Matthew RimmerMisleading environmental marketing messages need regulation - here is a QUT press release about my submission to the Australian Senate inquiry into #greenwashing https://www.qut.edu.au/news?id=188455 #consumerlaw #competition #advertising #marketing #regulation #corporationslaw #IP #trademark #ACCC #ASIC #Adstandards #environment #sustainability #biodiversity #SDGs
The ACCC has also just released its advice on Environmental and sustainability claims: draft guidance for business https://apo.org.au/node/323537 #ACCC #greenwashing #consumerlaw #auslaw #auspol
Environmental and sustainability claims: draft guidance for business
The ACCC has published this draft guidance to improve the integrity of environmental and sustainability claims made by businesses and protect consumers from ‘greenwashing’. The draft guidance aims to address the concerning conduct identified by the ACCC’s recent greenwashing internet sweep, which found 57 per cent of businesses reviewed were making potentially misleading environmental claims.
Ad Standards seems to have belatedly sprung into action this week after a lot of criticism that it had not been dealing with the problem of greenwashing over the past decade or so. https://www.eco-business.com/news/australian-petroleum-lobby-advertisement-banned-over-cleaner-natural-gas-claim/ #greenwashing #advertising #adstandards #auslaw #auspol
Consumer watchdog urged to investigate ‘misleading’ Australian oil and gas industry PR campaign https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/21/consumer-watchdog-urged-to-investigate-misleading-australian-oil-and-gas-industry-pr-campaign #greenwashing #auslaw #auspol
CharlieG@drrimmer Far better very late than never.