Year 2015

IV SlowFashionSpain – Sustainable Fashion Conference

8 and 9 May 2015 — Madrid

IOn 8 and 9 May 2015, Slow Fashion Spain, the Platform for Sustainable Fashion in Spain, held a conference on Sustaina- ble Fashion at the Costume Museum in Madrid.

The conference focused on a different approach to fashion and reflected on sustainability, innovation, evolution, social responsibility, entrepreneurship, awareness-raising, commu- nication and business.

The Basque Ecodesign Centre was invited to explain the work being carried out in Ecodesign in the Basque Country, with a small outreach to the world of fashion.

18th European Forum on Eco-innovation of the European Commission

20 and 21 May 2015 — Barcelona

Organised by the European Commission and with the support of the Autonomous Government of Catalonia and the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture and the Environment, the 18th European Forum on Eco-innovation was held in Barcelona on 20 and 21 May 2015.

The Basque Ecodesign Center was invited to take part as a success story, thanks to its innovative public-private partnership approach to foster Ecodesign among Basque companies.

The work and results of the initiative were showcased to over 200 delegates.

Ceremony to present the first joint International EPD System-Global EPD Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) to Iberdrola

26 October 2015 — Madrid

Organised by AENOR, the official ceremony to present the certificates of the two first Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) to obtain double certification under the International EPD System and Global EPD systems was held in the Iberdrola headquarters in Madrid on 26 October 2015.

The diplomas were presented by the AENOR General Manager, Avelino Brito, to the Director of the Iberdrola renewable division, Xabier Viteri. Representatives of Environdec, the Swedish entity in charge of managing the International EPD System, also attended the ceremony, along with the Ihobe General Manager, Javier Agirre.

Green drinks Santiago: Ecodesign and sustainable design

3 November 2015 — Santiago de Chile

In November 2015, the Basque Ecodesign Center was invited to give different talks and run technical sessions at the Environment Technical Training Centre – IDMA and at Ecodal, the Latin American Ecodesign Congress.

Specifically, on 3 November 2014, a special Green Drinks Santiago was held, when the exihibitors were José Maria Fernandez, representing the Basque Ecodesign Center, and Nydia Suppen, Director of CADIS – Centre for Life Cycle Assessment and Sustainable Design - Mexico. Both stressed to the young university students of the importance of Ecodesign, sustainable product design and green public procurement.

Workshop seminar: “Ecodesign and the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Act – ECODAL training experience

6 and 7 November 2015 — La Serena (Chile)

During two days of intense activity, on 6 & 7 November 2015, the “Ecodesign and EPR Act” workshop seminar was held at La Serena University (Chile). The initiative was aimed at linking Ecodesign, Ecoinnovation and the Circular Economy with the Extended Producer Responsibility Act (EPR Act), with the community and, particularly, with students and professionals linked to the production of products and services, in their different stages.

The meeting attracted students and professionals from fields linked to the service and productive field, small and medium-sized companies and environmental managers from the public sector and civil society.