ECOS is a consortium of Environmental NGOs created to enhance the voice of environmental protection in the standardisation processes.
ECOS aims at increasing the ecological performance of products, ensuring sound measurement methods for pollutants, greening management systems in businesses and improving consumer information towards sustainable consumption.
ECOS is mainly involved in monitoring the activities of the international standardisation bodies (CEN, CENELEC, ISO, IEC) and product policies at EU level (such as the Directive on the 'Ecodesign of Energy-Using Products').
ECOS is a membership organisation, open to NGOs active on a European or a national level. It was established in 2002 as a non-profit association under the Belgian law. It is funded by membership fees, the European Commission, the European Climate Foundation and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA). Its secretariat is based in Brussels.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Doreen Fedrigo, ECOS Chair (Coordinator of the EEB Policy Unit)
Tony Long, ECOS Treasurer (Head of WWF European Policy Office)
Erszébet Beliczay (Vice-President of Clean Air Action Group)
Natalie Eckelt (Coordinator of KNU, the German NGO coordination unit in standardisation)
Georges Cingal (Board member of France Nature Environnment)
SECRETARIAT
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Ralf Lottes, Secretary General |
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Edouard Toulouse, Ecodesign Officer |
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