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ECO Platform - Newsletter December 2020

ECO Platform - Newsletter

Dear Reader,

"Unexpected, different, demanding and in the end, in some ways very positive." This may describe the year 2020 for many of us. We were dominated by a pandemic which caught us by surprise, but we made the best out of it.

Considering environmental impacts, the Coronavirus probably helped us. First of all, we travelled less and learnt how to communicate effectively online. Secondly, we often had unexpected time for important things that usually fall short. And last, but not least, we all experienced a momentum for change: suddenly it was possible to think things afresh and to strike new paths.

For ECO Platform the year 2020 will be noted as a year of remarkable achievements. Mainly, it will be remembered as the year that we digitalized.

A good indication of the turbulent year was our Extraordinary General Assembly, held on November 24th. Originally scheduled to re-evaluate the unforeseeable impacts of the pandemic, we actually needed it to present and approve a lot of our achievements: our mission statements, our internal regulations, our new online communication and our new ECO Portal.

We would like to thank our members and partners for their contributions that made our success possible. And even though we are still not sure about the further impacts of Covid-19, we are looking forward to a successful 2021. We wish all of you a Merry Christmastime and a healthy New Year.

Sven-Olof Ryding
President

Christian Donath
Managing Director

Extraordinary General Assembly 2020

General-Assembly-2020

New Mission Statements

As we have developed our digital solutions, the general boundaries have changed and our Mission Statement needed adjustment. With our member survey and the vision workshop which followed, we achieved maximum participation from our members.

You can find the new Mission Statements on our homepage:
https://www.eco-platform.org/the-mission.html

Olympia Dolla replaces Amina Aissani on Board of Directors

ECO Platform welcomes Olympia Dolla to the Board of Directors. We are happy about the strong support we can expect from her. Olympia remarkably combines a deep experience in LCA with a strong connection to the more "political European landscape". She will help us mainly in the field of Public Affairs, our communication link towards policy, standardization and industry associations.

Olympia works at Eurima and is representing the Trade Associations in our Board. She is replacing Amina Aissani, who stepped back for maternity reasons. We wish Amina all the best for her new challenges and thank her for her contribution in the past months.

For more information about Olympia and our six other Directors refer to our homepage:
https://www.eco-platform.org/the-board.html

Olympia Dolla - EURIMA

Homepage relaunch

Have you visited our homepage recently? Then you will have realized that it has changed. But the changes go much further than it looks at a first glance.

https://www.eco-platform.org/home.html

Whilst launching the ECO Portal, we changed the system for communicating our ECO EPD. As a consequence, internal and external changes to our homepage were necessary. We combined the "must haves" with some "nice to haves". If you are curious just take some time and look at our new member page or the newsletter archive, where you will find a full archive of our past newsletters.

Online communication via Linked In Profile

Via LinkedIn, ECO Platform now offers another channel for information. The goal is to inform LinkedIn users about our activities, create more visibility of ECO Platform and to get in touch with new stakeholders.

If you would like to support our efforts, you could contribute by liking, sharing, commenting and following the page - https://www.linkedin.com/company/eco-platform-aisbl/. Help us to spread the news.

Do good and talk about

In the last few weeks, we presented ECO Platform's vision at various online conferences. By clicking the following pictures you will be led to more information on each event.

November 2nd and 3rd: Beyond 2020