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The current version
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ECLASS Release 12.0
ECLASS publishes a new release every year. Compared to its predecessor, the current ECLASS Release 12.0 contains:
- about 1,650 new classes
- about 200 new blocks
- about 3,000 new properties and
- about 2,300 new values
The potential of the ECLASS Standard

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Events
ECLASS General Assembly 2022
In addition to formal decisions, the election and discharge of the Management Board, is also decided upon in the general orientation of the association.
Networking Event for members of the ECLASS association
Networking is important! Meet our members at the German Economic Institute in Cologne. Find out first-hand how the ECLASS Standard is used in companies and what advantages it brings.
News
Major instead of Minor! - A real revolution!
Major, Minor, Major, Minor... that was in the past. The ECLASS association is switching to pure Major Releases from now on!
ECLASS Release 12.0 – now available!
Together with the ECLASS member and IT-Service-Provider PARADINE, the new ECLASS Release 12.0 was published!
Call for experts in the field of sustainability and CO₂ footprint
Information on the CO₂ balance of individual products is becoming increasingly important for companies. With Release 13.0, the ECLASS association wants to include corresponding properties in the ECLASS Standard and thus becomes the "first mover" in the field of standardized information on Product Carbon Footprints (PCF).
Interview: Product Carbon Footprint and ECLASS
What is PCF? What do the values mean? And how can ECLASS help? In an interview we ask these and other questions to Thorsten Kroke, the head of the ECLASS Head Office.