EU sustainability rules are starting to bite

While there are still many questions about how all these policies will work and interact, the time has come for implementation. In the last month, two new regulations have been formally adopted: the EU Ecodesign Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) and the Business Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD).

The ESPR is a framework regulation that will eventually require most products sold on the EU market (food and medicine being the only exception) to make their products more sustainable, or risk penalties will be determined by Member States. A crucial and challenging part of this rule is creation  digital product passports  containing information on materials, repair and recycling instructions and environmental properties. (Tim Mohin, more at esgnews.com)