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Green marketing and the Australian Consumer Law

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Summary

A guide to educate businesses about their obligations regarding environmental claims under the Competition and Consumer Act 2010. It aims to assist manufacturers, suppliers, advertisers and others to assess the strength of any environmental claims they make and to improve the accuracy and usefulness to consumers of their: (1) labelling’ (2) packaging and (3) advertising.

Source
Issuer

Australia

Year

2011

Region

Oceania

Issuer (type)

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (Government)

Instrument type

Law

Disclosure instrument

Yes

Geographical scope

National

Mandatory or voluntary

Mandatory

Text analysis

    • Moderate 0.67%
    • Low 0.03%
    • E focus: climate change, environment, forests, recycled material, recycled materials, recycling, renewable energy, waste, water, energy
    • S focus: compensation
    • G focus: compliance program
    • Information, Management, Manufacturing, Mining, Professional services, Retail trade, Transportation