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Sustainability claims: How businesses can navigate 'greenwashing' clampdowns

Marketing

Sustainability claims: How businesses can navigate 'greenwashing' clampdowns

With environmental claims firmly under the microscope, Michelle Carvill from the Chartered Institute of Marketing offers six tips for firms to avoid falling foul of 'greenwashing' rules

clock 29 April 2026 • 4 min read
ASA cracks down on British Gas and Hive over cost-saving claims

Marketing

ASA cracks down on British Gas and Hive over cost-saving claims

Watchdog rules advertised cost savings from heat pumps and solar panels lacked necessary qualification

clock 04 March 2026 • 5 min read
Can the junk food ad ban provide a boost for plant-based foods?

Marketing

Can the junk food ad ban provide a boost for plant-based foods?

EXPLAINER - New advertising restrictions offer plant-based brands a chance to seize market share - but only if rules are seen as a 'creative brief rather than a constraint'

clock 11 February 2026 • 11 min read
ASA raps The Cheeky Panda and Kit & Kin over green baby care product claims

Marketing

ASA raps The Cheeky Panda and Kit & Kin over green baby care product claims

Watchdog upholds complaints made by Procter & Gamble UK over nappy and baby wipe product listings

clock 04 February 2026 • 6 min read
ASA raps Nike, Superdry, and Lacoste over 'misleading' sustainability claims

Marketing

ASA raps Nike, Superdry, and Lacoste over 'misleading' sustainability claims

Watchdog rules 'sustainable’ clothing adverts lacked sufficient information to qualify green claims and must not appear again

clock 03 December 2025 • 5 min read
'Missed opportunity': Fewer than one per cent of travel agent adverts include 'green' content

Marketing

'Missed opportunity': Fewer than one per cent of travel agent adverts include 'green' content

Just 319 out of 362,000 AI-tracked travel adverts in the past year featured sustainability claims, watchdog finds

clock 02 December 2025 • 5 min read
ASA cracks down on money saving claims for low-carbon homes

Marketing

ASA cracks down on money saving claims for low-carbon homes

Watchdog rules against Good Energy advert promoting cost-saving potential of low carbon homes, arguing it should have provided greater clarity on how such claims can be substantiated

clock 26 November 2025 • 5 min read
Red Tractor advert banned after watchdog upholds 'greenwashing' complaint

Marketing

Red Tractor advert banned after watchdog upholds 'greenwashing' complaint

Advertising Standards Agency upholds complaint from campaign group River Action which had claimed the farm certification body misled the public with its 'farmed with care' message

clock 16 October 2025 • 3 min read
Green claims under scrutiny: Why businesses must rethink their sustainability sign-off

Risk

Green claims under scrutiny: Why businesses must rethink their sustainability sign-off

Now is the time to take stock, tighten systems, and put rigour at the heart of how sustainability is communicated, writes Kerry Stares from law firm Charles Russell Speechlys

clock 20 August 2025 • 5 min read
Octopus Energy slams 'breathtaking hypocrisy' after heat pump advert ban

Energy

Octopus Energy slams 'breathtaking hypocrisy' after heat pump advert ban

UK's largest energy supplier calls for 'robust action' after advertising watchdog upholds complaints that one of its online adverts last year made misleading claims about the cost of its heat pumps

clock 30 July 2025 • 5 min read
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