Stoel Rives attorney Jay Eckhardt will give a presentation on April 21 addressing the proposed new FTC Green Guides. The presentation will focus on new FTC guidance and interpretations concerning renewable energy claims and carbon offset claims, as well as claims concerning renewable materials, and the use of green seals and certifications. Going beyond the Guides –
Environmental Leader: Green Marketing Certifications – No ‘Angels’ in the USA
Environmental Leader published a column today by Stoel Rives’ Joseph Eckhardt, addressing the regulation of environmental certification programs.
On the one hand, the FTC in the United States takes an enforcement approach, recently challenging a company that was marketing a sham certification program. In Europe and Canada, in contrast, regulators have done something different
Environmental Leader: Best Practices for Renewable Energy, Carbon Offset Claims
The online newspaper Environmental Leader recently published a column by Stoel Rives’ Joseph Eckhardt, addressing rules in the FTC‘s proposed Green Guides that address green energy and carbon offset certification, entitled "New Green Guides Suggest Best Practices for Renewable Energy, Carbon Offset Claims."
The article explains: "The FTC’s proposed, revised Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing
New FTC “Green Guides” Are Out of the Gate
Following several years of development, and much anticipation in recent months, the Federal Trade Commission has finally released “Proposed, Revised Green Guides.” The new Green Guides will be open for public comment until December 10, 2010. Thereafter, according to the agency’s press release, the FTC will determine if and how to issue the new