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Eco-friendly boasts danger being referred to as out for ‘greenwashing’

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E need, we want, companies to be greener, to launch planet-friendly initiatives. But they need to beware. Being caught peddling false or deceptive claims can damage enormously.

This isn’t solely a PR problem; regulators are cracking down. The International Sustainability Standards Board has revealed a set of G20-backed rules aimed toward outing and penalising “greenwashing”. This comes after a European Commision directive on inexperienced labelling and a brand new “green claims code” from the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority.

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