A new standard is nearing completion that will create a completely renewed understanding, compared to today, of how used products are brought to market. It carries the working title Circular economy – Quality classification for remanufacturing processes. Every time I say that...
The European Union is moving toward a circular economy, which is giving rise to new requirements for companies to disclose data on the composition, service life, and recyclability of their products. The form of disclosure is the digital product passport (Digital Product Passport...
The European construction sector is moving rapidly toward a reality in which material use is just as important as energy efficiency and construction cost in determining a building's value. Delegated Regulation (EU) 2026/52[1], which entered into force at the start of this year (2026), requires that every new building must have...
Compared to the earlier version of the EVS-EN 15978:2011 standard, the new EVS-EN 15978:2026 has become considerably more detailed, systematic, and regulatory. While the old standard focused mainly on calculating a building's life-cycle environmental impacts using classic LCA logic...
A few weeks ago (March 2026), the European Commission published an analysis indicating that the assessment of buildings' environmental impact will move away from a focus on operational-phase energy consumption, with the future direction instead placing climate impact assessment across a building's entire...
The European Union has in recent years faced three major challenges: declining industrial competitiveness, growing dependence on third countries, and the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. To address these problems, the European Commission...
The European Union's green policy is increasingly reaching into the day-to-day operations of businesses in concrete ways. New regulations are substantially changing how companies may make claims about the environmental impact of their products and how those claims must be substantiated. In recent years...
Industry enthusiasts have an exciting day ahead tomorrow, 4.03.2026! We'll find out whether the European Commission will actually present the Industrial Accelerator Act or whether it will be postponed yet again. In the meantime, here is a summary of the document's key points. The goal reflects the EU's ambition to strengthen its industrial base...
At first glance, the answer seems simple: yes, in principle the definition of packaging is the same in both approaches. Both the Estonian Packaging Act and the new EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation ((EU) 2025/40, PPWR), applicable from 12 August 2026, are based on the logic that packaging is...
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