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11 Cases found

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
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Regional Court of Düsseldorf’s decision on climate neutral claims regarding candles

At issue: Whether a candle producer's advertising on 'climate neutral candles' is a misleading commercial practice
Jurisdictions:
  • Germany
    • Düsseldorf
      • Regional Court of Düsseldorf
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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
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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