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Environment Council adopts its position on the Green Claims Directive
European environment ministers adopted their first formal position on the Green Claims Directive in Luxembourg on Monday (17 June), with environmental NGOs arguing that the text had been watered down.
Putting the ‘net’ in net zero: scaling up carbon removal technologies in Europe [Promoted content]
How will Europe remove millions of tonnes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to keep on track for its climate commitments – that’s a key question facing the next European Commission and Parliament. Kasia Wilk from Drax explains how the Green Claims …
Press release – Green Claims directive: press conference with lead MEPs on Tuesday at 14.30
Co-rapporteurs Andrus Ansip (Renew, Estonia) and Cyrus Engerer (S&D, Malta) will brief journalists following the plenary vote on the green claims directive.Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food SafetyCommittee on the Internal Market and …
Zalando to overhaul ‘misleading’ green claims on its websites, EU says
Europe’s biggest online fashion retailer Zalando has committed to overhaul by mid-April the sustainability claims it makes on its web sites after the EU qualified them as “misleading”, the European Commission said on Thursday (22 February).
EU lawmakers back hefty fines for companies making false green claims
Companies making claims like “eco” and “green” will need to send them for prior verification before using them or face fines of “at least at 4% of their annual turnover”, according to a draft EU law voted on in the European Parliament on Wednesday (14 …
EU bans ‘misleading’ green claims relying on carbon offsets
Terms such as “climate neutral” or “climate positive” that rely on offsetting will be banned from the EU by 2026 as part of a crackdown on misleading environmental claims. Euractiv’s media partner, The Guardian, reports.