Competition watchdog gives firms deadline on ending ‘greenwashing’
Sep 20th, 2021
by John Donovan.
The Guardian
Competition watchdog gives firms deadline on ending ‘greenwashing’
Rob Davies: Mon 20 Sep 2021 16.02 BST
The UK competition watchdog has given companies that make misleading claims about their environmental credentials until the end of the year to stop the practice, which is known as “greenwashing”.
Too many businesses were “falsely taking credit for being green” in order to woo environmentally minded consumers, the Competition and Markets Authority said.
Also in 2020, the Advertising Standards Authority clamped down on several major companies, including the airline Ryanair, the carmaker BMW and the oil producer Shell, over greenwashing adverts.
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