European cooperation day - online conversation over a сup of coffee

This year, the South-Eastern Finland – Russia program celebrates European cooperation Day on September 24 and 25 together with project partners and stakeholders in an online coffee format. We will meet to talk about the changes that the Cavid-19 pandemic and its associated restrictions have brought to our work, and discuss whether we have been able to learn from a difficult situation. This is a good opportunity for projects to share their achievements, share experience and best practices.
Read the Program and the registration links here.

Open webinar "Eco-certification of goods and services: how it works"

We invite you to the open webinar "Eco-certification of goods and services: how it works", which will be held on Monday, September 14, 2020 from 17.00-18.30
Organizers: Ecological Union (operator of eco-labeling type I "Leaf of life") and the company "Green Driver" (eco-education and business greening).

In 2020, confirming the environmental friendliness of your products is more important than ever. Self-declarations are no longer sufficient. And here such a phenomenon as "authoritative eco-certification" is very useful.

    At the webinar, you will learn:
  • The main trends in the field of eco-products. Eco-labels in the world;
  • Environmental certification in Russia: from greenwashing to Leaflet of life. How do I choose the right certification?;
  • Eco-label type I "Leaf of life": General information, standards, verification procedure;
  • Which 27 companies have already received the Leaf of life eco-label for 204 items of their products?;
  • How do I use Ecolabel? 17 ways for companies.

You can register for the webinar here.

For all questions:
Ksenia Illarionova, head of the public relations Department of the Environmental Union
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The world circular economy forum will be held online

We are happy to invite you to the economic event of the year – the world circular economy forum (WCEFonline), which will be held online on September 29 and 30, 2020. The world needs a sustainable recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, and the circular economy gives us a critical opportunity to sustainably reboot our economies – in a way that also helps fight the climate and nature crises.
For more information about the forum, as well as to register for participation in it, please visit the website sitra.fi.

Took an active part in the conference

Boris Krylov (NP "AsEP"), as part of the project, took an active part in the conference in the Committee for energy and engineering of St. Petersburg on the issue: "On the entry into force of the decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of 22.05.2020 No.728 "on approval of the Rules for monitoring the composition and properties of wastewater and on amendments and invalidation of certain acts of the Government of the Russian Federation".

The meeting was held in videoconference mode, 20 Novgorodskaya St., lit. A, 13.08.2020, (Blue hall), 12:30
The following issues were considered:
1. On the entry into force of the decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of 22.05.2020 No.728 "On approval of the Rules for monitoring the composition and properties of wastewater and on amendments and invalidation of certain acts of the Government of the Russian Federation;
2. On measures for calculating standards for the composition of waste water adopted by the organization that carries out water disposal;
3. Informing subscribers about amendments to the current legislation in the field of wastewater disposal in centralized water disposal systems, about the formation of declarations on the composition and properties of wastewater.

Presentation at the conference of the organization that performs water disposal (Vodokanal SPB) in Russian, attached.

Participated in the Joint meeting

On July 29, "KOSMOS" LLC took part in a Joint meeting of the Committee of the RF CCI on natural resources and ecology and the Working group "environmental Protection" of the Public Council under the Ministry of natural resources and ecology of the Russian Federation "BAT and development of environmental technologies". The meeting was devoted to the development and updating of BAT reference books as a basis for greening industrial development, as well as the procedure for developing, reviewing and updating BAT reference books in the Russian Federation. As a result of the Meeting, a Resolution will be adopted, which will be published after signing. Photo from the video conference at the link.