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Understanding the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
In an effort to cement itself as a global climate leader, the European Union (EU)…
Ecomatters attends DECOAT General Assembly
Last week Ecomatters attended the General Assembly meeting of DECOAT, an EU-funded Horizon 2020 project…
Science Based Targets 101
The reduction of Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is key to limiting global temperature increases. In…
Knowledge sharing on End of Waste Status at Green Chemistry, New Economy event
Our colleague Marco Mense gave an introductory presentation at the yearly Green Chemistry, New Economy…
CSRD preparation: Five aspects to consider first
On 21 April 2021, the Commission adopted a proposal for a Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD). Currently, EFRAG…
CLP regulation connects sustainable waste and chemical management
Hazardous waste and circular economy The EU’s chemicals strategy for sustainability[1] aims to better protect…
EU proposes Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR)
Sustainable growth as advocated in the European Commission’s Green Deal requires decoupling economic growth from…
How the EU is accelerating carbon farming & industrial carbon removals
Atmospheric carbon removal and its key role in the transition towards climate neutrality To achieve…
The new Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, are you ready?
To strengthen transparency around sustainability and other non-financial matters, in April 2021 the European Commission…
Biopolymers within the new EU bio-stimulant and Fertilising products regulation
In this item, we dive into the new Bio-stimulant and Fertilising products regulation (EC) 2019/1009[1]…
Restriction on intentionally added microplastics
What are microplastics? Microplastics are solid plastic particles composed of polymers and functional additives less…
Transition to a circular plastic system
Back in 2016, the Dutch cabinet published a circularity program ‘Nederland Circulair in 2050’, in…
The new regulations for green investments
The European Commission is creating the regulatory conditions for the financial markets to mobilise funding…
The Plastics LCA method
As environmental impacts of plastics get more and more attention from the public and policy…
Making correct & grounded sustainability claims
It is becoming more and more common to make sustainability claims, or environmental claims, to…
What does the new IPCC report mean for your sustainability strategy?
The big news of this summer came a few days ago with the publication of…
The European Climate Law: Are you environmentally sustainable?
On the 21st of April 2021 the European Commission published the provisional agreement on the…
Starting a career in sustainability in times of corona
Starting a career in sustainability in times of corona Recently we had the pleasure to…
Carbon pricing: approaches to implementation
Carbon pricing: approaches to implementation There’s a growing consensus among both governments and businesses on…
The EU’s chemicals strategy for sustainability
We are surrounded by chemicals every moment of our lives. They are present in our…
SAL: dealing with sustainability assessment in research
This year starts for me - Natalia Chebaeva - with good news: I am proud…
The 8 steps for a successful materiality assessment
If you keep sustainability as part of your strategy, it is of vital importance to…
Reusability and a new tool for reusable product design
Source: Single-use plastics. A Roadmap for Sustainability. UN Environment Programme, 2018
The new SCIP database
Accelerating the substitution of hazardous chemicals and transition towards a safer circular economy In a …
Bio-plastics, Friend or Foe?
The great upswing of bio-plastics Companies are increasingly looking at bio-plastics as the solution to…
Science-based targets in the chemical sector
What are the Science-based targets? Science-based targets (SBT) have been around for approximately five years…
What you should know about the new revision of the EN 15804 standard: the EN 15804+A2
EN 15804+A2, the new revision of EN 15804 standard EN 15804 is a standard for…
Our perspective on the LCM2019
Back at the beginning of September, Ecomatters attended the ninth edition of the LCM conference,…
Understanding the EU Single-use plastic Directive
Background - plastic pollution In Europe, around 25.8 million tonnes of plastic waste is generated…
Klimaatgerust. Ecomatters presents new initiative
The background The Dutch government has set out hard targets to reduce emissions across the…
Waste: When does it cease to be waste?
The problem When you throw something away it becomes waste. More specifically, the EU Waste…
Renewable Energy Directive, how is that progressing?
When did it all begin? Back in 2008, the European Commission set up the Renewable…
DECOAT prepares for Life Cycle Assessments: Ecomatters leads an LCA data collection workshop
On July 10-11, the EU-funded Project DECOAT, in which Ecomatters is a key partner, held…
2019 – Changes in the Dutch implementation of the European Energy Directive
As mentioned in our previous article, if your company has more the 250 employers, or…
What you need to know before starting a comparative LCA
One of the main reasons why companies perform an LCA is intending to make an…
The future of plastics: what lies ahead?
Where are we at with plastics? As have been seen in recent years, there is…
Ecomatters joins DECOAT in a new H2020 project
Ecomatters Joins the Consortium in a new H2020 Project Addressing the Recycling of Coated and…
Should you do sustainability reporting?
With all the struggles, rough edges and ups and downs, sustainability is slowly becoming part…
Chemical safety in a circular economy
Currently, most of the products on the market get discarded after their use. They end…
Changes in the Dutch Environmental Management Act
Dutch Environmental Management Act - Notification of implemented recognized measures If your company uses more…
COP24 where are we now?
Moving Forward after COP24 What happened in 2015.. Back in 2015, the landmark Paris Agreement…
Energy Efficiency Directive (EED)
Energy Efficiency Directive At Ecomatters, we regularly get questions regarding article 8 of the EU…
A Second Life For Carbon Black
Carbon black is one of those industrial products that few know the name of despite…
Ecomatters present at the LCIC2018
The conference In late August 2018 Ecomatters participated in the First Life Cycle Innovation Conference…
Ecomatters Annual Retreat: Texel
Back in September, Ecomatters had its annual retreat for 2018, with this year’s destination being…
OnderhoudNL and VVVF launch Environmental label for painters
We would like to congratulate OnderhoudNL, an entrepreneurial organization of specialist’s real estate maintenance, renovation,…
Cracking down on plastic waste – Ecomatters joins “eCircular”
Ecomatters is proud to announce its contribution to eCircular, an EIT Climate-KIC programme promoting a…
Ecomatters part in Food 2020 project successfully finalizes
Project background Ecomatters is happy to announce the successful end of its participation in the…
The application of blockchain in supply chains
The recent hype around Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies has brought a lot of attention to…
Ecomatters creates first Dutch ECO Platform EN15804 EPDs
First Eco Platform EPDs published by the Dutch programme operator Ecomatters is very proud to…
Environmental Footprint Pilot (PEF): Status mid 2017
About three and a half years ago the European Commission started their Environmental Footprint (EF) pilot,…
Profit and loss assessment as key driver for sustained business success
Where traditionally the impact of a company was solely measured in terms of the profit…
Coatings Eco-footprint tool update: Cradle-to-grave assessments for the paint industry
Since the publication of its Sustainability Charter in 2012, CEPE, the European association of the…
Ecomatters joins Natural Capital Coalition
As of December 2016, Ecomatters is an official member of the Natural Capital Coalition. The Natural…
AkzoNobel launches 4D Profit and Loss Methodology
In September 2016 AkzoNobel has launched their newly developed 4 Dimensional Profit and Loss (4D…
Top 5 reasons why companies should implement sustainability
Why are companies implementing sustainability more and more? Some companies just start because they feel…
Must an SDS always include an exposure scenario?
When you receive a safety data sheet (SDS) for the chemicals you work with, you…
Downstream users of chemicals: are you aware of your REACH compliance obligations?
That REACH stands for Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation (and restriction) of CHemicals is well known. With…
“Help, my supplier’s SDSs are of poor quality!”
Are you are a formulator of chemical products, such as paints or detergents? Or do…
5 things your company should consider after the COP21
On December 11th 2015, most governments around the world agreed to reach net zero greenhouse gas…
The Product Environmental Footprint: moving towards success or failure?
The Product/Organisation Environmental Footprint (PEF/OEF) project of the European Commission is a hot topic these…
Strengths-based Ecomatters team
This spring, Ecomatters has become a Strengths-based company. Through focusing on our strengths – identified…
LCA: Allowing fair comparison?
Environmental claims are often met with criticism from competitors and consumer organisations. This is not…
