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Footwear brands under investigation in Australia for greenwashing

08/03/2023

Australia’s Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is to launch investigations into a number of businesses for potential greenwashing.

ACCC carried out web-based research of marketing claims and found that more than half the businesses it looked at were making “concerning claims about their sustainability practices”. It looked at almost 250 businesses; 57% made claims about which ACCC has raised questions.

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