EU says ‘not banning carbon offsets’ in greenwashing crackdown

New legislation presented by the European Commission on Wednesday (22 March) to clamp down on greenwashing allows businesses to continue making carbon-neutral claims, provided they meet specific transparency requirements

For climate-related claims – such as ‘CO2 neutral’ or ‘net zero’ – the proposed Green Claims Directive requires companies to distinguish between…

Full text: https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/news/eu-not-banning-carbon-offsets-in-greenwashing-crackdown/

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Valentina Romano

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Euractiv, 2023-03-24.

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European Commission
European Environmental Bureau (EEB)
European Union

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