9/18/2024 9:30:34 AM Environmental Claims in Fashion: CMA publishes NEW 'Fashion Supplement' to its Green Claims Code By Geraint Lloyd-Taylor Green claims are in vogue. One might say green is the new black, except that creates the impression this might be some passing trend....
9/12/2024 4:40:40 PM Greenwashing Under Fire: claims regarding PET Bottles Investigated by Hungarian Authority By Aniko Keller Dorottya Moldovan Following a BEUC complaint, on 12 August 2024 the Hungarian Competition Authority (HCA) opened an investigation which led to proceedings...
9/2/2024 12:14:18 PM Coca-Cola Must Once Again Face "Sustainable" Lawsuit By Jordyn Milewski On Thursday, the D.C. Court of Appeals revived a lawsuit against Coca-Cola over allegedly deceptive environmental marketing claims. The...
8/20/2024 8:40:11 PM Competition Bureau Launches Public Consultation and Publishes Digest on Greenwashing Provisions By Jaclyne Reive Eric Dufour Devin Persaud On June 20, 2024, the Government of Canada passed Bill C-59 amending certain provisions in the Competition Act (the “Act”). In...
7/25/2024 9:12:46 PM A New Playing Field: Summarizing Sweeping Reforms to the Canadian Competition Act By Jaclyne Reive Eric Dufour Devin Persaud On June 20, 2024, Bill C-59, known as The Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act[1], 2023, received royal assent, enacting further...
7/1/2024 1:43:47 PM UN Secretary-General Urges Countries to Ban Fossil Fuel Advertising; Tells Ad Agencies to Drop Fossil Fuel Clients By Jordyn Milewski In a speech on World Environment Day, UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for a ban on fossil fuel advertising, and called on...
6/26/2024 12:13:44 PM You're Invited: IAA Fireside Chat with the Institute for Advertising Ethics By Jeff Greenbaum On July 9, 2023, the International Advertising Association will be hosting a virtual fireside chat with Andrew Susman, the President of...
6/24/2024 11:24:59 PM You're Invited: "Instigating a Race to the Top: Greenwash Prevention" By Jeff Greenbaum On June 26th, the Institute for Advertising Ethics will be hosting a “Boardroom Ethics Briefing” entitled “Instigating a Race to the Top:...
5/1/2024 10:55:29 PM EU accuses 20 airlines of misleading greenwashing practices By Brinsley Dresden Ardie Yilinkou On 30th April 2024, the European Commission (“EC”), alongside a network of EU consumer protection authorities (“CPC”) announced that is...
4/26/2024 3:58:28 PM The EU Directive Empowering Consumers for the Green Transition Has Been Adopted By Donata Cordone Thanks to Livia Petrucci for collaborating on this article The EU Directive empowering consumers for the green transition through better...
3/27/2024 11:14:02 AM CMA (finally!) resolves investigation into fashion retailers, issues open letter to fashion industry By Geraint Lloyd-Taylor Way back in July 2022, the CMA (Competition and Markets Authority) put fashion retailers under its very own spotlight by launching...
3/26/2024 8:57:56 PM New York Attorney General Says JBS Net Zero Claims Are Greenwashing By Len Gordon By Leonard L. Gordon, Kaelyne Yumul Wietelman & Ellis McKennie Last week, New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a lawsuit against...
3/11/2024 11:18:20 PM Watch us discuss "Greenwashing: regulation of environmental advertising claims" - but you've only got 7 days! By Brinsley Dresden Geraint Lloyd-Taylor We were asked by Thomson Reuters Legal Europe to present a short video on #Environmental advertising, and the main look-outs in the UK....
2/12/2024 3:47:24 PM Cleaning Up Commerce: EU Directive Targets Greenwashing and Promotes Sustainable Choices By Aniko Keller The European Parliament has recently approved the new Empowering Consumers for the Green Transition Directive, a pivotal step in...
1/15/2024 1:17:58 PM Norwegians blue after parroting a claim that isn't as green as the pine-lined fjords By Brinsley Dresden British people of a certain age associate two things with the Norwegians. The first is the Monty Python Norwegian Blue sketch. The...
12/6/2023 1:40:55 PM Is it possible for airlines to make green claims without being shot down in flames by the ASA? By Brinsley Dresden Today’s publication of three upheld complaints by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) against three different airlines for...