Design requirements prescribed in the international Quality Management System standard ISO 9001 can also be interpreted from a circularity perspective. Designers can use ISO 9001 for designing "circular" products and services.
This article provides a few interesting examples of circularity linking them with ISO 9001 design requirements.
The event "Consumer electronics retail: Facilitating the green and digital transition", at Scotland House, Brussels, on 27 April 2023, will cover the key trends that are shaping the sector, including consumer empowerment and digital education. The discussion will focus on the Single Market and its current state and address the importance of the human touch.
The Commission has launched a four-week feedback period, open until 3 May 2023, on a new set of EU taxonomy criteria for economic activities making a substantial contribution to one or more of the following environmental objectives:
sustainable use and protection of water and marine resources
transition to a circular economy
pollution prevention and control, and
protection and restoration of biodiversity and ecosystems.
Arany Kapu (in English "golden gate"), a private company in Kunfehértó, Hungary, collects grape processing and winemaking byproducts from all the country's wine regions for valorisation in diverse forms, including distillation.
Four calls for proposals are currently open to provide funding for projects implementing the Green Deal at local and regional level. Please note that these calls are open to all legal entities that are eligible to apply for funding under the Horizon Europe programme.
CINEA will be holding various virtual information sessions on the LIFE 2023 calls for proposals from 25 to 26 April. These live sessions will guide potential applicants through the LIFE programme, the calls for proposals and the priority topics for 2023.
Are you looking for support with rolling out investments financed by the European Regional Development Fund and Cohesion Fund under cohesion policy's Policy Objective 2 for 2021-2027 on a greener, low-carbon transition towards a net-zero carbon economy?
Apply now to become a member of one of the three Working Groups on Energy, Climate and Environment. These groups will bring public authorities rolling out cohesion policy funds together with stakeholders to discuss specific issues and challenges regarding the use of these funds to deliver the European Green Deal.
The Confederation of Norwegian Enterprises (NHO), the Federation of Norwegian Industries, FoodDrinkNorway, the Norwegian Federation of Service Industries and Retail Trade and the Norwegian Seafood Federation have recently published a report on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) as an environmental policy tool.
The report emphasises the main considerations and assessments that should underpin EPR schemes and contributes to the debate on extended producer responsibility as an environmental policy tool in Norway, the EU and the OECD.
