Tag: climate claims

• Briefing: Last chance for a strong EU Green Claims Directive

  Press briefing | On 23 June, EU negotiators are slated to meet for the last time to finalise the proposed Green Claims Directive. What can we expect? What will make the directive environmentally ambitious? Find out in our briefing — or get in touch for more.

• Joint statement – 80+ civil society organisations reject the use of carbon offsets

  More than 80 leading civil society organisations, including ECOS, have issued a joint statement rejecting the use of carbon offsets to meet corporate climate targets. We call on accounting bodies like the Science-Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) and the Greenhouse Gas Protocol to continue excluding offsets and stick to scientifically-sound methodologies for tracking corporate climate efforts.

• REPORT – Greenwashing, certified? How to ensure new laws and standards do not rubberstamp dubious climate neutrality claims

  Claims of ‘climate neutrality’ have become omnipresent in products and services. But are they credible, and should we believe them? This ECOS report will help policymakers and standardisers make the right choice and ensure that climate neutrality claims become a thing of the past.