BVE calls for harmonized scoring system • Table.Briefings

Environmental labels such as „climate neutral“ must be certified in the future – in line with the requirements in the EU directive for „green claims“.

On Tuesday, the EU Parliament will vote on the report on the „Green Claims“ Directive. The food industry is in favor of a harmonized set of rules against greenwashing, but is critical of two points in the current draft.

On Tuesday, the EU Parliament will vote on its report on the Green Claims Directive in Strasbourg. The Federation of German Food and Drink Industries (BVE) considers it problematic that a passage on the EU-wide harmonization of scoring systems has been deleted. „We don’t want a claim to be approved in one EU member state and not in another“, says Stefanie Sabet, Managing Director of the BVE and head of the BVE’s Brussels office, to Table.Briefings.

BVE calls for harmonized scoring system for ‘Green Claims’ Directive

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