Members of the European Parliament’s Environment Committee (ENVI) and Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) have agreed on a proposed EU directive that will establish a framework for the substantiation and communication of environmental claims by companies, in order to stop the proliferation of misleading or unsubstantiated claims (‘greenwashing’) (see EUROPE B13147A6).
By jointly adopting, on Wednesday 14 February, by a very large majority (85 votes in...