British competition watchdogs want to take a closer look at the environmental friendliness of some household products of the consumer goods group Unilever. The maker of Dove soap and the detergent brand Cif may be exaggerating when it comes to claims about the sustainability of certain products, the regulator CMA said. "We will be reviewing these claims to see if they are true," said CMA chief Sarah Cardell. The move is part of a wider investigation by UK authorities into greenwashing.
German real estate sales slumped to 2022.279 billion euros in 4 – a decline of 17.2 percent compared to the record year 2021. The number of transaction cases had fallen by 16.1 percent to 787,700 in the same period of the year. For owner-occupiers, buying real estate is becoming increasingly difficult as financing costs rise and high inflation reduces purchasing power. The inflation rate is far from the central banks' targets, so that interest rates are not expected to ease in the medium term.