5/31/2025 2:43:31 PM D.C. Court Allows D.C. Attorney General's Greenwashing Lawsuit Against Fossil Fuel Companies to Continue By Jeff Greenbaum Several years ago, D.C.'s Attorney General sued Exxon Mobil, BP, Chevron, and Shell, alleging that the oil companies violated the...
4/8/2025 2:48:41 PM Grainwashing: When Whole Grain Isn’t Whole at All By Aniko Keller Viktor Halupka In January 2024, the Hungarian Competition Authority (HCA) launched a competition investigation against Lidl Hungary following suspicions...
3/28/2025 4:08:37 PM Let us help you navigate the future of green claims in the EU By Brinsley Dresden On Tuesday 25th March, I was joined for an online chat by my friend Daniël Haije, a Partner at the Amsterdam law firm of Hoogenraad &...
3/14/2025 4:20:37 PM Join us for our GALA webinar: Navigating the Future of Green Claims in the EU By Brinsley Dresden Join Brinsley Dresden of Lewis Silkin (GALA UK) and Daniël Haije, of Hoogenraad & Haak (GALA Netherlands), while they discuss the latest...
2/22/2025 2:29:11 PM SB 343 (California's "Truth in Recycling Law"): New Developments By Jordyn Milewski February has been a busy month for updates surrounding California's novel “Truth In Recycling” law, SB 343! (If you're unfamiliar with SB...
2/20/2025 3:28:42 PM Court Dismisses Consumer Lawsuit Over Lululemon's "Be Planet" Campaign By Jeff Greenbaum In 2020, “athleisure” fashion brand Lululemon launched its “Be Planet” marketing campaign. As part of the campaign, Lululemon made a...
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...