How to avoid greenwashing (preview only)

  • Author: Watchdog Compliance
  • Level: Beginner
  • Study time: 30 minutes
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Course overview
This course will guide you on how to make environmental claims for your business - without greenwashing.

It will outline the four basic steps you need to take to ensure that any environmental claims you make are accurate, verifiable, relevant and not misleading.

This course will also provide you with practical guidance on some common environmental claims and covers what you can say and what evidence is needed to back those claims. We will also look at current regulator guidance on making these types of claims.
LessonS

What's included?

The full version of this training module includes:

How to make environmental claims  - without greenwashing.

Four basic steps you need to take to ensure that any environmental claims you make are accurate, verifiable, relevant and not misleading.

Practical guidance on some common environmental claims including:
  • eco-friendly;
  • eco-designed/ conscious;
  • sustainable;
  • responsibly sourced;
  • impacting climate change;
  • carbon offsets;
  • renewable;
  • made from recycled content or materials;
  • ethically sourced;
  • organic;
  • recycled;
  • recyclable;
  • biodegradable;
  • biobased;
  • compostable;
  • part of the circular economy; and
  • use of logos, symbols (such as the mobius loop) and certification marks.

We will cover what you can say and what evidence is needed to back those claims. We will also look at current regulator guidance on making these types of claims.

Trainees will recieve a checklist, downloadable guide and Statement of Completion.
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