With countless products now available labelled as “eco-friendly,” “safe for the environment” or “organic,” it’s hard to know which ones are actually good for the planet. Many are legitimate, but lots ...

Consumers are turning green. Gabriele Engels and Ulrike Grübler discuss what this means for the legal protection of brands, from eco-labelling to the new EU certification mark Terms such as green, ...

“What’s in a name?” asks Shakespeare. Conscientious food consumers are beginning to realize that the answer too often is, “Not much.” Shoppers increasingly are willing to pay more for food produced in ...

Fresh research out of Germany assesses the effectiveness of basic and extended eco-score rankings, used via smartphone applications, in selecting sustainable products within different food categories.

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Eco-label group Foundation Earth has invited its competitors to a summit in order to build a harmonised approach and agree ‘one method and one label deployed at scale across the continent’.

South Africans want to shop more sustainably, according to research published in the journal Sustainable Development. But most can't tell which products are environmentally friendly. Some food ...

South Africans want to shop more sustainably, according to research published in the journal Sustainable Development. But most can’t tell which products are environmentally friendly. Some food ...