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Following CMA action, millions of consumers can now expect to see accurate and clear green claims when shopping for fashion items with ASOS, Boohoo and George at Asda.
Tips to help consumers identify products and services with genuine environmental credentials
The CMA has opened an investigation into 3 fashion brands to scrutinise their ‘green’ claims.
When you must tell the Environment Agency that you're storing material containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and how to do it.
Rules on labelling food, feed and seed as organic or using organic production terms if you produce, prepare, store, import, export or sell organic food in the UK.
Research to explore customers’ experience of having a Green Deal assessment and examine the accuracy and potential variability in the Green Deal assessment of properties by different assessors.
Packaging regulations: environmental requirements, recycling
The CMA is investigating how products and services claiming to be 'eco-friendly' are being marketed, and whether consumers could be being misled.
How to destroy the POPs in waste and when you can recycle, recover or reuse waste containing POPs. How to apply to permanently store waste containing POPs.
CMA will be carrying out further work looking into potential misleading practices in the green heating and insulation sector.
How to identify and classify waste that contains POPs.
The CMA will scrutinise ‘green’ claims made by Unilever about certain household essential items, such as a number of cleaning products and toiletries.
Details of control bodies approved to certify organic food in the UK.
Summary of the Green Agreements Guidance to help businesses understand how competition law applies to environmental sustainability agreements.
How to get certified as an organic farmer in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), and funding available to convert and manage your land.
Find out about green taxes for businesses - tax relief for becoming more energy efficient and schemes for off-setting your environmental impact
Increase sustainability throughout the lifecycle of your technology.
Rules for importing organic food, feed and seed to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and Northern Ireland.
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