In this report for DG Environment, Eunomia and partners Adelphi and COWI present an analysis of how “green” is defined in the context of green finance and the global financial system. This report presents an overview and analysis of worldwide efforts on defining “green” for green finance products, including green bonds, [...]

Eunomia provided written evidence to the Government’s Environmental Audit Committee for their inquiry into Disposable Packaging: Coffee Cups and Plastic Bottles. The written evidence explores how plastic bottles and other beverage containers can be better managed to prevent litter and more fully respect the waste hierarchy. This included exploring deposit [...]

Seas at Risk, an umbrella organisation of European environmental NGOs which promotes marine protection created this summary report using background research commissioned from Eunomia – Leverage Points for Reducing Single-use Plastics. This research is the first attempt to create a picture of single-use plastic consumption in Europe based on consumption [...]

This report was commissioned by Seas at Risk, an umbrella organisation of European environmental NGOs which promotes marine protection and is the first attempt to create a picture of single-use plastic consumption in Europe based on consumption estimates for key items of plastic pollution. The research uses market data from around Europe [...]

This Code of Practice (CoP) for the refuse derived fuel (RDF) supply chain has been published on behalf of the RDF Industry Group, a consortium comprising of a number of major waste management contractors and operators both from the UK and across Europe. The CoP was written by Eunomia, as [...]

This study analyses the financial impact a deposit refund system (DRS) would have on local authority waste services in England. The report was commissioned by a consortium comprising Keep Britain Tidy, the Marine Conservation Society, Surfers Against Sewage, Campaign to Protect Rural England and Reloop, together with Melissa and Stephen Murdoch. [...]

This poster on Radical EPR (Extended Producer Responsibility) Solutions to Drive the Circular Economy was presented by Principal Consultant Peter Jones and the head of Eunomia’s New York office Sarah Edwards at ISWA’s World Congress in Baltimore, held jointly with SWANA’s WasteCon in September 2017. The poster covers the following areas: [...]

The UK government’s Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy commissioned Eunomia, in collaboration with Verco Advisory Services Ltd (Verco), and the Centre for Sustainable Energy (CSE) to investigate the total costs to businesses of investing in energy efficient measures. The main objective of the research was to quantify the [...]

This study commissioned by the European Environmental Bureau (EEB), Europe’s largest network of environmental organisations with 140 members in over 30 countries, assesses and presents a range of policy options to improve waste prevention and management in the European furniture sector. The research highlights that every year 10 million tonnes of [...]

This study, commissioned by the European Commission, assesses the waste management situation in six Western Balkan countries on the pathway to EU accession and offers each country a Roadmap that would lead them towards a resource efficient economy that meets EU standards by 2020. The study includes the following countries: [...]