25 October 2022
Rules in development to compare fashion products may give a limited picture of real environmental impact making them unfit to back up green claims, NGOs warn. […]
21 November 2022
EU policymakers face pressure to back ambitious legally binding food waste targets The countries supporting and opposing ambitious legally binding EU food waste targets have been […]
23 November 2022
Some weeks ago, a leaked draft of the revised European Commission’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, scheduled to be officially released on 30 November, was circulated. […]
30 November 2022
Today the European Commission released a pared back set of Circular Economy initiatives as a second edition to the package released in March this year. Initially […]
17 January 2023
Today, the European Parliament voted on the report tabled by MEP Weiss on the Regulation for the shipment of waste. The Rethink Plastic alliance and the […]
1 February 2023
The EU’s green subsidy scheme for ‘clean technologies’ unveiled today as a response to the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) must go beyond subsidies to challenge […]
7 February 2023
For the third year in row, the heating and cooling industry is sending positive signals about a green energy transition. Without prompts from legislation, companies have […]
14 March 2023
Dubbed the EU’s new “green building law”, the revised Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) has been officially adopted in the EU Parliament today, signaling that Europe […]
16 March 2023
PRESS BRIEFING What is happening? On 22 March 2023, the European Commission is expected to table the Green Claims Directive (GCD). This much-awaited law aims […]
16 March 2023
Today, the Commission published two crucial legislative proposals to support the clean technology industry and gain independence in the race to net-zero. Yet the shortcuts taken […]
20 March 2023
United NGOs and European industry report that online sellers could escape the EU’s new product sustainability requirements using the E-market loopholes. This affects online sales of […]
22 March 2023
The European Commission took a step towards better consumer protection in the EU today, by proposing two new laws to address vague and misleading green claims, […]
