Online event
Understand the EU’s Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR)
Wednesday 03 September at 10:00AM
Already joined the UK Export Academy? Sign in
Get ready for the EU’s most ambitious sustainability regulation yet! Discover how the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) will impact your business and what you need to do to stay compliant.
What you’ll learn
- what the ESPR regulation covers, and how it interacts with other EU and global regulations
- how to comply with eco-design from an EU perspective
- how the regulation relates to the destruction of unsold consumer products
Description
The EU’s Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) came into force on 18 July 2024.
This regulation’s rules will eventually apply to all products placed on the EU market, whether produced inside or outside the EU.
Hailing from the bloc’s Circular Economy Action Plan of March 2020 and building on the success of the Ecodesign Directive for energy related products, this is its most ambitious sustainability regulation yet, with its aim being to make environmentally sustainable products the norm across the EU.
For some sectors there are 1-2 years to prepare; but it is essential that UK businesses selling to the EU gain an appreciation of the regulation’s scope and the compliance obligations to ensure trade is uninterrupted.
Speakers
Andrea Collins
Managing Director, Global Trade Department
Andrea is an international trade specialist with 25+ years’ experience in the industry. Andrea specializes in importing, exporting, global sustainability, trade compliance, business resilience, and business growth. A passionate ambassador of UK micro businesses and SMEs, she launched Global Trade Department (previously known as The Export Department) to assist these companies expand their horizons internationally, raise the profile of UK goods and services abroad, and add vital resilience to supply chains through global sourcing.
As well as supporting private clients with their international trade endeavours, Andrea delivers 1:1 support and 1-many support for a number of Growth Hubs nationwide and is responsible for the design and delivery of a range of EU transition, international expansion, and business resilience support programmes across the country.