ll be there every step of the way🤝   Before the first product requirements start to apply, some important steps will be taken, like:   🟢Establishing the Ecodesign Forum 🟢Adopting the first ESPR working plan   Check out the timeline and path to ESPR success in our position paper ✍️ https://lnkd.in/eV3T6ij7 CINEA - European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency LIFE Programme BEUC - The European Consumer Organisation ANEC #Ecodesigned4LIFE