It ain't fashion, if it ain't sustainable

Biljana Borzan

Greenwashing / EU Directive

18 January 2024

4 minutes

The EU plans to regulate the use of sustainability labels, the background being the apparent confusion “caused by their proliferation and failure to use comparative data.” Henceforth, only sustainability labels based on official certification schemes or established by public authorities will be allowed in the EU. All others will now pass into obscurity or simply deemed illegal.

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Europe moved closer to its aim to stem greenwashing as European Parliament Wednesday approved a directive that will improve product labelling and ban the use of misleading environmental claims, helping consumers make better purchasing choices.

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