Environmental Coalition on Standards
ECOS
ECOS was established in 2001 to enhance the voice of the environment within the European and international standardisation system.
Lobbying Activity
Meeting with Guillaume Roty (Head of Unit Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs) and
7 Nov 2025 · The quarterly meeting between the DG GROW H3 and the organisations listed in Annex III to the EU standardisation Regulation.
Response to Strategic Roadmap for digitalisation and AI in the energy sector
5 Nov 2025
Response to Heating and cooling strategy: advancing decarbonisation and energy system integration
9 Oct 2025
Meeting with Guillaume Roty (Head of Unit Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs), Guillaume Roty (Head of Unit Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs) and
23 Sept 2025 · The upcoming revision of the Standardisation Regulation 1025/2012 and in particular the issue of inclusiveness in standardisation work.
Meeting with Kerstin Jorna (Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs) and
7 Jul 2025 · Letter with 16 signatories for European Competitiveness Fund to deliver climate and energy security for EU citizens and SMEs
Meeting with Jessika Roswall (Commissioner) and
1 Jul 2025 · Circular and toxic-free plastic
Meeting with Luis Planas Herrera (Cabinet of Commissioner Jessika Roswall) and
30 Jun 2025 · Simplification agenda, EPR and waste prevention in WEEE
Meeting with Anna Cavazzini (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)
19 Jun 2025 · Public procurement
Meeting with Barbara Bonvissuto (Director Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)
10 Jun 2025 · Standardisation request for cement under the Construction Products Regulation
Meeting with Sirpa Pietikäinen (Member of the European Parliament)
14 May 2025 · Decarbonizing construction
Meeting with Martin Hojsík (Member of the European Parliament) and European Environmental Bureau
24 Apr 2025 · Housing situation in Europe
Meeting with Nikola Minchev (Member of the European Parliament)
24 Apr 2025 · Meeting on EU policies related to the IMCO report on public procurement
Meeting with Sirpa Pietikäinen (Member of the European Parliament) and
23 Apr 2025 · Environmental action
Meeting with Joan Canton (Head of Unit Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs) and Alliance for Low-Carbon Cement and Concrete
16 Apr 2025 · Lead markets for cement and concrete products in CID and IDAA
Meeting with Delara Burkhardt (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and
16 Apr 2025 · Green Claims
Meeting with Thomas Pellerin-Carlin (Member of the European Parliament)
1 Apr 2025 · Standardization of Heat Pumps
Response to Amendments to Taxonomy Delegated Acts
26 Mar 2025
Meeting with Pierre Jouvet (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)
26 Mar 2025 · marchés publics
Meeting with Giorgio Gori (Member of the European Parliament)
21 Mar 2025 · Presentation and overview of activities
Meeting with Aleksandra Kordecka (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné), Arthur Corbin (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné), Laia Pinos Mataro (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné) and
13 Feb 2025 · Clean Industrial Deal
Meeting with Majdouline Sbai (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
12 Feb 2025 · Révision du règlement Détergents
Meeting with Katharina Knapton-Vierlich (Head of Unit Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)
11 Feb 2025 · Exchange of views on the implementation of the construction products regulation (CPR) and the links of this policy with other related EU initiatives.
Meeting with Delara Burkhardt (Member of the European Parliament)
4 Feb 2025 · Ecodesign
Meeting with Benedetta Scuderi (Member of the European Parliament)
27 Jan 2025 · Buildings/ Labelling/Steel
Response to Single Market Strategy 2025
23 Jan 2025
Meeting with Ana Vasconcelos (Member of the European Parliament)
12 Dec 2024 · Forest Monitoring Law
Meeting with Delara Burkhardt (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
15 Oct 2024 · Green Claims
Meeting with Sara Matthieu (Member of the European Parliament)
14 Oct 2024 · Update on Ecodesign Regulation
Meeting with Thomas Pellerin-Carlin (Member of the European Parliament)
3 Oct 2024 · General discussion on heat pumps and Heating and Cooling decarbonisation
Meeting with Delara Burkhardt (Member of the European Parliament)
25 Sept 2024 · Textiles
Meeting with Majdouline Sbai (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
25 Sept 2024 · Révision du règlement Détergents
Meeting with Michael Bloss (Member of the European Parliament) and
2 May 2024 · Green Industrial Deal
Meeting with Helena Braun (Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič) and
9 Apr 2024 · European Green Deal and sustainable resource management
Meeting with Sirpa Pietikäinen (Member of the European Parliament)
21 Feb 2024 · Sustainable Built Environment, Beyond GDP, Taxonomy
Meeting with Dino Toljan (Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič)
15 Feb 2024 · Decarbonization of the cement industry
Meeting with Sirpa Pietikäinen (Member of the European Parliament)
11 Dec 2023 · Relevant Circular Economy issues
Response to Interim Evaluation of the Single Market Programme (SMP)
4 Dec 2023
Meeting with Malte Gallée (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and
16 Nov 2023 · End-of-Life Vehicles Regulation
Meeting with Malte Gallée (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and
21 Jun 2023 · Stakeholder meeting on WFD revision
Meeting with Jan Huitema (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and European Environmental Bureau
23 Feb 2023 · Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation
Meeting with Delara Burkhardt (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and
8 Feb 2023 · Textiles
Meeting with Delara Burkhardt (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and industriAll European Trade Union
6 Feb 2023 · packaging waste
Meeting with Elena Montani (Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius) and Seas At Risk
18 Jan 2023 · Green Deal implementation on the fight against microplastic pollution
Meeting with Joan Canton (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton) and Seas At Risk
18 Jan 2023 · Green Deal implementation on the fight against microplastic pollution
Meeting with Helena Braun (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans) and Seas At Risk
18 Jan 2023 · Green Deal implementation on the fight against microplastic pollution
Meeting with Margrete Auken (Member of the European Parliament) and Seas At Risk
13 Jan 2023 · Microplastic in EU law
Meeting with Pär Holmgren (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and
11 Jan 2023 · EU Textile Strategy (staff level)
Meeting with David Cormand (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur for opinion)
28 Nov 2022 · Ecodesign Regulation
Response to European Critical Raw Materials Act
25 Nov 2022
Response to Evaluation of Directive 2012/19/EU on waste electrical and electronic equipment
28 Oct 2022
Meeting with Malte Gallée (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur for opinion) and
5 Oct 2022 · Empowering consumers for the green transition
Meeting with Biljana Borzan (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and
9 Sept 2022 · Empowering consumers for the green transition
Meeting with David Cormand (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur for opinion)
27 Jun 2022 · Ecodesign Regulation and Empowering consumers in the Green Transition
Meeting with Malte Gallée (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and The European Consumer Voice in Standardisation
6 May 2022 · Amendment to the Standardisation Regulation
Meeting with Alice Kuhnke (Member of the European Parliament) and
7 Apr 2022 · EU Textile Strategy (staff level)
Response to Initiative to promote sustainability of consumer goods in the Sale of Goods Directive
5 Apr 2022
Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and
23 Mar 2022 · Views of group of civil society organisations regarding the EU strategy for sustainable textiles
Meeting with Helena Braun (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans) and
22 Mar 2022 · Circular Economy and EU Strategy on Textiles
Meeting with Lucrezia Busa (Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders) and
22 Mar 2022 · Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence
Meeting with Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis), Caroline Boeshertz (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis) and
10 Mar 2022 · Sustainable Textile Strategy
Meeting with Alice Kuhnke (Member of the European Parliament) and
3 Feb 2022 · EU Textile Strategy (staff level)
Response to Measures to reduce the release of microplastics in the environment
18 Jan 2022
Meeting with Stefano Grassi (Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson) and
2 Dec 2021 · EPBD - Energy efficiency - Minimum Energy Performance Standards
Response to Environmental impact of photovoltaic modules, inverters and systems - Ecodesign
28 Oct 2021
Meeting with Joan Canton (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton)
19 Oct 2021 · Preparation of the Sustainable Product Policy Initiative and Consumer Empowerment for the Green Transition
Response to Ecodesign and energy labelling working plan 2020-2024
25 May 2021
Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and
19 May 2021 · Clean Hydrogen Alliance; Hydrogen Strategy
Response to EU strategy for textiles
2 Feb 2021
Response to Environmental impact of mobile phones and tablets - Ecodesign
27 Jan 2021
Response to Sustainable Products Policy Legislative Initiative
16 Nov 2020
Meeting with Marius Vascega (Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius)
29 Sept 2020 · Circular economy and resource efficiency in the construction sector, initiatives foreseen in the new CEA.
Response to Proposal for a Regulation on fluorinated greenhouse gases (recast)
7 Sept 2020
Response to Review of the Construction Products Regulation
19 Aug 2020
Meeting with Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President) and
16 Jun 2020 · European Green Deal, new circular economy action plan and the circular plastics economy
Response to Communication on a EU hydrogen strategy
8 Jun 2020
Response to Communication on a new Circular Economy Action Plan
20 Jan 2020
Response to Commission Implementing Regulation with regard to ecodesign requirements for batteries
6 Feb 2019
Meeting with Helena Braun (Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans) and
13 Apr 2018 · discussion on single-use plastics legislation
Meeting with Aurore Maillet (Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella) and
13 Apr 2018 · Single use plastic
Response to Communication from the Commission updating the 2012 European Bioeconomy Strategy
20 Mar 2018
Response to Regulatory measure on energy labelling requirements for computers and computer servers
20 Feb 2018
Meeting with Elżbieta Bieńkowska (Commissioner) and
30 Jan 2018 · Exchange of views regarding strategy on plastics
Meeting with Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President) and
6 Nov 2017 · Discussion on EU Plastics Strategy
Meeting with Grzegorz Radziejewski (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen) and
26 Oct 2017 · Plastic strategy
Meeting with Peter Van Kemseke (Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič)
10 Mar 2015 · Energy Union follow-up: Energy labelling