European Commission Press release Brussels, 28 Jan 2021 The European Commission has issued a €14 billion social bond under the EU SURE instrument to help protect jobs and people in work. The issuing consisted of two bonds, with €10 billion due for repayment in June 2028 and €4 billion due for repayment in November 2050.
European Commission Press release Brussels, 27 Jan 2021 Today, the Commission has appointed three new Heads of the Representations. Ms María De Los Angeles Benítez Salas will take up her duties in Madrid on 1 April 2021. On 16 April 2021, Ms Zane Petre and Ms Jerneja Jug Jerše will start in their new functions in Latvia and in Ljubljana respectively .
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The LEGO Group has become one of the first companies to sign up to the European Commission’s new Green Consumption Pledge pilot initiative as what the firm has said is a reinforcement of its own commitment to lowering its carbon footprint.
The Green Consumption Pledge was detailed at a virtual event hosted in Brussels, Belgium on January 25th, with LEGO joining L’Oreal, Colruyt Groupm and Decathlon as the first to join.
The pilot programme is based on a set of five core climate action pledges and requires participating companies to take concrete measures in at least three pledge areas. Progress will be measured and assessed on publicly available data. The pilot will end next January when the initiative will be evaluated.
on January 28, 2021
Today, the European Commission and national consumer authorities released the results of a screening of websites (“sweep”), an exercise carried out each year to identify breaches of EU consumer law in online markets. This year, for the first time ever, the sweep focused on ‘greenwashing’, the practice by which companies claim they are doing more for the environment than they actually are. The “sweep” analysed green online claims from various business sectors such as garments, cosmetics and household equipment. National consumer protection authorities had reason to believe that in 42% of cases the claims were exaggerated, false or deceptive and could potentially qualify as unfair commercial practices under EU rules. ‘Greenwashing’ has increased as consumers increasingly seek to buy environmentally sound products.
Met dank overgenomen van Europese Commissie (EC), gepubliceerd op donderdag 28 januari 2021.
Vandaag hebben de Europese Commissie en de nationale consumentenautoriteiten de resultaten bekendgemaakt van een screening van websites. Bij deze jaarlijkse bezemactie worden overtredingen van het EU-consumentenrecht op onlinemarkten geïdentificeerd. Dit jaar was de bezemactie met name gericht op groenwassen, de praktijk waarbij bedrijven beweren meer voor het milieu te doen dan in werkelijkheid het geval is. Bij de bezemactie zijn groene onlineclaims geanalyseerd voor producten uit verschillende bedrijfssectoren, zoals kleding, cosmetica en huishoudelijke apparatuur. De nationale autoriteiten voor consumentenbescherming hebben aanwijzingen dat 42 % van de claims overdreven, onjuist of bedrieglijk was en volgens de EU-regels mogelijk een oneerlijke handelspraktijk vormde. Groenwassen wint terrein, nu consumenten steeds vaker naar milieuvriendelijke producten op zoek zijn.