How to Fix Greenwashing Risks in the EU’s Next Long-Term Budget - CleanTechnica
How to Fix Greenwashing Risks in the EU’s Next Long-Term Budget - CleanTechnica
A coalition of environmental NGOs warns that the EU’s proposed Performance Regulation, intended to track climate spending, risks enabling significant greenwashing. Without robust safeguards, vast sums could be mislabeled as environmental action, failing to deliver genuine ecological benefits or transparency. The core issue lies in flawed tracking criteria within the regulation’s annexes. If uncorrected, these definitions allow spending to qualify as "green" without substantive impact, undermining the credibility of the EU’s climate efforts and accountability mechanisms. This guidance is critically relevant to greenwashing because it exposes how legislative loopholes can legitimize superficial sustainability claims. By proposing specific revisions to over one hundred interventions, the NGOs aim to close these loopholes, ensuring that future EU budgets truly support, rather than merely mimic, environmental objectives.
Source: cleantechnica.comPublished on 2026-03-12