Misleading advertising Archives - Climate Change Litigation

25 Cases found

New Weather Institute v. FIFA

At issue: Whether FIFA's claims that the 2022 World Cup was carbon-neutral are misleading by giving consumers the impression that attending the event has no impact on the environment and therefore in breach of the UK Code of Non-broadcast Advertising and Direct & Promotional Marketing.

Jurisdictions:

United Kingdom
- Advertising Standards Authority (ASA)

Notre Affaire à tous v. FIFA

At issue: Whether FIFA's advertising of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar as "carbon neutral" is misleading and false.

Jurisdictions:

France
- Jury de Déontologie Publicitaire (French advertisement ethics self-regulatory organization)

Carbon Market Watch v. FIFA

At issue: Whether FIFA's advertising of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar as "carbon neutral" is misleading and false.

Jurisdictions:

Belgium
- Belgian advertisement ethics panel

Higher Regional Court of Koblenz’s decision on company’s climate neutral claims regarding grave lights

At issue: Whether advertising on grave lights as ‘CO2 neutral’ or ‘climate neutral’ is a misleading commercial practice

Jurisdictions:

Germany
- Koblenz
  - Higher Regional Court of Koblenz

Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main’s decision on company’s climate neutral claims regarding frozen croquettes

At issue: Whether the climate-neutrality statements advertised on product packaging constitute misleading corporate practices

Jurisdictions:

Germany
- Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main

Verbraucherzentrale Baden-Württemberg e.V. v. Commerz Real Fund Management S.à.r.l.

At issue: Whether advertising on an investment with its positive effect on the ‘personal carbon footprint’ is a misleading commercial practice and/or misleading by omission, when it is done in such a manner that the consumer calculates the ‘CO2 compensation’ dependent on the investment, indicating specific results

Jurisdictions:

Germany
- Stuttgart
  - Regional Court of Stuttgart (Landgericht Stuttgart)

Higher Regional Court of Schleswig’s decision on company’s climate neutral claims regarding bin liners

At issue: Whether advertising on bin liners as ‘climate neutral’ is a misleading commercial practice and/or misleading by omission

Regional Court of Oldenburg’s decision on climate neutral claims regarding meat products

At issue: Whether advertising on climate neutral meat products and climate neutral operations are misleading by omission

Jurisdictions:

Germany
- Regional Court of Oldenburg

Regional Court of Mönchengladbach’s decision on company’s climate neutral claims regarding jams

At issue: Whether advertising on climate-neutral jams is a misleading commercial practice

Jurisdictions:

Germany
- Regional Court of Mönchengladbach

Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main’s decision on various climate neutral claims

At issue: Whether the advertising claims ‘climate neutral company’ and ‘climate neutral hygiene’ are misleading

Jurisdictions:

Germany
- Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main

Regional Court of Kleve’s decision on company’s climate neutral claims regarding sweets

At issue: Whether an advertising on climate neutral production of all products is a misleading commercial practice

Jurisdictions:

Germany
- Regional Court of Kleve

Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main’s decision on climate neutral claims regarding detergents

At issue: Whether the advertising of detergents as ‘CO2 neutral’ on the packaging, on flyers and on the internet is a misleading commercial practice

Jurisdictions:

Germany
- Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main

Regional Court of Konstanz’s decision on climate neutral claims regarding heating oil

At issue: Whether the advertising claim ‘climate neutral premium heating oil’ is a misleading commercial practice and/or misleading by omission

Jurisdictions:

Germany
- Konstanz

PCWP and others v. Glencore

At issue: Whether Glencore, in its representations about decarbonisation plans and engagement with Traditional Owners, is engaging in misleading or deceptive conduct under the Corporations Act and/or Australian Consumer Law. Further, whether advertising material containing those representations breaches the Australian Advertising Codes.

Jurisdictions:

Australia
- Australian Securities and Investments Commission

Australia
- Australian Competition and Consumer Commission

Australia
- Ad Standards

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

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

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

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

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

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)