Changes to Canada’s anti-greenwashing laws have been welcomed by businesses but prompted concern among environmentalists.
Laws about greenwashing — making a false or misleading statement about the environmental benefits of a product — will remain on the books, but the Liberal government says it will be making changes to give businesses more certainty about what runs afoul of the law.
The proposed amendments are contained in Bill C-15, an omnibus bill that seeks to implement certain parts of the 2025 Budget.
The onus will remain on businesses to substantiate that their products do what they claim, but they will no longer need to do that based on international standards.
Just my 2 cents, but I would think abiding by international standards, which cover the environmental concerns of the entire Earth, so to speak, seems a bit much, no? Wouldn’t the environmental concerns differ substantially by country? Not saying that how we treat the environment, people and businesses alike, isn’t similar country to country, but things like % contribution to global carbon emissions might change what a country like India needs to do over what Canada does, right?
