Competition regulator backs legal definitions for key environmental terms

Cecilia Keating
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Sustainability is increasingly important to businesses of all kinds
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Sustainability is increasingly important to businesses of all kinds

Fresh advice from Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) explores how competition law could be leveraged to help meet UK's net zero and environmental goals

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has recommended the government introduce legislative definitions for terms such as 'recyclable' and 'carbon neutral', in a bid to cut down on misleading green...

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