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11 Cases found

FossielVrij NL v. KLM

At issue: Whether KLM's advertising complaints on CO2 compensation and alternative fuels is misleading and constitutes greenwashing .
Jurisdictions:
  • Netherlands
    • Amsterdam District Court
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Greenpeace Canada v. Shell Canada

At issue: Whether Shell’s Drive Carbon Neutral program violates the Canadian Competition Act by making false and/or misleading representations to the public.
Jurisdictions:
  • Canada
    • Competition Bureau of Canada
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Greenpeace France and Others v. TotalEnergies SE and TotalEnergies Electricité et Gaz France

At issue: Whether TotalEnergies’ campaign on aiming for ‘net zero’ by 2050, becoming a major player in the energy transition and the environmental virtues and transition role of gas and biofuels are deceptive marketing practices.
Jurisdictions:
  • France
    • Court of Paris
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Italian Competition Authority Ruling Eni’s Diesel+ Advertising Campaign

At issue: Whether Eni’s Diesel+ advertising campaign constituted an unfair commercial practice by misrepresenting the “green” benefits of its Diesel+ fuel.
Jurisdictions:
  • Italy
    • Regional Administrative Court of Lazio
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Vegetarian Society et al. of Denmark v Danish Crown

At issue: Whether “climate-friendly" claims made by Danish Crown in its campaign promoting pork amount to misleading consumers through greenwashing and violate Denmark’s Marketing Act.
Jurisdictions:
  • Denmark
    • Western High Court
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Advertising Standards Authority’s Ruling on Shell UK Ltd.’s Shell Go+ Campaign

At issue: Whether Shell UK’s advertising claim to “drive carbon-neutral” was misleading to consumers.
Jurisdictions:
  • United Kingdom
    • Advertising Standards Authority (ASA)
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ASA Ruling on Ryanair Ltd t/a Ryanair Ltd

At issue: Whether an advertising on emissions from an airline was misleading.
Jurisdictions:
  • United Kingdom
    • Advertising Standards Authority (ASA)
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Complaint to Ad Standards on HSBC’s Great Barrier Reef ad

At issue: Whether HSBC’s campaigns protecting the Great Barrier Reef are considered greenwashing given its links to fossil fuel companies.
Jurisdictions:
  • Australia
    • Ad Standards
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Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility v. Santos

At issue: Whether an oil and gas company's representations that natural gas is a clean fuel and that the company has a credible net zero emissions plan were misleading.
Jurisdictions:
  • Australia
    • Federal Court of Australia
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Lawyers for Climate Action Complaint to the Advertising Standards Board

At issue: Whether ads should be withdrawn because they made unsubstantiated environmental claims
Jurisdictions:
  • New Zealand
    • Advertising Standards Authority Complaints Board
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Complaint against BP in respect of violations of the OECD Guidelines

At issue: Environmental group filed complaint against BP for allegedly misleading advertising campaign.
Jurisdictions:
  • United Kingdom
    • National Contact Point for the OECD Guidelines
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