欧洲议会议员以544票对18票通过了新的拟议规则,要求公司证实和验证其环境声明和标签,旨在保护消费者免受“洗绿”的影响。
委员会的提案规定了企业证实、沟通和验证其绿色主张的最低要求。根据提案,公司将被要求确保其自愿环境声明的可靠性,这需要经过独立验证和证明,同时公司还将被要求确定与其产品相关的环境影响和任何可能的权衡取舍。
英文原文如下:
Lawmakers in the European Parliament voted 544-18 to approve the adoption of new proposed rules requiring companies to substantiate and verify their environmental claims and labels, aimed at protecting consumers from greenwashing.
The Commission’s proposals set out minimum requirements for businesses to substantiate, communicate and verify their green claims. According to the proposals, companies will be required to ensure the reliability of their voluntary environmental claims, which will need to be independently verified and proven, while companies will be also be required to identify environmental impacts relevant to their products, and to identify any possible trade-offs.