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Competition and Markets Authority

The great greenwash crackdown? UK competition watchdog trains sights on supermarket shelves

Marketing

The great greenwash crackdown? UK competition watchdog trains sights on supermarket shelves

Having made net zero and environmental sustainability a strategic priority, the Competition and Markets Authority is now set to probe misleading green claims on everyday product labels

clock 26 January 2023 • 6 min read
CMA reveals plans to relax competition rules to help accelerate climate action

Management

CMA reveals plans to relax competition rules to help accelerate climate action

CMA chief executive Sarah Cardell unveils new strategies to promote industry collaboration in support of UK's net zero ambitions

clock 25 January 2023 • 4 min read
'Greenwashing works': Consumers need better protection from misleading green claims, study warns

Marketing

'Greenwashing works': Consumers need better protection from misleading green claims, study warns

But Behavioural Insights team study finds that targeted interventions and education can reduce vulnerability to greenwash claims

clock 24 June 2022 • 3 min read
Competition regulator backs legal definitions for key environmental terms

Marketing

Competition regulator backs legal definitions for key environmental terms

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

clock 15 March 2022 • 3 min read
Could the UK's competition regulator scrub the greenwashing out of fashion?

Marketing

Could the UK's competition regulator scrub the greenwashing out of fashion?

The Competitions and Markets Authority has embarked on a major crackdown of misleading green claims made by fashion brands - but can it deliver?

clock 26 January 2022 • 8 min read

Marketing

Guarding against 'greenwash': Inside the fight against misleading corporate green claims

Roughly 40 per cent of 'green' claims made by firms on the internet could be misleading customers, research has warned. How are UK watchdogs responding to the issue?

clock 29 June 2021 • 14 min read

Automotive

Competition watchdog to probe electric vehicle charging sector

CMA outlines plans to investigate how fast-growing EV sector can best benefit UK drivers, as new figures reveal EVs' share of new car market has almost quadrupled over the past year

clock 04 December 2020 • 3 min read

Marketing

'Greenwash': Competition watchdog to probe consumer goods' green claims

New Competition and Markets Authority inquiry is to explore whether UK companies are misleading consumers about the environmental credentials of their products and services

clock 03 November 2020 • 7 min read

Policy

Rachel Reeves reelected to BEIS Select Committee Post

Reeves is trying to use the role to reform the UK’s private audit sector, recently hit by a series of scandals including Carillion

clock 29 January 2020 • 2 min read
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