EmpCo: environmental claims and labels

Who has to check whether a label is permissible?

The duty to check sits with the company displaying the label. Anyone using a third-party label that does not meet the legal requirements is liable themselves. An assurance from the label owner is not enough; what counts is whether the underlying scheme actually meets the criteria and whether its conditions are publicly available.

Editorial responsibility: Malte Biss, Managing Director of flustix GmbH