EU halts talks on law tackling companies' fake 'green' claims

Commission has become 'EPP HQ', say MEPs after green claims debacle

MEPs are seething over Commission and Council's move to put the brakes on a draft law.

Last-minute U-turn on greenwashing law triggers major EU row

The EU Commission's last-minute decision to pull its anti-greenwashing law was slammed by MEPS on Monday. The commission must be "impartial" and "cannot take instructions from political groups," warned liberal MEP Sandro Gozi.

EU halts talks on law tackling companies' fake 'green' claims

The European Union halted negotiations on Monday on a planned law requiring companies to back up their climate-friendly claims with evidence, after the European Commission said the policy would overburden small companies and threatened to shelve it.

EU countries abandon anti-greenwashing talks after Italy pulls out

The proposed law preventing companies from making misleading environmental claims now looks unlikely to be enacted.

New tool to challenge greenwashing claims goes live as companies consider their strategy

It's been a year now since a new law took effect that requires companies to back up their environmental claims, but there's still a lot of unknowns about how the anti-greenwashing rules will play out.

The European Commission greenwashing U-turn, explained

Just days before the Green Claims Directive was due to be finalised, the European Commission rescinded its support for the proposals.