Compliance Radar

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Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe and North America: 756 cases from 32 jurisdictions, each with an official source and checked against that source before publication. Filter by country, area of law and sector. Click a chart to drill down one level.

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Misleading environmental and sustainability claims — 0 % · 1 case

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27 Jun 2024 BGH: advertising with ‘climate neutral’ only permissible with explanation in the advertisement itself GermanyMisleading environmental and sustainability claims Order

A manufacturer of fruit gums and liquorice (not named in the official press release) advertised in a trade journal that it had produced all its products ‘climate neutral’ since 2021, although this was achieved partly through offsetting. Germany's Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof, BGH) prohibited the advertising following an action brought by the Centre for Protection against Unfair Competition (Wettbewerbszentrale): ambiguous environmental terms must be explained in the advertisement itself, since reduction and offsetting are not equivalent.

What organisations can take from it

Companies advertising with ‘climate neutral’ must explain directly in the advertisement whether emissions are avoided or merely offset.

Relevance to training and awareness

Legally compliant environmental and climate claims in advertising

Authority / court: Bundesgerichtshof (I. Zivilsenat)
Area of law: Environment and sustainability · Misleading environmental and sustainability claims
Legal basis: § 3 Abs. 1, § 5 Abs. 1, § 5a Abs. 1 und 3, § 8 Abs. 1 Satz 1 UWG (Az. I ZR 98/23)
Action: Order
Status of proceedings: final
Sector: Food and agriculture
Published: 27 Jun 2024

Sources

Bundesgerichtshof entscheidet zur Zulässigkeit von Werbung mit dem Begriff "klimaneutral" (Nr. 138/2024) Court press release

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

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