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OTTAWA/TRADITIONAL, UNCEDED TERRITORY OF THE ALGONQUIN ANISHNAABEG PEOPLE — The Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) and Ecojustice have made a joint submission highlighting substantial gaps in the Competition Bureau Canada’s draft Environmental claims and the Competition Act guidelines.   The guidelines follow amendments to the Competition Act made last summer, which now mandate businesses to conduct testing or substantiation before advertising environmental benefits of their products or business.

OTTAWA/TRADITIONAL, UNCEDED TERRITORY OF THE ALGONQUIN ANISHNAABEG PEOPLE — The Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) and Ecojustice participated in the Competition Bureau's public consultation by making a joint submission proposing clear standards for assessing and combatting greenwashing in Canada.  In a submission made yesterday, the groups proposed a set of recommendations for the Competition Bureau — the federal watchdog responsible for competition in Canada — to consider when drafting guidelines to help reduce greenwashing in the Canadian economy.

OTTAWA/TRADITIONAL, UNCEDED TERRITORY OF THE ALGONQUIN ANISHNAABEG PEOPLE — The Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE), Ecojustice, Équiterre, and the Quebec Environmental Law Center welcome the passage into law of new greenwashing provisions in Bill C-59, which aims to tackle the problem of greenwashing in Canada by introducing tougher rules on companies who make environmental claims. These changes are a response to concerns that greenwashing is a systemic problem in Canada — with companies misleading consumers about their green credentials to attract more business and investments and slow down the adoption of regulations.

VANCOUVER/UNCEDED xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (MUSQUEAM), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (SQUAMISH) AND səlilwətaɬ (TSLEIL-WAUTUTH) TERRITORIES — Stand.earth and concerned BC.

When companies greenwash, people and the planet lose. 

That’s why our clients are taking gas utility FortisBC to court for greenwashing its gas through misleading advertising.

Greenwashing is a deceptive marketing practice and it can be hard to spot. Compounding the problem is the fact that environmental advertising is not tightly regulated and can be difficult to enforce.

What is greenwashing? It’s the practice of making something seem more environmentally-friendly than it is — whether a product, brand, company, or entire institution. Greenwashing can be intentional or unintentional.

What is greenwashing?  Greenwashing is misleading, untrue, or unsupported statements about a product, brand or company’s environmental or climate benefits. For example, claiming to be environmentally-friendly or a climate leader, when their actions and investments continue to threaten the environment and worsen climate change.