29 March 2022

Companies must not be given the pen to write their own environmental rules in standards for construction products – NGOs warn EU Commission

The new Construction Products Regulation must include strict environmental requirements for products by law, both on environmental information disclosure and on performance, say Environmental Coalition on […]
17 January 2023

Rethink Plastic alliance applauds historical European Parliament vote passing a full ban on plastic EU waste exports and full implementation of the Basel Convention

 Today, the European Parliament voted on the report tabled by MEP Weiss on the Regulation for the shipment of waste. The Rethink Plastic alliance and the […]
27 April 2023

The EU could take a step towards its 2050 climate target – if new ecodesign rules phase out sales of fossil fuel boilers

Member States and other stakeholders meet today to debate ecodesign rules for ‘stand-alone’ fossil fuel boilers. Raising energy efficiency requirements for heating appliances could effectively phase […]