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If a professional compares products based on environmental or social characteristics or aspects of circularity—including durability, reparability, or recyclability—and provides consumers with information in this regard, the professional must provide ...

Under the new rules, claims regarding future environmental performance (such as “net zero by 2040” or “climate neutral by 2050”) are prohibited unless supported by clear, objective, publicly available, and ...

A claim regarding an insignificant benefit that does not stem from any specific characteristic of the product or the company is considered misleading. For example, it is irrelevant to state ...

The new rules apply not only to environmental claims, but also to claims regarding the social characteristics of a product, a company, or its supply chain. The Commission refers, among ...

It is a system that uses predefined rules and independent audits to verify that a product, service, or company meets specific environmental or social requirements, thereby allowing the use of ...

Based on the interpretive guidance provided by the European Commission, the rules regarding carbon emissions claims can be summarized in these three points: General claims such as “carbon-neutral,” “climate-neutral,” “carbon-compensated,” ...

The ECGT Directive applies to all communications and commercial practices directed at consumers (B2C practices), regardless of the medium used (product claims, the web, social media, advertising, etc.). In general, ...

Protection as a trademark, brand name, or product name does not preclude the application of the ECGT Directive. If a brand name or product name conveys, explicitly or implicitly, an ...

Directive 2024/825/EU defines a generic environmental claim as“any environmental assertion made in writing or orally, including through audiovisual media, that does not constitute a sustainability label and whose specification is ...

According to the new regulatory definition, the environmental excellence of a product or service can be demonstrated through one of the following means: EU Ecolabel; Type I environmental certification schemes ...