Influencers and sustainability: conflict of interest or genuine advocacy?
A research-based analysis of the sustainable fashion influencer landscape Green influencers: a paradox? In November 2023, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission sent warning letters to several influencers and the organizations that paid them, emphasizing the need to clarify financial connections in undeclared product promotions. Fines can reach up to $50,000 for each violation. Yet, an analysis of over 100 million tweets between 2014 and 2021 revealed that the vast majority of commercial content on social media is not adequately disclosed by the influencers who post it (source: VoxEU). Consumers are unable to distinguish commercial from non-commercial content in the absence of transparency labels. A 2024 European study (European Commission) found…
Eco, green, carbon neutral: the words banned by the EU to stop greenwashing
Last month the EU finalized a new law aimed at curbing greenwashing, which will ban the use of terms such as “carbon neutral” or “eco” in product claims unless they can be proven. In March this year, the European Union Commission presented a proposal for a directive to combat misleading advertising, which promotes products, services and corporate images as more environmentally friendly than they actually are. This practice misleads consumers and constitutes an obstacle to the real transition towards a sustainable economy. Parliament and the Council have now reached a provisional agreement on new rules banning misleading advertising and calling for better product information to be provided to consumers. The…
Greenwashing: i 7 peccati da evitare
Quali ti capita di vedere più frequentemente? Quale ti fa arrabbiare di più? Qual è più difficile da smascherare? Se vuoi conoscere 6 modi per individuare il greenwashing, leggi qui. Vuoi evitare il greenwashing nella tua comunicazione? Scrivici per sapere cosa possiamo fare per te Fonte: TerraChoice
H&M and Norrøna: the Norwegian authority’s warning for misleading marketing risk
H&M and Norrøna received a warning from the Norwegian Consumer Authority (CA), an independent administrative body tasked with overseeing the market to enforce buyer protection laws. On June 16, the CA sent a letter to Norrøna, H&M and the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (supplier of the Higg Material Sustainability Index – MSI) to point out that the environmental benefits declared in marketing campaigns and linked to the Higg index must be true and not exaggerated. The textile industry must be aware that the commercialization of environmental benefits, which is based on the sector MS index, can easily be considered misleading and illegal. When the apparel industry and other industries use environmental…
