The long-awaited proposal for a Green Claims Directive has been published
On 22 March 2023, the European Commission published a document entitled "Proposal for a Directive on substantiation and communication of explicit environmental claims (Green Claims Directive)" (hereinafter the "Proposal" or the "Directive").
The main objectives of the Proposal are to: (i) protect consumers and traders from greenwashing; (ii) contribute to accelerating the transition towards a circular economy and involve consumers in this process by enabling them to make informed purchasing decisions; and (iii) improve the transparency of environmental claims by boosting the competitiveness of traders that make efforts to increase the environmental sustainability of their products or services and their activities.
