Tag "greenwashing"
Greenwashing wouldn’t be enough today
Date: 2024-09-02 09:00:52
According to the Consumer Goods Sustainability Report 2024 by Accenture, 85% of FMCG companies have sped up their sustainability efforts in response to changing consumer demands and regulatory pressure. This...
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GVH investigates green claims related to PET bottles
Date: 2024-08-12 12:30:49
The Economic Competition Authority (GVH) launched parallel proceedings against several companies, as they probably misled consumers with the claims on the labels of mineral water and soft drink bottles and...
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GVH analysis examining “green” marketing messages with an international focus
Date: 2024-01-25 12:11:09
The findings of the market analysis of the Economic Competition Authority (GVH), in which the competition authority’s investigators scrutinized claims related to environmental protection, are forward-looking at the international level...
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Green statements in communication, such is the domestic situation in the field of greenwashing
Date: 2024-01-16 11:28:38
Consumers’ purchasing decisions are increasingly influenced, but the real content of green claims and environmental labels still needs to be interpreted. The Economic Competition Authority would force companies to communicate...
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PwC: investors don’t believe sustainability reports
Date: 2023-12-05 10:48:23
Although sustainability is an important consideration when making investment decisions, 94 percent of investors believe that corporate reports on sustainability performance contain unsubstantiated claims, according to PwC’s 2023 Global Investor...
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Fókuszban a fenntarthatóság: fehérjeátállás, állatjólét, kommunikáció, étrend
Date: 2023-09-04 10:27:25
A cikk a Trade magazin 2023/8-9. lapszámában olvasható. A fehérjeátállás előmozdítása Európában A növényi fehérjék, ezen belül is a hüvelyes növények fogyasztásának növelése minden szempontból fontos törekvés azokban az országokban,...
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Good cause research
Date: 2023-07-03 10:11:37
Advertising agency Positive Adamsky did a new type of research, in partnership with company information specialist OPTEN, and text analysis and media monitoring firm Neticle. They followed the public communication...
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GVH held an international conference on green competition policy aspects
Date: 2023-06-08 12:32:19
The Economic Competition Office (GVH) hosted an international conference on the consideration of sustainability aspects in competition law analyses. The GVH has dealt with the topic of sustainability several times...
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The EP accepted the proposal on the prohibition of misleading environmental labeling
Date: 2023-05-11 11:30:00
At the plenary session of the European Parliament (EP) in Strasbourg, it accepted the proposal regarding the prohibition of misleading statements referring to the durability and environmental friendliness of the...
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The government places special emphasis on environmental protection
Date: 2023-04-26 11:30:31
The government places special emphasis on the formation of an environmental protection attitude, on the programs that help this – said the Deputy Secretary of State for Environmental Protection of...
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National Attitude Formation Conference + “5 countries 1 river” – environmental education without borders
Date: 2023-04-14 11:30:32
The event covers the fields of greenwashing, sustainability and education and environmental education. The Association of Environmental Service Providers and Manufacturers – in connection with the Sustainability Theme Week –...
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Already 36 companies have joined the Green Pledge initiative
Date: 2023-04-06 10:37:19
On 30 January 36 companies ceremonially signed the declaration of intent to join the Green Pledge initiative of three advertising federations – the Self-regulatory Advertising Board (ÖRT), the Hungarian Marketing...
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The EU supports green bonds even more than before
Date: 2023-03-08 11:00:36
The EU and Hungarian environmental protection goals set for 2050 require significant efforts and investment from all actors. One of the important means of creating the resources to be used...
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Is the transition to paper packaging just greenwashing?
Date: 2023-02-28 12:30:04
Shay Zeltzer has been a proharvest consultant for almost 30 years, but the recent two days he spent at the Fruit Logistica trade show in Berlin duly shocked him, as...
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Has the time to act finally come?
Date: 2023-02-28 09:48:28
In this decade companies are facing challenge such as climate change, the strict sustainability requirements of the European Union (Taxonomy), fewer available resources and the sustainability of supply chains. Plus...
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“Green” advertising messages are often confusing – the GVH draws attention to this
Date: 2023-02-23 11:14:29
Based on the rapid investigation of the Economic Competition Office (GVH), in many cases, advertising communications referring to sustainability are not accompanied by easily accessible and relevant support for consumers....
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Greenwashing On Food, Drink, Toiletry Labels To Be Scrutinised In UK
Date: 2023-01-26 09:50:26
Britain’s competition regulator will consider whether companies selling food, drink and toiletries are wrongly labelling products as “sustainable” or “better for the environment” in its latest probe into greenwashing. The...
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The EP is fully committed to preventing consumers from being misled
Date: 2023-01-24 11:03:55
The European Parliament is fully committed to supporting consumers and preventing “green painting”, wrote Edina Tóth, a member of the European Parliament (EP) of Fidesz, in her press release delivered...
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The EP adopted new reporting rules for multinational companies
Date: 2022-11-10 11:23:25
At the plenary session in Brussels, the European Parliament adopted new reporting rules for multinational companies in order to make environmental, social and management issues transparent, the EU Parliament informed...
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In Hungary, too, companies disguised as environmentally friendly and “green-sweeping” may find themselves in the crosshairs
Date: 2022-09-28 11:10:17
In parallel with the strengthening of the camp of conscious consumers, more and more companies may be accused of greenwashing: in the latest case, the Dutch Competition Authority objected to...
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EY & Oxford Analytica: this is how investors’ expectations become stricter
Date: 2022-09-02 11:46:40
Money in green funds is growing, despite this, raising capital may become more and more difficult even for companies operating responsibly from an environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) point...
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