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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 EN15804 standard: the EN15804+A2
The new revision of EN 15804 standard EN 15804 is a standard for the sustainability…
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…
Ecomatters presents new initiative: Klimaatgerust
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…
Ecomatters presents at EcoBalance Conference 2018
The conference Recently Ecomatters presented in Japan on the EcoBalance conference in his 2018 edition.…
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…
St. Louis Climate Summit 2018
Climate Discussions in St. Louis, Missouri In April of 2018, St. Louis University in Missouri hosted…
What will LCM professionals work on in the future? (survey outcome)
The survey background Back in September 2017, our curiosity regarding where Life Cycle Management (LCM)…
Update from The 2017 World Forum on Natural Capital
The Forum The 3rd World Forum on Natural Capital was held in Edinburgh near the…
The application of blockchain in supply chains
The recent hype around Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies has brought a lot of attention to…
What we can learn from the sustainable standards at COP 23
It is that time of year again to gear up for the annual Convention of…
SMEs in the food sector present their LCA report at FOOD 2020 project meeting
Back in June 2016 we launched a call for Dutch SMEs who were interested in…
Ecomatters creates first Dutch ECO Platform EN15804 EPDs
First Eco Platform EPDs published by the Dutch programme operator Ecomatters is very proud to…
Ecomatters’ contributions and experiences at the LCM2017 conference in Luxembourg
Past September, Ecomatters attended the LCM conference for the third time. This year, the LCM2017…
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 presents latest experiences and practice at the LCM Conference
We are happy to announce that we have been invited again to present our work…
Ecomatters now member of Fundación Empresa y Clima (Business and Climate Foundation)
Fundación Empresa y Clima is a non-profit organisation that works to spread the business leadership and…
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…
Ecomatters annual internal conference in Barcelona
Employee engagement One of the reasons to implement a sustainability strategy within a company is increasing…
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…
LCM 2015: our participation in ‘mainstreaming Life Cycle Management’
From August 25th until September 2nd, the LCM conference took place in Bordeaux. The event focusses…
REACH 2018: Starting today is “at the edge of being late”
In the recent ECHA webinar REACH 2018: Know your portfolio and start preparing now, ECHA shared…
Protective coatings studies reveal that quality pays off
Ecomatters has successfully completed two life cycle studies on the application of coating systems in…
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…