Green design group the Environmental Coalition on Standards (ECOS) has tentatively welcomed plans for the EU to include additional sectors with the “highest environmental impact and potential for ...

The European Commission is consulting on initial plans to boost the bloc’s ailing industries – such as paper and pulp, minerals and metals, and chemicals – by supporting investments in decarbonisation ...

German coalition talks have concluded with a tentative deal that includes plans to ‘demand’ that the European Commission cut ...

The European Commission has published a call for evidence for an upcoming review of the emissions trading system (ETS), which will assess potential revisions to the scheme including expanding the ...

The EU executive has announced ambitions to significantly reduce the regulatory burden of the bloc’s fledgling ...

The number of European cities preparing for the impacts of climate change is on the rise, as the continent hit record temperatures over the last year, the latest report on the European state of the ...

Environmental projects in Denmark, Estonia, Poland, Slovenia and Iceland, intended to improve water quality, protect against fires and floods, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, are set to receive ...

The EU executive has backtracked on recent statements that its funding agreements with NGOs included requirements to lobby lawmakers, acknowledging that LIFE programme contracts never contained such ...

The EU has the potential to harness extended producer responsibility (EPR) schemes to create green jobs, and strengthen the bloc’s competitiveness and strategic autonomy, in addition to reducing waste ...

Certain corporate reporting and due diligence requirements are set to be delayed while the EU institutions negotiate changes ...

Notifications of unsafe products in the European market reached record levels last year, with almost half related to dangerous chemicals, according to the ‘Safety Gate’ annual report.

The EU should move beyond voluntary measures in the upcoming oceans pact by adopting legal targets to protect Europe’s marine environment, the S&D has said.