On 19 December 2023, the Swiss Commission on Fair Trading (“SLK”), a self-regulatory institution of the advertising industry, published a new.. Read more
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) in the United Kingdom has banned a Toyota advertisement for promoting behaviour that is damaging.. Read more
March 2024 On 6 March 2024, the EU published the first directive to combat greenwashing, which was adopted by the.. Read more
On 12 March 2024, the European Parliament (“Parliament”) adopted its position on the Green Claims Directive (COM (2023) 166 final 2023/0085 COD,.. Read more
Following litigation brought by the Austrian consumer association “Verein für Konsumenteninformation” (VKI), another court recently regarded carbon-neutral claims as misleading:.. Read more
On 29 January 2024, the Regional Court of Amberg made another decision concerning the advertising claim “climate-neutral” (“klimaneutral”) in which.. Read more