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EU MEPs vote to bolster new corporate due diligence law
With 19 votes against three and three abstentions, MEPs on the Legal Affairs Committee adopted their position on so-called corporate sustainability due diligence.…
EU Commission’s substantiating green claims proposal lacks focus warns SAC
The SAC said the draft proposals from the EU Commission fall short of its stated ambition to address greenwashing “at…
EU energy price cap ‘still too high’, says Euratex
On Monday (19 December), the EU energy ministers reached a temporary consensus on setting the market correction mechanism to protect…
EU PEF tool’s regulations in question now after Higg’s MSI
While the EU Commission announced it would consider PEF-CR as a way to substantiate and communicate environmental claims for apparel…
EU reveals Free Trade Agreement exports reached record levels in 2021
The European Commission explains in its new report on EU trade agreements that the EU's exports in 2021 were EUR7.2bn…
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Unleashing the potential of Europe’s recycled clothing market
Consumers’ increasing sustainability awareness has encouraged fashion retailers to carry more clothing made from recycled textile materials. For example, in…
Textiles, plastics are focus for European Commission end-of-waste criteria
The European Commission has spent the last 18 months carrying out a scoping exercise, which included a study in 2020…
Advisors urge European Commission to get tough on fast fashion
In a report published today, independent advisors to the European Commission, Eunomia, reveal fashion is one of the least regulated…