This document is the third of the strategic environmental monitoring reports that the Basque Ecodesign Center has produced drawing on the knowledge acquired through its monitoring system. Its aim is to compile the latest market and regulatory changes that act as levers for the transition to a more circular and decarbonised economy. In addition, it identifies new standards and recognised methodologies that are relevant for the value chains operated by the partner companies of the Basque Ecodesign Center. Therefore, the report is based on six themes that cover the core areas of action of the European Green Deal:

• Transparency and positioning
• Ecodesign for a circular economy
• Secondary raw materials and waste management
• Decarbonisation from a life-cycle approach
• Zero Pollution.
• Sustainable finances.