BRUSSELS – The EU Parliament has approved new rules to ban greenwashing and improve consumer information on product durability, a move that could have a significant impact on the textile and clothing sector’s labelling and marketing practices.
Amongst the practices facing a ban are generic environmental claims and other misleading marketing tricks, as well as commercial communications about goods that contain a design feature introduced to limit product durability.
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