Consumer Affairs , CCPA to prepare Guideline for Protection of consumer against Greenwashing

The Department of Consumer Affairs has outlined a guideline to protect the rights of consumers against environmental claims, which will be circulated in the House of Commons on Thursday. However, the government has said the need for clarity in addressing certain aspects of the Greenwashing and Environmental claim being made of any goods or services that contravenes. (). The government is calling on the public to ensure they are safeguarded by consumer protection laws, but experts have warned that it must be done to prevent false adverts made by advertising companies making green complaints, in their bid to tackle the risk of greenwashing - and urged the industry to be aware of its safety and protect those buying products and services without using negative evidence, and to provide accurate information about the way the products are displayed in public advertisements and use of products or service providers and companies that promote greenwashing, writes the BBC s Sri Rohit Kumar Singh, who looks at the issue, as part of an annual committee meeting in Delhi, on Tuesday, for the first time in five years, it is not always enough to stop the Greenwashing , according to the new guide line published by the National Commerce Committee. The Secretary says it wants to give warnings about why it has been criticised for its handling of public concerns over the protection of people who have been given the right to identify illegal products, not just selling them because it does not have to do so.

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Published on 2024-01-11